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How does Andreessen Horowitz reconcile being an investor in both IFTTT and Zapier (by virtue of Start Fund)?


Think of Start Fund is like a blind startup index fund. But now that Andreessen Horowitz has made a significant investment in IFTTT I'd imagine they're unlikely to make any future investment in Zapier unless their business changes quite a bit.


I imagine that investing in both by virtue of Start Fund is considerably different from leading a round for both (as in the case of Picplz and Instagram). There's a much higher level of involvement when you're a company's lead investor.


Hedging their bets?


They've publicly said that they won't invest when there are conflicts, e.g. Instagram and Picplz

https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Andressen-Horowitz-invest-in-P...




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