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Collin serves as the Head of Government Affairs for a16z Crypto.Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz, Collin spent more than a decade working on Capitol Hill, serving on three different committees in the House of Representatives. Most recently, Collin was the Deputy Staff Director of the Financial Services Committee where he served as a senior advisor to Ranking Member Patrick McHenry, members of the Committee, and House Leadership. Collin is a graduate of Franklin & Marshall College.
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Ronny Conway
Ronny Conway is the Founder & General Partner at A.Capital. Prior to starting A.Capital, Ronny was one of the first Partners at Andreessen Horowitz, where he was the head of seed and early-stage investing and was involved in such high profile investments as Airbnb, Instagram, Optimizely, Pinterest, Dollar Shave Club and Twitter. Before a16z, Ronny spent six years at Google, and was one of the first employees at Google Ventures. Ronny has spent most of his life around venture capital, and received his bachelor’s degree from UCLA.
Ramu Arunachalam
Ramu Arunachalam is the General Partner at A.Capital. Ramu was most recently a Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. A computer scientist by training, Ramu has over a decade of operating experience in product management and engineering at both startups and public companies. Prior to Andreessen Horowitz, Ramu led new product initiatives in Big Data for Aster Data (acquired by Teradata). Earlier in his career, Ramu was an engineer at VMware and part of the team that developed the industry’s first virtual switch for VMware’s flagship ESX server product line. Ramu holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, an MS in Computer Science from the University of Maryland and a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering (with University Honors) from Carnegie Mellon University.
Anthony Albanese
Anthony is a Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer of a16z Crypto. He is responsible for overseeing the operating teams, including legal, regulatory, policy, compliance, network governance, network operations, trading operations, security, marketing/comms and talent. Anthony also works with portfolio companies and projects to help them strategize, hire, and build scalable businesses. Prior to joining a16z, Anthony was the Chief Regulatory Officer of the New York Stock Exchange, where he managed regulation and liaised with regulators at the state, federal, and international levels. He was also the Acting Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), an agency of 1,400 employees regulating over 3,800 financial services entities with assets over $7 trillion. While at DFS, Anthony issued the first-ever BitLicense in New York. He also worked at Weil Gotshal for more than a decade as a partner specializing in securities litigation and corporate governance. Anthony holds a JD from St. John's University School of Law, where he was an editor on the Law Review, and a BA from Union College. After law school, Anthony clerked for Judge Joseph W. Bellacosa on the New York State Court of Appeals.
Adina Fischer
Adina Fischer, Technical Operations and Project Management focuses on technology and strategic initiatives within Operations for a16z crypto. Prior to joining a16z crypto, she was Manager of Operations at Republic Capital. Prior to Republic Capital, she had 10 years of experience working in Equity Derivatives in traditional finance.
Anne Yip
Anne Yip is a Custody & Trading Operations Specialist who focuses on internal crypto asset custody and trading operations. Prior to joining a16z crypto in 2022, she primarily focused on the public equities portfolio and newly IPO’d securities at Greenoaks Capital. Before that, she was a Controller at Nipun Capital and Buena Vista Fund Management where she looked after accounting, trade operations, financial reporting, compliance, and tax.
Caroline Friedman
Caroline is the Head of Operations at Bastion and former Chief of Staff on the a16z crypto team. Prior to joining a16z crypto, she was at Kraken Digital Asset Exchange, where she held a Chief of Staff role and a Regulatory Strategy Counsel role. Before that, Caroline worked as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado. She has prosecuted cases related to cyber-crime, international terrorism, and the illegal export of sensitive U.S. technology. Caroline has also worked as an associate at Jones Day, and has experience at INTERPOL and the Bureau of Industry and Security at the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Bill Hinman
Bill Hinman is the former Director of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance joins as an advisory partner to the crypto team. Bill spearheaded the SEC’s early work with digital assets, and made critical contributions that provided clarity to companies operating in the space. Bill will provide valuable insights to us and our portfolio companies as well as play a key role in shaping the future regulatory environment in which we and they operate.
Justin Gregorius
Justin Gregorius is Co-Founder and CEO at Pine Street Labs. He used to be a Protocol Specialist at Andreessen Horowitz, Founder and President of Boston College Blockchain, a Research Intern at Amity Ventures, and Co-Founder of StoryTime.
Blayne Donnell
Blayne is a talent sourcer for a16z crypto, helping portfolio companies find and retain engineering talent for their web3/crypto projects.Prior to joining a16z, Blayne was a technical sourcer at Netflix and Meta focused on sourcing and recruiting for engineering leaders and individual contributors.
Li Jin
Li Jin is the co-founder of Variant Fund and the founder of Atelier Ventures. Prior to that, Li Jin was a partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).
