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Kalanick: 2017 Would Have Been Different If Uber Partnered With a16z
“If we did it business at Uber, my 2017 would have been a different year.”
Hays: Investing in a16z provides exposure to every important tech company
“Also part of like the major appeal of investing in A-sixteen Z is that you pretty much know that you're gonna get in every important company. That's my point of view. I'm not an LP, but I happily would be, and it's because you know you're gonna get some exposu…”
Torenberg: a16z plans to build an affiliate podcast network for top creators
“We want to, like, Do something like an affiliate network where we can partner with amazing shows, help them get distribution, help them make more money and kind of make it a no brainer for them to be part of this sort of broader podcast network that just sort …”
Torenberg: a16z Role Combines Venture Investing and Media Networks
“Basically they had had a desire to, Go much bigger on, on, on, on content, like separate from me. And they kind of liked what I was up to at Terpeton with sort of this network approach and they crafted the right dual role. That's a mix of investing and a mix o…”
Hays: Andreessen Horowitz got a bargain investing in Saronic at $1B
“I think Andreessen stole those shares at a billion. If they can land this, if they can land this a hundred and fifty million with the Navy they're getting that, they're getting in at less than a 10 X revenue multiple for a company that You know, if they stay o…”
Hays: a16z hiring internal carry managers signals preparations for an IPO
“And I, to me, the signal is like, we're getting ready to go public, right? Like, it's one thing when it's just the GPs, and they're sort of managing carry internally.”
Wischoff: Over 75% of VC capital raised went to around 10 mega-funds
“75% of VC funds or maybe north of that went to like 10 funds, or sorry, capital raised for venture funds went to like the biggest ones, the GCs, the Andreessen's.”
Torenberg: Andreessen Horowitz builds internal media rather than investing in media startups
“I don't want to invest in, in, in media companies, but I do want to support. I do want to build a lot of media at Andreessen Horowitz.”
Randle: Mega-funds like a16z and Lightspeed replaced Tiger in VC platformization
“Instead of Tiger, you know, continuing to be this large platform, you now have like four other platforms that were actually established in those days of 20, 21. And so it's like, okay, yeah, like you don't have Tiger, But like, how big is Andreessen's last fun…”
Justin Mares: TruMed raised $36M led by Andreessen Horowitz
“The big news is that we actually closed a round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Yeah, so we raised thirty six million dollars led by Andreessen Horowitz.”
Hays: Debanking wave drove Andreessen Horowitz and top VCs to Washington
“When this was all happening was when Andreessen and other firms realized they needed to spend way more time in Washington because they were They were like, there's actually bigger games being played here that are not just in our world.”