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dmk23 | 12 years ago

Translation: A16Z does not like competition doing to them what they've been doing to older VC firms

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tptacek|12 years ago

Strongarming themselves into deals by baiting and switching entrepreneurs? That's a pretty serious accusation.

spamizbad|12 years ago

Really? I'm not seeing too many companies in A16Z's portfolio where they're the sole investor.

dmk23|12 years ago

That's not the point, A16Z is the lead on their key deals.

The lead sets the price/terms and has significant control over who else gets access...

arfliw|12 years ago

Actually, they are the sole investor in lots of companies - and have stated they don't mind doing that.

Two I can think of off the top are Github and Rapgenius. There are more.