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Dion Dong

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Venture Partner at Leadout Capital

San Francisco, California

Writes $250K – $2M checks · typically $1M

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About

Joined Leadout in 2022 and became a Venture Partner in 2025. Previously a product manager at Laika and Rippling, and started investing as a founding investor at Olive Capital, an early-stage deep tech fund spun out of ZhenFund.

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Experience

  1. ManifoldInvestorcurrent2026 — present
  2. Leadout CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2025 — present
  3. Leadout CapitalPrincipalcurrent2022 — present
  4. RipplingDeveloper Platforms & Ecosystem2020 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Olive CapitalFounding Investor2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  6. ZhenFund 真格基金Investment Team2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area

Skills & more

TeamworkLeadershipCommunicationEntrepreneurshipEvent PlanningConsultingBusiness StrategyMarketingGraphic DesignSocial MediaSocial Media MarketingUser Interface Design
+8 moreCookingPhotoshopMicrosoft ExcelPowerPointAdobe PhotoshopMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft PowerPointTime Management

Languages Chinese · English

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Colleagues at Leadout Capital

Ali Rosenthal
Managing Partner at Leadout Capital
Steve Brownlie
General Partner at Leadout Capital

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Ali Rosenthal
Managing Partner at Leadout Capital

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Dion Dong?
Joined Leadout in 2022 and became a Venture Partner in 2025. Previously a product manager at Laika and Rippling, and started investing as a founding investor at Olive Capital, an early-stage deep tech fund spun out of ZhenFund.
Where does Dion Dong work?
Dion Dong is Venture Partner at Leadout Capital.
What check size does Dion Dong write?
Dion Dong typically writes checks of $250K – $2M.
Where did Dion Dong go to school?
Dion Dong studied at University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts - BA); International School of Beijing.

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