greylock partners type private industry venture capital founded 1965 cambridge massachusetts founder bill elfers dan gregory headquarters sand hill road menlo park california u.s. 1 total assets 2 billion number of employees 30 website www.greylock.com greylock partners is one of the oldest venture capital firms founded in 1965 with committed capital of over 2 billion under management . 2 the firm focuses on early stage companies in the consumer enterprise software and infrastructure as well as semiconductor sectors . contents 1 history 2 investments 3 references 4 external links history edit former corporate logo used from when until 2010 . greylock was founded in 1965 in cambridge massachusetts by bill elfers and dan gregory joined shortly thereafter by charlie waite . elfers and waite had both worked at american research and development corporation . the original capital of 10 million was committed by a group of six families . the company opened a second fund in 1973 . 3 the company opened its first office in silicon valley in 1999 . 2 greylock closed its 12th fund in 2005 with 500 million . 3 in 2009 greylock relocated its headquarters from the original boston location to silicon valley . 4 5 also in 2009 greylock opened its 13th fund with 575 million . 6 in 2011 the 13th fund was increased to 1 billion . 7 the company organized a 14th fund in 2013 with 1 billion . 8 in 2014 greylock launched communities a series of networking events centered on areas like design big data infrastructure engineering user growth data science and network security . the communities are composed of product managers engineers and technologists from silicon valley s largest and fastest growing companies who meet once a quarter . 9 their branch in israel formerly known as greylock il was rebranded as 83north in january 2015 . 10 investments edit greylock partners focuses on the following areas of investment consumer and services financial healthcare internet mobile retail systems integration enterprise infrastructure compute data center management networking security storage enterprise software applications software as a service saas semiconductor eda networking wireless references edit boston s greylock partners moves hq to silicon valley a b brad stone ari levy july 25 2013 . venture girm greylock partners outshines silicon valley rivals . bloomberg . retrieved december 28 2015 . a b buderi robert july 26 2010 . greylock s henry mccance on why the firm moved its hq to silicon valley and how boston must find its google . xconomy . retrieved december 28 2015 . mcbride ruan may 19 2009 . a blow to the boston vc scene greylock partners moving hq to silicon valley . xconomy . retrieved december 28 2015 . miller claire cain may 19 2009 . is boston still a venture capital hotbed . the new york times . retrieved december 28 2015 . miller claire cain november 2 2009 . despite slump venture firm sets up 575 million fund . new york times . retrieved december 28 2015 . fowler nina september 11 2013 . greylock partners raises 1bn fund with marketplaces and enterprise in mind . retrieved december 28 2015 . tomio geron september 10 2013 . facebook linkedin investor greylock partners raises 1 billion for 14th fund . forbes . rao leena july 1 2015 . greylock wants techies to schmooze more in person not just online . fortune . retrieved december 28 2015 . orr hirschauge january 6 2015 . greylock il rebrands as 83north announces a 200 million fund . wall street journal . external links edit greylock partners home page v t e private equity and venture capital investment firms investment strategy venture growth mezzanine secondaries leveraged buyout history history of private equity and venture capital early history of private equity private equity in the 1980s private equity in the 1990s private equity in the 2000s investors angel investor corporate venture capital commercial bank crowdfunding institutional investor insurance company investment bank 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