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We - Greylock - have a long history of partnering with founders starting at day one through IPO. We are excited to share new steps in that effort: 1/ Fund 17, our newest $1B early-stage fund focused on Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A founders in enterprise & consumer software - specifically AI-first companies across Cyber, Infra, SaaS, Consumer, Marketplaces & Commerce, and Fintech & Crypto. 2/ Edge, a bespoke program to help founders initiate new companies by harnessing the full potential of Greylock’s resources & expertise. Our team works directly with founders to brainstorm & iterate foundational decisions with fully flexible financing options. (visit greylock.com/edge for more info) We are privileged to be early partners to Airbnb, AppDynamics, LinkedIn, Meta, Palo Alto Networks, Okta, Workday and more recently, Abnormal Security, Cato Networks, Discord, Figma, Lyra Health and Rubrik. We can't wait to help the next gen of founders go from idea to iconic.

In this week's newsletter, we share the story of Figma's initial mission: to shrink the gap between imagination and reality, and how the company is well on its way to achieving that goal. “For us, the intention was always to decrease the time it takes to go from something in your head to something on the screen,” whether it’s a website or a fully functional app," Figma co-founder and CEO Dylan Field says. Read on for more about Figma's journey, and for the latest portfolio news and events where Greylock partners are featured speakers.

Congratulations to Cato Networks on its recognition by Gartner as a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Single-Vendor SASE. Cato pioneered the SASE market and is shaping its future with best-in-class customer experience and a train of innovations that deliver on SASE’s promise. Cato grew more than 2x as fast as the market last year and has a near-perfect rating on Gartner Peer Insights, with its Cato SASE. https://bit.ly/4cTBgCk

In today’s newsletter, CEO and Co-Founder of Notable, Pranay Kapadia, shares how the company leverages #AI to automate all the mundane, day-to-day administrative tasks that suck time and money out of the #healthcare system. “Imagine not having to make a phone call ever again in the healthcare system, not for scheduling appointments, verifying insurance, making referrals, or collecting payments. That’s what we’re working on,” says Kapadia. Plus, Greylock partner Saam Motamedi talks to Mario Gabriele about why founders deserve a VC partner who understands what they are doing really deeply.

Students: Start Up Your Career Here! Greylock has a long history of supporting university students through various programs and events to connect with our investors and portfolio companies. ➡️ Find an #internship at Greylock startup! We’ve developed an application-based channel for students seeking internships and full-time opportunities at startups. Through the application process, we will learn about your motivations, skills and interests to connect you with relevant startups.  Register at the link below. ⭐ Welcome Jessica Waterman, (She/Her) to the Greylock team!  Jessica will be leading Greylock’s University Talent programs that connect students with startups. CC: Glen Evans #internships #startupcareer #recentgrads

Onehouse is on a mission to make data open. Today, the team announced their Series B, and two new products: 1/ LakeView, a free lakehouse observability tool for the OSS community, and 2/ Table Optimizer, which automates data lakehouse optimizations. Congrats, Vinoth Chandar and team on these milestones. We - at Greylock - are proud to be your partners since the seed. P.S. - Onehouse is hiring! Below are a few open opportunities. All jobs can be found: https://lnkd.in/gZAAkxhs - Data Platform Engineer (India) - https://bit.ly/4bmGfu4 - Engineering Manager, Product Development (India) - https://bit.ly/45JnfEQ - Staff Software Engineer, Open Source (US) - https://bit.ly/4cCg9UX CC Jerry Chen