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David Sze

Disciplines:
usa
venture capital
software/consumer internet

Summary

American venture capitalist at Greylock Partners who led investments in Facebook, LinkedIn, Pandora, and Tumblr — known for early consumer internet investing at Greylock.

Core Contribution

Made some of the most consequential early consumer internet investments — David Sze's bets on Facebook and LinkedIn at Greylock represent two of the most successful VC investments of the social media era.

Historical Influences

Consumer internet investing tradition

Intellectual Lineage

Greylock Partners

Contemporaries & Peers

Reid Hoffman Mark Zuckerberg

Minds Influenced

Social media fundingLenny's Podcast

Intellectual Posterity

Greylock Facebook investmentGreylock LinkedIn investment

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