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Boyle: VC has funded healthcare far more than education and housing
“Education and housing are, you know, two areas that I think venture capital hasn't touched as much as say healthcare. Like if you look at like the last 10 years, digital health has just grown tremendously and we have, you know, we have a separate bio and healt…”
Katherine Boyle Jun 6, 2022 ▶ 9:40 American Dynamism (with Katherine Boyle) · Acquired
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Gerstner: Altimeter operates with 30 employees compared to a16z's 350
“30 versus 350.”
Brad Gerstner Mar 15, 2022 ▶ 51:02 Altimeter (with Brad Gerstner) · Acquired
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Waymo Raised $3.2B in March 2020 with Alphabet Majority Ownership
“March of twenty-twenty, they raise 3.2 billion dollars from folks like Silver Lake Canada Pension and Investment Board Mubadala, Andreessen Horowitz, and of course, the biggest check, I think, Alphabet, and I think they're always the biggest check, because Alp…”
Ben Gilbert Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 2:58:03 Google Part III: The AI Company. Google is amazingly well-positioned... will they win in AI? (Audio) · Acquired
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Gilbert: A16z reached $30B to $40B AUM within 13 years of founding
“And they're somewhere between 30 and forty billion under management now. In, in, what, 13 years since founding?”
Ben Gilbert Jun 20, 2022 ▶ 31:52 The Playbook: Lessons from 200+ Company Stories · Acquired
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Rosenthal: A16z raised a $4.5B crypto fund in 2022
“Just yesterday they raised another four and a half billion dollar crypto fund.”
David Rosenthal Jun 20, 2022 ▶ 31:49 The Playbook: Lessons from 200+ Company Stories · Acquired
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Gilbert: Andreessen Horowitz raised $300M for its first fund in 2009
“For folks who were sort of observing the tech industry at this point, they raised three hundred million dollars for Fund One.”
Ben Gilbert Jun 20, 2022 ▶ 31:05 The Playbook: Lessons from 200+ Company Stories · Acquired
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