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While the entire crypto industry is still trembling in winter, with countless VC firms choosing to wait and see, the so-called "most aggressive venture capital" in Silicon Valley, a16z, has once again raised its rifle.
a16z's investment style in the Web3 industry is unique, and it has almost always been early to back all the hot sectors. According to Forbes, this time a16z's fundraising plan is very tight, with only three months left in the window, and they are only investing in blockchain-related projects.
We can't help but ask: what exactly have they seen?
A Venture Capital Revolution by Two Programmers
To understand a16z's current choices, we must go back to the winter of 2009.
The shadow of the financial crisis had not yet lifted, and the air in Silicon Valley was filled with pessimism. Two tech entrepreneurs, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, who were already financially free, decided to start a venture capital firm at the worst possible time. Their first fund