Founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz (known as "a16z") is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. We are stage agnostic: We invest in seed to late-stage technology companies, across the consumer, enterprise, bio/healthcare, crypto, fintech and games spaces.
a16z is defined by respect for the entrepreneur and the entrepreneurial company building process; we know what it’s like to be in the founder’s shoes. The firm is led by general partners, many of whom are former founders/operators, CEOs, or CTOs of successful technology companies, and who have domain expertise ranging from biology to crypto to distributed systems to security to marketplaces to financial services.
We aim to connect entrepreneurs, investors, executives, engineers, academics, industry experts, and others in the technology ecosystem. We have built a network of experts including technical and executive talent; top media and marketing resources; Fortune 500/Global 2000 companies; as well as other technology decision makers, influencers, and key opinion leaders. a16z uses this network as part of our commitment to help our portfolio companies grow their business, so our operating teams provide entrepreneurs with access to expertise and insights across the entire spectrum of company building.
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Bessemer Venture Partners helps entrepreneurs lay strong foundations from inception to build long-standing companies. With more than 155 IPOs and 450-plus portfolio companies across industries, Bessemer supports founders and CEOs from seed through every stage of growth. Bessemer has backed industry defining companies including Anthropic, Abridge, Canva, LinkedIn, Perplexity, Pinterest, RocketLab, Shopify, ServiceTitan, Toast, and Twilio, and has $20 billion of assets under management. Bessemer invests globally, with investment teams located in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, New York, Boston, London, Bangalore, and Tel Aviv.
Greylock was founded in 1965, one of the few venture firms that predates Silicon Valley.
We invest selectively and partner deeply with the founders we back. Each partner takes on only one to two new investments a year because the work requires depth. We bring the full attention, network, and resources of Greylock to every partnership.
Across more than 100 IPOs and over 250 acquisitions, we have partnered with generational companies including Airbnb, Figma, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Palo Alto Networks. Many defining companies were built inside our own offices before they had a name.
Today, AI has made the map blank again. We believe many of the defining companies of this era have yet to be built.
We are builders backing outliers, aiming to be a founder’s first believer and long-term partner.