Greylock Partners
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| Private | |
| Industry | Venture Capital |
| Founded | 1965 |
| Founder | Bill Elfers, Dan Gregory |
| Headquarters |
Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, California, U.S.[1] |
| Total assets | $2 billion |
Number of employees | 30+ |
| Website | www.greylock.com |
Greylock Partners is one of the oldest venture capital firms, founded in 1965, with committed capital of over $2 billion under management.[2] The firm focuses on early stage companies in the consumer, enterprise software and infrastructure as well as semiconductor sectors. Today, Greylock operates out of offices in the Bay Area and Cambridge (USA). Their branch in Israel formerly known as Greylock IL was rebranded as 83north in January 2015.[3]
History
Greylock was founded in 1965 in Cambridge, Massachusetts by Bill Elfers and Dan Gregory, joined shortly thereafter by Charlie Waite. Elfers and Waite had both worked at American Research and Development Corporation. The original capital of $10 million was committed by a group of six families. The company opened a second fund in 1973.[4] The company opened its first office in Silicon Valley in 1999.[2]
Greylock closed its 12th fund in 2005 with $500 million.[4] In 2009, Greylock relocated its headquarters from the original Boston location to Silicon Valley.[5][6] Also in 2009, Greylock opened its 13th fund with $575 million.[7] In 2011, the 13th fund was increased to $1 billion.[8] The company organized a 14th fund in 2013 with $1 billion.[9]
In 2014, Greylock launched Communities, a series of networking events centered on areas like design, big data, infrastructure engineering, user growth, data science, and network security. The communities are composed of product managers, engineers, and technologists from Silicon Valley's largest and fastest growing companies who meet once a quarter.[10]
Investments
Greylock Partners focuses on the following areas of investment:
- Consumer and Services: Financial, Healthcare, Internet, Mobile, Retail, Systems Integration
- Enterprise Infrastructure: Compute/Data Center, Management, Networking, Security, Storage
- Enterprise Software: Applications, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
- Semiconductor: EDA, Networking, Wireless
References
- ↑ Boston's Greylock Partners moves HQ to Silicon Valley
- 1 2 Brad Stone, Ari Levy (July 25, 2013). "Venture Girm Greylock Partners Outshines Silicon Valley Rivals". Bloomberg. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ↑ http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2015/01/06/greylock-il-rebrands-as-83north-announces-a-200-million-fund/
- 1 2 Buderi, Robert (July 26, 2010). "Greylock's Henry McCance on Why the Firm Moved Its HQ to Silicon Valley and How Boston Must Find Its Google". Xconomy. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ↑ McBride, Ruan (May 19, 2009). "A Blow to the Boston VC Scene? Greylock Partners Moving HQ to Silicon Valley". Xconomy. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ↑ Miller, Claire Cain (May 19, 2009). "Is Boston Still a Venture Capital Hotbed?". The New York Times. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ↑ Miller, Claire Cain (November 2, 2009). "Despite Slump, Venture Firm Sets Up $575 Million Fund". New York Times. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ↑ Fowler, Nina (September 11, 2013). "Greylock Partners Raises $1BN Fund With Marketplaces and Enterprise in Mind". Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2013/09/10/facebook-linkedin-investor-greylock-partners-raises-1-billion-for-14th-fund/
- ↑ Rao, Leena (July 1, 2015). "Greylock wants techies to schmooze more in person, not just online". Fortune. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
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