Where does Martin Casado work?

Martin Casado is General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and Board director at Phaze and Board Member (a16z) at Tabular Technologies, Inc. and Board director at Fly.io.

What check size does Martin Casado write?

Martin Casado typically writes checks of $500K – $40M.

Where did Martin Casado go to school?

Martin Casado studied at Stanford University (PhD, Computer Science); Stanford University (Masters, Computer Science); Northern Arizona University (Bachelors, Computer Science).

What awards has Martin Casado received?

Casado received the ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award. Casado was awarded the NEC C&C Award. Casado is an inductee of the Lawrence Livermore Lab's Entrepreneur's Hall of Fame. Casado received an honorary doctorate from Northern Arizona University in 2017.

What podcasts and interviews feature Martin Casado?

Tracked appearances include "a16z GP, Martin Casado: Anthropic vs OpenAI & Why Open Source is a National Security Risk with China", "Inside AI’s $10B+ Capital Flywheel — Martin Casado & Sarah Wang of a16z", "a16z' Martin Casado on The Reality of AI Scale - Off The Record", and 9 more.

Martin Casado

Investor

General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz · Board director at Phaze · Board Member (a16z) at Tabular Technologies, Inc. · Board director at Fly.io

Woodside, CA

Writes $500K – $40M checks · typically $20M

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About

Martin Casado co-founded software-defined networking pioneer Nicira, which VMware bought for $1.26 billion in 2012, before joining Andreessen Horowitz in 2016 to lead its infrastructure practice. He has become one of the firm's most prominent voices on AI, backing companies such as Cursor, World Labs, Thinking Machines and Safe Superintelligence. He holds a PhD in computer science from Stanford and began his career at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

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martin@a16z.com

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningBiotechConsumerCrypto & Web3Defense Tech

Beyond investing

Founded: Casado co-founded Nicira Networks in 2007, a network virtualization company later acquired by VMware for $1.26 billion. Casado co-founded Illuminics Systems, an IP analytics company acquired by Quova Inc. in 2006.
Education: Studied at Northern Arizona University (Bachelor's, 2000) Studied at Stanford University (Masters, Computer Science, 2007)
Awards: Casado received the ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award. Casado was awarded the NEC C&C Award. Casado is an inductee of the Lawrence Livermore Lab's Entrepreneur's Hall of Fame. Casado received an honorary doctorate from Northern Arizona University in 2017.
More: Casado was a pioneer of software-defined networking and began development of the OpenFlow protocol while at Stanford. Casado was born around 1976 in Cartagena, Spain.

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Board director at Phaze

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Phaze's investors · 2

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2025 NextView VenturesNew York · $250K – $4M checks · since 2024

Board Member (a16z) at Tabular Technologies, Inc.

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Tabular Technologies, Inc.'s investors · 3

Altimeter CapitalMenlo Park · $1M – $25M checks · since 2023 Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2023 Zetta Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Tabular Technologies, Inc.

Ryan BlueCo-Founder & CEO

Board director at Fly.io YC W20

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Fly.io went through Y Combinator (Winter 2020) — Martin sits on its board, so any YC alum in your network can reach them through the company's founders.

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Fly.io's investors · 20

Abstract VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $750K checks Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2026 Dell Technologies CapitalPalo Alto · $500K – $50M checks · since 2026 Elysium Venture CapitalPalo Alto Elysium VenturesSunnyvale EQTNew York · since 2026 EQT VenturesLuxembourg · $2M – $50M checks · since 2023 FrialeNashville · $100K – $600K checks Fuel CapitalCovina · $500K – $1M checks Geodesic CapitalSilicon Valley Initialized CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks Intel CapitalSanta Clara · $1M – $20M checks · since 2026 Liquid VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checks Page One VenturesSilicon Valley Rebel FundSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks Rising TidePacifica Ritual CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $500K checks SV AngelSan Francisco · $150K – $20M checks Wilmot VenturesSan Francisco Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020

Co-founders at Fly.io

Michael DwanFounder

Jerome Gravel-NiquetFounder

Kurt MackeyCEO

Experience

Andreessen HorowitzGeneral Partnercurrent2016 — present
VMWareGM Networking and Security, SVP and Fellow2014 — 2016Palo Alto
VMWareCTO for Networking and Security2012 — 2014
Stanford UniversityConsulting Assistant Professor2008 — 2015
Nicira Networks, Inc.Founder and CTO2007 — 2012
Stanford UniversityPhD Student2003 — 2007
Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryComputer Scientist2000 — 2006

Deals · 9

Fly.ioBoard seat

via Andreessen Horowitz · filed Jul 2026 · $25M raise

PhazeBoard seat

via Andreessen Horowitz · filed Jan 2025 · $8.9M raise

KongBoard seat

via Andreessen Horowitz · filed Aug 2024 · $100M raise

Rasa TechnologiesBoard seat

via Andreessen Horowitz · filed Feb 2024 · $30M raise

Tabular Technologies, Inc.Board seat

via Andreessen Horowitz · filed Dec 2023 · $26M raise

Orbit Labs, Inc.Board seat

via Andreessen Horowitz · filed Nov 2022 · $5M raise

R SoftwareBoard seat

via Andreessen Horowitz · filed Mar 2022 · $200M raise

Unmanned InnovationBoard seat

via Andreessen Horowitz · filed Apr 2018 · $20M raise

Fishtown AnalyticsLed round

via Andreessen Horowitz · filed Nov 2019

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Other disclosed investments

Board seats

ActionIQ Ambient.ai Astranis Astranis Braintrust Coactive Convex Cursor dbt Labs DeepMap.ai Fivetran Ideogram Imply Isovalent Material Security Metronome NetlifyOrbitParsec Gaming PindropPindrop SecurityPreset Tabular Tackle.ioTalaria ScientificTruffle Security World Labs Yubico

Investor

ActionIQ Ambient.ai AnyscaleAnysphere (Cursor)Astranis Barefoot Networks BraintrustClerkCoactiveConvexCumulus Networksdbt Labs DeepMap.aiDistributionalDrishti Eclypsium EngFlow FivetranGreprIdeogramImplyInngestInstabaseIsovalentLightupMaterial Security Metronome NetlifyOrbitParsec Phota Labs Pindrop Preset QuiverAIRapidRasaRegrello Replicate RuntaSecurityPalSocketSvixSYMBIO ROBOTICS, INC.TabularTackleTecton Tigris Data Truffle SecurityWaveForms AIWorld Labs Yubico

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Podcasts & interviews

featuring Martin Casado

a16z GP, Martin Casado: Anthropic vs OpenAI & Why Open Source is a National Security Risk with China

20VC with Harry Stebbings

Inside AI’s $10B+ Capital Flywheel — Martin Casado & Sarah Wang of a16z

Latent Space

a16z' Martin Casado on The Reality of AI Scale - Off The Record

Six Five Media

"This feels like 1996": Why a16z's Martin Casado believes the AI boom still has years to run

The Generalist

Inside a16z’s $1.25B Infra Bet | Martin Casado, General Partner at a16z

Uncapped with Jack Altman

Jack Altman & Martin Casado on the Future of Venture Capital

a16z

6 more appearances

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Adam Alpert

Founder at Pangea.app

Aditya Mehta

Founder at Suggestr

Aiden Slavin

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Alex Immerman

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Alex Rampell

General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz

Ali Yahya

General Partner at a16z crypto

Alisha Litman

Events at a16z crypto

Andrew Chen

General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz

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Alex DollScout

Investor at Ten Eleven

Anne WojcickiScout

Investor at 23andMe

Daniel DocterScout

Managing Director at Dell Technologies Capital

Devdutt YellurkarScout

Partner at Propeller VC

Didac LeeScout

Managing Partner at Galdana Ventures

Jason GreenScout

Founder and General Partner (Emeritus) at Emergence Capital Partners

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Martin Casado?: Martin Casado co-founded software-defined networking pioneer Nicira, which VMware bought for $1.26 billion in 2012, before joining Andreessen Horowitz in 2016 to lead its infrastructure practice. He has become one of the firm's most prominent voices on AI, backing companies such as Cursor, World Labs, Thinking Machines and Safe Superintelligence. He holds a PhD in computer science from Stanford and began his career at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Where does Martin Casado work?: Martin Casado is General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and Board director at Phaze and Board Member (a16z) at Tabular Technologies, Inc. and Board director at Fly.io.
What does Martin Casado invest in?: Martin Casado invests in AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Defense Tech.
What check size does Martin Casado write?: Martin Casado typically writes checks of $500K – $40M.
What boards does Martin Casado sit on?: Martin Casado holds tracked board seats at ActionIQ, Ambient.ai, Astranis, Astranis, Braintrust, Coactive, Convex, Cursor, dbt Labs, DeepMap.ai.
What companies has Martin Casado invested in?: Investments tracked here include ActionIQ, Ambient.ai, Anyscale, Anysphere (Cursor), Astranis, Barefoot Networks, Braintrust, Clerk, Coactive, Convex, Cumulus Networks, dbt Labs, and 41 more.
Where did Martin Casado go to school?: Martin Casado studied at Stanford University (PhD, Computer Science); Stanford University (Masters, Computer Science); Northern Arizona University (Bachelors, Computer Science).
What awards has Martin Casado received?: Casado received the ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award. Casado was awarded the NEC C&C Award. Casado is an inductee of the Lawrence Livermore Lab's Entrepreneur's Hall of Fame. Casado received an honorary doctorate from Northern Arizona University in 2017.
What podcasts and interviews feature Martin Casado?: Tracked appearances include "a16z GP, Martin Casado: Anthropic vs OpenAI & Why Open Source is a National Security Risk with China", "Inside AI’s $10B+ Capital Flywheel — Martin Casado & Sarah Wang of a16z", "a16z' Martin Casado on The Reality of AI Scale - Off The Record", and 9 more.