Privacy Policy

Last updated September 2024.

At AH Capital Management, LLC (“a16z”), we take your privacy seriously. Please read this Privacy Policy to learn how we treat Personal Data that we collect in relation to this website and its associated services, including email newsletters, associated content distribution platforms, and public a16z online social media accounts, or when you interact with us as a representative of our portfolio companies, business partners, vendors and other companies we do business with (collectively, the “Services”). By using or accessing our Services in any manner, you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined below, and you hereby consent that we will collect, use and share your information as described in this Privacy Policy.

Remember that your use of a16z’s Services is at all times subject to our Terms of Use, which incorporates this Privacy Policy. Any terms we use in this Policy without defining them have the definitions given to them in the Terms of Use.

You may print a copy of this Privacy Policy by clicking here. If you have a disability, you may access this Privacy Policy in an alternative format by contacting privacy@a16z.com.

What this Privacy Policy Covers

This Privacy Policy covers how we treat Personal Data that we gather when you access or use our Services. “Personal Data” means any information that identifies or relates to a particular individual and also includes information referred to as “personally identifiable information” or “personal information” under applicable data privacy laws, rules or regulations. This Privacy Policy does not cover the practices of companies we don’t own or control or people we don’t manage. In addition, this Privacy Policy does not apply to information we collect about job candidates or employees.

Categories of Personal Data We Collect

Below lists the categories of Personal Data, including sensitive Personal Data (denoted by *), that we collect and have collected over the past 12 months:

  • Identifiers including contact information (e.g., first and last name, email address, telephone number)
  • Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (e.g., first and last name, signature, email address, telephone number)
  • Internet or other similar network activity including device/IP data (e.g., IP address) and usage analytics (e.g., interactions with our web properties and newsletters)
  • Demographic Data or characteristics of protected classifications under state or federal law, if you choose to provide it (e.g., race,* gender, veteran status)
  • Professional or employment-related data (including job title or role, employer, professional background)
  • Geolocation Data (e.g., IP-address-based location information)
  • Other Identifying information that You Voluntarily Provide (e.g., identifying information in emails or letters you send us)

Sources of Personal Data

We collect Personal Data about you from the following categories of sources:

  • You
    • When you provide such information directly to us.
    • When Personal Data about you is automatically collected in connection with your use of our Services (see the subsection titled “Information Collected Automatically” below).
  • Third Parties
    • Vendors: For example, we may use analytics providers to analyze how you interact and engage with the Services, or third parties may help us provide you with customer support.
    • Advertising Partners: We receive information about you from some of our vendors who assist us with marketing or promotional services related to how you interact with our websites, applications, advertisements or communications.

Information Collected Automatically

The Services use cookies and similar technologies such as pixel tags, web beacons, clear GIFs and JavaScript (collectively, “Cookies”) to enable our servers to recognize your web browser and tell us how and when you visit and use our Services, to analyze trends, learn about our user base and operate and improve our Services. Cookies are small pieces of data – usually text files – placed on your computer, tablet, phone or similar device when you use that device to access our Services. We may also supplement the information we collect from you with information received from third parties, including third parties that have placed their own Cookies on your device(s). Please note that because of our use of Cookies, the Services do not support “Do Not Track” requests sent from a browser at this time.

We use the following types of Cookies:

  • Essential Cookies. Essential Cookies are required for providing you with features or services that you have requested. For example, certain Cookies enable you to log into secure areas of our Services. Disabling these Cookies may make certain features and services unavailable.
  • Functional Cookies. Functional Cookies are used to record your choices and settings regarding our Services, maintain your preferences over time and recognize you when you return to our Services. These Cookies help us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
  • Performance/Analytical Cookies. Performance/Analytical Cookies allow us to understand how visitors use our Services such as by collecting information about the number of visitors to the Services, what pages visitors view on our Services and how long visitors are viewing pages on the Services. Performance/Analytical Cookies also help us measure the performance of our advertising campaigns in order to help us improve our campaigns and the Services’ content for those who engage with our advertising. In addition to our own Performance/Analytical Cookies, the Services may contain Performance/Analytical Cookies from third party analytics services.

You can decide whether or not to accept Cookies through your internet browser’s settings. Most browsers have an option for turning off the Cookie feature, which will prevent your browser from accepting new Cookies, as well as (depending on the sophistication of your browser software) allow you to decide on acceptance of each new Cookie in a variety of ways. In addition, to opt out of Google Analytics, click here. You can also delete all Cookies that are already on your device. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit our website and some of the Services and functionalities may not work.

To explore what Cookie settings are available to you, look in the “preferences” or “options” section of your browser’s menu. To find out more information about Cookies, including information about how to manage and delete Cookies, please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.