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Greylock 18

Geography: United States
Stage: Seed
Fund size: $1.5B
Focus: AI/ML, Consumer & Commerce, Cybersecurity and Deep Tech
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Greylock 18

Greylock's 18th fund closed at $1.5B, up 50% from the $1B 2023 vehicle. Backs AI-native companies from incubation through Series A (~15% reserved for later-stage), across infrastructure, cybersecurity, applications, deep tech, consumer and fintech. Ten investing partners is a deliberate cap on portfolio size.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

Consumer & Commerce

Cybersecurity

Deep Tech

FinTech

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Category-defining outlier founder, pre-formation, AI or infrastructure

category-defining

AI-native infrastructure

pre-formation backing

deep tech

outlier teams

Bullish Signals

$1.5B fund, up 50% from 2023external

Could have raised multiple of $1.5Bexternal

Baseten Series A now valued at $13Bexternal

Track record: Figma, Palo Alto Networks, Facebookwebsite

AI infrastructure bets pre-ChatGPT now validatedwebsite

Backed Figma at seven people; now category-definingwebsite

Nir Zuk scaled Palo Alto from Greylock deskwebsite

Contrarian Signals

Deliberately capped fund size vs megafund peersexternal

One-two investments per partner annually (depth over velocity)website

Best supporting actor ethos, not dealmaker scorecardwebsite

Founder Do's

Build category-defining product (Figma, Palo Alto Networks scale)

Embrace hands-on partner engagement from day one

Partner with Greylock for full network & resources

Start as 'outlier' team with improbable idea

Accept one-two investments per partner (depth commitment)

Founder Don'ts

Expect quick closes or high deal velocity

Pitch late-stage or growth only

Underestimate partner involvement & depth demands

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$1.5B

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Saam Motamedi

Saam MotamediPartner

Asheem ChandnaPartner

Jerry ChenPartner

Henry McCanceChairman Emeritus

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