Greylock
One of the longest-standing U.S. venture firms (founded 1965), backing enterprise and consumer founders from seed through growth. Notable investments include LinkedIn, Airbnb, Figma, and Wiz.
Typical check size
$1M-$10M (stage-based estimate)
Founded
1965
Headquarters
Menlo Park, CA
AUM
N/A
Rounds they lead
Rounds they invest
Portfolio companies we track
Startups in our directory that list Greylock as an investor (34 total).
- Actifio Copy data virtualization and disaster recovery — acquired by Google Cloud in 2020.
- Airbnb Global marketplace connecting guests with short-term stays and experiences.
- Apptio IT financial management and cloud spend optimization software for enterprises.
- Astro Mechanica Supersonic turboelectric adaptive jet engine and aircraft developer.
- Baseten AI inference platform for deploying, serving, and autoscaling production models with OpenAI-compatible APIs.
- Blend Labs Digital lending platform for mortgages and consumer banking (NYSE: BLND).
- Braintrust AI evaluation, observability, and prompt tooling for production LLM products.
- Chia Proof-of-space-and-time blockchain (Chia Network) designed for lower-energy crypto mining.
- Cresta Real-time AI coaching and automation for contact center agents.
- Delphix Database virtualization and test data management (acquired by Perforce, 2024).
- District AI commerce platform for live selling, auctions, and community marketplaces.
- Espresso Shared sequencing marketplace for Ethereum rollups and L2 interoperability.
- Facebook Social network that grew from a Harvard dorm project into Meta's core platform; now trades as META on NASDAQ.
- Figma Collaborative interface design platform that became the default design system tool.
- Instabase Applied AI platform for enterprise unstructured document processing and workflow automation.
- Instagram Mobile photo-sharing app with filters and social graph — acquired by Facebook for ~$1B in 2012.
- Instart Endpoint-aware CDN and application delivery platform — acquired by Akamai in 2020.
- Inventa Brazilian B2B marketplace connecting brands with SMB retailers — inventory plus trade credit.
- Lookout Mobile security platform — malware protection, app risk, and enterprise mobile threat defense.
- LTSE SEC-registered stock exchange and software for long-term company governance.
- Lytro Light-field cameras with post-capture refocus—pivoted to cinema VR, shut down March 2018.
- Massive Health Built The Eatery, a photo food-journal app for wellness—team acquired by Jawbone in 2013.
- Medium Online publishing platform for long-form writing, blogs, and member-supported newsletters.
- Morta Security Advanced threat detection from former NSA engineers—acquired by Palo Alto Networks in 2014.
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FAQs about Greylock
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