Greylock Partners

aid: greylock.com
name: Greylock Partners
description: Greylock Partners is one of the oldest and best-known venture capital firms in the United
  States, founded in 1965 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Greylock
  is an early-stage-focused firm that partners with founders at the pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages,
  deploying the majority of its capital as a first check and continuing to back companies through Series
  B and beyond. The firm reports over $3.5 billion in committed capital under management. Greylock invests
  across enterprise and consumer software with an explicitly AI-first thesis, concentrating on applications,
  infrastructure, cybersecurity, fintech, consumer, and deep tech. Its portfolio and alumni network includes
  category-defining companies such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Airbnb, Workday, Palo Alto Networks, Cloudera,
  Coinbase, Figma, Discord, and Anthropic. Partners include Reid Hoffman, Asheem Chandna, Saam Motamedi,
  Jerry Chen, David Sze, and Mike Duboe.
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  confidence: low
  source:
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  generated: '2026-08-28'
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  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
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  public: false
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  generated: '2026-07-22'
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x-type: venture-capital
x-category: Venture Capital
tags:
- Venture Capital
- Seed
- Series A
- Artificial Intelligence
- Enterprise Software
- Cybersecurity
- Fintech
- Infrastructure
- Silicon Valley
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis: []
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://greylock.com/
- type: Portfolio
  url: https://greylock.com/portfolio/
- type: Portfolio
  url: portfolio/greylock-portfolio.yml
- type: Team
  url: https://greylock.com/team/
- type: Team
  url: team/greylock-team.yml
- type: InvestmentThesis
  url: https://greylock.com/firm/
- type: Blog
  url: https://greylock.com/blog/
- type: News
  url: https://greylock.com/edge/
- type: Podcast
  url: https://greylock.com/greymatter/
- type: Jobs
  url: https://greylock.com/jobs/
- type: Crunchbase
  url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/greylock
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/greylock-partners/
- type: Twitter
  url: https://x.com/GreylockVC
- type: Features
  data:
  - 'Stage: Pre-seed, Seed, Series A (first-check, early-stage focus; follows on through Series B+)'
  - 'Sectors: applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, fintech, consumer, deep tech'
  - 'Geography: United States (Silicon Valley / Menlo Park)'
  - 'AUM: over $3.5B committed capital (self-reported)'
  - 'Founded: 1965 (Cambridge, MA)'
  - 'HQ: Menlo Park, CA'
  - 'Thesis: AI-first; backs category-defining teams'
  - 'Portfolio: 158 companies profiled from greylock.com/portfolio'
  sources:
  - https://greylock.com/firm/
  - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greylock_Partners
  - https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/greylock
  updated: '2026-07-17'
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
  url: https://apievangelist.com
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- FN: Greylock Partners
  url: https://greylock.com/