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After Some Flashy Investing, Is Andreessen Horowitz's Next Move a Big New Fund?

Kara Swisher in News on July 12, 2010 at 7:25 am PT

Since it launched almost exactly a year ago with a $300 million fund, the venture firm of Andreessen Horowitz has cut a rather high-profile path through the Silicon Valley investing community. Now, according to sources and after spending about half its kitty, the firm is poised to begin another round of fundraising to further bolster its clout. While it is unclear how much the VC firm will raise, sources expect it to be much more than its first fund.

New VC Marc Andreessen Speaks About Going to the "Dark Side" and More!

Kara Swisher in News on July 5, 2009 at 9:00 pm PT

It’s finally official: Marc Andreessen has crossed over to what he once called “the dark side” and is now a venture capitalist. Several weeks ago, BoomTown broke the news that the Silicon Valley legend and serial entrepreneur and his longtime investing partner, Ben Horowitz, had completed the raising of $300 million for a new venture fund. And, indeed, the new firm–which is made up of just the two–is now launched and called Andreessen Horowitz. Of course, I had done a video interview with Andreessen with my Flip.