One of the hottest topics in the technology and finance world right now is an old idea that has suddenly found new life, the special purpose acquisition company or “SPAC.” SPACs, which are sometimes referred to as blank check companies, are entities that go public and raise money from investors so that the IPO proceeds…
It’s become fashionable among some entrepreneurs, and even some venture capitalists, to badmouth the venture capital industry. The industry certainly has many flaws. But to paraphrase Winston Churchill, venture capital is the worst method for financing scaling startups except for all the others. One of the conversations I had with Wences Casares (founder and CEO of Xapo), during…
My Investment in Apollo Fusion Simply put, Moore’s “law” states that processor speeds, or overall processing power for computers, will double every two years. While there has been some debate about whether or not Moore’s Law characterizes advancements we’ve seen in space technology, and many believe that Moore’s Law in computation has slowed, what is not…
As has been reported and documented, sexual coercion, harassment, and assault have unfortunately become the experience of many women and women founders in tech. In June of 2017, I published “The Human Rights of Women Entrepreneurs” (fka #DecencyPledge) as a response to news media reports of sexual harassment and assault in the venture capital industry.…
This post is part of theBoardlist‘s #BeABetterBoard series of posts and interviews with leading CEOs and VCs from the tech industry. Thought leaders share what they’ve learned while serving and managing boards, what they wish they knew when they started, and what they’re focusing on now. Here are a few of my reflections. The ideal board…
Today, I am excited to announce our investment in Entrepreneur First. At Greylock, our mission has always been to back and support entrepreneurs who are building disruptive, market-transforming consumer and enterprise software companies. We focus on early stage startups and help scale their ideas on a global scale. By investing in EF, we are both investing…
I’m excited to share the news that Michael McCullough, MD is joining Greylock as an Entrepreneur in Residence. Michael and I overlapped at both Stanford and Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar and I was a Marshall Scholar. But I only met Michael when I returned to Silicon Valley and he was one of the entrepreneurs…