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A16Z Capital Management, L.L.C. (Andreessen Horowitz)

CA

Venture capital firm, formerly AH Capital Management, L.L.C. FEC Schedule A records $67,000,000.01 from the firm to the Fairshake super PAC network in the 2024 cycle. Partners Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz gave separately as individuals.

crypto

Tracked direct giving

$7,250,000

LDA reported lobbying spend

$1,230,000

Connections

18

The Money Trail

How money flowed from A16Z Capital Management, L.L.C. (Andreessen Horowitz)

$7.3M
15 transactions across 6 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

A16Z Capital Management, L.L.C. (Andreessen Horowitz) directed $1.8M to Defend American Jobs across 2 contributions between December 2023 and November 2024.

Dec 2023 – Nov 2024pac

A16Z Capital Management, L.L.C. (Andreessen Horowitz) directed $1.8M to Protect Progress across 2 contributions between October 2023 and November 2024.

Oct 2023 – Nov 2024pac

A16Z Capital Management, L.L.C. (Andreessen Horowitz) directed $1.3M to Senate Majority PAC across 3 contributions between March 2024 and September 2024.

Mar 2024 – Sep 2024corporate

A16Z Capital Management, L.L.C. (Andreessen Horowitz) directed $1.3M to SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND across 3 contributions between March 2024 and October 2024.

Mar 2024 – Oct 2024corporate

A16Z Capital Management, L.L.C. (Andreessen Horowitz) directed $750K to Congressional Leadership Fund across 3 contributions between March 2024 and September 2024.

Mar 2024 – Sep 2024corporate

A16Z Capital Management, L.L.C. (Andreessen Horowitz) also gave to 1 other entity totaling $500K.

$7.3M tracked across 6 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where A16Z Capital Management, L.L.C. (Andreessen Horowitz)’s money ended up

Attributed amounts are modeled estimates of how money flowed through intermediary PACs, computed by proportional apportionment of FEC-reported transactions. They are not reported transactions themselves. How we compute this

$4.7M
modeled estimate
83 paths across 50 counterparties
$1.2Mmodeled estimateattributed to Bernie Moreno
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$1.1Mmodeled estimateA16Z Capital Management, L.L.C. (Andreessen Horowitz)→Defend American Jobs→Bernie MorenomediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $17K

$33Kmodeled estimateA16Z Capital Management, L.L.C. (Andreessen Horowitz)→SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND→Bernie MorenomediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $44K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$366Kmodeled estimateattributed to HELMER, DANIEL I. DEL.
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$366Kmodeled estimateA16Z Capital Management, L.L.C. (Andreessen Horowitz)→Protect Progress→HELMER, DANIEL I. DEL.mediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $500

$355Kmodeled estimateattributed to Jim Banks
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$355Kmodeled estimateA16Z Capital Management, L.L.C. (Andreessen Horowitz)→Defend American Jobs→Jim BanksmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $9K

$302Kmodeled estimateattributed to Sherrod Brown
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$302Kmodeled estimateA16Z Capital Management, L.L.C. (Andreessen Horowitz)→SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND→Sherrod BrownmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $13K

$247Kmodeled estimateattributed to Bob Casey
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$247Kmodeled estimateA16Z Capital Management, L.L.C. (Andreessen Horowitz)→SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND→Bob CaseymediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $8K

$243Kmodeled estimateattributed to John R. Curtis
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $11K

$204Kmodeled estimateattributed to Brian Jack
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$204Kmodeled estimateA16Z Capital Management, L.L.C. (Andreessen Horowitz)→Defend American Jobs→Brian JackmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $11K

$193Kmodeled estimateattributed to Julie Johnson
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$193Kmodeled estimateA16Z Capital Management, L.L.C. (Andreessen Horowitz)→Protect Progress→Julie JohnsonmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $11K

Plus 42 additional chains totaling $1.7M.

$4.7M attributed (modeled estimate) across 83 paths·Up to 2 hops deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this

Lobbying Activity Detail

Disclosed lobbying expenditures from LDA filings where this entity is the client. Dollar amounts represent what was reported to the Senate Office of Public Records.

Top Lobbying Issues

FINFinancial Institutions/Investments
$1.6M
BANBAN
$1.3M
CDTCDT
$1.3M
HCRHealth Issues
$1.3M
SCIScience
$930K
AERAerospace
$930K
HOMHousing
$930K
TAXTaxation/Internal Revenue Code
$650K
CPIComputer Industry
$220K

Lobbying Firms Retained

In-house lobbyists (filed as its own registrant)$1.3M
MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.$220K
Cornerstone Government Affairs$80K
BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS$0

Bills Referenced in Lobbying Filings

H.R. 3633

Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings and the LobbyView dataset (MIT/NSF, CC-BY-4.0). Dollar figures represent disclosed expenditures only and may not capture all influence activity. Issue codes follow the LDA general issue classification.

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Donations Given and Outside Spending

Largest 50 records. Rows badged “Spent to support” or “Spent to oppose” are independent expenditures this entity paid to vendors for or against the named candidate. That money was not given to them.

RecipientAmountDateCycle
Defend American Jobs$1,500,000Dec 15, 20232024
Protect Progress$1,500,000Oct 23, 20232024
SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND$500,000Oct 1, 20242024
SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND$500,000Jun 20, 20242024
Senate Majority PAC$500,000Jun 20, 20242024
Senate Majority PAC$500,000Sep 20, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$250,000Jun 27, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$250,000Dec 19, 20232024
Congressional Leadership Fund$250,000Sep 24, 20242024
Congressional Leadership Fund$250,000Mar 14, 20242024
Congressional Leadership Fund$250,000Jun 20, 20242024
SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND$250,000Mar 7, 20242024
Senate Majority PAC$250,000Mar 7, 20242024
Protect Progress$250,000Nov 6, 20242024
Defend American Jobs$250,000Nov 7, 20242024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Donated toFairshakePublicly identified major donor to this crypto industry super PAC. Exact amounts to be filled in by FEC ingestion.Source
Gave money toFairshakeAndreessen Horowitz gave approximately $24M to Fairshake super PACSource
RetainedCORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.Hired CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. to lobby on Crypto / Digital AssetsSource
Funded research atBLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATIONMember of Blockchain AssociationEditorial
RetainedCornerstone Government AffairsHired CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. to lobby on Crypto / Digital AssetsSource
Lobbied onCLARITY Act, Digital Asset Market Clarity ActLDA filing: lobbied on CLARITY Act, period 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30), reported amount $80,000Source
RetainedMEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.Hired MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC. to lobby on CLARITY ActSource
RetainedMILLER STRATEGIES, LLCHired MILLER STRATEGIES, LLC to lobby on Crypto / Digital AssetsSource
Lobbied onCHIPS and Science ActLDA filing: lobbied on CHIPS and Science Act, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31)Source
RetainedBGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRSHired BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS to lobby on Crypto / Digital AssetsSource
Lobbied onGENIUS Act, Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (S.394)Andreessen Horowitz was a principal funder of the crypto legislative push including the GENIUS ActSource
Commented onDepartment of the TreasuryPublic comment on TREAS-DO-2024-0012: U.S. Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of ConcernSource
Commented onFinancial Crimes Enforcement NetworkPublic comment on FINCEN-2023-0016: Proposal of Special Measure Regarding Convertible Virtual Currency Mixing, as a Class of Transactions of Primary Money Laundering ConcernSource
Funded research atCOIN CENTER INC.Major venture capital funder of Coin CenterEditorial
Commented onConsumer Financial Protection BureauPublic comment on CFPB-2023-0053: Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment ApplicationsSource
Commented onFederal Trade CommissionPublic comment on FTC-2023-0030: FTC Seek Comment for Trade Regulation Rule on Impersonation of Government and BusinessesSource
Commented onDepartment of Health and Human ServicesPublic comment on HHS-ONC-2023-0007: Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information SharingSource
Affiliated withBAKER HUGHES COMPANYBaker Hughes was formerly a GE company (BHGE), now independentSource