Andrew Chen
General Partner @ Andreessen Horowitz
San Francisco, United States
Andrew Chen is a seed investor at Andreessen Horowitz in San Francisco focused on Gaming and Software. Andrew Chen is based out of San Francisco Bay Area and is the General Partner of Andreessen Horowitz. Andrew previously worked at HarperCollins Publishers as a Author, THE COLD START PROBLEM. Andrew attended the University of Washington.
- Total investments:
- 82
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 61%
Last updated:
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Industries Andrew Chen invests in
Stages Andrew Chen invests in
Countries Andrew Chen invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $1.4M–$12M
- Series A
- $10M–$38M
- Series B
- $19M–$97M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Gaming 10 (12%)
- Software 10 (12%)
- Artificial Intelligence 7 (9%)
- Apps 5 (6%)
- SaaS 5 (6%)
Stage
- Seed 33 (40%)
- Series A 22 (27%)
- Series B 14 (17%)
- Series C 6 (7%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (1%)
Country
- United States 51 (62%)
- Canada 2 (2%)
- India 1 (1%)
- France 1 (1%)
- Sweden 1 (1%)
Investments
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AI Brain for B2C Growth. | $28M / Series A / Apr 15, 2026 | |
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Orbital is a startup that is creating artificial intelligence data centers for deployment in low-Earth orbit to circumvent terrestrial power and cooling limits. The company specializes in satellite-based compute for AI inference workloads, utilizing continuous solar power and space's inherent radiative cooling. | Seed / Apr 14, 2026 | |
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Replit provides a cloud-based software development platform that allows users to write, run, and deploy applications through a browser-based environment. The platform includes an integrated code editor, terminal, debugging tools, and hosting features that support the creation and deployment of full-stack applications from a single workspace. Replitsupports multiple programming languages and provides preconfigured development environments so projects can start without installing local software.The platform includes collaboration features that enable multiple users to edit and run code within the same project in real time. It also offers AI-assisted coding tools that generate code suggestions, help debug programs, and assist with building applications through natural language prompts. Replit provides project sharing, templates, and integration with external services and repositories to support development workflows. | $400M / Series D / Mar 11, 2026 | |
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Nexxa.ai builds Multi-Agent Systems for the heavy industries the world relies on powered by a combination of computer use AI and AI tools like ml/computer vision. Tech companies have automated workflows for years—but industrial operations still rely on massive human labor forces to handle processes in fragmented systems. Human operatedmission-critical workflows in non-tech industries far exceed the number in tech which leads to a massive opportunity for automation. Cookie-cutter solutions & agent builders don’t solve the problem due to lack of technical expertise and custom tools in these industries. Nexxa specialized AI agents take over the work of entire teams in industrial operations. Our computer use agents integrate with legacy systems and execute complex processes in the existing infrastructure of our customers. We build proprietary computer vision models that augment existing computer use agents so that the models understand the custom software environments of our customers. | $9M / Seed / Jan 21, 2026 | |
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SweatPals is the operating platform for the fitness and wellness communities. | $12M / Seed / Oct 28, 2025 | |
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Replit provides a cloud-based software development platform that allows users to write, run, and deploy applications through a browser-based environment. The platform includes an integrated code editor, terminal, debugging tools, and hosting features that support the creation and deployment of full-stack applications from a single workspace. Replitsupports multiple programming languages and provides preconfigured development environments so projects can start without installing local software.The platform includes collaboration features that enable multiple users to edit and run code within the same project in real time. It also offers AI-assisted coding tools that generate code suggestions, help debug programs, and assist with building applications through natural language prompts. Replit provides project sharing, templates, and integration with external services and repositories to support development workflows. | $250M / Series C / Jul 30, 2025 | |
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Substack offers a platform that enables writers to publish and monetize subscription-based newsletters. The company provides tools for content creation, email distribution, subscription management, and audience analytics. Writers retain ownership of their work and can set their own subscription prices, while readers receive content directly intheir inboxes. Substack also supports podcasting and discussion threads, expanding its services beyond traditional text-based publishing. The platform is used by journalists, authors, and creators who seek a direct relationship with their audience without relying on traditional media channels. Through its ecosystem, Substack facilitates independent publishing and helps writers build sustainable businesses around their content. | $100M / Series C / Jul 17, 2025 | |
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Plots is a social media company that offers an app for event discovery. | $2.5M / Seed / Jan 31, 2025 | |
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Backflip's 3D generative AI for the real world allows engineers and designers to work at their own pace and creative constraints. Anyone may use its AI-powered 3D design tools to realize their ideas and produce incredibly realistic models that can be printed out or used as video game assets, 3D renders, and other digital media. | $30M / Series A / Dec 19, 2024 | |
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Safe and gamified social app. Building a better world through positivity and play. | $2.2M / Seed / Dec 16, 2024 | |
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Co-Investors
About Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm specializing in investing in seed, start-ups, early, mid-stage, growth, and late-stage. It prefers to invest in the social media business and technology sector with a focus on software, back-end infrastructure, the infrastructure of the Internet, cloud computing, enterprise software and services,consumer, business Internet, mobile-Internet, consumer Internet, cloud computing, data storage, social network browsers data-storage, consumer electronics, networking functions, software related biology, biotech, and medicine companies at the intersection of computer science and life sciences with a focus on digital therapeutics, cloud technology in biology, and computational medicine.
Andreessen Horowitz Contacts
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Andrew Chen
General Partner
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Anish Acharya
General Partner
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David George
General Partner
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Emily Bennett
investing partner
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Gabriel Vasquez
Partner
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FAQ
What does Andrew Chen invest in?
Andrew Chen invests primarily in Gaming, Software and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 82 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Andrew Chen's check size?
Andrew Chen typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$12M at Seed, $10M–$38M at Series A and $19M–$97M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Andrew Chen participates in.
When did Andrew Chen last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Andrew Chen closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 82 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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