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Marc Andreessen

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“We started out; we didn’t do any healthcare related stuff here, investments here.”

Marc Andreessen, a16z co-founder, interviewed 1 January 2018 The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Marc Andreessen (#163) (Tim Ferriss blog)

Andreessen Horowitz initially made no healthcare-related investments.

Mostly true True in substance, wrong in a detail.

The second judge said mostly false; the verdict shown is the first judge's.

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What would count as true or false

Judge as of 2018-01-01. True: records show Andreessen Horowitz made no healthcare-related investments in its early period, starting from its 2009 founding, before it later moved into healthcare/bio (for example its first bio fund in 2015). Records could be a16z portfolio lists, fund announcements or dated deal reports. Mostly true: early healthcare investments were negligible, such as one or two marginal health-adjacent deals, so the claim of no healthcare focus at the start substantially holds. Mixed: the firm made several healthcare deals early on but had no healthcare practice or fund. Mostly false: the firm made clear, notable healthcare investments in its first years, though healthcare was a small share. False: healthcare investments were a significant part of a16z's activity from the start.

Evidence

  1. Why Marc Went From 'We'll Never Do Bio' to Betting on Bio Founders | Andreessen Horowitz Andreessen Horowitz (a16z Podcast transcript) · 23 August 2019 Own record
    “So, in the early days of the firm, you famously said that you won't see a16z investing in bio and in healthcare. And that's obviously changed.”
  2. Why Marc Went From 'We'll Never Do Bio' to Betting on Bio Founders | Andreessen Horowitz Andreessen Horowitz (a16z Podcast transcript) · 23 August 2019 Own record
    “What we started to see about six years ago around 2012, probably 2013, is a new kind of founder show up.”
  3. Andreessen Horowitz Gets A New GP, And A New Fund | TechCrunch TechCrunch · 18 November 2015
    “It's the first sector-focused fund for Andreessen Horowitz, which is halfway through its main fund, a $1.5 billion vehicle that it announced in March of last year.”
  4. Andreessen Horowitz - Wikipedia Wikipedia
    “Chokkattu, Julian (August 18, 2014). "uBiome Raises $4.5M From Angel Investors, Andreessen Horowitz To Crowdsource Microbiome Research". TechCrunch.”
  5. Why Marc Went From ‘We’ll Never Do Bio’ to Betting on Bio Founders | Andreessen Horowitz Andreessen Horowitz (a16z Podcast transcript) · 23 August 2019 Own record
    “So, in the early days of the firm, you famously said that you won't see a16z investing in bio and in healthcare.”
  6. Andreessen Horowitz - Wikipedia Wikipedia
    “In 2013, Andreessen Horowitz invested in Clinkle, Coinbase, Databricks, Lyft, Oculus VR, PagerDuty, Pixlee, Ripple, Soylent, Swiftype, and uBiome.”
  7. Andreessen Horowitz - Wikipedia Wikipedia
    “It was founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz.”
  8. Andreessen Horowitz - Wikipedia Wikipedia
    “In January 2022, Andreessen Horowitz raised $9 billion for its venture capital, growth-stage, and biotech-focused funds.”
  9. Mobile Health Startup Massive Health Gains $2.25 Million | TechCrunch TechCrunch · 2 February 2011
    “just announced $2.25 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Charles River Ventures, Felicis VC, Greylock Discovery Fund and Mohr Davidow Ventures as well as unnamed angel investors.”
  10. uBiome Raises $4.5M From Angel Investors, Andreessen Horowitz To Crowdsource Microbiome Research | TechCrunch TechCrunch · 18 August 2014
    “uBiome raised $1.5 million from angel investors and $3 million from Andreessen Horowitz.”
  11. Andreessen Horowitz Starts $450M Tech-Heavy Bio Fund | Chief Healthcare Executive Chief Healthcare Executive · 20 December 2017
    “The move follows the firm’s initial $200 million bio fund, which it created in 2015, in pursuit of projects that stood to disrupt medicine through machine and deep learning.”
  12. Andreessen Horowitz AI Wiki (aiwiki.ai) · 28 October 2026
    “A $200 million first bio fund in 2015, followed by a $450 million second bio fund in 2017”

Reasoning

Independent reports show a16z made at least two health-related investments before its first sector fund: E9 reports it took part in a $2.25M round for the mobile health startup Massive Health in 2011, alongside several other investors, and E10 reports a $3M investment in the microbiome company uBiome in 2014. E3 and E11 show that a16z's first dedicated bio fund came in 2015, its first sector-focused fund. These early deals are few and health-adjacent rather than a healthcare practice, so the claim of no healthcare investing at the start largely holds, though not absolutely.

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Marc Andreessen, “Andreessen Horowitz initially made no healthcare-related investments.” (said 1 January 2018). Verdict: mostly true. Reliability API, claim c_d605771bd7b2, method 0.1.0+c876030c. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_d605771bd7b2

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