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David Sze

Partner at Greylock Partners

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

David Sze is a Partner and Senior Managing Partner at Greylock Partners, where he has made successful investments in companies like Nextdoor and Discord. He has a strong track record in venture capital, particularly in the media/content, social commerce, and gaming/esports sectors, and holds advisory roles at Northern Light Venture Capital and other organizations. Highlights of David Sze's career include serving on the boards of Discord and Nextdoor, as well as making strategic investments in companies like Roblox and Medium. His expertise in social networking, start-ups, and product management has led to successful partnerships and fundraising efforts in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2000 - Current

  • Senior Managing Partner

    2012 - 2017

Greylock Partners invests in entrepreneurs that focus on consumer and enterprise software companies.

  • Board Member

    2020

Discord is an online voice, video, and text communication platform designed for creating communities.

Raised $995,408,718.00 from IPOSharks, Arcane Group and Flat Capital.

  • Board Member

    2012

  • Investor

    2012 - 2012

Nextdoor is a private social networking platform that connects neighbors for them to exchange helpful information, goods, and services.

Raised $723,800,000.00 from Shasta Ventures, Benchmark, Anthony Noto, DAG Ventures, Pinnacle Ventures, Greylock, Allen & Company, Dave Goldberg, ARK Investment Management and Soroban Capital Partners LP.

  • Board Member

    2015

  • Advisory Board Member

    2009

  • Board Observer

    2020 - 2024

Medium is a social publishing network that connects ideas and perspectives on topics that matter.

Raised $162,967,569.00 from Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital and Google Ventures.

  • Board Member

    2022 - 2024

Inflection AI is an artificial intelligence startup that develops personal AI chatbots.

Raised $1,525,000,000.00 from Employee Stock Option Fund, NVIDIA, Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt, CoreWeave, Microsoft and Reid Hoffman.

  • Advisor

    2021 - 2022

  • Board Observer

    2018 - 2021

Roblox is an online gaming and entertainment platform that offers a shared digital experience that brings people together through play.

Raised $874,454,567.00 from E-magine Ventures.

  • Board Member

    2011 - 2019

    f/k/a ToyTalk Acquired by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)

  • Board Observer

    2011 - 2018

    Acquired by Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB)

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