Michael Blau

Michael Blau is a Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he operates within the firm's dedicated cryptocurrency and blockchain investment team. In his current capacity at the global venture capital firm, he evaluates early-stage startups and emerging protocols across the broader decentralized technology ecosystem. Andreessen Horowitz, the Silicon Valley institution founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, maintains one of the largest dedicated capital pools for digital assets. This platform allows partners like Blau to deploy significant funding into Web3 infrastructure, decentralized finance applications, and foundational blockchain networks such as Ethereum. He contributes to the firm's overarching investment thesis by analyzing market trends, technical developments, and regulatory shifts impacting the global digital asset sector. Blau currently focuses on identifying high-growth opportunities within the rapidly evolving cryptocurrency landscape to expand the firm's extensive digital asset portfolio.