Benjamin Horowitz

Benjamin Horowitz, Co-Founder & General Partner is an active investor based in Las Vegas, Nevada. This profile covers what Benjamin Horowitz backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Benjamin Horowitz is a Co-Founder and serves as General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Mr. Horowitz served as Board Member at Databricks, Okta, Genius, SnapLogic, Lyft, NationBuilder, Okta, SignalFx, Tanium, and CODE2040. He is an Angel Investor. He serves as a Board Member at Anyscale. He serves as Board Member at Okta and Foursquare. He serves as Board Member at Mayvenn and Lyft. He also serves as a Board Member at Caffeine, Cresta AI, United Masters, TripActions, and Magnet Systems. He was a co-founder and CEO of Opsware (formerly Loudcloud), which was acquired by HP in 2007, and was appointed vice president and general manager of Business Technology Optimization for Software at HP. Earlier, he was vice president and general manager of America Online's E-commerce Platform division. Previously, he ran several product divisions at Netscape Communications. He also served as vice president of Netscape's widely acclaimed Directory and Security product line. Before joining Netscape in July 1995, he held various senior product marketing positions at Lotus Development Corporation. He also serves as Board Observer at Gainspeed. He serves on the board of many companies including Tidemark Systems and Databricks, Jawbone, Lytro, Nicira, 3dna, Tidemark, Medium Corporation, and SignalFuse. He served as Board Member at Usermind. He also serves as Advisor at A. Capital Ventures. He also served as an Advisor at Barefoot Networks. He serves Board Member at Sisu Data. He has a BA in Computer Science from Columbia University and an MS in Computer Science from UCLA. He served as a Board Member at Magnet Systems. He served as Board Member at Sisu Data and Caffeine.

Notable investments

AsanaTidemarkMagnet (Electronics (B2C))MuzyBlocPowerWise (Financial Software)SuperPhoneLeading the Future