We - Greylock - have a long history of partnering with founders starting at day one through IPO. We are excited to share new steps in that effort: 1/ Fund 17, our newest $1B early-stage fund focused on Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A founders in enterprise & consumer software - specifically AI-first companies across Cyber, Infra, SaaS, Consumer, Marketplaces & Commerce, and Fintech & Crypto. 2/ Edge, a bespoke program to help founders initiate new companies by harnessing the full potential of Greylock’s resources & expertise. Our team works directly with founders to brainstorm & iterate foundational decisions with fully flexible financing options. (visit greylock.com/edge for more info) We are privileged to be early partners to Airbnb, AppDynamics, LinkedIn, Meta, Palo Alto Networks, Okta, Workday and more recently, Abnormal Security, Cato Networks, Discord, Figma, Lyra Health and Rubrik. We can't wait to help the next gen of founders go from idea to iconic.
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We are the first partner for tech founders. Focused on AI-first companies in enterprise and consumer software.
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We are the first partner for founders. Over 80% of our investments are the first check: Pre-Seed, Seed, or Series A. Many start on a whiteboard. Focused on AI-first companies. We partner selectively, care deeply, and strive for excellence. We back founders who are building disruptive enterprise and consumer software companies such as: Airbnb (Nasdaq: ABNB), Abnormal Security, Adept AI, AppDynamics, Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET), CATO Networks, Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN), Discord, Dropbox (Nasdaq: DBX), Figma, Inflection, Instabase, LinkedIn, Meta (Nasdaq: Meta), Nextdoor (NYSE: KIND), Okta (Nasdaq: OKTA), Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), Roblox (NYSE: RBLX), Rubrik, and Workday (NYSE: WDAY).
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- Menlo Park, CA
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- 1965
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Now Hiring: Chronosphere From Fortune 500 organizations to startups, engineering teams around the world rely on Chronosphere’s observability platform to stay in control of cloud-native workflows and manage data growth. Chronosphere launched in 2019 and closed its Series C financing earlier this year. Today, the company’s customers include Visa, DoorDash, Snap, and Obsidian Security, and is embarking on its next phase of growth. Check out some of their open roles here: Engineering Manager, Logging - https://bit.ly/3LXICJw Enterprise Account Executive - https://bit.ly/3yxRF0R Introduce yourself: We help talented engineers, designers, sales, and product leaders join the next iconic tech companies. If you are interested in joining an early stage Greylock-backed startup now, or just want to connect for future opportunities, we would love to hear from you. >> Connect with us: https://bit.ly/4cEIkCG
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In today's newsletter, we share how Chronosphere co-founders Martin Mao and Rob Skillington went from solving a problem for Uber, to building observability products that help keep digital businesses up and running by quickly focusing on the data and insights that matter. “We knew there was this big opportunity in the market to build the product we wished we could have bought while at Uber,” Mao says. “I didn’t think in my lifetime I would have another opportunity like this.”
How Chronosphere is Making the Observability Platform Built for Control
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An itch for new challenges has propelled Martin Mao through multiple chapters of his career, ultimately prompting him to start Chronosphere in 2019 with Rob Skillington, a fellow Australian, colleague from Microsoft and then again at Uber. Once they built and launched a new #observability platform at Uber so that the company could operate without outages and give business leaders a real-time view of business metrics, Mao had a new problem to solve: what to do next? Flash forward to today, Chronosphere’s observability products help keep digital businesses up and running by quickly focusing on the data and insights that matter. Customers include Snap Inc. Zillow and DoorDash and Mao estimates that the company’s platform reduces the volume of a company’s observability data — and the cost of maintaining that data — by up to 60 percent (representing up to $15 million in annual savings). Yet as Chronosphere heads into its sixth year, Mao’s unquenchable thirst for new challenges has yet to make him restless. “Both Rob and I feel like this is our one time,” he says. “We’re in it to make it count.” https://bit.ly/3YDP4gz
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Executives may know a role isn't working for them, but it can still be hard to pinpoint whether the feeling is temporary, or if it’s time to start looking for a new gig - now. Greylock's executive talent partner Holly Rose Faith shared some great advice for execs facing this question.
Executives - how do you know when it’s time to leave a role? Many executives are fortunate to find the ideal company and role that allows them to stay with their company for years—sometimes even decades! Long-term tenure is often a combination of culture, opportunity, growth (company and professional), financial success, etc. However, some executives do not stay in their current role for more than a few years. You may know it’s not the right fit anymore, but you aren’t sure when it’s the right time to start looking. I am sharing some common issues that come up in my conversations with executives. An honest assessment of these concerns can help you determine if you should commit to your current company or start to explore what is in the market. Company stability Strong leadership/clear direction Growth opportunities Innovation Alignment on values Culture Financial upside Review the above list and rate each category on a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being the best). If you notice a few categories that score lower compared to the rest (or perhaps one is very low), is there something addressable you can do? Start there. If not, what’s holding you back from exploring other opportunities?
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How do you become a juggernaut in the more than $200 billion security industry? From a keen reading of the cybersecurity tea leaves, to honing in on a overlooked, “C-minus” market, don't miss these two profiles of Greylock backed #cybersecurity founders who have gone from zero to hundreds of millions in ARR: Shlomo Kramer, who is often called “The Godfather of Israeli cybersecurity," is on the verge of achieving a rare entrepreneurial hat trick with Cato Networks: founding and leading three startups that turned into multi-billion dollar public companies. 📖 : https://bit.ly/4d7WmgV Bipul Sinha, who defied odds by getting into and graduating from IIT Kharagpur, securing good paying tech jobs in the U.S., and becoming a VC, took Rubrik public in April, and is continuing to build "an enduring institution with lasting impact." 📖 : https://bit.ly/46HLkN0
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Great to see Braintrust, Greenlite, Seven AI, and WarpStream included on Business Insider's 2024 Most Promising Startups list. >> Braintrust is the end-to-end developer platform for building AI products, helping teams ship high-quality AI features into production by scaling evals, tracking experiments, and logging real-world interactions. >> Greenlite automates compliance for enterprise fintechs and banks using AI. >> Seven AI uses an AI agentic approach to hunt and investigate cyber threats in a security operations center (SOC). >> WarpStream is an Apache Kafka compatible data streaming platform built directly on top of object storage. Check out more Greylock partner recommendations from Jerry Chen, Corinne Marie Riley, Jason Risch, and Seth Rosenberg: https://lnkd.in/eu_SpVhz
85 of the most promising startups of 2024, according to top VCs
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Greylock reposted this
Allegiant Stadium might be hosting Morgan Wallen tomorrow but the stadium’s hottest ticket was Greylock’s security leader x portfolio Black Hat event. Great to see so much conversation around the future of security threats and solutions between 100+ CISOs and executives with our companies across stages. Asheem Chandna Saam Motamedi Corinne Marie Riley Cyrus Pinto Abnormal Security Apiiro Bedrock Security Cato Networks Censys Chronosphere Cribl Dazz Kodem Natoma Obsidian Security Opal Security Rubrik Seven AI Upwind Security
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As #BH2024 wraps today, check out some of the exciting business and product updates announced by Greylock backed #cybersecurity companies 👇 >> Abnormal Security announced that it has raised $250 Million at $5.1 Billion Valuation, and surpassed $200M in ARR in only five years. >> Apiiro introduced the industry’s first AI-driven risk detection at the design phase. >> Cato Networks announced that it has surpassed $200 Million in ARR and expanded to more than 2,500 enterprise customers. >> Natoma unveiled a platform designed to protect enterprise data and systems from unauthorized NHIs. >> Opal Security added group optimization, irregular access, and native least privilege support for Snowflake to its identity security platform. >> Rubrik and Mandiant (part of Google Cloud) joined forces to bring meaningful cyber resilience to the entire risk lifecycle. >> Upwind Security announced a major new capability in the Upwind Platform: Upwind Agentless Cloud Scanners.
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Greylock reposted this
Thanks for including me Business Insider on this year's list of up-and-coming startups. Of course top of mind is Braintrust, building an LLM Evaluation platform (feeling lucky to be listed *with* financial interest), and also discussed Decagon building in AI customer support. https://lnkd.in/ggpw-PbQ
85 of the most promising startups of 2024, according to top VCs
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