Andreessen Horowitz

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American venture capital firm

AH Capital Management, LLC

Trade name	Andreessen Horowitz
Company type	Private
Industry	Venture capital
Founded	July 6, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-07-06)
Founders	Marc Andreessen Ben Horowitz
Headquarters	Menlo Park, California , U.S.
AUM	$42 billion (as of May 2024)
Website	a16z.com

AH Capital Management, LLC (commonly known as Andreessen Horowitz, or a16z) is an American privately held venture capital firm, founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. The company is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. As of April 2023, Andreessen Horowitz ranks first on the list of venture capital firms by assets under management, with $42 billion as of May 2024.¹

Andreessen Horowitz invests in both early-stage start-ups and established growth companies.² Its investments span the healthcare, consumer, cryptocurrency, gaming, fintech, education and enterprise IT (including cloud computing, security, and software as a service) industries.³

Founding and partnering

Marc Andreessen (left) and Ben Horowitz (right) are the company’s founders.

Between 2006 and 2010, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz actively invested in technology companies. Separately, and together, they invested $4 million in 45 start-ups including Twitter.⁴ During this time, the two became known as “super angel” investors.⁴

On July 6, 2009, Andreessen and Horowitz launched their venture capital fund with an initial capitalization of $300 mi ll i o n . [^{c} nn - 5] I n N o v e mb er 2010, a t a t im e w h e n t h e f i e l d o f [v e n t u rec a p i t a l i s m] (h ttp s : // e n . w iki p e d ia . or g / w iki / V e n t u r e_{c} a p i t a l " V e n t u rec a p i t a l ") w a sco n t r a c t in g, t h eco m p an yr ai se d an o t h er$ 650 million for a second venture fund.⁵⁶ In less than two years, the firm was managing a total of $1.2 billion under the two funds.³

In May 2011, Andreessen ranked number 10 on the 2011 Forbes Midas List of Tech’s Top Investors⁷ while he and Horowitz ranked number 6 on Vanity Fair’s 2011 New Establishment List⁸ and number 1 on CNET’s 2011 most influential investors list.⁹

As of March 27, 2014, the firm managed $4 bi ll i o nina sse t s a f t er t h ec l os in g o f i t s f o u r t h f u n d a t$ 1.5 billion.¹⁰

In addition to Andreessen and Horowitz, the firm’s general partners include John O’Farrell, Scott Weiss, Jeff Jordan, Peter Levine, Chris Dixon, Vijay Pande,¹¹ Martin Casado, Andrew Chen¹² and Sriram Krishnan.¹³¹⁴¹⁵¹⁶ In March 2019, it was reported that Andreessen Horowitz was opening an office in San Francisco.¹⁷

In January 2022, Andreessen Horowitz raised $9 billion for its venture capital, growth-stage and biotech-focused vehicles.¹⁸¹⁹

As of May 2024, the firm manages $42 billion in assets.¹

Notable investments

In 2009, Andreessen Horowitz made its two first investments: one in business management SaaS developer Apptio²⁰ and the other in Skype stock.²¹ According to Horowitz, the investment was seen as risky by other experts in the field who believed the company would be crippled by ongoing intellectual property litigation and direct competitive attacks from Google and Apple.²¹ The company’s founders viewed the investment as a success following Skype’s sale to Microsoft in May 2011 for $8.5 billion.²¹

In 2010, Andreessen Horowitz invested $10 million in cloud company Okta while leading its Series A Round.²²

In 2011, Andreessen Horowitz invested $80 million in Twitter,⁵ becoming the first venture firm that held stock in all four of the highest-valued, privately held social media companies at the time: Facebook, Groupon, Twitter, and Zynga.³ Andreessen Horowitz has also invested in Airbnb, Lytro, Jawbone, Belly, Foursquare, Stripe and other high-tech companies.⁵²³²⁴

In 2012, Andreessen Horowitz invested in 156 companies, including the 90 companies in its portfolio,²⁵ and 66 start-ups²⁶ through its funding of Y Combinator’s Start Fund.²⁷ The company invested $100 mi ll i o nin [G i t H u b] (h ttp s : // e n . w iki p e d ia . or g / w iki / G i t H u b " G i t H u b "), w hi c hn e tt e d o v er$ 1 billion for the fund when GitHub was acquired by Microsoft for $7.5 billion.²⁸²⁹ In 2013, Andreessen Horowitz invested in Clinkle, Coinbase, Databricks, Lyft, Oculus VR, PagerDuty, Pixlee, Ripple, Soylent, Swiftype and uBiome.³⁰³¹³²³³³⁴³⁵³⁶

In 2014, the firm led a $57 mi ll i o n S er i es B ro u n d in t h e A / Bt es t in g s t a r t u p [Opt imi ze l y] (h ttp s : // e n . w iki p e d ia . or g / w iki / Opt imi ze l y " Opt imi ze l y ") . [^{3} 7] T ha t s am eye a r t h eco m p an y in v es t e d in se v er a l m oreco m p ani es, in c l u d in g [T ani u m] (h ttp s : // e n . w iki p e d ia . or g / w iki / T ani u m " T ani u m ") f or$ 90 million,³⁷ BuzzFeed,³⁸ and Forward Networks.³⁹ In 2015, the firm invested $40 mi ll i o nin [St a c k E x c han g e] (h ttp s : // e n . w iki p e d ia . or g / w iki / St a c k_{E} x c han g e " St a c k E x c han g e "), [^{4} 1] [^{4} 2]$ 2.8 million in Distelli,⁴⁰ and $80 million in cloud-based CAD software company Onshape.⁴¹ Also in 2015 Andreessen Horowitz invested in the blogging platform Medium,⁴² Samsara,⁴³ Improbable,⁴⁴ Honor, Inc.,⁴⁵ OpenBazaar,⁴⁶⁴⁷ a blockchain startup, and nootropics and biohacking company Nootrobox.⁴⁸

In 2016, the firm led an $8.1 mi ll i o n S er i es A ro u n d in E v er l a w, a l e g a lt ec hn o l o g yco m p an y, an d l e d a$ 3.5 million Series Seed round in RapidAPI, an API connection platform for developers.⁴⁹⁵⁰ Also in 2016, the firm invested $2 million in Cardiogram, a digital health company,⁵¹ and Apeel Sciences, a food science business.⁵²

In 2017, the firm invested in Sigma, Health IQ, Asimov, and Cadre.⁵³⁵⁴⁵⁵⁵⁶⁵⁷

In 2018, the firm raised $300 million for a dedicated cryptocurrency fund.⁵⁸ It has also invested in Imply, Smartcar, PeerStreet, CryptoKitties, Dfinity, Earnin, Pindrop, Tenfold, and Very Good Security.⁵⁹⁶⁰⁶¹⁶²⁶³ In September 2018, Andreessen Horowitz participated in a Series A funding round in Applied Intuition, a software company specializing in products for autonomous vehicles (AVs), and Marc Andreessen joined the Applied Intuition board.⁶⁴⁶⁵

In 2019 the firm provided $15.3 million in [Series A funding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_A_funding "Series A funding") to [Substack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substack "Substack"), some of which went to bringing high-profile writers into that network. [^nymag-aug20-69] In June 2019 the firm also invested in a$ 9.2 million Series A round in AnyRoad, an experiential marketing platform, and David Ulevitch from Andreessen Horowitz joined the AnyRoad board.⁶⁶

In 2020, the firm led a $150 million Series G round in Roblox, a social video game platform for children.⁶⁷⁶⁸

In April 2020, the firm led a $50 million Series D round in Figma, a vector graphics editor and prototyping tool.⁶⁹

Also in April 2020, the firm raised $515 million for a second cryptocurrency-focused fund.⁷⁰

In May 2020, the firm made a $12 mi ll i o n S er i es A in v es t m e n t in Cl u bh o u se ($ 10 million in primary capital plus $2 mi ll i o n t o w a r d p u rc ha s in g s ha res), ana u d i o - c ha t soc ia l n e tw or kin g a pp v a l u e d a t n e a r l y$ 100 million as of December 2020.⁷¹⁷²

In January 2021, the firm led a $100 million Series B for the audio-chat social networking app [Clubhouse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clubhouse_$app$ "Clubhouse (app)"), reportedly valuing it at$ 1 billion.⁷³ In April 2021, it led a $220 million Series D for mobile banking and fintech company Current.⁷⁴⁷⁵

In July 2021, the firm led a $100 mi ll i o n S er i es A f or t h e NFT ma r k e tpl a ce [Op e n S e a] (h ttp s : // e n . w iki p e d ia . or g / w iki / Op e n S e a " Op e n S e a "), re p or t e d l y v a l u in g i t a t$ 1.5 billion.⁷⁶

In September 2021, the firm led an $18 million Series A fundraise in Pearl Health, a healthcare technology company.

In October 2021, A16z led the round to Raise $150 MS er i es B a t$ 3B Valuation in Vietnamese studio Sky Mavis, the developer of crypto-based online game Axie Infinity.⁷⁷⁷⁸

In December 2021, crowdfunding platform Kickstarter received a $100 million investment from a16z’s crypto fund with the expectation that it would pivot to blockchain technology. The decision to pivot backfired, alienated many of Kickstarter’s users, and ended up damaging its reputation.⁷⁹⁸⁰

In March 2022, Andreessen Horowitz led the round to raise $450 mi ll i o na t a$ 4B Valuation in Yuga Labs (known for Bored Apes).⁸¹ In October 2022, it was reported that the US Securities and Exchange Commission were investigating Yuga Labs, due to concerns that sales of their digital assets violated US investment laws.⁸²

In March 2022, the firm led $27 million Series A for the Rutter, a universal API for commerce data.⁸³

In March 2022, a16z with Lux Capital co-led an $90 million round of Los Angeles–based machine-parts start-up Hadrian Automation.⁸⁴

In April 2022, a16z led a $12 million Series A round for Bounce, a marketplace for consumers to access underutilized space in local businesses.⁸⁵

In May 2022, the firm announced the launch of its largest fund to date at $4.5 bi ll i o n . T h e f u n d i sse tt o f oc u so n [cry pt oc u rre n cy] (h ttp s : // e n . w iki p e d ia . or g / w iki / C ry pt oc u rre n cy " C ry pt oc u rre n cy ") an d [b l oc k c hain] (h ttp s : // e n . w iki p e d ia . or g / w iki / Bl oc k c hain " Bl oc k c hain ") t ec hn o l o g i es . T h e f i r m s t a t e d t ha t$ 1.5 billion was allocated to seed investments while the remaining $3 billion would be earmarked for venture investments.⁸⁶

In August 2022, the firm announced it would be investing about $350 million in Flow, the latest organization begun by WeWork founder Adam Neumann. The purported aim of Flow is to create a branded product in the housing market with consistent community features, reimagining how real estate works in the US. ⁸⁷ The decision was met with some criticism due to Neumann’s previous business issues in his time at WeWork. ⁸⁸

The firm committed to $400 mi ll i o nin e q u i t y in v es t m e n tt o w a r d s [a c q u i s i t i o n o f Tw i tt er b y El o n M u s k] (h ttp s : // e n . w iki p e d ia . or g / w iki / A c q u i s i t i o n_{o} f_{T} w i tt e r_{b} y_{E} l o n_{M} u s k " A c q u i s i t i o n o f Tw i tt er b y El o n M u s k ") t ha t co m pl e t e d in O c t o b er 2022. [^{9} 3] [^{9} 4] A ccor d in g t o t h e Wa s hin g t o n P os t, b y S e pt e mb er 2024, t h e f i r mha d l os t$ 288 million on its Twitter investment.⁸⁹

Andreessen Horowitz partners work on behalf of all its portfolio companies, an approach modeled after the Hollywood talent agency, Creative Artists Agency.⁹⁰ In 2010, the company hired Margit Wennmachers, a marketing executive at the partner level.⁹¹

As of 2011, the firm had maintained a database of designers, coders, and executives and used it to help fill positions at its start-ups.⁹² Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers became a special advisor to Andreessen Horowitz in June 2011.⁹³

In September 2012, former Washington D.C. mayor Adrian Fenty was appointed Andreessen Horowitz’s second special advisor.⁹⁴ Fenty was hired to advise the firm’s portfolio companies on working with local, state, and federal governments.⁹³

In 2019, the firm applied to restructure as a registered investment adviser in order to have more freedom to take up riskier bets like cryptocurrency.⁹⁵⁹⁶

In 2022, a16z announced GAMES FUND ONE, lead by partner Andrew Chen, its inaugural fund dedicated to building the future of the games industry.⁹⁷

In 2023, the firm announced that it is establishing a cryptocurrency-investment entity in London, United Kingdom.⁹⁸

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