Andreessen Horowitz continues to quietly grow its scout network in Europe, months on from the US VC giant axing its London office.
The firm — which has backed the likes of OpenAI, xAI and SpaceX — announced it was pulling back from Europe in January, less than two years on from opening its first office in the region, to refocus on the US crypto industry following Trump’s victory.
But A16z is still looking to keep boots on the ground in Europe, adding at least nine new venture scouts to its network so far in 2025.
The US VC has also hosted hackathons with AI voice startup ElevenLabs and AI coding startup Lovable in recent months as it seeks to maintain a European presence.
2025 additions to the now more than 20 A16z scouts operating in the region include operators from tech darlings including ElevenLabs, note-taking platform Sana and US coding startup Cursor.
Despite ramping up its scout presence in Europe, A16z has completed just three deals in 2025 — UK robotics company JotMe, Swiss gaming startup Nunu.ai and UK recruitment platform Dex Talent — a big drop from the 20 deals the firm completed the previous year, according to Dealroom.
The firm has previously backed European startups including AI darling Mistral, agentic sales startup 11x and AI video platform Black Forest Labs.
A16z have been approached for comment.
A growing European scout network
A16z has dozens of scouts around the world, who invest in early-stage deals. Scouts typically write cheques between $10-25k — with some managing six figure budgets — which A16z can top up if it’s particularly bullish on a deal.
Scouts are expected to leverage their local networks to find deals among talented engineers that might be missed by partners, the vast majority of which are in the US. Sifted has tracked A16z scouts across all the major tech ecosystems in Europe, including the UK, France, Germany and Sweden.
Click here to read the full list of 20+ A16z scouts in Europe that Sifted has tracked.
