What's Greylock's typical check size?

Seed: $1M–$5M. Series A: $10M–$25M. They lead rounds and take primary board seats.

Does Greylock invest outside enterprise?

Yes — Discord, Roblox, and Instagram (early) are consumer bets. But enterprise is their primary strength.

How many investments does Greylock make per year?

Approximately 10–15 new investments — one of the more selective funds at their tier.

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How to Pitch Greylock — Pitch Protocol

Greylock has backed LinkedIn, Airbnb, Workday, Palo Alto Networks, Discord, Figma, and Roblox. Founded in 1965, it is one of the oldest VC firms still operating at the top tier. It is small by modern standards — fewer than 15 partners — and makes concentrated, high-conviction bets.

What Greylock Is

Greylock is a platform investor: they take concentrated positions, typically lead rounds, and provide hands-on company-building support. Their partnership is small and senior — you'll work with general partners, not associates. This is a differentiator worth understanding: when Greylock invests, you get partner-level attention.

Key focus areas in 2025–2026: enterprise software, AI infrastructure, security, and consumer applications with strong network effects.

What Greylock Looks For

1. Platform companies, not point solutions. Greylock has backed companies that became the foundational layer of a category — LinkedIn for professional identity, Workday for enterprise HR, Figma for design collaboration. They are explicitly looking for companies that will define how an industry operates.

2. Technical founders with deep domain knowledge. Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn co-founder, Greylock partner) and the partnership broadly favor founders who have lived the problem for years and have unique technical insight.

3. Network effects as a strategic advantage. More than almost any other top-tier fund, Greylock has a philosophical commitment to network effects as a moat. This shows up in their portfolio — LinkedIn, Discord, Roblox are all network-effect businesses.

4. Early enterprise traction that suggests platform potential. For B2B companies, they want to see not just that people pay, but that usage deepens and expands over time — the signal of a platform, not a tool.

5. International ambition from day one. Greylock's portfolio is deeply global. Founders who think US-only are limiting the conversation.

Metrics Greylock Cares About

Seed: Team + market. Pre-revenue is fine.
Series A: $1M–$3M ARR with strong growth and early platform signals (multi-product usage, expanding contracts, strong referral rates)
NRR: 120%+ is the signal that indicates platform potential, not tool status

How to Get a Greylock Meeting

Greylock is small and selective. Primary paths:

Portfolio company founder intros — LinkedIn, Airbnb, Workday, Figma, Discord alumni
Reid Hoffman's network — if you can get to Reid through a mutual connection, that carries significant weight
Their blog and public content — Greylock partners write and speak prolifically; engaging authentically with their work before outreach signals you've done your homework
Greylock Discovery — their published framework for how they find companies early

What Gets You Passed

Single-use-case tools without a platform path — Greylock is looking for LinkedIn, not a feature
No network effect story — they will ask; be ready
Thin technical moat — if a well-funded competitor can replicate what you've built in 12 months, Greylock will flag it

A Faster Path

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