Andreessen Horowitz to open Japan office for funding startups

Japan emerging as alternative to riskier China and higher-rate, tighter U.S.

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Andreessen Horowitz's office in San Francisco. The venture capital firm's office in Japan will be its first in Asia. (Photo by Ryotaro Yamada)

RYOTARO YAMADA, Nikkei staff writer

PALO ALTO, California -- The U.S. venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is set to establish its first Asian office in Japan, Nikkei has learned.

The California-based investor aims to incorporate Japanese companies that want to invest in startups. Silicon Valley venture capital firms are increasingly looking to Japan for alternatives to Chinese investors amid rising tensions in the high-tech sector between the U.S. and China.

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