SB

Sam Broner

Partner @ a16z crypto | ex-Engineer @ Microsoft, Fluid Framework

New York, New York

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $40,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $20,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • Investor

    2023

  • Director, Founder

    2022 - 2023

    Directed 300 person, 3000+ online conference with Eric Schmidt, Vinod Khosla, Diane Greene, and many fantastic panelists. Raised $60k+ in funding and built an 11 person team.

2021 - 2023

  • Partner

    2021 - 2023

    Focus on AI, Crypto, SaaS, and DevTools

  • Applied Fintech Intern | Central Bank Digital Currencies

    2022 - 2022

    Analyst on Project Hamilton focused central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and stable coins

2016 - 2021

  • Senior Program Manager | Fluid Framework & Microsoft Loop

    2020 - 2021

    Helped launched Azure Fluid Relay and prepare Fluid Framework for the 1.0 release

  • Senior Software Engineer | Fluid Framework

    2017 - 2021

    Founding team of Fluid Framework

  • Software Engineer | Microsoft Forms

    2017 - 2017

    Led a tech transfer from Seattle to Beijing. Reduced cloud costs by 30% while improving product performance.

  • Software Engineer

    2016 - 2017

2014 - 2014

  • Software Engineer | Intelligent Platforms

    2014 - 2014