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Dealmaker

By The Information Staff

Reporters Cory Weinberg and Katie Roof tell you what’s coming next, who’s winning—and who’s losing—in the high-stakes world of startup investing.

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Marc Andreessen. Photo: Bloomberg

How Andreessen Horowitz’s Limited Partners Are Feeling These Days

By Kate Clark · Nov 3, 2022 11:36am PDT · 1 comment

Andreessen Horowitz has had quite a colorful autumn. The firm gave Elon Musk $400 million to help finance his messy effort to take Twitter private, a transaction The Economist said could go down in history as the “deal from hell.” It floated $350 million to Adam Neumann, the disgraced former WeWork founder, for his new startup, Flow. And... Andreessen Horowitz has had quite a colorful autumn. The firm gave Elon Musk $400 million to help...

Audience members at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco. Photo: Getty

The VC Slowdown Has Young Investors Sweating

By Kate Clark · Oct 27, 2022 12:09pm PDT · 1 comment

“They’re really anxious.”That was the comment from someone who works at a venture capital firm earlier this week when we talked about how their 20-something colleagues were doing.These rookie VC analysts, associates and principals, who do the grunt work required for general partners and managing directors to ink new deals, are worried the... “They’re really anxious.”That was the comment from someone who works at a venture capital firm...

Art by Shane Burke

Why Too Much Dry Powder Is Bad

By Kate Clark · Oct 20, 2022 11:00am PDT

It’s time to address the downsides of the $290 billion mountain of cash raised by venture capitalists over the last few years.About a month ago, I wrote that this dry powder, as it’s referred to, would revive startup funding after what’s been a rather sleepy year for deals. I still believe that to be true. But recently, a top limited partner... It’s time to address the downsides of the $290 billion mountain of cash raised by venture...

Illustration by Mike Sullivan

Venture Capital’s ‘Yikes Moment’

By Kate Clark · Oct 13, 2022 11:02am PDT · 2 comments

Illustration by Mike Sullivan

Venture Capital’s ‘Yikes Moment’

By Kate Clark · Oct 13, 2022 11:02am PDT · 2 comments

Welcome to Dealmaker, my new weekly column on venture capital deals and the people behind them, where I’ll tell readers where the money is headed next, as well as who’s winning—and losing—in the chase to back the next generation-defining startup.Since I joined The Information three years ago, I’ve been breaking news about the massive shift... Welcome to Dealmaker, my new weekly column on venture capital deals and the people behind them,...