2010
Airbnb raised a $7.2 million Series A from Greylock.
“So they raised, as we said, a $7.2 million Series A from Greylock.”
Topic
Greylock Partners
5 facts from 3 episodes, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
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Greylock's David Zhao, a board member of both Digg and Facebook, introduced Kevin Rose to Mark Zuckerberg.
“we had a common investor, Greylock. And David Z, who was at Greylock, who was on our board and also on the board of Facebook, was like, hey, you guys should get together”
Undated
Reid Hoffman says Greylock records its meetings at all times.
“part of what we find in the venture community and Silicon Valley and in Greylock is that we record these meetings at all times.”
Undated
Reid Hoffman says some of his partners thought Airbnb was crazy when he backed it.
“It looks crazy, like some of my partners thought Airbnb was crazy.”
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Reid Hoffman says Roblox, a Greylock investment, took longer than the usual five-to-seven-year timeframe to look obvious.
“Now, occasionally it's longer, like one of the the Greylock investments is Roblox, and that took longer.”
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