Greylock 18

United States

Seed

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.

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 AI/infra founder, pre-formation sourced, hands-on partnership

AI-native

infrastructure

category-defining

deep tech

security

observability

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

Contrarian Signals

Deliberately capped fund size vs megafund peersexternal

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

Founder Do's

Be sourced pre-formation via partner networks

Build category-defining product (Figma, ChatGPT-era AI)

Fit incubation through Series A

Embrace hands-on partner engagement & depth

Start as 'outlier' teams with improbable ideas

Founder Don'ts

Expect large deal volume (one-two investments/partner/year)

Pitch late-stage or growth only

Underestimate partner involvement demands

Key GPs & Partners

Saam Motamedi

Partner

AI-securitypre-formation sourcerdeep tech

Asheem Chandna

Partner

infrastructurehands-on operatorRubrik backer

Jerry Chen

Partner

observabilityops-focusedChronosphere backer

Henry McCance

Chairman Emeritus

culturebest supporting actormentor

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$1.5B

Saves0

Website

Key People

Saam Motamedi

Saam MotamediPartner

Asheem ChandnaPartner

Jerry ChenPartner

Henry McCanceChairman Emeritus

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