About a16z
a16z is a venture capital firm founded in 2009. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of May 2025, a16z is an active investor, having invested in 1035 companies, with 85 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Blockchain Technology. Most recently it led the $30M Series A round of along with Balerion Space. This round also saw participation from Humba Ventures and other investors.
Overall, a16z portfolio has seen 101 unicorns, 30 IPOs and 224 acquisitions including key companies like Slack, Robinhood and Opendoor. A lot of funds co-invest with a16z, with names like SV Angel sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
a16z has team of 344 people including 272 partners.
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Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
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Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Unicorns
Portfolio Soonicorns
Deals in last 12 months
a16z's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
a16z has invested in 1036 companies over the last 16 years, with an average of 68 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 156 investments, while as of May 2025, it has made 45 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in and most recent follow-on round was in Doppel.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 19 | 26 | 45 |
2024 | 94 | 62 | 156 |
2023 | 86 | 54 | 140 |
2022 | 135 | 84 | 219 |
2021 | 129 | 113 | 242 |
2020 | 48 | 45 | 93 |
2019 | 43 | 43 | 86 |
2018 | 42 | 47 | 89 |
2017 | 27 | 27 | 54 |
2016 | 30 | 24 | 54 |
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a16z's Investment Trends by Stage
a16z has made 390 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $10.9M, 344 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $24M and 122 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $123M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 390 |
Series A | 344 |
Series B | 122 |
Series C | 44 |
Series D | 24 |
Others | 22 |
a16z's Investment Trends by Sector
a16z has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, FinTech, Consumer and Enterprise Infrastructure. Notably, it has invested in 918 Tech companies, 631 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 493 Software companies and at least 403 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 416 |
High Tech | 352 |
FinTech | 213 |
Consumer | 201 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 142 |
Others | 1166 |
a16z's Investment Trends by Geography
a16z has made most investments in United States (863), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 24 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 811 |
United Kingdom | 23 |
Canada | 17 |
Germany | 9 |
Australia | 7 |
Others | 75 |
a16z's recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by a16z:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 02, 2025 | United States | Series B | $35M | [+6] | |
Apr 24, 2025 | United States | Series B | $100M | - | |
Apr 23, 2025 | - | Seed | $3.4M | 8090 Industries [+6] | |
Apr 22, 2025 | Brazil | Seed | $1.72M | [+6] | |
Apr 22, 2025 | United States | Series A | $35M | [+10] |
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Here is a list of unicorns in a16z's portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
60 | Generative AI platform for healthcare | 2022 | Palo Alto | Series B | wxlqvda | ||
55 | AI tools and assistants to augment human capabilities | 2022 | San Francisco | Series B | igdakkv | ||
51 | Platform offering security solutions for AI models | 2024 | Palo Alto | Series A | lcxlpgw | ||
47 | Spatial intelligence AI company building large world models to perceive, generate, and interact with the 3D world, leveraging its expertise in AI and computer vision to create solutions | 2023 | San Francisco | Series D | {gd{hsb | ||
63 | Developer of autonomous surface vessels for naval and maritime forces | 2022 | Austin | Series C | h{enfi{ |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in a16z's Portfolio
Here are a16z's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 31, 2025 | Jan 10, 2022 | Series C | $190M | |
Oct 11, 2024 | Apr 20, 2018 | Series A | $34.1M | |
Sep 26, 2024 | Jul 28, 2017 | Series A | $10.9M | |
Mar 21, 2024 | Oct 01, 2014 | Series B | $50M | |
Sep 19, 2023 | Jun 24, 2014 | Series B | $44M |
Acquired companies in a16z's Portfolio
Here are a16z's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Team profile of a16z
a16z has a team of 344 membersÌýincluding 272 Partners, 17 Venture Partners and 27 PrincipalsÌýlocated in United States, United Kingdom and . a16z's team sits on the board of 2 companies.Here is a list of top team members in a16z:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
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Partner | United States | - | , | |
Partner | Menlo Park | - | ||
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Partner | Las Vegas | |||
Partner | Palo Alto | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | , | |
Partner | Boston | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | , | |
Partner | San Francisco | , | ||
Partner | Menlo Park | - | , |
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Over the past 16 years, 5394 investors have co-invested in a16z's portfolio companies.
- Invested before a16z:Ìý, SV Angel and 1071 others have invested in rounds before a16z. There are 98 companies where Y Combinator has invested before a16z and 33 companies where SV Angel has invested before a16z.
- Top Co-investors of a16z:Ìý2155 investors entered a company along with a16z. These include investors like SV Angel (71 companies).
- Invested after a16z:ÌýA total of 2166 investors have invested in a16z's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Tiger Global Management (32 companies), Coatue (28 companies) and Fidelity Investments (25 companies).
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