A16z announces another $55 million investment in LayerZero Ali Yahya, the general partner of a16z, announced that the company has invested an additional $55 million to purchase ZRO tokens for the cross chain messaging protocol LayerZero, with a 3-year lock up period A16z has previously invested in LayerZero, including its initial investment in March 2022 and subsequent investments during LayerZero's Series B funding in April 2023. The two companies have not disclosed the valuation of this round of financing.