a16z Crypto Fund 5

United States
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About a16z Crypto Fund 5

a16z Crypto Fund 5 is Andreessen Horowitz's fifth dedicated crypto vehicle at $2.2B, investing across all stages from seed through growth. Focus areas include stablecoins, tokenization, perpetual futures, prediction markets, on-chain lending, and AI agents in financial infrastructure. Led by Chris Dixon with newly promoted GP Eddy Lazzarin (former CTO). Sized deliberately at half of Fund 4's $4.5B.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States
Funding StageSeed
Industry Focus
Fintech
Payments Embedded Finance
Web3 Finance
Web3 Infrastructure

Investor Signals Profile

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Sweet Spot

Crypto founders building financial infrastructure and tokenized systems

stablecoins
tokenization
on-chain lending
AI agents
crypto infrastructure

Bullish Signals

$2.2B fund, a16z full platformblog
Deliberate half-size vs Fund 4blog
Stablecoin regulatory tailwindsblog
AI agents generating hundreds millions pipelinelinkedin
11x revenue agents, Claude integrations livelinkedin
Active agentic era thought leadership with YClinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Crypto cyclicality, bear market riskblog
$2.2B deployment pressureblog

Founder Do's

Build in regulated crypto rails
Focus on stablecoins or tokenization
Have clear protocol-market fit
All stages welcome, seed to growth
AI agents for enterprise workflows

Founder Don'ts

No meme-coin projects
Avoid pure speculation plays
Skip non-crypto AI pitches

Key GPs & Partners

CD
Chris Dixon
Managing Partner
thesis-drivenopinionatedcontrarian
EL
Eddy Lazzarin
General Partner
hands-onmetrics-drivenex-founder

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$2.2B
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Key People

Chris DixonManaging Partner
Eddy LazzarinGeneral Partner

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