Donald Dixon Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Chairman & Board...

  • Primary Industry
  • Information Technology

  • Active Board Seats
  • 10

  • Med. Deal Size

  • Med. Valuation

Donald Dixon General Information

Biography

Mr. Donald Dixon serves as Chairman of the Board at Amprius Technologies. He co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Concourse Labs. He has served as the Chair of the Amprius Board since December 2016. He has also served as a Director of Amprius since June 2009. In 1993, he co-founded, and has since served as Managing Director of, Trident Capital, a venture capital fund, and in 2015, he co-founded and has since served as the Managing Director of, ForgePoint Capital, an investment firm focused on cybersecurity. Before Trident Capital, he was the President at Partech International, a private equity fund associated with Banque Paribas, a Managing Director at Alex. Brown & Sons and a Vice President at Morgan Stanley. He has previously served on the boards of directors of the publicly held companies IronNet, Qualys and Top Image Systems and also serves as a Director of several privately held companies. He served as a Board Member at Concourse Labs. He is a member of the Leadership Council of the Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He holds a B.S.E. degree in Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Chairman & Board Member, Amprius Technologies
Education
Stanford Graduate School of Business, MBA (Master of Business Administration)
Princeton University, BS (Bachelor of Science)
Gender
Male
Phone
+1 (800)
Address
  • 1180 Page Avenue
  • Fremont, CA 94538
  • United States
+1 (800)

Donald Dixon Positions (3)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Forgepoint Capital Investor Co-Founder & Managing Director San Mateo, CA Venture Capital
Profex Company Director Shanghai, China Personal Products
Trident Capital Investor Co-Founder & Managing Director Palo Alto, CA Venture Capital

Donald Dixon Board Seats (12)

Company Industry Ownership Status Financing Status Location Since
2Checkout (Acquired 2017) Financial Software Acquired/Merged Private Equity-Backed Columbus, OH
Advanced Payment Solutions (Nashville) Other Financial Services Acquired/Merged Private Equity-Backed Nashville, TN
Amprius Technologies Electrical Equipment Publicly Held Formerly VC-backed Fremont, CA
Bishop Fox Network Management Software Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed Tempe, AZ
Converge Other Insurance Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed New York, NY

Donald Dixon Lead Partner on Deals (54)

Donald Dixon has been the lead partner on 54 deals. Their latest deal was with Verituity, a financial software company. The deal was made for on 19-Feb-2025.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
Verituity 19-Feb-2025 Later Stage VC (Series A) Completed Financial Software McLean, VA
CyberCube 19-Dec-2022 Completed Network Management Software San Francisco, CA
Sphere Technology Solutions 30-Nov-2022 Completed Network Management Software Newark, NJ
Surefire Cyber 28-Jan-2022 Completed Network Management Software Elkridge, MD
IronNet 26-Aug-2021 Completed Network Management Software McLean, VA
Verituity 24-May-2021 Completed Financial Software McLean, VA
Sphere Technology Solutions 25-Nov-2020 Completed Network Management Software Newark, NJ
LoginRadius 25-Jul-2018 Completed Software Development Applications Vancouver, Canada
IronNet 03-May-2018 Early Stage VC (Series B) Completed Network Management Software McLean, VA
IronNet 15-Oct-2015 Early Stage VC (Series A) Completed Network Management Software McLean, VA

Donald Dixon Network (523)

Board Members (219)

Name Company Representing Location From
Tom Damico DeepSee Self Draper, UT
Steve Kirby JD eGistics Self Plano, TX
LoginRadius Real Ventures Vancouver, Canada
DeepSee Self Draper, UT
CSG International CSG International Englewood, CO

Portfolio Executives (282)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Benjamin Turner Verituity Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, President & Board Member 19-Feb-2025 McLean, VA
Bill Gore Verituity Chief Financial Officer 19-Feb-2025 McLean, VA
Verituity Chief Revenue Officer 19-Feb-2025 McLean, VA
Verituity Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Client Success Officer 19-Feb-2025 McLean, VA
Verituity Chief Product Officer 19-Feb-2025 McLean, VA

Fund Team Members (22)

Name Investor Fund Fund Location
John Reardon Trident Capital Trident Capital Fund VI Palo Alto, CA
John Reardon Trident Capital Trident Capital Fund V Palo Alto, CA
Trident Capital Palo Alto, CA
Forgepoint Capital San Mateo, CA
Forgepoint Capital San Mateo, CA

Donald Dixon Affiliated Funds (11)

Fund Investor Fund Type Status Vintage Size Dry Powder IRR IRR Quartile
Trident Cyber Affiliates Fund I Forgepoint Capital Venture - General Closed 2017
ForgePoint Cyber Co-Investors I Forgepoint Capital Co-Investment Closed 2018
ForgePoint Cyber Affiliates Fund II Forgepoint Capital Venture - General Closed 2020
Forgepoint Cybersecurity Fund II Forgepoint Capital Venture Capital - Early Stage Closed 2020
Trident Capital Fund VI Trident Capital Venture - General Fully Invested 2005

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