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Anne Lee Skates

Anne Lee Skates

Anne Lee Skates is a partner on the consumer investing team, where her interests include gen-Z consumer trends, retail and commerce infrastructure, and the future of cities, such as real estate and construction.

Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz, she was a seed stage investor at Floodgate, where she sourced and led several consumer investments. Before that she worked as an early hire in product and engineering roles at two startups, Solv Health and FundersClub. She started her career in consulting at McKinsey in San Francisco.

Anne graduated from Princeton University, magna cum laude, where she started a failed company and experienced a taste of the challenges of entrepreneurship first-hand. Originally from Taiwan, she came to the US to become a professional violinist and performed a solo at the 49th Grammy Awards.

Latest Posts

Investing in Marker Learning

by Annie Collins, Justin Larkin, Anne Lee Skates, Daisy Wolf, and Julie Yoo
  • bio + health
  • announcements
  • Education
  • healthcare

Five Predictions for the Future of Learning in the Age of AI 

by Anne Lee Skates
  • AI, machine & deep learning
  • education
  • Education
  • Generative AI

The New Learning Economy: It’s Time To Build in Education

by Anne Lee Skates
  • consumer
  • consumer startups
  • ed tech

a16z Slack Debate: Breakout Marketplace Companies and Categories

by Jeff Jordan, Connie Chan, Sriram Krishnan, D'Arcy Coolican, Jonathan Lai, Anne Lee Skates, Bryan Kim, and Brandon Barros
  • consumer
  • ecommerce
  • education
  • gaming, social, and new media
  • Marketplace 100
  • marketplaces
  • growth
  • metrics
  • network effects

From @anneleeskates

Anne Lee Skates@anneleeskates

It's been one of the biggest privileges in my career and an absolute honor working with you Jeff! Can't wait to see the legendary things you do next, as you've always done. https://t.co/YhYqxkunZn

Anne Lee Skates@anneleeskates

Exciting to see so much incredible talent building in healthcare, my partner Daisy explains why consumer healthcare is a big opportunity right now 👇🏼 https://t.co/gaixAXeYfq

Justine Palefsky@JustinePalefsky

It has been so incredible to see how Kindred has changed what's possible in our members' lives. Thrilled to be able to grow our community and launch in Europe!! We're accepting a new batch of members this spring. Use code RUSHME to apply! https://t.co/gZYG3aqeLm

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