Today marks the day Andreessen Horowitz was founded. On July 6, 2009, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz launched the fir…
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Today marks the day Andreessen Horowitz was founded. On July 6, 2009, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz launched the firm. A moment when the rest of Silicon Valley was still recovering from the 2008 financial crisis, not raising new capital. One of the firm’s first bets was Skype, a deal many considered reckless given the company’s ongoing IP litigation and competition from Google and Apple. Microsoft acquired Skype less than two years later for $8.5 billion. The firm also backed a gaming…
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