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Mr Marc Andreessen

VCID: 110790
    Profile

    Bio

    Marc Andreessen is a cofounder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He is an innovator and creator, one of the few to pioneer a software category used by more than a billion people and one of the few to establish multiple billion-dollar companies. Marc co-created the highly influential Mosaic internet browser and co-founded Netscape, which later sold to AOL for $4.2 billion. He also co-founded Loudcloud, which as Opsware, sold to Hewlett-Packard for $1.6 billion. He later served on the board of Hewlett-Packard from 2008 to 2018. Marc holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Marc serves on the board of the following Andreessen Horowitz portfolio companies: Applied Intuition, Carta, Dialpad, Honor, OpenGov, and Samsara.


    Career


    Andreessen Horowitz Fund V LP


    Responsibilities: Managing Member of the General Partner

    Andreessen Horowitz Fund III-A LP


    Responsibilities: Managing Member of the General Partner

    AH Parallel Fund V-A LP


    Responsibilities: Managing Member of the General Partner

    Andreessen Horowitz Fund III-Q LP


    Responsibilities: Executive Officer Managing Member of the General Partner

    AH Bio Fund I LP

    Venture capital fund with a focus on early-stage startups at the intersection of computer science and life sciences, managed by Andreessen Horowitz.


    Responsibilities: Managing Member of the General Partner

    Andreessen Horowitz Fund II-A LP


    Responsibilities: Managing Member of the General Partner

    Pinah LP


    Responsibilities: Managing Member of the General Partner

    Andreessen Horowitz Fund I-A LP


    Responsibilities: Managing Member of the General Partner.

    AH Parallel Fund IV-A LP


    Responsibilities: Managing Member of the General Partner

    Ning Inc

    World’s largest platform for creating social websites.

    Investment preferences

    Stage focus

    Selected investments

    Country Date Notes
    Moxxie Ventures LP
    United States 18 Dec 2019 Fund Closing
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Business Insider Inc
    Digital news provider focused on Wall Street, Technology and other popular business verticals
    United States 1 Sep 2011 Venture
    Active
    Asana Inc
    United States 1 Apr 2009 Seed
    Active
    ExtraHop Networks Inc
    Network and application performance management (APM) software company.
    United States 1 Apr 2009 Series A
    RockMelt Inc
    United States 19 Feb 2009 Seed
    Active
    Slack Technologies Inc
    Productivity platform that empowers everyone with no-code automation and AI, makes search and knowledge sharing seamless, and keeps teams connected.
    United States 1 Jan 2009 Seed
    Round participant. Active
    Tiny Speck
    Online gaming company
    United States 1 Jan 2009 Seed
    Wealthfront Inc
    Online financial advisor that manages your investments for you so you can live your life.
    United States 16 Dec 2008 Seed
    Active
    Digg Inc
    User-driven social content.
    United States 1 Sep 2008 Series C
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    OMGPOP Inc
    The most addicting site to play games, meet new people, and hang out.
    United States 26 Jun 2008 Series A
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Blekko Inc
    Provide a differentiated editorial voice in search
    United States 1 May 2008 Series B
    Active
    Ning Inc
    World’s largest platform for creating social websites.
    United States 31 Dec 2007 Series A
    Initial investment. Round participant. Exited (Trade sale)
    AppNexus Inc
    United States 27 Dec 2007 Seed
    Initial investment. Round participant. Exited (Trade sale)
    SocialMedia Networks
    United States 1 Oct 2007 Series A
    Twitter Inc
    Social networking and micro-blogging.
    United States 1 Jul 2007 Series A
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Scribd Inc
    World's largest online library.
    United States 1 Jun 2007 Series A
    Active
    Outside.in Inc
    1 Feb 2007 Seed
    Active
    Netvibes SASU
    Widget advertising network
    France 22 Mar 2006 Seed
    Shrug Capital [Fund]
    Fund Closing
    Active
    Metaplace Inc
    Social gaming technology and game design.
    United States N/A

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