Andreessen Horowitz, a leading venture capitalist firm is now promoting Jennifer Li General Partner after 6 years with the company. She will help manage the $1.25 billion infrastructure fund, which is managed by long-time general partner a16z Martin Casado.
The Infrastructure Fund is part The new $7.2 billion The Silicon Valley VC firm just announced a new round of funding. Li was an Infrastructure investing partner for some time, so she had already been writing checks and holding board positions. Her promotion places her at a rarified level: she is now the 27th General Partner of the firm and has achieved this milestone in her early thirties.
The number of employees at a16z is over 500. She’s also one of four GPs working on Infrastructure. They are Anjney midha who has joined The firm was founded last summer Zane LackeyCasado, who has been with the company for two years.
Casado, in an email to TechCrunch, said that Jennifer’s promotion as general partner would give her more freedom and autonomy when it comes to deal-making. It also gives her more control over the culture of the company, its investment philosophy and operational model.
You can also find out more about the following: Casado announces her promotion in a blog postHe also said that he and she were both primarily responsible for the building of the team. She was described as a “low-ego partner who is incredibly trustworthy and generous.” She is meticulous and takes on any challenge. Ben Horowitz said it many times: “She is the embodiment of a16z.”
Li was a 16z employee for a total of four years. Fivetran is a data connectivity startup.Data analytics developer tool startup, dbt. In 2022, the valuation of 4.2 billion dollars is expected to be reached Casado led both of these deals. She was the leader of investments made by her firm in Mux, a developer-focused platform for video. A unicorn by 2021MotherDuck is a database startup. The value of the company was $400 Million earlier in the yearElevenLabs is a startup that specializes in AI voice. A unicorn in January Where she sits on the Board.
She was previously a Kleiner Perkins Fellow and led the product team at AI start-up Solvvy. Solvvy will be acquired by Zoom by 2022. Prior to that, she headed self-service products and analytics at AppDynamics. Cisco acquired AppDynamics for $3.7B.