Allie Dalglish
Business Operations
Greylock
Greylock business operations leader managing firm initiatives and strategic projects.
Bio
Professional summary
Reid Hoffman is a Greylock partner, entrepreneur, and investor. His official Greylock profile says he builds networks to grow iconic global businesses and focuses on early-stage investing in products that can reach hundreds of millions of participants. He played an important role in building LinkedIn and PayPal, and Greylock identifies Facebook, Airbnb, and Aurora among the iconic companies where he has been instrumental as an investor or advisor. His listed portfolio includes AI, SaaS, consumer, marketplace, and fintech/crypto companies such as Aurora, Coda, Entrepreneur First, Inflection, Nauto, Neeva, Tome, Xapo, and Airbnb.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
SeedSeries AEarly stage
Sector
Networks and marketplacesConsumer technologyAISaaSFintech and crypto
Thesis
Network effects and marketplacesConsumer products with massive scale potentialAI and deep technology networks
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
LinkedInPayPalFacebookAirbnbAuroraCodaInflectionNautoNeevaTomeXapo
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Emphasize network effects, massive scale potential, and how the product can become a category-defining platform.
Personalization hooks
- 1Reference his emphasis on networks and marketplaces as core to scaling global businesses.
- 2Connect the opportunity to products that could reach very large participant networks.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Greylock profile frames his current investing lens around networks broadened into serious deep technology and AI-related networks.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- GreylockPartner2009 - Present
- LinkedInCo-Founder & Executive Chairman2003 - Present
- Inflection AICo-Founder2022 - Present
- Manas AICo-Founder2025 - Present
- PayPalEVP & Founding Board Member~1999-2002
- MicrosoftBoard Director2017 - Present
- OpenAIBoard Member2018 - 2023
Education
- Stanford UniversityBS, Symbolic Systems (with distinction)
- Oxford UniversityMA, Philosophy
- Babson UniversityHonorary Doctorate
- University of OuluHonorary Doctorate
Skills
Network EffectsVenture CapitalConsumer InternetAIEntrepreneurshipBlitzscalingStrategyBusiness Development
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