[playeren]

Isn't that the case for most reputable VCs? Marketing your product, identifying synergies in portfolio companies, recruiting opportunities and so forth? Or are a16z & YC in a class of their own in that regard?

[borski]

It's true for any of the tier 1 VCs. YC and a16z (and others, like SV Angel) have some of the highest reputations in this regard, though.