Greylock

Greylock Partners is a major venture capital firm, formed in 1965 by Bill Elfers and Dan Gregory, currently specializing in software, system, and service companies largely in North America and Israel. As an investor in early stage firm development, Greylock provides financial and technical assistance to entrepreneurs, primarily in technology areas. Greylock is currently based in San Mateo, California, but has offices in Waltham, Massachusetts and Herzliya, Israel.

Significant Investments

Some of the more notable investments include financing upstart adware/spyware firms, most notably Claria Corporation, formerly and notoriously known as Gator Corporation.At the same time, Greylock Partners has invested in the security side of computing, including database encryption companies such as Imperva, and networking product companies, such as CentrePath.Perhaps the most notable investment is Facebook.com

References

Ganapati, Priya. Networks Under Siege. Red Herring. Accessed July 14, 2008 from http://www.ironport.com/company/pp_red_herring_03-12-2007.html

Greylock Partners. Business Week. Accessed July 13, 2008 from http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=20767

Rand, Matt. Socking it to Spyware. Forbes. Accessed July 13, 2008 from http://www.forbes.com/best/2005/0328/bow001.html

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