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A deep dive into a16z, which has stakes in 10 of the top 15 private companies by valuation and whose Funds 1-4 totaled $853B in enterprise value at distribution

Packy McCormick /Not Boring:

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Discussion

  • @eriktorenberg Erik Torenberg on x
    @packyM I'm biased but I think this is your best company profile, and IMO the best one about a16z in its history.
  • @peterschroederr Peter Schroeder on x
    The @packyM run is like watching Jordan in his prime.
  • @aleximm Alex Immerman on x
    legendary 2018 email. Databricks was then valued at $1b, @alighodsi was selling a candidate on the 10x opportunity from there. @bhorowitz: you're underselling the opportunity. Databricks is going to be 10x Oracle. That's $2T, not $10b. [image]
  • @packym Packy McCormick on x
    a16z: The Power Brokers There is this story about Marc Andreessen that I think perfectly captures a16z. in 2015, when New Yorker writer Tad Friend sat down to breakfast with Marc Andreessen while writing Tomorrow's Advance Man. Friend had just heard from a rival VC who [image]