Elon Musk’s private Signal chats with famed investor Marc Andreessen show how short and sweet deal-making can be if you’re a big fish Marc Andreessen messaged Elon Musk directly about investing in the Twitter takeover in April. Within two weeks, Andreessen''s firm had pledged $400 million to the deal. Earlier this week, Twitter''s legal team published several texts between Musk and investors amid the court battle. Private messages between Elon Musk and billionaire investor Marc Andreessen highlight the simplicity of investing as one of Silicon Valley''s top venture capitalists — especially when you''re friends with the richest man in the world. In April, Andreessen sent Musk a Signal message offering to become a co-investor in his deal to purchase Twitter for $44 billion. The message was first revealed in a court filing in Twitter''s lawsuit against the billionaire as a part of its efforts to force Musk to buy the company after he tried to walk away from the deal earlier this year. "If you are considering equity partners, my growth fund is in for $250M[illion] with no additional work required," Andreessen wrote, per a screenshot of the messages. "Thanks!