Ivan Makarov (@IvanoMakSF) / X

Ivan Makarov

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Ivan Makarov

@IvanoMakSF

Partner @a16z | Helping startups grow without losing their sanity (or runway) | 🚴‍♂️ I bike a lot

San Francisco, CA

Joined October 2025

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Ivan Makarov
@IvanoMakSF
Jun 17
Really excited to announce yet another project we're shipping with our team here at Andreessen Horowitz - the new CFO community we launched yesterday (and other personas are also in the works). Why another one? And what's our goal? I've been in many before I stepped into a
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Ivan Makarov
@IvanoMakSF
Oct 23, 2025
Ok this is actually a real thing and he’s not joking. I got a package in the mail this week with the sauce from @runwayco. I’m like, cool, @blader - I love portfolio company swag and especially when it’s that creative. I love hot sauces. But then I saw the $100 bill attached. A
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Ivan Makarov
@IvanoMakSF
Oct 24, 2025
UPDATE: the sauce itself is actually really good. Amazing dinner addition. Cc @blader @runwayco
Ivan Makarov
@IvanoMakSF
Oct 23, 2025
Ok this is actually a real thing and he’s not joking. I got a package in the mail this week with the sauce from @runwayco. I’m like, cool, @blader - I love portfolio company swag and especially when it’s that creative. I love hot sauces. But then I saw the $100 bill attached. A
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Ivan Makarov
@IvanoMakSF
Nov 12, 2025
Last night I was extremely tired and yet couldn’t fall asleep from the energy of our event, I was so stoked. Mom, I finally made it to @NYSE! Our second in person @a16z Finance Forum Demo Day event was a total blast, with 200+ CFOs and key partners joining us at the New York
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Ivan Makarov
@IvanoMakSF
Oct 16, 2025
In venture world, we like to dream about the future. Sometimes we get to experience it, like yesterday when our good friend Michael DiViesti from @ArcBoats took us on a ride in one of their high end speed boats, fully electric, and as mind changing as riding in a high end
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Ivan Makarov
@IvanoMakSF
Oct 25, 2025
Autumn in California
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Ivan Makarov
@IvanoMakSF
Oct 19, 2025
Have just experienced absolutely the worst customer support experience of my life with @StubHub. How it’s possible in 2025 is truly puzzling to me but three hours with support today with no resolution is exactly how you lose a customer. Wouldn’t recommend that platform to anyone
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Ivan Makarov
@IvanoMakSF
Nov 12, 2025
So excited to finally visit Boston and get some lobster with @shanemurfy !!
Katia Ameri
@KatiaAmeri
Nov 12, 2025
BIG NEWS! For the very first time, we’re adding a new city to Tech Week next year… Boston! 🎉 Boston will kick off a full run of back-to-back Tech Weeks, and will run the week before New York, and then we’re back in SF and LA in October. Boston has one of the most thriving
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Ivan Makarov
@IvanoMakSF
Oct 22, 2025
Most startups fail not because they run out of good ideas. They fail because they run out of cash.
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Ivan Makarov
@IvanoMakSF
Nov 12, 2025
Replying to @blader and @a16z
So great to hang out again and making financial planning fun again!
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Ivan Makarov
@IvanoMakSF
Oct 14, 2025
SF packed the house, so we’re taking it to Wall Street. Nov 11 – a16z Finance Forum: NYC Demo Day @ NYSE. AI demos from founders reinventing finance. If you’re a finance leader tired of buzzwords, this one’s for you. Sig up link below.
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Ivan Makarov
@IvanoMakSF
Oct 26, 2025
The original no-code/AI tool that felt like magic the first time we learned advanced formulas
Alex Immerman
@aleximm
Oct 24, 2025
This past month, Microsoft Excel turned 40. Still the most durable software in the world, used by 1 billion+ people, four decades in.
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Ivan Makarov
@IvanoMakSF
Oct 9, 2025
We saw this during NY @Techweek_ and it’s clear this week in SF, finance people want to meet, connect, learn and adopt new technologies. New technology and founders are here.
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Ivan Makarov
@IvanoMakSF
Oct 17, 2025
Focus is one of the hardest things to nail right as a startup.
James da Costa
@jamdac
Oct 17, 2025
🚨How does an AI-native startup unseat an incumbent?🚨 👇Enter the Greenfield Strategy: AI-native startup bingo. The battle between every startup and incumbent comes down to whether the startup gets distribution before the incumbent gets innovation. One of the most powerful, and
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