a16z brings growth fund to $8.5B days after launching new $1.1B fund
In Brief
4:14 PM PDT · August 31, 2026
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has expanded its fifth growth fund to $8.5 billion. That means the firm added another $1.75 billion since the fund launched in January with $6.75 billion.
The firm’s announcement comes just days after a16z announced it had raised a fresh $1.1 billion for a new and different fund that it’s calling the “Machine Age Fund.” The fund’s throwback, steampunk-esque name reflects its focus on AI hardware startups developing chips, memory, networking, and storage.
As the growth fund’s name implies, it is cash dedicated to funding growth-stage startups that are ramping up products, expanding into new geographies, and scaling just about everything else.
Over seven years, the growth fund has invested in more than 100 companies, David George, a general partner who leads the growth investment team, wrote in his announcement blog.But in this age of...
Copyright of this story solely belongs to techcrunch.com. To see the full text click HERE
