Tagged: andreessen horowitz

May 19, 2015 @ 9:36 am By Mor Assia  |  

With a compound annual growth rate of 88% since 2011, crowdfunding, particularly equity crowdfunding, is taking off. The decentralization of finance gives individuals more choice and control as to where they invest their money, and simultaneously offers startups access to new sources of capital. So… Read More

January 30, 2015 @ 10:09 am By Erin Hobey  |  

“USAA’s recent entrance into the bitcoin space may have been driven, in part, by interest in the technology among its own membership,” reported Stan Higgens from CoinDesk.  “The Fortune 500 financial services company, based in Texas, was among a diverse group of investors that took part in… Read More

January 21, 2015 @ 8:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Wearable tech startup Ringly has collected a $5.1 million Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz.  The company ran a successful pretail funding campaign last summer easily topping their $60,000 goal.  The campaign was described at the time as the “most successful pre-sales campaign… Read More

November 11, 2014 @ 12:16 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Wevorce is a national divorce company that keeps families out of court using a high-tech and high-touch approach to amicable divorce. Currently trending on AngelList, Wevorce’s software-supported process connects families with Wevorce certified mediators across the United States. “We help mitigate the mental anguish and… Read More

August 24, 2014 @ 11:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

uBiome raised just over $350,000 on Indiegogo back in February 2013.  The small company had set out to sequence the human microbiome.  The campaign organizers described the human environment, “like the rainforest, the healthy human microbiome is a balanced ecosystem. The correct balance of microbes… Read More

July 2, 2014 @ 12:47 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

As a result of its highly successful launch, Ringly has not only exceeded its pre-sales goal of $60,000, but has also initiated the most successful pre-sales campaign for women’s connected jewelry, reaching over $100,000 in sales in under 24 hours. The company has already sold… Read More

March 10, 2014 @ 4:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

RealCrowd, a real estate crowdfunding platform for commercial real estate, has been involved in the successful funding of over $110M in deals through its platform.  RealCrowd launched their site  in August 2013 and sets it apart as one of the most active institutional quality commercial real… Read More

March 4, 2014 @ 9:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a comment letter posted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) web site addressing proposed rule amendments for Regulation A under Title IV of the JOBS Act, Andreessen Horowitz and Cowen and Company clarified their position and support for the proposed changes. Andreessen Horowitz,… Read More

January 17, 2014 @ 10:35 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has invested $20 million in Teespring, an innovative crowdfunding platform for t-shirts. RELATED | Teespring Crowdfunds T-Shirt Preorders Teespring is a Y Combinator alum and has seen some pretty insane growth early in its lifecycle, so it is no huge surprise that… Read More

December 13, 2013 @ 9:50 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Oculus VR has turned Kickstarter success into what is fast-becoming one of the most interesting startups in the US today. Following a $16 million series A round, the company has announced that they have now closed an additional round of funding led by Andreessen Horowitz…. Read More

November 10, 2013 @ 12:38 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Like a lot of people, I’m excited about crowdfunding, and specifically the crowdfunding of startups now that’s it’s legal in the US.Chris Dixon Chris Dixon is a prolific investor and has been a co-founder of multiple companies including Hunch and SiteAdvisor. He is currently an… Read More

July 12, 2013 @ 12:30 am By JD Alois  |  

In an interview by CNBC’s Julia Boorstin at the Sun Valley gathering, famed Venture Capitalist commented on several issues regarding the financial world.  Andreessen continued on the theme that today’s IPO Market is “broken”. Effectively there is a two class market where private companies are… Read More

April 18, 2013 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdtilt, a simple-to-use platform to pool money online, has announced the close of their $12 million Series A funding. The funding round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Sean Parker, SV Angel, DCM, as well as CrunchFund, Alexis Ohanian, Elad Gil, Naval Ravikant,… Read More