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Payton Dobbs

Partner at Hoxton Ventures

London

Writes $500K – $5M checks · typically $3M

About

Payton Dobbs is an Operating Partner at Hoxton Ventures who has split his career between digital and hardware, helping grow three $1B+ businesses, most recently as GM of Google's UK Hardware business and previously GM of Nest Labs EMEA. He holds engineering and mathematics degrees from Vanderbilt, studied architecture at Harvard GSD, and earned an MBA from London Business School.

Invests in

Enterprise SoftwareHardware

Deals · 1

FINSTER AI, INC.Board seat

via Hoxton Ventures · filed Apr 2026 · $34.5M raise

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