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ACTIVE
Global HQ
Menlo Park, United States
Countries of investment
  • United States
  • Israel
  • Canada
  • United Kingdom
Investment stages
  • Seed
  • Series A
  • Series B
  • Series C
  • Growth
Industries
  • Enterprise Software
  • Consumer
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cybersecurity
  • Fintech
  • Infrastructure
  • Developer Tools
  • Marketplaces
  • SaaS
  • Healthcare
  • Crypto
About
Greylock is a Menlo Park-based venture capital firm focused on backing category-defining companies from seed through growth. Their focus spans enterprise software, consumer, AI, cybersecurity, fintech, and infrastructure across the United States, Israel, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The firm supports founders from seed through growth stages.
Min check size
$1M
Max check size
$25M
Fund size
NPS

Investment Thesis

Greylock is a seed to growth stage venture capital firm deploying capital across enterprise software, consumer, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, fintech, and infrastructure sectors. They lead investments at all stages with high-conviction check sizes up to $25M seed and $100M+ growth rounds, backing category-defining companies from formation through scale. The firm differentiates itself as one of Silicon Valley's most storied VC firms with 60+ years of history, $3.5B AUM, and portfolio companies achieving over $500B in combined market value including Facebook, LinkedIn, Airbnb, Workday, Dropbox, Palo Alto Networks, and Discord.
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Manager's Experience

Founded in 1965 by Bill Elfers and Dan Gregory as one of the earliest venture capital firms, Greylock is now led by a partnership including Reid Hoffman (Partner, LinkedIn co-founder), Sarah Guo (former Partner), David Sze (Partner, backed Facebook and LinkedIn seed rounds), John Lilly (Partner, former Mozilla CEO), Aneel Bhusri (Partner, Workday co-founder), Asheem Chandna (Partner, cybersecurity focus), Jerry Chen (Partner, enterprise), Saam Motamedi (Partner, AI focus), Corinne Riley (Partner), Christine Kim (Partner), Seth Rosenberg (Partner), Jonathan Golden (Partner), and Mike Duboe (Partner). Team of 20+ investment professionals operates from Menlo Park with additional presence in San Francisco and New York. Manages over $3.5B AUM across multiple funds. Portfolio companies have achieved combined market value exceeding $500B, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Airbnb, Workday, Dropbox, Palo Alto Networks, Discord, Coinbase, Roblox, Cloudera, Nextdoor, and Figma. The firm has consistently ranked among top-tier venture firms globally with strong track record spanning six decades.

Greylock Contacts Information

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Team

Reid Hoffman - Partner

David Sze - Partner

John Lilly - Partner

Aneel Bhusri - Partner

Asheem Chandna - Partner

Jerry Chen - Partner

Saam Motamedi - Partner

Corinne Riley - Partner

Christine Kim - Partner

Seth Rosenberg - Partner

Jonathan Golden - Partner

Mike Duboe - Partner

Portfolio

Facebook (early)

LinkedIn

Airbnb

Workday

Dropbox

Palo Alto Networks

Discord

Coinbase

Roblox

Cloudera

Nextdoor

Figma

Instacart

Zip

Braintrust

Sourcegraph

Cato Networks

Docker

Sana AI

Adept

Character.AI

Snowflake (early)

Duolingo

Anyscale

Retool

Nuro

Farmer's Business Network

Awake Security

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