Spencer Ante, Associate Editor, BusinessWeek

Made Men: Why Venture Capitalists Sponsor Other VCs

July 8, 2009 at 12:00 am PT

The big news out this week in the venture capital market is the launch of Andreessen Horowitz, a new $300 million venture capital fund co-founded by Marc Andreeseen, a tech visionary who founded Netscape Communications, the startup that triggered the Internet tsunami. Raising $300 million for a first time fund is an incredible achievement in today’s depressed capital-starved economy. How did Andreessen and his long-time business partner and co-investor Ben Horowitz pull it off?

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