How to Fundraise Successfully

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The Data-Driven Future. “The nature of data applications is changing,” says Rockset CEO and co-founder Venkat Venkataramani. “You need speed and scale simultaneously, and you need it to work with very little operational overhead. That’s why we’re not ‘cloud-first’ or ‘cloud-native’, we’re cloud only.” In this episode of Greymatter, Venkataramani sat down with Greylock general partner and Rockset board member Jerry Chen to discuss how his team is approaching the new era of cloud-only infrastructure. (Greymatter)

Rockset Raises $40M Series B. The company raised from Greylock and Sequoia to empower developers building real-time analytics. Additionally, they announced support for fully managed, secure private deployments of Rockset within a customer’s Amazon VPC. (Rockset)

How to Fundraise in a Pandemic — Or Any Environment. In his latest Forbes column, Greylock partner Asheem Chandna discusses the 3 things entrepreneurs need to focus on getting right to successfully fundraise, regardless of the economic environment: the sponsor, the pitch, and the diligence process. (Forbes)

Want to land a startup job? Glen Evans at Greylock is one of the most important people to know if you want to land a job at a startup. Glen has logged more than a decade at some of the most powerful companies in Silicon Valley, including Facebook and Google. At Slack, he was the first recruitment director, leading talent acquisition strategy and growing his team from 24 to 60 recruiters from 2016 to 2018. A few startups where he’s helped placed hires this year: Abnormal Security, Cresta, Figma, Instabase, Lyra Health. (Business Insider)

Human-Centered AI. On this special episode of the WSJ Tech News Briefing, hear a conversation between Greylock partner and LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman and Co-Director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Dr. Fei-Fei Li, hosted by WSJ Pro AI reporter Jared Council about how to build tools for the future and take ethics into account. (WSJ)

Greylock-backed companies are looking for amazing talent. Check out our jobs page for all the available roles. Our core talent team is always looking to connect with engineers, product managers, and designers who are thinking about exploring early stage start-up as a next move in their career. Reach out: CoreTalent@greylock.com