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How does Andreessen Horowitz reconcile being an investor in both IFTTT and Zapier (by virtue of Start Fund)?
by goronbjorn 14y ago
How does Andreessen Horowitz reconcile being an investor in both IFTTT and Zapier (by virtue of Start Fund)?
- groby_b 14y agoHedging their bets?
- goronbjorn 14y agoThey've publicly said that they won't invest when there are conflicts, e.g. Instagram and Picplz https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Andressen-Horowitz-invest-in-PicPlz-when-they-were-already-investors-in-Instagram/answer/Marc-Andreessen https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Andressen-Horowitz-invest-in-P...
- smalter 14y agoI imagine that investing in both by virtue of Start Fund is considerably different from leading a round for both (as in the case of Picplz and Instagram). There's a much higher level of involvement when you're a company's lead investor.
- dmor 14y agoThink of Start Fund is like a blind startup index fund. But now that Andreessen Horowitz has made a significant investment in IFTTT I'd imagine they're unlikely to make any future investment in Zapier unless their business changes quite a bit.