chrislyons (@chrislyons) — Twitter Score 286 out of 1000

Chrislyons is a venture capital executive who serves as President of Halo at Andreessen Horowitz and founded the firm's Cultural Leadership Fund. Chrislyons's Twitter Score is 286 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #1,179 (top 0.5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.

Chrislyons works at Andreessen Horowitz as President of a16z Halo and previously served as President of Web3 media at A16Z Crypto. He founded the Cultural Leadership Fund, which Andreessen Horowitz describes as Silicon Valley's first venture capital fund comprised entirely of Black Limited Partners, launched in 2018. As of June 2022, the fund had raised more than $60 million of Black capital and invested into over 300 Andreessen Horowitz portfolio companies across consumer, crypto, enterprise, fintech, and healthcare sectors.

Chrislyons also serves on the board of Yuga Labs. In October 2022, Investopedia reported that the SEC was investigating Yuga Labs over whether certain NFTs and ApeCoin should be subject to securities regulations; at that time, Yuga Labs had not been accused of wrongdoing and stated it would cooperate with inquiries. Chrislyons additionally holds advisory roles with The Black Economic Alliance, New Story Charity, and is affiliated with The James Beard Foundation.

Chrislyons has published 11,319 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 189 accounts a total of 316 times, reflecting consistent engagement within crypto and venture capital circles.

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The accounts that follow Chrislyons include 1,126 founders, 308 angel investors, 350 influencers and 37 VCs, among them Balaji, Chris Dixon, Marc Andreessen, Fred Ehrsam, Anthony Pompliano and Threadguy.