a16z Raises $15B to Fuel American Tech, AI and Crypto Today!

  • Andreessen Horowitz raised over $15 billion across five new venture funds.
  • The raise accounts for more than 18% of all U.S. venture capital funds in 2025, the firm said.
  • Fund targets include American dynamism, apps, bio and health, infrastructure, and growth.
  • The firm’s crypto arm has previously raised about $350 million for its first crypto fund and over $7 billion across crypto-specific funds since 2018.
  • Recent crypto investments include participation in a $300 million Kalshi round and a $70 million investment in EigenLayer, plus a token investment in Jito.

Andreessen Horowitz, also known as a16z, announced Friday that it raised more than $15 billion across five funds to support U.S. technology companies and infrastructure. The firm said the raise aims to back areas it sees as essential to America’s technological leadership; co-founder Ben Horowitz framed the goal in a public post wrote in a post explaining the strategy.

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The new fundraising includes allocations for American Dynamism ($1.176 billion), Apps ($1.7 billion), Bio + Health ($700 million), Infrastructure ($1.7 billion), Growth ($6.75 billion), and other venture strategies ($3 billion). The firm said these funds will invest across startups, platforms, and infrastructure that deploy AI, crypto, biology, and related technologies.

Ben Horowitz said the total represents over 18% of all venture capital dollars raised in the U.S. in 2025, a share he tied to the firm’s responsibility for helping U.S. technology win globally; the firm also announced the raise publicly via social media and the firm’s channels, including a tweet the firm posted about the result.

a16z crypto has been active since at least 2018, when it launched a $350 million crypto fund for industry projects and protocols. Since then, the crypto arm and related funds have collected more than $7 billion and hold stakes in firms and protocols such as Coinbase, Solana, Uniswap, OpenSea, and Phantom.

Recent deals highlighted by the firm include participation in a $300 million raise for prediction market Kalshi, a $70 million investment in Ethereum restaking protocol EigenLayer, and a token investment in Solana DeFi protocol Jito. “Our mission is ensuring that America wins the next 100 years of technology,” Horowitz wrote in the post wrote in a post.

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