The current recession and general economic turmoil might make it seem like the wrong time to empty out one’s pockets on a bunch of speculative ventures, but Marc Andreessen—co-founder of Netscape and one of the developers of the Web browser that started it all, NCSA Mosaic—has partnered with Ben Horowitz to launch a new venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, with a $300 million starting fund. Andreessen and Horowitz have extensive experience in the tech industry, having founded three companies and acted as angel investors in dozens of outfits, including companies like Digg, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Aliph.
