Venture capital fund · 6 deals
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Every published round Andreessen Horowitz took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Role | Alongside | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade | Seed | Jul 2026 | $3.5m | Lead | Crunchbase News, news.linxi.com.au | |
| Nexthop AI | Series B | Mar 2026 | $500m | Lead | invezz.com | |
| Mind Robotics | Series A | 2026 | $500m | Lead | businesschief.com | |
| Sphere | Series A | 19 Nov 2025 | US$20m (A$30.8m) | Lead | Folklore Ventures | |
| Lumi Interactive | Seed | 22 Jun 2022 | $9.7m | Lead | SmartCompany (14 Dec 2022), SmartCompany (22 Jun 2022), Startup Daily, Women's Agenda | |
| Alta | Seed | 7 Feb 2022 | US$12.4m (A$17.3m) | Lead | Startup Daily, TechCrunch Australia |
Everyone Andreessen Horowitz has named to a program in published coverage. A place in a program is not a raise: the cheque is the figure recorded with the place, which is the program's standard terms where we hold them, and a blank is one we don't.
Companies Andreessen Horowitz has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alta | 7 Feb 2022, Seed | 1 | 1 | |
| Cascade | AI platform for predicting construction projects | Jul 2026, Seed | 1 | 1 |
| Lumi Interactive | 22 Jun 2022, Seed | 1 | 1 | |
| Mind Robotics | 2026, Series A | 1 | 1 | |
| Nexthop AI | Mar 2026, Series B | 1 | 1 | |
| Sphere | Cross-border tax compliance | 19 Nov 2025, Series A | 1 | 1 |
Fund closes reported for Andreessen Horowitz, as distinct from the investments it has made.
| Fund | Announced | Committed | Target | Close | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture, Growth, and Bio Funds | 23 May 2022 | $600m | - | - | Startup Daily (23 May 2022), Startup Daily (7 Feb 2022) |
Companies Andreessen Horowitz has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Andreessen Horowitz did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Olivia Moore | Partner | Startup Daily, SmartCompany |
| Seema Amble | Partner | Startup Daily, SmartCompany |
Stories naming Andreessen Horowitz. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Artesian writes that Galileo Ventures' second fund has closed $15 million of a $30 million target, counting Artesian and Innovation Victoria among its backers, and has made a first investment in Fluent BCI.
Also Galileo Ventures portfolio·Dealroom·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Dealroom
A monthly Crunchbase roundup of five lesser-known AI funding deals: Greyparrot's Series B, Emesent's equity-plus-debt package, SoundHealth's Series A, Forge Industries' round and Cascade's seed raise.
Analysis of Lightspeed Venture Partners' 2026 close of three funds totalling nine billion dollars, its backer base, AI allocation, portfolio outcomes and comparisons with other big venture firms.
Profile of Palmer Luckey tracing his Oculus VR venture, its multibillion-dollar Facebook acquisition, his co-founding of defense tech firm Anduril Industries, and his gaming hardware venture ModRetro.
Rivian chief RJ Scaringe has secured US$500m for Mind Robotics, his AI robotics venture, with Accel and Andreessen Horowitz co-leading and Eclipse Capital adding funds, valuing the months-old company at US$2bn.
Nexthop AI, which builds networking gear for AI data centres, has banked $500 million in a Lightspeed-led round valuing it at $4.2 billion, and showed off three new switches.
A retrospective on 2025 Australian venture activity: large raises at Firmus, Heidi Health, Airwallex and others, deep tech momentum, and Folklore's own backing of Hullbot and Sphere.
Also Square Peg Capital·Australian FinTech·Cut Through Venture·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·RenewEconomy·RenewEconomy·Fintech News Australia
Crunchbase's 2026 forecast lists fifteen late-stage companies it deems probable or very likely IPO candidates, profiling each with past raises, valuations and secondary sales; Australia's Canva makes the list.
Lightspeed has closed over $9 billion across six vehicles, its largest-ever fundraise; the story ties the trend to LPs backing bigger firms and AI bets, and recalls IPOs by Rubrik, Netskope and Navan.
Also thetechportal.com
Folklore Ventures says its investee Sphere has secured US$20 million in a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Y Combinator, Felicis and 20VC also in; Folklore backed Sphere at pre-seed.
Breakthrough Victoria is putting $75 million into five venture capital funds, including Virescent, SYNthesis BioVentures, Scale and Galileo, each of which has pledged a quarter of its capital to Victorian startups.
Breakthrough Victoria makes cornerstone investments totalling $75 million into five venture capital funds spanning climate-tech, biotech, diversity-focused and health sciences investing.
Crunchbase News profiles 14 venture-backed companies its predictive models flag as likely IPO candidates, from Stripe to Sierra Space, recapping their funding histories, valuations and financial milestones.
Sydney game studio Qloud closed a $7.5 million seed round for its solarpunk game Loftia, led by GFR Fund and Bitkraft Ventures with Andreessen Horowitz returning; the founders earlier crowdfunded and joined a16z's Speedrun.
Aura Group's blog post explains how DeepSeek's R1 reaches near-frontier AI results with far less computing power and why its cheaper, self-correcting methods threaten today's AI incumbents.
Year-end Crunchbase column recapping five distinctive 2023 raises: Cortical Labs, Forward, Neura Robotics, KoBold Metals and Living Carbon, with amounts, backers and one stated valuation.
Also TechCrunch Australia
Crunchbase's October 2023 unicorn board update: nine newcomers led by two cybersecurity firms, with Sydney's Employment Hero reaching unicorn status, Shield AI revalued upward, and Convoy and Olive AI shutting down.
Also Crunchbase News
Atlassian is buying video messaging company Loom for US$975 million, giving its venture backers an exit, in a week when a Confluence security flaw was exploited by a nation-state actor.
US fintech investor Michael H. Giles has invested A$6.9 million in Brisbane-listed payments provider Change Financial, taking a 19.99% stake via his vehicle FinTech HQ to support its US expansion.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup reporting funding rounds for alternative fat and agtech startups, acquisitions including Kroger's purchase of Albertsons, and other sector news such as Beyond Meat's job cuts.
Weekly roundup of agrifoodtech venture raises across food and agtech, plus JBS shutting its Planterra alt-protein division and Australian startup Optomni's seed round.
Weekly tech wrap: cloud-market trends, Tiger Global's cheques into Stake, Shippit and Carma, new VC funds, several acquisitions, grocery delivery startups Send and Quicko collapsing, and Elaine Stead joining M8 Ventures.
Also Startup Daily
A New Zealand venture firm has launched a crypto and web3-focused fund led by a newly hired general partner, with a first close planned for June, while its existing fund continues raising toward a final close.
Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup: AirTree raises $700m across three new funds, dozens of Australian startups announce rounds, a wave of acquisitions including Block completing its Afterpay buy, plus Web3 commentary and US market moves.
Also SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily
Virtual reality studio Alta has secured a $12.4 million seed round backed by Makers Fund and Andreessen Horowitz, valuing the Sydney-founded company at $62 million to build content and expand its team.
Also Startup Daily
Blockchain network NEAR pulled in $150 million from Three Arrows Capital and several crypto funds, with angels also taking part; its token rallied on the announcement.
Sydney-based NFT gaming firm Immutable has secured $200 million in new backing spearheaded by Singapore's Temasek, valuing the company at $2.5 billion; Tencent, Mirae Asset, ParaFi Capital and Declaration Partners also joined.
Also cryptobriefing.com·checkcryptonews.com·TechCrunch Australia