Greylock's strategy is to partner with management in building companies that have the potential to become industry leaders. We prefer to build around an outstanding entrepreneurial leader or team with a powerful technology and market vision. We tend to focus on capital-efficient businesses where high barriers to entry can be constructed, and we work closely with the start-up team to build the organization.
Other key aspects to our approach include:
A Focus on Early-Stage/First Outside-Capital Investments
- Leveraging our company-building expertise, operational experience, and domain knowledge.
- Committing significant resources and time to help make our companies successful.
A Values-Based Philosophy
- Seeking partnership built around integrity, honesty, and teamwork
- Maintaining our belief in the entrepreneur as "Star" and Greylock as "Invited Guest"
- Seeking to be a long-term partner
A Focus on High-Value Sectors and Creating Significant, Long Lasting Companies
- Consumer technology and Internet
- Enterprise information technology
- Communications
- Select other outstanding opportunities
Across our investments, one thing that remains constant: Our entrepreneurs deserve and get the credit, while we are a key resource to help build their company. We are company builders who partner closely with our entrepreneurs and put in the time and hard work that is needed to create world-class companies.
As a couple of more experienced entrepreneurs, we were looking for depth and experience from our venture partners when we founded Argon Networks. Greylock really provided that. We got instant respect in the community and valuable insight in charting the direction and strategy of the company. You knew that the Greylock team had seen and done it before. We benefited from that experience.
