James Slavet

James is a partner at Greylock and invests in mission-driven entrepreneurs who combine technology and human touch to deliver amazing consumer services. His current investments include CreativeLive, GoFundMe, Grand Rounds, Lyra Health, Solv, and Redfin (RDFN). He invests in online marketplaces, e-commerce, end-to-end consumer services and business-to-business-to-consumer (B2B2C) models. James has backed multiple companies that have scaled from early stages to hundreds of millions in annual revenue. He has also represented Greylock as a Board member of companies that have been acquired by Adobe, Discovery Communications, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo!.

Prior to Greylock, James was a VP/GM in the Search & Marketplace business unit at Yahoo!. He’s also worked in product development and operations roles in several early-stage consumer technology companies, including Guru (acquired by Unicru), Drugstore.com (acquired by Walgreens), and Wired (acquired by Conde Nast).

James has been named several times to the Forbes Midas list, which recognizes top VC tech investors. He graduated from Brown University and Harvard Business School.