Alastair (Alex) Rampell
General Partner
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a16z GP leading Apps, with fintech and marketplace investments and multiple founder exits.
Bio
Professional summary
Martin Casado is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he leads the firm's infrastructure practice. He serves on the boards of companies including Ambient.ai, Astranis, Braintrust, Coactive, Convex, Cursor, Fivetran, Kong, Material Security, Netlify, Pindrop Security, Preset, Truffle Security, and World Labs. Before a16z, he co-founded and served as CTO of Nicira, which VMware acquired for $1.26 billion, and later served as a VMware fellow and senior vice president/general manager for networking and security.
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
Ambient.aiAstranisBraintrustCursorFivetran
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Andreessen HorowitzGeneral Partner2016 – Present
- VMwareFellow; SVP and GM, Networking and Security2012 – 2016
- Nicira NetworksCo-founder and CTO2007 – 2012
- Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryComputer Scientist2000 – 2006
Education
- Stanford UniversityPhD, Computer Science2007
- Stanford UniversityMS, Computer Science2005
- Northern Arizona UniversityBS, Computer Science and Engineering2000
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