Andreessen Horowitz Raises $4.5 Billion Fund For Blockchain Projects

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Marc Andreessen (L) and Ben Horowitz
Marc Andreessen (L) and Ben Horowitz

Andreessen Horowitz has trumpeted its bet on the crypto space with the Wednesday launch of a $4.5 billion fund for blockchain-based projects; the venture capital firm sees the current market crash as an opportunity to dive into the web 3.0.

For its fourth crypto fund, the company will allocate $1.5 billion to seed investments and $3 billion to venture investments. As of this moment, it raised roughly $7.6 billion earmarked for crypto and web3 investments. 

“We think we are now entering the golden era of web3. Programmable blockchains are sufficiently advanced, and a diverse range of apps have reached tens of millions of users,” a16z general partner Chris Dixon said in a statement, adding that the firm wants to work with others to build a “better” internet.

Web3 in part envisions the next phase of the internet as primarily powered by blockchain technology. 

Andreessen said that the new pool of funds will be dedicated toward bolstering developments in Web3 games, DeFi, and social media, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) communities, and privacy.