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Dion Dong

Investor

Venture Partner at Leadout Capital

San Francisco, California

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

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 β€” present
  2. Leadout CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2025 β€” present
  3. Leadout CapitalPrincipalcurrent2022 β€” present
  4. RipplingDeveloper Platforms & Ecosystem2020 β€” 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Olive CapitalFounding Investor2018 β€” 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  6. ZhenFund ηœŸζ ΌεŸΊι‡‘Investment Team2018 β€” 2019San Francisco Bay Area

Education

  1. University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Arts - BA
  2. International School of Beijing

Skills & more

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

Languages Chinese Β· English

From Dion's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of California, Berkeley987

Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystBrendan Bulik-SullivanInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Glen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista CapitalAnthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel CapitalScott ShawChief of Staff at Intel Capital

+ 981 more

Also attended International School of Beijing6

Connie LiPrincipal at F-Prime Capital PartnersHiro TomogaeDirector at Presidio VenturesWill ChungInvestor at GS FuturesMichael ChenGeneral Partner at Root and Shoot VenturesLindsay AtkensonVenture Partner at SOSVDaniel FangFounder at Glade

Shared employers

Also worked at Rippling27

Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsAlex NicholsInvestor at CapitalGMelike Abacioglu GunesVP of Marketing at Asymmetric Capital PartnersGeoff LewisFounder & Managing Partner at BedrockIlya FushmanPartner at KPCBAnoushka VaswaniPartner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

+ 21 more

Also worked at ZhenFund ηœŸζ ΌεŸΊι‡‘6

Wei JiangFounder & Managing Partner at CatchLight Capital PartnersGaopeng ChenInvestment Director at Prosperity7 VenturesSandy YaoInvestor at Tq Ventures LlcAnna FangFounding Partner at ZhenFundYouzi (Irene) GuoInvestor at Shunwei CapitalXiaoping (Bob) XuManaging Partner at ZhenFund

Colleagues at Leadout Capital

Ali Rosenthal
Managing Partner at Leadout Capital
Helen Zhen
Investor at Leadout Capital
Steve Brownlie
General Partner at Leadout Capital
Yun-Fang Juan
Venture Partner at Leadout Capital

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Ali Rosenthal
Managing Partner at Leadout Capital

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