Chris Dykstra
Partner @Brown Venture Group
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WORK HISTORY
Partner @Brown Venture Group
Minneapolis, MN, US
Founded in 2018 in Minneapolis, MN, Brown Venture Group (BVG) is a Black-owned venture capital firm focused on Black, Latino, and Native American technology entrepreneurs. BVG provides technology founders of color a studio environment from which they can launch and scale their startup, including capital, training, and networks. We believe that technology entrepreneurship can bypass many of the cognitive and racial biases that have historically prevented communities of color from flourishing. Moreover, generation after generation of adversity has made entrepreneurs of color particularly resilient. This resilience, combined with the fact that investment in entrepreneurs of color has been almost non-existent, represents the best un-activated market for technology-focused venture capital.
EDUCATION
Augsburg University
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Studio Art, Journalism
Augsburg University
BA, Communications
SKILLS
ABOUT CHRIS DYKSTRA
Chris Dykstra is a serial technology and media entrepreneur, community leader, and artist. He is a Partner in Brown Venture Group, a Minneapolis based VC fund investing in Black, Native American and LatinX entrepreneurs, the founder of of GoodCarts.co, a network of purpose driven entrepreneurs connecting for growth and impact, a founding partner and CEO of Warecorp, an international software engineering, and consulting company working with impact entrepreneurs and change agents; co- founder and partner in Drupal Squad (http://drupalsquad.com); founder and publisher of TheContributor.com (http://thecontributor.com) an online, daily publication of the work of an international network of bloggers, Chair-emeritus and co-founder of The UpTake (http://theuptake.org), an acclaimed non-profit online video news organization; founder of Zanby.com, an open-source enterprise network organizing platform, and founder of one of the first US Benefit Corporations in the world, Global Contribution (GC) which was founded to hold investments in communities of shared prosperity. He lives in Minneapolis.Prior to becoming a serial entrepreneur, he served as Vice President of eCommerce for EPAM Systems, Europe\'s largest offshore software development company. At EPAM, he provided technology vision and leadership for West Publishing, SBLI USA, Alloy.com, Target, Lasvegas.com and Aeromexico.com. Prior to EPAM, he built a global interactive agency for FirePond, guiding a team of 60 creative talents in five countries to break new frontiers in usable, branded online selling for General Motors, Renault, Subaru, Invesmart, Ricoh, Zurich, John Deer, IBM and Compaq.Chris is also a practicing artist. His paintings and drawings can be found at http://chrisdykstra.com.Specialties: Web and software development services, online community building, offshore outsourcing, information architecture, content management, business model development, media, coworking, entrepreneurship, investment, fund raising, art, art entrepreneurship, community organizing, media, advertising, activism, coworking, social entrepreneurship, impact investing, politics.
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