portfolio companies
6 statements across 6 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Oct 26, 2018 by Sharon Chang · across every show →
Everything said about portfolio companies, oldest first
Oct 26, 2018
Chang: a16z tells founders not to waste pitch time introducing themselves
“For our portfolio companies, when they're in our briefing center here, we guide them not to spend a ton of time here, because they already have the credibility and backing of meeting a potential new customer here in our offices, and, you know, just their name …”
Jan 2, 2019
Margit Wennmachers: Security product buyers still insist on keeping security setups secret
“So through the lens of the portfolio companies, we have quite a few who sell security products. I have not seen a change in stance from their customer base. I think there's still sort of, you know, we want to keep that stuff secret.”
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Kupor: a16z advises portfolio companies to stay private while capital is available
“Right now, the advice we're giving our companies is in general, quite frankly, is to stay private, you know, as long as they have access to the capital resources that they need to grow the business in the private markets.”
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Andreessen: Andreessen Horowitz employs 85 operating partners to support portfolio companies
“We've got 85 people in the office every single day, and what they're doing is they're basically building and grooming network, a network on behalf of the firm, which then works on behalf of all the portfolio companies.”
Jan 15, 2026 positive
Andreessen: Venture brand equity serves as a slingshot for portfolio startups
“The purpose of building the dominant venture brand was precisely to be able to have the companies be able to borrow that at the most critical points in their development so that the companies can kind of use our force in the world as a slingshot to basically b…”