Mandela Dixon

Mandela Dixon is a founder, investor, and the former CEO of All Raise and Founder Gym, two leading diversity and inclusion organizations in the venture-backed tech ecosystem. In 2012, Mandela became one of the first Black women to raise venture capital from Silicon Valley investors to scale her tech startup. Later, she went on to build Founder Gym, the #1 online training center teaching underrepresented founders how to raise venture capital. 1 out of every 10 Black women to raise $1 million or more in venture funding is a graduate of Founder Gym. Mandela has been recognized as Entrepreneur magazine’s 100 Most Powerful Women, Forbes’ Women to Watch, and LinkedIn’s Top 10 Voices in Venture Capital and Startups.