VC Row: South Beach to Salesforce Park

Five venture offices from Townsend Street to Hawthorne and New Montgomery, a founders' community, then coffee and the park.

Getting there: Start on Townsend Street; the closest rail is Caltrain at 4th and King, a short walk away.

1. 1

   Stop 1 of 7

   The block of 180 Townsend (Andreessen Horowitz)

   Registry name Ah Capital Management LLC linked to a16z by us; the firm publishes no address.

   You are on the block of 180 Townsend Street. The city's business registry lists Ah Capital Management LLC here, suite 101, from May 2019, and our record ties that name to Andreessen Horowitz. The firm does not publish a San Francisco door, so the stop is the block, not an entrance.

   Look for: Nothing marked at street level; the block is the stop.

   Private office. Nothing to see inside; the building is the story.

   3 min hereThen walk 4 min

   Place pageOpen stop 1 on the map
2. 2

   Stop 2 of 7

   The block of 139 Townsend (Index Ventures)

   The registry has Index Ventures (U.S) Inc at 139 Townsend Street, suite 505, from July 2016. The firm does not advertise a street entrance, and the Andreessen Horowitz block you just left is a few doors away, so you see the block and move on.

   Look for: Nothing marked; an ordinary office frontage.

   Private office. Nothing to see inside; the building is the story.

   3 min hereThen walk 5 min

   Place pageOpen stop 2 on the map
3. 3

   Stop 3 of 7

   South Park Commons (380 Brannan)

   380 Brannan St

   South Park Commons lists 380 Brannan Street as its address and describes itself as a home for founders and technologists exploring what comes next. The city's registry also holds an older South Park Commons Management registration at 27 South Park Street from February 2018. The space is for members, so the sidewalk is your view.

   Look for: A members' space with no public counter; read the building from the street.

   Members only; events are the way in.

   5 min hereThen walk 11 min

   Place pageOpen stop 3 on the map
4. 4

   Stop 4 of 7

   General Catalyst (75 Hawthorne)

   75 Hawthorne St

   General Catalyst's contact page gives 75 Hawthorne Street, 20th floor, as its San Francisco office, and the city's registry has the firm here from April 2023. The firm describes itself as providing capital and support across multiple stages of a company's growth. At street level there is only a tower lobby.

   Look for: An office tower; the firm sits on the 20th floor, so little shows from the sidewalk.

   Private office. Nothing to see inside; the building is the story.

   3 min hereThen walk 4 min

   Place pageOpen stop 4 on the map
5. 5

   Stop 5 of 7

   The block of 140 New Montgomery (Greylock)

   The registry lists Greylock Partners at 140 New Montgomery Street, suite 2600, from April 2023. The block sits a few steps from Market Street. The firm has not published a door, so the stop is the block.

   Look for: The tall office tower on New Montgomery Street; the firm's suite is on a high floor.

   Private office. Nothing to see inside; the building is the story.

   3 min hereThen walk 6 min

   Place pageOpen stop 5 on the map
6. 6

   Stop 6 of 7

   Andytown Coffee Roasters (66 Kearny)

   66 Kearny St

   Stop for coffee at 66 Kearny Street. The city's registry has Andytown here from March 2026, and the cafe lists weekday hours of 7am to 5pm and no weekend service. If you are walking on a weekend, skip ahead to the park and come back on a weekday.

   Look for: The counter and the queue; weekday mornings are when the neighbourhood's offices are awake.

   Ground-floor cafe open to anyone.

   15 min hereThen walk 11 min

   Place pageOpen stop 6 on the map
7. 7

   Stop 7 of 7

   Salesforce Park

   425 Mission St

   End on a living roof of 600 trees and 16,000 plants, set in a 5.4 acre public park above the Salesforce Transit Center. Climb up and sit down; the towers around you hold more of the same offices you have been reading from the street.

   Look for: The glass gondola up from Mission Street and the lawn above the bus deck.

   Public open space.

   10 min here

   Place pageOpen stop 7 on the map

Walking times assume 80 m per minute on streets (straight-line distance x 1.3). Stories are written by us and backed by the sources on each place page.