Andreessen Horowitz (known as "a16z") is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology.

Andreessen Horowitz is stage agnostic: investing in seed to late-stage technology companies, across the consumer, enterprise, bio/healthcare, crypto, and fintech spaces.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.Andreessen Horowitz aims to connect entrepreneurs, investors, executives, engineers, academics, industry experts, and others in the technology ecosystem.

The firm has 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 its commitment to help its portfolio companies grow their business, so its operating teams provide entrepreneurs with access to expertise and insights across the entire spectrum of company building.