a16z Crypto
Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
Menlo Park, United States
Countries of investment
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Switzerland
- Israel
- Germany
- Cayman Islands
- British Virgin Islands
Investment stages
- Seed
- Early Stage
- Late Stage
Industries
- Crypto
- Blockchain
- Web3
- DeFi
- NFTs
- Gaming
- AI
- Infrastructure
- Consumer Internet
- Financial Services
About
a16z Crypto is the crypto-focused arm of Andreessen Horowitz founded by Chris Dixon in 2018, headquartered in Menlo Park with offices in New York, San Francisco, London, and Seoul; manages over $7 billion across four dedicated crypto funds, making it the largest individual crypto venture franchise globally; backs portfolio companies including Solana, EigenLayer, Alchemy, LayerZero, Aztec, Aleo, and zkSync, with active policy engagement and dedicated research, security, talent, and go-to-market support teams
a16z Crypto is the crypto-focused arm of Andreessen Horowitz founded by Chris Dixon in 2018, headquartered in Menlo Park with offices in New York, San Francisco, London, and Seoul; manages over $7 billion across four dedicated crypto funds, making it the largest individual crypto venture franchise globally; backs portfolio companies including Solana, EigenLayer, Alchemy, LayerZero, Aztec, Aleo, and zkSync, with active policy engagement and dedicated research, security, talent, and go-to-market support teams
Investment Thesis
a16z Crypto invests in crypto, web3, and blockchain technologies as the foundational infrastructure for the next era of the internet, viewing blockchains as neutral platforms enabling user ownership, network effects, and decentralized economic models; focuses on protocols, infrastructure, consumer applications, gaming, DeFi, and the intersection of AI and crypto, with stage-agnostic investments from seed through growth
Manager's Experience
Chris Dixon (Founder & Managing Partner) is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded SiteAdvisor (acquired by McAfee 2006) and Hunch (acquired by eBay 2011), joined Andreessen Horowitz as General Partner in 2012, and founded a16z crypto with over $7 billion AUM across four funds; he previously worked at Bessemer Venture Partners and authored Read Write Own. Ali Yahya (General Partner) was previously a software engineer at Google X on the Everyday Robot project and at Google Brain as a core developer on TensorFlow, with academic research at Stanford Computer Security Lab. Arianna Simpson (General Partner) founded Autonomous Partners crypto hedge fund and has invested in crypto for nearly a decade. Sriram Krishnan (General Partner) was a senior product executive at Twitter, Snap, Facebook, and Microsoft before joining Andreessen Horowitz. The team also includes research partners like Stanford cryptographer Dan Boneh and operating leaders supporting portfolio companies globally.
Team
Chris Dixon - Founder & Managing Partner
Ali Yahya - General Partner
Arianna Simpson - General Partner
Sriram Krishnan - General Partner
Daren Matsuoka - Partner
Eddy Lazzarin - CTO
Tim Roughgarden - Head of Research
Miles Jennings - Head of Policy
Carra Wu - Partner
Sam Ragsdale - Partner
Daniel Reynaud - Partner
Guy Wuollet - Partner
Anthony Albanese - COO
SungMo Park - Head of APAC GTM
Portfolio
Solana
EigenLayer
Alchemy
LayerZero
Aztec
Aleo
zkSync
Babylon Labs
Loop Crypto
Seismic Systems
Daylight
NEAR Protocol
Goldfinch
Dynamic Labs
Farcaster
Heritage Distilling
Oro
Halliday
EigenCloud
Sound.xyz
Espresso
Gensyn
Jito
XMTP
Flow
Blackbird