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Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
Menlo Park, United States
Countries of investment
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Canada
  • India
  • France
  • Mexico
Investment stages
  • Pre-Seed
  • Seed
  • Series A
  • Series B
  • Series C
  • Growth
Industries
  • AI
  • Generative AI
  • Health Tech
  • Biotechnology
  • Consumer Products
  • Blockchain
  • Web3
  • Enterprise Software
  • Fintech
  • Gaming
  • Cloud Computing
  • Defense Tech
  • Aerospace
About
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. They invest across a wide range of stages and sectors, providing founders with access to a large network of operational experts. Their mission is to connect entrepreneurs, investors, executives, engineers, academics, and others in the technology ecosystem.
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$1M
Max check size
$50M
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Investment Thesis

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a stage-agnostic venture capital firm investing from seed to growth stages in technology companies. Their core thesis is that software is eating the world, and they focus on sectors including AI, Bio + Health, Consumer, Crypto, Enterprise, Fintech, and Games. What makes a16z unique is its large, specialized operational team that provides deep expertise and support to portfolio companies in areas like go-to-market, talent, marketing, and corporate development, functioning more like a talent agency for entrepreneurs.
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Manager's Experience

Founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, who invested in about 45 startups between 2006 and 2010 before launching the firm with a $300M first fund. General partners include Jeff Jordan, Chris Dixon, Martin Casado, Andrew Chen, and Raghu Raghuram (former VMware CEO, joined October 2025), and David Ulevitch leads the American Dynamism team alongside Katherine Boyle, Erin Price-Wright, and Connor Love. Manages over $100B across multiple funds as of April 30, 2026, and raised $15B across five new funds in 2026. Portfolio includes Airbnb, Coinbase, GitHub, Databricks, Figma, Stripe, Skydio, Shield AI, Mistral AI, ElevenLabs, and Cursor. Based in Menlo Park, California with a San Francisco office. Invests from seed to growth across AI, bio and healthcare, consumer, crypto, enterprise, fintech, games, infrastructure, and American Dynamism.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Contacts Information

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Team

Marc Andreessen - Founder

General Partner

Ben Horowitz - Founder

General Partner

Scott Kupor - Managing Partner

Chris Dixon - Founder

Managing Partner

a16z crypto

Martin Casado - General Partner

Jorge Conde - General Partner

Vijay Pande - Founding General Partner

a16z bio + health

David George - CEO/Managing Partner

a16z growth

Jeff Jordan - General Partner

Portfolio

Airbnb

Coinbase

Databricks

Devoted Health

GitHub

Instacart

Lyft

OpenSea

Pinterest

Roblox

Stripe

Substack

Tanium

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