Partner , Associate Director, Capital Formation and Investor Relations

Partner 22, Associate Director, Capital Formation and Investor Relations

Founded in Silicon Valley in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz (aka a16z) is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. We are stage agnostic. We invest in seed to venture to growth-stage technology companies, across AI, bio + healthcare, consumer, crypto, enterprise, fintech, games, and companies building toward American dynamism. a16z has $44B in assets under management across multiple funds.

We’ve established a team that is defined by respect for the entrepreneur and the company-building process; we know what it’s like to be in the founder’s shoes. We’ve invested in companies like affirm, Airbnb, Coinbase, Databricks, Devoted Health, Insitro, Figma, Git Hub, Instacart, Open Sea, Roblox, Stripe, and Substack. Our team is at the forefront of new technology, helping founders and their companies impact and change the world.

This individual will be responsible for covering new relationship development and account management of a16z limited partners (“LP”) in a primary geography. The coverage person will also have a primary alignment with one/more of a16z vertical funds – e.g., Seed, Venture, Crypto, Bio+Health, Games, Growth.

The a16z Investor Relations (“IR”) team is dedicated to crafting an outstanding client experience for our LPs. The individual will report to the Director, Investor Relations, Product & Strategy and will also work across the firm’s investment professionals, operating groups, finance, legal and compliance team members in coordinating the capital formation and investor relations activities of Andreessen Horowitz.

• Execute a strategically designed and flawless experience across every touchpoint for our Limited Partners
  • Prioritize and develop new potential LP relationships
  • Bring creative and innovative ideas on how to maintain and enhance existing LP relationships, including appropriate reporting and IRL/online events
  • Maintain and enhance existing LP relationships, including appropriate reporting and IRL/online events
  • Design and produce financial analyses to support investor communications
  • Collect market intelligence and perform ongoing research of the venture capital industry, including industry best practices and relevant venture market data
• Play a key role in keeping our reporting and LP communication activities organized and on track
  • Leverage data to enable practical insights on our portfolio and the industry
    • Provide firm leadership and team members with insight to important investor developments and changes in investment appetite and buying behavior, news and other information, which might factor into the firm’s overall marketing and business strategy
    • Work with our Strategy Planning & Analytics team to build dashboards that provide key insights to our LPs on fund and investment performance including projected exit scenarios, liquidity and follow-on decisions
    • Develop strong fluency with the firm’s portfolio company information database and be able to manipulate and analyze data from the system to draw insights
  • Respond to LP data inquiries/information requests, coordinating with various internal constituencies including investment teams, finance, legal and compliance. Own and manage the investor due diligence process
  • Synthesize complex and often disparate sources of qualitative and quantitative data to build a narrative around fund performance
• Leverage data to enable practical insights on our portfolio and the industry
  • Working with the various a16z fund General Partners, helping to prepare content directed toward the LP community
  • Work with our Strategy Planning & Analytics team to build dashboards that provide key insights on fund and investment performance including projected exit scenarios, liquidity and follow-on decisions
  • Develop strong fluency with the firm’s portfolio company information database and be able to manipulate and analyze data from the system to draw insights

The successful candidate must bring a high level of ethical, intellectual, professional and…