Tag: Andreessen
Ali Yahya, Andreessen Horowitz: 'Many Fair Weather VCs Have Pivoted'
A16z’s general partner tells Jeff Wilser why the blue-chip venture fund is "100% committed on crypto as a space."
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Former Andreessen Horowitz execs launch Bastion after $25M funding round
Two former executives from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)’s crypto division have managed to raise $25 million in seed funding for their newly launched Web [...]
Andreessen Horowitz Wades Into Crypto Tech Research with ZK Projects ‘Jolt’ and ‘Lasso’
ZK proofs “scale blockchains by kind of doing the hard work off-chain, and only having the blockchain verify the proofs,” said Justin Thaler, an a16z [...]
Andreessen Horowitz Unloads $7M of MakerDAO’s MKR Tokens as Price Soars
The transactions happened as MKR surged Friday to a near-one year high above $1,200 following the activation of a new token buyback scheme that is rem [...]
Andreessen Horowitz exec sees ‘promising paths’ for Web3 social platforms — EthCC
An executive from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) believes that Web3 has the solutions to the headaches and problems found on Web2-bas [...]
First Mover Americas: VC Giant Andreessen Horowitz Looks to U.K. For Expansion
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for June 12, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualize [...]
Former Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Engineering and Security Heavyweights to Start Crypto Custody Firm: Source
The former chief technology officer (CTO) and chief information security officer (CISO) from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) are start [...]
Optimism’s OP Token Bounces After Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Project Announcement
The token was trading at $2.66 midday Wednesday, a 5% bump up from its 24-hour low. Most of the Wednesday rally immediately preceded Andreessen Horowi [...]
Andreessen Horowitz Says It’s Working on a Rollup Client for the Optimism Blockchain
The project is a new client for OP Stack, the standardized, open-source development stack that powers Optimism. The client is written using the Rust p [...]
Andreessen Horowitz loses billions of dollars but remains faithful to crypto
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), a hedge fund that manages roughly $28 billion USD, has become one of the major victims of the crypto market crisis that br [...]
Andreessen Horowitz-backed Apex Space aims to mass produce spacecraft
Co-founders Max Benassi, left, and Ian CinnamonApex SpaceA pair of heavy-hitter startup founders is turning their attention to what they see as a key [...]
Andreessen Horowitz Says Crypto Can Shift Power Away From Big Internet Companies: Report
Since the start of the crypto arm in 2018, a16z has raised more than $7.6 billion to invest in crypto and blockchain companies. That includes its four [...]
Canonical Crypto Launches $20M Inaugural Fund Backed by Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon
Canonical Crypto expects to invest in 40 to 50 projects with the first fund, writing checks ranging from $250,000 to $500,000 for pre-seed to seed rou [...]
Will Reality Have Its Revenge on Andreessen Horowitz's Giant New Crypto Fund?
The humbled WeWork founder is attempting a rehabilitation through blockchain. The timing couldn't be worse.
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Andreessen Horowitz closes $4.5 billion crypto fund amid market turmoil
Even though crypto markets appear to be on a long, arduous path ahead based on recent weeks of token turmoil, venture investors looking to get their h [...]