Katie Haun raises $1B for new venture funds
Katie Haun, former Andreessen Horowitz investor, has raised $1 billion for new venture funds focused on crypto and blockchain startups. The capital will support early and late-stage companies working on alternative assets, the agentic economy, and financial services, with global deployment planned over the next two to three years. Haun's firm, launched in 2022, now manages over $2 billion in assets.
- ▪Katie Haun raised $1 billion for new venture funds targeting crypto and blockchain startups.
- ▪The funds will invest in areas such as alternative assets, the agentic economy, and financial services.
- ▪Haun's firm, established in 2022, manages more than $2 billion in assets under management.
- ▪Investments include Palmer Luckey’s Erebor Bank and the crypto finance company Ellipsis Labs.
- ▪The capital will be deployed globally over the next two to three years.
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In Brief Posted: 12:12 PM PDT · May 4, 2026 Image Credits:Kimberly White / Stringer Dominic-Madori Davis Katie Haun raises $1B for new venture funds Former Andreessen Horowitz investor Katie Haun announced on Monday in a press release that her firm has raised $1 billion across new funds to continue its thesis of backing crypto and blockchain. The capital will be spread across startups at early and later stages, Bloomberg reported, and, within the crypto and blockchain space, it will be used to back startups focused on alternative assets (like gold and other commodities), the agentic economy, and financial services. The firm hopes to deploy the capital globally over the next two to three years. Haun left a16z in late 2021 and launched her own venture firm shortly after, in 2022.
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