A16z invests in crypto wallet infrastructure startup Capsule

Deals • March 14, 2023, 12:00PM EDT Published 30 minutes earlier on Capsule, a crypto wallet infrastructure startup, emerged from stealth with funding. Andreessen Horowitz (via its accelerator C...

Paradigm, Pantera Capital, a16z may have over $5b tied up in Silicon Valley Bank

Three crypto venture capital firms, Paradigm, Pantera Capital, and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), may have over $5b tied up in Silicon Valley Bank (SVB).  Crypto venture funds used Silicon Valley Bank Fu...

Sequoia and a16z Make More Investments in Fintech than in Any Other Sector in 2022

Leading VC giants Sequoia & a16z undertook several investments in the fintech space in 2022, more than any other sector. Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) reportedly invested more in ...

Sequoia Capital and a16z Invested Heavily in Fintech in 2022

Major venture capital firms are doubling down on fintech, with the industry dominating the portfolios of firms like Sequoia Capital and a16z. Both firms invested significant amounts into the space in ...

A16z Leads $25M Round for Web3 Startup Building Online Towns

Towns offers an end-to-end encrypted chat protocol that lets communities create programmable, self-governed “town squares” where users can assemble and chat without worrying about whether the app owne...

A16z backed Bitski launches digital currency wallet

Web3 • February 22, 2023, 8:00AM EST Bitski today rolls out a new wallet targeting crypto natives and newcomers alike.  Backed by major investors such as A16z, Galaxy Digital and Kindred Venture...

A16z Crypto leads $10 million seed round for Azra Games

Azra Games has announced raising $10 million in the recent seed round, bringing the total seed fund to $25 million. The recent funding round was led by A16z Crypto, welcoming participants like Coinbas...

a16z and DWF Labs lead $13.8m YGG funding round

DWF Labs, the investment arm of cryptocurrency trading platform Digital Wave Finance (DWF), has taken the lead along with Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z Crypto fund in a $13.8m token purchase from the tre...

YGG closes $13.8M token sale led by DWF Labs and a16z Crypto

Yield Guild Games (YGG/USD) has raised $13.8 million in a token sale led by DWF Labs, the investment arm of high-frequency trading platform Digital Wave Finance (DWF). The token purchase, which was fr...

Yield Guild Games raises $13.8 million in token sale led by DWF Labs, a16z crypto

Play-to-earn gaming platform Yield Guild Games (YGG) has raised $13.8 million in a funding series led by reputable cryptocurrency sector backers.  The funding conducted through a token sale was led by...

Why does a16z want to strengthen its grip on Uniswap?

Venture capitalists at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) could control at least 41.5 million and likely over 55 million Uniswap (UNI) tokens. Globally, there are 753.7 million circulating UNI, and if a16z do...

gm Week in Review: SEC Targets Staking, a16z Doesn’t Get Its Way, NFTs Popping

gm Week in Review: SEC Targets Staking, a16z Doesn’t Get Its Way, NFTs Popping In our February 11, 2023 week in review episode, Matthew Diemer, Stacy Elliott, and Stephen Graves talk about the latest ...

Uniswap Vote on BNB Deployment Ends With Silicon Valley’s A16Z on Losing Side

“[W]e do not believe Wormhole offers the most secure or decentralized bridging option,” wrote Porter Smith, a partner at a16z Crypto, citing last year’s $326 million hack of the Wormhole platform as a...

Marc Andreessen: Ethereum and Web3 Lead Bitcoin on Tech Innovation

Marc Andreessen, best known for co-founding web browser Netscape and Silicon Valley venture capital fund a16z, is still invested in the crypto industry, even though his expectations around Bitcoin did...

Uniswap BNB deployment passes with 66% yes votes despite a16z rejection

Ad The proposal to deploy Uniswap V3 (UNI) to BNB Chain (BNB) was accepted by 65.89% yes votes on Feb. 10, even though Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) used 15 million votes to oppose it on Feb. 6. The resu...

a16z crypto taps Eddy Lazzarin as new chief tech officer

A16z crypto said Wednesday that it promoted Eddy Lazzarin to chief technology officer to oversee research and security teams at the venture capital fund.  “It takes a truly special intellect to ...

A16z Delegated to Group that Opposed Its Vote on Uniswap for BNB Chain

Venture capital firm a16z voted against a governance proposal on Friday that, if passed, would deploy Uniswap V3 to Binance’s BNB Chain, connected to Ethereum via the cross-chain bridging solution Wor...

Uniswap BNB deployment is ‘now or never’ as a16z disagrees on bridge solution

The proposal to deploy Uniswap V3 onto BNB Chain stalled this week as investment firm a16z voted against the integration due to a disagreement over the bridge provider. However, as of press time on Fe...

‘Uniswap Controlled by a16z?’: Crypto Twitter Split Over VC Firm’s Governance Move

It’s another day in crypto governance experiments.  This time, Uniswap has taken center stage in a divisive new proposal to deploy the trading protocol on BNB Chain.  Specifically, commentators have r...

Jump and a16z Fight for Uniswap Bridge Privileges

Key Takeaways Uniswap wants to deploy on BNB Chain. However, two crypto firms are disagreeing on which cross-chain bridge the protocol should use. Jump and a16z are both pushing for bridge solutions t...

A16z Does Not Want Uniswap V3 On BNB

The crypto investment firm has recently voted against the proposal to deploy the latest Uniswap iteration on the Binance Chain using the Wormhole bridge.  A16z Votes Against Proposal After passing an ...

a16z against Uniswap v3 deployment on BNB chain

a16z, a venture capital firm, has voiced opposition to the launch of Uniswap v3 on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC). The startup has raised concerns emerging in the ongoing debate in the DeFi community a...

A16z 15M bloc vote against Uniswap BNB Chain deployment raises decentralization concerns

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) voted against the deployment of decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap (UNI) on the BNB Chain via Wormhole. The crypto investment firm placed its 15 million UNI holdings again...

A16z Exerts Control Over Uniswap by Downvoting BNB Chain Deployment

Crypto venture firm a16z has used its 15 million UNI token voting block to vote against a proposal that would use the Wormhole bridge for Uniswap V3 deployment on BNB Chain. According to the ongoing r...

a16z votes against proposal to deploy Uniswap v3 on BNB Chain

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) voted against a final proposal to deploy Uniswap v3 on the BNB Chain using the Wormhole bridge, the Uniswap DAO forum shows.  The governance proposal to...

The controversy of Uniswap being controlled by a16z – what you need to know – Cryptopolitan

Some of the most influential people in the cryptocurrency industry, such as Changpeng Zhao “CZ,” have expressed their belief that Andreessen Horowitz’s cryptocurrency arm, a16z, is in charge of the de...

A16z votes against proposal to deploy latest Uniswap iteration on BNB Chain

A proposal to deploy the latest version of decentralized exchange Uniswap on the BNB Chain passed an early temperature check, and a full governance vote on the Uniswap DAO is bringing the heavy hitter...

a16z leads Series A funding for game studio Voldex

Crypto-focused investment firm a16z led a Series A investment in the game studio Voldex. The amount wasn’t disclosed. Voldex raises the quality of user-generated content platforms like Rob...

Castle Island, a16z partners back Escape Velocity’s $25 million fund

Mahesh Ramakrishnan and Salvador Gala, two 27-year-old Goldman Sachs alumni, have raised $25 million for their crypto-focused venture firm’s first fund.  Known as Escape Velocity, the Bost...

Andreessen Horowitz gaming partner James Gwertzman exiting VC firm

After a little more than a year as a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, one of the most prolific investors in web3 technologies, James Gwertzman announced he is stepping down at the end of the mo...

a16z crypto funds still have billions to deploy, says co-founder Chris Dixon

The majority a16z’s most recent crypto fund is still to be deployed, general partner and crypto fund founder Chris Dixon said in an interview on The Block’s podcast The Scoop. The la...

a16z’s Chris Dixon is ‘really excited’ for next year’s web3 games

Chris Dixon, founder and general partner of a16z, is excited for where web3 gaming could go over the coming year.  “There’s a whole bunch of launches within the next 12 months that I...