The founders of A16Z decided to back Trump, and discussed why on a podcast.
Elizabeth Lopatto of The Verge took one for the team and listened to the whole thing. It sounds like their sole reason for backing this extreme party, ultimately, is money:
“this VC cabal is trading against the basic principles of America — not merely against personal freedom, but democracy itself — in the hopes of profit.”
From: The moral bankruptcy of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz 
The Verge
The moral bankruptcy of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz
In venture capital, you are what you fund.