top | item 7580358 (no title) dmk23 | 12 years ago Translation: A16Z does not like competition doing to them what they've been doing to older VC firms discuss order hn newest 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... load replies (2) 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. load replies (1)
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... load replies (2) 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. load replies (1)
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... load replies (2)
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. load replies (1)
tptacek|12 years ago
spamizbad|12 years ago
dmk23|12 years ago
The lead sets the price/terms and has significant control over who else gets access...
arfliw|12 years ago
Two I can think of off the top are Github and Rapgenius. There are more.