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=== 2013 ===
In 2013, Andreessen Horowitz invested in startups [[uBiome]], [[Soylent (food substitute)|Soylent]], [[Oculus VR]], [[Ripple (payment protocol)|Ripple]], [[Coinbase]], [[Pixlee]], [[One Month]], [[Clinkle]], [[Swiftype]], and PagerDuty.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chokkattu|first1=Julian|title=uBiome Raises $4.5M From Angel Investors, Andreessen Horowitz To Crowdsource Microbiome Research|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/08/18/ubiome-raises-4-5m-from-angel-investors-andreessen-horowitz-to-crowdsource-microbiome-research/|website=TechCrunch|accessdate=30 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Strauss|first1=Karsten|title=Can Pixlee Change Image-Based Marketing? $1.5M On 'Yes'|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2013/10/29/can-pixlee-change-image-based-marketing-1-5m-on-yes/#1c733e9bd398|website=Forbes|publisher=[[Forbes]]|accessdate=30 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Oculus Rift ensures additional $75 million to take virtual reality mainstream|url=http://siliconangle.com/blog/2013/12/23/oculus-rift-ensures-additional-75-million-to-take-virtual-reality-mainstream/|website=SiliconANGLE|accessdate=30 May 2016|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Big-Name Investors Back Effort to Build a Better Bitcoin|url=https://www.technologyreview.com/s/513606/big-name-investors-back-effort-to-build-a-better-bitcoin/|website=MIT Technology Review|accessdate=30 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2013/06/27/clinkle-25-million-square/ |title=Clinkle raises $25 million to kill Square |last=Primack |first=Dan |date=June 27, 2013 |publisher=[[CNNMoney.com]] |accessdate=January 26, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113022103/http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2013/06/27/clinkle-25-million-square/ |archivedate=January 13, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/01/31/pagerduty-raises-10-2m-round-from-andreessen-horowitz-for-it-alert-service-modeled-on-aws-system/|title=PagerDuty Raises $10.7M Round From Andreessen Horowitz For IT Alert Service Modeled On AWS System|last=Williams|first=Alex|website=TechCrunch|access-date=2016-08-30}}</ref>
 
=== 2014 ===
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=== 2015 ===
In 2015, the firm invested $40 million in [[Stack Exchange]]<ref>{{cite news |last1 = Dixon |first1 = Chris |title = A16Z Invests in Stack Exchange |url = https://medium.com/@cdixon/a16z-leads-40m-investment-in-stack-exchange-a84b6c1b9122 |accessdate = 21 January 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1 = Spolsky |first1 = Joel |title = Andreessen Horowitz Invests in Stack Exchange |url = http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2015/01/andreessen-horowitz-invests-in-stack-exchange/?cb=1 |website = stackoverflow.com |accessdate = 21 January 2015 }}</ref> and a $2.8 million investment in [[Distelli]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://techcrunch.com/2015/01/20/distelli-snags-2-8m-to-build-deployment-as-a-service/|title = Distelli Snags 2.8M to Build Deployment as a Service|date = |accessdate = |website = TechCrunch|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>
 
In September 2015, the firm led a $80 million Series D round in cloud-based CAD software company Onshape<ref>{{cite web|last1=Loizos|first1=Connie|title=Onshape Raises $80 Million Led By Andreessen Horowitz|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/09/24/onshape-raises-80-million-led-by-andreessen-horowitz/|website=www.techcrunch.com|accessdate=30 September 2015}}</ref> and a $57 million Series B round in blogging platform [[Medium (website)|Medium]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Yeung|first1=Ken|title=Publishing site Medium takes on $57M led by Andreessen Horowitz|url=https://venturebeat.com/2015/09/28/publishing-site-medium-takes-on-57m-led-by-andreessen-horowitz/|website=www.venturebeat.com|accessdate=30 September 2015}}</ref>
 
In March 2015, the firm invested $20 million in London-based company, Improbable.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/24/improbable-andreessen-horowitz/|title=Improbable Lands $20M From Andreessen Horowitz For Distributed Simulation Tech|last=Russell|first=Jon|website=TechCrunch|access-date=2017-01-25}}</ref> The investment was the firm's second in the UK.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/improbable-google-of-simulation-expands-us-open-san-francisco-office-february-2017-1|title=UK simulation startup Improbable is opening up an office in San Francisco|newspaper=Business Insider|language=en|access-date=2017-01-25}}</ref>
 
In April 2015, the firm invested $15 million in Honor, Inc.. <ref>{{citation |url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/04/02/an-ex-googler-is-launching-an-in-home-care-startup-called-honor-and-raised-20-million/ |title=An Ex-Googler Launches An In-Home Care Startup Called Honor And Raises $20 Million |date=April 2, 2015 |work=[[Tech Crunch]] }}</ref>
 
In June 2015, A16Z partnered with [[Union Square Ventures]] to invest $1 million in a [[Blockchain company|blockchain]] startup [[OpenBazaar]], a decentralised platform for P2P trade with [[Bitcoin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.openbazaar.org/openbazaar-is-entering-a-new-phase-with-funding/|title=OpenBazaar is Entering a New Phase with Funding {{!}} OpenBazaar Blog|website=blog.openbazaar.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usv.com/blog/introducing-ob1|title=Introducing OB1 - Union Square Ventures|last=|first=|date=|website=www.usv.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-09-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.coindesk.com/openbazaar-raises-1-million-from-silicon-valley-giants/|title=OpenBazaar Raises $1 Million for Decentralised Marketplace|date=2015-06-11|work=CoinDesk|access-date=2017-09-19|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
In November 2015, the firm led a Seed round in agile performance management platform Reflektive.
 
In December 2015, the firm led a $2 million Series Seed round in [[nootropics]] and biohacking company [[Nootrobox]].<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/04/business/dealbook/andreessen-horowitz-to-invest-in-nootropics-start-up.html |title=Andreessen Horowitz to Invest in Nootropics Start-Up |date=December 3, 2015 |work=[[New York Times]] }}</ref>
 
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