Andreessen Horowitz’s first investment Apptio closes $45M fifth round

Back in 2009, Apptio was famed venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz's first investment. Today Apptio announced closing a $45 million fifth round of funding, bringing the company's total to $136 million.

Dwolla raises $16.5M from Andreessen Horowitz to revolutionize banking

Online payment network Dwolla has pulled in$16.5 million in a third funding round led by elite venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.

Chris Dixon and Andreessen Horowitz invest $30M in 3D printing marketplace Shapeways

Andreessen Horowitz says that 3D is reaching its tipping point -- and the VC firm is putting its money where its mouth is.

‘Personal guardian angel’ to Ben Horowitz joins the firm as special advisor

Industry veteran Ken Coleman joins venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, 26 years after he introduced founder Ben Horowitz to the technology world.

Kleiner Perkins, Andreessen Horowitz team up to fund Google Glass apps

This new partnership between three Silicon Valley powerhouses seeks to capitalize on what could end up being Google's next big ecosystem after Chrome and Android.

Pinterest raises $200M at $2.5B valuation, reportedly

Pinterest has reportedly raised $200 million funding round that values the company at $2.5 billion. In other words, the rumors appear to be true.

The DeanBeat: After Zynga’s crash, game investments dive 42 percent in 2012

Game investments were red hot in the first half, but slowed after Zynga's sinking market value crushed valuations.

PagerDuty gets $10.7M to become ‘central nervous system of IT’

Andresseen Horowitz leads the first round of venture funding for PagerDuty, which provides IT alerting and incident tracking software.

Silicon Valley VCs predict 2013 trends: Space, robots, self-driving cars

What do Silicon Valley's top VCs expect from 2013? Brace yourselves for self-driving cars, true AI, and much more.

Bluestacks brings every Android app to Mac

Talk about irony: With the latest version of Bluestacks' mobile app player, Mac users will be able to run just about any Android app -- even though there's still no method for running iOS apps on OS X.

If I get millions of dollars, then text me: IFTTT gets $7M from Andreessen-Horowitz

IFTTT, a service that lets you program various commands such as, "If the weather gets cold, then send me a text," gets a first round of funding from well-known VC firm Andreessen-Horowitz.

Andreessen-Horowitz injects $30M into encryption startup CipherCloud

If someone is trying to break into your enterprise, it's likely because they want your data. Companies are calling for cloud encryption, and Andreessen-Horowitz is joining the chorus by investing $30 million into cloud encryption company CipherCloud.

Tiny Speck to scuttle offbeat MMO Glitch on Dec. 9

Startup Tiny Speck – helmed by Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield – announced that it will be shutting down its quirky browser-based, massively-multiplayer game, Glitch, at the end of the year.

ItsOn gets $15.5M from Andreessen Horowitz to empower mobile data customers

With $15 million from Andreessen Horowitz and others, ItsOn says it's found two big ways to help mobile carriers make more money: Consumer flexibility and data sponsorships.

Andreessen-Horowitz expands social by hiring Twitter vet

Looks like Andreessen-Horowitz is building out its social investments side of the business. It came out today that the venture firm hired Twitter culture guru Elizabeth Weil to help expand its social know-how.

Andreessen Horowitz invests $15M in hip hop Wikipedia Rap Genius

With its investment in Rap Genius, Andreesen Horowitz will help add a new layer of information to the web.