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Access the full a16z portfolio via API. Filter by investment stage (Seed, IPO, M&A, etc.), search by founder or company name, and retrieve structured company data.
curl -X GET 'https://api.parse.bot/scraper/3752e80b-f198-4ad4-9f4b-9cde8fc9316f/get_portfolio?query=figma&stage=Seed' \ -H 'X-API-Key: $PARSE_API_KEY'
Get all a16z portfolio companies with optional filtering by investment stage or search query. Returns the full list when no filters are provided.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| query | string | Search query to filter companies by name, overview, or founders. |
| stage | string | Filter by investment stage. Accepted values: Seed, Venture, Growth, IPO, M&A, EXIT, DPO, SPAC. |
{
"type": "object",
"fields": {
"total": "integer - number of companies returned",
"companies": "array of company objects with keys: id, name, website, logo, year_founded, stages, founders, overview, socials, email, ticker_symbol, acquirer, invest_date, exit_date, announcement_excerpt, announcement_url"
},
"sample": {
"data": {
"total": 1,
"companies": [
{
"id": "14997",
"logo": "https://d1lamhf6l6yk6d.cloudfront.net/uploads/2023/09/logo_00180000016B6EH-20230418000703.svg",
"name": "Figma",
"email": "",
"stages": [
"IPO"
],
"socials": [
{
"url": "https://twitter.com/figma",
"platform": "X"
},
{
"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/figma/",
"platform": "LinkedIn"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/figma",
"platform": "GitHub"
}
],
"website": "https://figma.com",
"acquirer": "",
"founders": "Dylan Field, Evan Wallace",
"overview": "Figma is a multiplayer design system for collaboration: designers, developers, marketing teams and end users work in continuous fashion in Figma, drawing mockups, building prototypes, and testing with real users through several iterations.",
"exit_date": "",
"invest_date": "",
"year_founded": "2012",
"ticker_symbol": "FIG",
"announcement_url": "https://a16z.com/announcement/investing-in-figma-the-decade-of-design/",
"announcement_excerpt": "I’ve always been interested in investing in companies and founders who take an old, staid technology category and turn it on its head..."
}
]
},
"status": "success"
}
}About the a16z.com API
The a16z Portfolio API exposes the complete Andreessen Horowitz investment portfolio through a single get_portfolio endpoint, returning up to 11 fields per company including founders, investment stages, social links, website, ticker symbol, and overview text. You can filter results by investment stage — Seed through EXIT, IPO, SPAC, and more — or run a free-text search across company names, overviews, and founder names.
What the API Returns
The get_portfolio endpoint returns a companies array alongside a total count. Each company object includes: id, name, website, logo (image URL), year_founded, stages (one or more investment stages a16z has assigned), founders (array of founder names), overview (short description of the company), socials (social profile links), email, and ticker_symb for publicly traded companies.
Filtering and Search
Two optional query parameters control what gets returned. The stage parameter accepts one of eight discrete values: Seed, Venture, Growth, IPO, M&A, EXIT, DPO, or SPAC. Omitting it returns the full portfolio across all stages. The query parameter matches against company name, overview text, and founder names, making it useful for finding all portfolio companies associated with a specific person or operating in a described space.
Data Scope
Coverage maps directly to what a16z publishes on their public portfolio page at a16z.com/portfolio. The stages field can contain multiple values per company, reflecting cases where a16z participated across multiple rounds. The ticker_symb field is populated only for companies that have gone public; it will be absent or null for private portfolio companies. Social links in the socials field vary by company — not every company has every network represented.
- Build a dashboard tracking a16z portfolio companies by investment stage, from Seed through EXIT
- Search for all a16z-backed companies with a specific founder to map repeat entrepreneurs in the portfolio
- Pull ticker symbols from
ticker_symbto cross-reference public a16z portfolio companies with market data - Identify which portfolio companies were founded in a given year using the
year_foundedfield - Aggregate social profiles from
socialsto monitor a16z portfolio companies across Twitter, LinkedIn, and other networks - Filter by
stage: IPOorstage: M&Ato track portfolio liquidity events over time - Generate a competitive landscape by searching
queryfor a sector keyword and extracting company overviews
| Tier | Price | Credits/month | Rate limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 100 | 5 req/min |
| Hobby | $30/mo | 1,000 | 20 req/min |
| Developer | $100/mo | 5,000 | 250 req/min |
One credit = one API call regardless of which marketplace API you call. Exceeding the rate limit returns a 429 response. Authenticate with the X-API-Key header.
Does a16z have an official developer API for their portfolio data?+
What does the `stages` field actually contain, and can a company appear in multiple stages?+
stages field is an array, so a single company can carry multiple stage labels — for example, a company that received both Venture and Growth investment from a16z will show both. When you filter using the stage parameter, results include any company whose stages array contains that value.Does the API return individual funding round amounts or valuation data?+
Are a16z blog posts or portfolio company announcements included in responses?+
get_portfolio endpoint returns structured company-level data — name, overview, founders, socials, stages — but does not include linked articles, press releases, or a16z blog posts about those companies. You can fork this API on Parse and revise it to add an endpoint covering a16z's news and announcement pages.How current is the portfolio data, and are recently announced investments reflected immediately?+
get_portfolio periodically is the way to detect changes.