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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Roblox
Stripe
Substack
Tanium