Kathryn ("Katie") Haun is a general partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) where she co-leads the firm's Crypto Funds. She joined in June 2018 as its eleventh general partner, and first female GP.
Previously, Katie spent a decade as a federal prosecutor focusing on fraud, cyber, and corporate crime alongside agencies including the SEC, FBI, and Treasury. She created the government's first cryptocurrency task force and led investigations into the Mt. Gox hack and the corrupt agents on the Silk Road task force.
While with the U.S. Department of Justice, Katie prosecuted RICO murders, organized crime, public corruption, gangs, and money laundering. She also held senior policy positions at Justice Department headquarters in both the National Security Division and Attorney General's oce where her portfolio included antitrust, tax, and national security.
While in the private sector, Katie has testified before both the House and Senate on the intersection of technology and regulation.
Katie serves on the boards of Coinbase, as chair of the nominating and governance committee as well as compensation committee member, OpenSea, the leading NFT marketplace, and HackerOne, as an audit committee member. She has invested in and advised tech companies from seed to Series E stage and currently manages crypto fund assets in excess of $3.1B.
She teaches a management course at Stanford Business School and previously taught cybercrime at Stanford Law School.
Katie clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy and is an honors graduate of Stanford Law School. She is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
You can read and hear more from Katie on a16z.com