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Andreessen Horowitz Business Insider / Mar 26, 2021

A Yale University physics major started the food-ordering site Snackpass in 2017. He turned it into a social platform where college students "gift" each other food and rewards. Backers include Andreessen Horowitz and Y Combinator, early investors in Instacart and Airbnb. See more stories on Insider's business page.

https://www.businessinsider.com/snackpass-wants-to-be-the-venmo-of-food-ordering-apps-2021-3

Snackpass Wants to Be the Venmo of Food-Ordering Apps

Business Insider

Andreessen Horowitz The Paypers / Mar 26, 2021

Robinhood has submitted plans to regulators for a US initial public offering. The company is yet to determine the number of shares to be offered and the price range. Robinhood had considered going public through a direct listing in the weeks leading up to the filing.

https://thepaypers.com/payments-general/robinhood-to-apply-for-us-ipo--1248025

Robinhood to apply for US IPO

The Paypers

Andreessen Horowitz TechCrunch / Mar 26, 2021

Design and marketing consultancy R/GA is expanding its Venture Studios program with the launch of a new Coalition Venture Studio focused specifically on supporting Black-led and Black-owned startups. The initiative is led by R/GA Entrepreneur in Residence Davyeon Ross, a Black entrepreneur who foun...

https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/25/coalition-venture-studio/

R/GA Ventures announces its new Coalition Venture Studio to support Black founders

TechCrunch

Andreessen Horowitz TechCrunch / Mar 26, 2021

Since the pandemic began, I have been pushing the limits of my imagination to try to picture what cities will look and feel like in the coming years. If your town looks like San Francisco, where I live, it's a pressing question: Our once-bustling financial district is a ghost town, but even in outer neighborhoods, the number of vacant storefronts is unsettling.

https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/26/extra-crunch-roundup-clubhouse-ux-teardown-yc-demo-day-favorites-proptech-vc-survey-more/

Extra Crunch roundup: Clubhouse UX teardown, YC Demo Day favorites, proptech VC survey, more

TechCrunch

Andreessen Horowitz Decrypt / Mar 26, 2021

In brief BitClout is an ambitious decentralized social network that tokenizes Twitter personalities. But one of its own investors says BitClout "fucked up their launch." The project has nearly $170 million worth of Bitcoin in a wallet, most of which comes from its investors. BitClout aims to use the funds for something socially "good."

https://decrypt.co/62770/inside-bitclout-dystopian-social-network-big-investors-vocal-critics

Inside BitClout, the Dystopian Social Network with Big Backers and Vocal Critics

Decrypt

Andreessen Horowitz PRNewswire / Mar 25, 2021

The Marketplace 100 is based on data from Bloomberg Second Measure , a consumer data analytics company that analyzes billions of purchases to track real-time consumer behavior and relative sales across over 5,200 merchants to determine which categories and companies are growing fastest.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/outdoorsy-rises-in-ranking-on-the-a16z-marketplace-100-list-301255412.html

Outdoorsy rises in ranking on the a16z Marketplace 100 list

PRNewswire

Andreessen Horowitz FierceHealthcare / Mar 25, 2021

Healthcare "map maker" Komodo Health netted $220 million in new funding to build out its data analytics platform for life sciences research. The startup has created a massive "healthcare map," an artificial intelligence platform that compiles de-identified healthcare data from hundreds of sources and more than 325 million individual patients.

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/healthcare-map-maker-komodo-health-nets-220m-to-build-out-data-analytics

Healthcare 'map maker' Komodo Health nets $220M to build out data analytics

FierceHealthcare

Andreessen Horowitz L.A. Biz / Mar 25, 2021

MaC Venture Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in technology startups, has raised an inaugural $130 million seed-stage fund. The fund marks the largest first fund raised by a majority Black-led team, MaC said.

https://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2021/03/25/mac-venture-capital-largest-fund-majority-black.html

MaC Venture Capital raises $103 million seed fund

L.A. Biz

Andreessen Horowitz CNBC / Mar 25, 2021

Robinhood is building a platform to "democratize" initial public offerings, including its own, that would allow users of its trading app to snap up shares alongside Wall Street funds, according to people familiar with the matter. The move could further erode Wall Street's grip on stock market flotations.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/25/robinhood-building-platform-to-allow-users-to-buy-into-ipos-sources-say.html

Robinhood building platform to allow users to buy into IPOs, sources say

CNBC

Andreessen Horowitz CNBC / Mar 25, 2021

Venture capitalists are writing big checks for start-ups in the booming NFT space. NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, have exploded in popularity this year in tandem with a rise in the values of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ether.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/25/nft-boom-vcs-pump-millions-into-digital-collectibles-start-ups.html

Tech investors pump millions into NFT start-ups as digital collectibles boom

CNBC

Andreessen Horowitz Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal / Mar 25, 2021

Rally Ventures has participated in a $10 million round of financing by San Francisco-based branded-experience company AnyRoad, that company announced this week. Rally Partner Justin Kaufenberg sits on the board of AnyRoad. Rally previously participated in AnyRoad's $9.2 million Series A round of financing.

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/inno/stories/news/2021/03/25/rally-ventures-invests-in-anyroad.html

Rally Ventures invests in Silicon Valley branded experience company

Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal

Andreessen Horowitz TechCrunch / Mar 25, 2021

I've recently advised a number of emerging venture capital funds that are struggling to determine the most effective steps they can take to support their portfolio companies. Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies.

https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/25/how-vc-and-private-equity-funds-can-launch-portfolio-acceleration-platforms/

How VC and private equity funds can launch portfolio-acceleration platforms

TechCrunch

Andreessen Horowitz TechCrunch / Mar 25, 2021

Design and marketing consultancy R/GA is expanding its Venture Studios program with the launch of a new Coalition Venture Studio focused specifically on supporting Black-led and Black-owned startups. The initiative is led by R/GA Entrepreneur in Residence Davyeon Ross, a Black entrepreneur who foun...

https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/25/coalition-venture-studio/

R/GA Ventures announces its new Coalition Venture Studio to support Black founders

TechCrunch

Andreessen Horowitz GlobeSt.com / Mar 25, 2021

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https://www.globest.com/2021/03/25/self-storage-startup-raises-53m-in-series-b-funding/

Self-Storage Startup Raises $53M in Series B Funding

GlobeSt.com

Andreessen Horowitz PitchBook News & Analysis / Mar 25, 2021

Shares of DigitalOcean slid 9.6% to end at $42.50 in the cloud company's NYSE debut Wednesday. The New York-based company raised $775 million in its IPO and had a market cap of around $4.5 billion based on the shares outstanding at the closing price.

https://pitchbook.com/newsletter/digitalocean-stock-falls-after-raising-775m-in-ipo

DigitalOcean stock falls after raising $775M in IPO

PitchBook News & Analysis

Andreessen Horowitz socalTech.com / Mar 25, 2021

R/GA, the firm that was behind the Dodgers Accelerator, has launched a new startup venture studio aimed at helping Black-led and Black-owned startups, the firm said on Thursday. R/GA said the new Coalition Venture Studio will support Black founders with expertise, resources, funding, connections, and education.

https://www.socaltech.com/r_ga_launches_coalition_venture_studio/s-0081078.html

R/GA Launches Coalition Venture Studio

socalTech.com

Andreessen Horowitz The Hustle / Mar 25, 2021

Look, you came to this site because you saw something cool. But here's the deal. This site is actually a daily email that covers the important news in business, tech, and culture. So, if you like what you're reading, give the email a try.

https://thehustle.co/03252021-substack/

Some serious newsletter drama is brewing at Substack

The Hustle

Andreessen Horowitz Nasdaq / Mar 25, 2021

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Thursday he was unaware of any support by the Biden administration to ban gas-powered vehicles after 2035 as California aims to do. Asked by a lawmaker at a U.S.

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/u.s.-transport-chief-not-endorsing-banning-gas-vehicles-after-2035-2021-03-25-0

U.S. transport chief not endorsing banning gas-vehicles after 2035

Nasdaq

Andreessen Horowitz TechCrunch / Mar 25, 2021

The other day, I attended a celebration of one of the pioneers of collaboration technology, Ray Ozzie. The father of Lotus Notes, Ozzie left Lotus and his startup firm Iris after a hostile takeover by IBM, and eventually joined Microsoft when that company acquired his next startup, Groove. By &#822...

https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/24/gillmor-gang-grifters-paradise/

Gillmor Gang: Grifters Paradise

TechCrunch

Andreessen Horowitz Walla Walla Union-Bulletin / Mar 25, 2021

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 25, 2021-- Paysafe, a leading specialized payments platform, today announced that its Skrill digital wallet has expanded its cryptocurrency offering to the U.S. in partnership with Coinbase, the digital currency platform provider. The deal sees Coinbase provide a new cryptocurrency white label solution to Skrill, continuing the digital wallet's U.S.

https://www.union-bulletin.com/paysafe-s-skrill-expands-crypto-offering-to-us-with-coinbase/article_7ee5eeed-07d0-5681-8142-6cc8ef5dc0b9.html

Paysafe's Skrill Expands Crypto Offering to US With Coinbase

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

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