James Slavet
InvestorPartner at Greylock Partners · Board Member (Greylock Partners board partner) at Lyra
San Francisco, California
Writes $500K – $200M checks · typically $25M
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About
James Slavet is a founder, investor, and operating executive who established THE SOLID FOUNDATION. He serves on the boards of GoFundMe, Lyra Health, Redfin, and Solv, and is involved with Fast Forward, an accelerator focused on technology non-profits. His investment experience includes exposure to companies such as Airbnb, Facebook, LinkedIn, Palo Alto Networks, and Workday.
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- j•••@greylock.comreveal100% confident
Board Member (Greylock Partners board partner) at Lyra
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Lyra's investors · 19
Adams Street PartnersChicago · $150M – $750M checks · since 2020AdditionNew York · $1M – $500M checksBreyer CapitalAustin · $500K – $10M checksCasdin CapitalNew YorkCoatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks · since 2022Dragoneer Investment GroupSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksDurable Capital PartnersBethesdaEmerson Collective InvestingPalo Alto · $100K – $1M checksFidelity InvestmentsBostonGlynn Capital ManagementMenlo ParkGreylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks · since 2018IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checks · since 2020IVP ExecutiveMenlo Park · since 2022Meritech Capital PartnersPalo Alto · $5M – $40M checks · since 2020PLUS CapitalVenice · $100K – $1M checksSalesforce VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checks · since 2022Tenaya CapitalPalo Alto · $5M – $10M checks · since 2020VenrockPalo Alto · $500K – $10M checks · since 2018Venrock AssociatesPalo Alto · since 2022
Co-founders at Lyra
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David EbersmanCo-Founder & Chairman (CEO 2015–2025)
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Bob KocherCo-Founder and Board Member
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Dena BravataCo-Founder & former Chief Medical Officer
Experience
- THE SOLID FOUNDATIONFoundercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- GreylockVenture Partnercurrent2020 — present
- GreylockGeneral Partner2006 — 2020Menlo Park, CA
- Yahoo!Vice President/General Manager in the Search & Marketplace business unit2004 — 2006
- Guru (Acquired by Unicru)Founder/COO1999 — 2003
- Drugstore.comLaunch Team Member1998
- Wired VenturesManager of Product Development & Business Development1995 — 1997
Skills & more
Strategic Thinking10Positioning4Start-ups77E-commerce28Venture Capital30Leadership13Entrepreneurship42Product Management20Marketing Strategy5Online MarketplaceMobile Advertising3Mobile Internet5
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Investments
Board seats
Per SEC Form D filings.
Colleagues at Greylock Partners
Alona King
Fellow at LifeX Ventures
Aneel Bhusri
Partner at Greylock Partners
Ani Narayan
Scout at Greylock Partners
Ankit Mathur
Scout at Greylock Partners
Asheem Chandna
Partner at Greylock focused on enterprise, cybersecurity, and infrastructure software
Bob Henderson
Special Limited Partner at Greylock Partners
Bukky Adebayo
Scout at Greylock Partners
Charlie Waite
Founding Partner at Greylock Partners
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David Sze
Advisory Partner at Greylock
Ankit Mathur
Scout at Greylock Partners
Bukky Adebayo
Scout at Greylock Partners
Erica Dorfman
Scout at Greylock Partners
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is James Slavet?
- James Slavet is a founder, investor, and operating executive who established THE SOLID FOUNDATION. He serves on the boards of GoFundMe, Lyra Health, Redfin, and Solv, and is involved with Fast Forward, an accelerator focused on technology non-profits. His investment experience includes exposure to companies such as Airbnb, Facebook, LinkedIn, Palo Alto Networks, and Workday.
- Where does James Slavet work?
- James Slavet is Partner at Greylock Partners and Board Member (Greylock Partners board partner) at Lyra.
- What check size does James Slavet write?
- James Slavet typically writes checks of $500K – $200M.
- What boards does James Slavet sit on?
- James Slavet holds tracked board seats at Lyra.
- Where did James Slavet go to school?
- James Slavet studied at Brown University (BA); Harvard Business School (MBA).
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Also attended Brown University647
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Also attended Harvard Business School2,000
Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins
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Shared employers
Also worked at Greylock78
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkSarah GuoFounder & General Partner of ConvictionDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockMustafa SuleymanCo-founder of DeepMind and Inflection AI; CEO of Microsoft AIHoward CoxSpecial Limited Partner at Greylock Partners
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Also worked at Yahoo!435
Jess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesBrian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal FoundationStewart ButterfieldCo-founder of Slack and FlickrMax LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VCAmjad MasadCo-founder & CEO of Replit
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Also worked at Drugstore.com7
Matthew StepkaManaging Partner at Machina VenturesMark SilvermanGeneral Partner at Empactful CapitalJoe GiordanoVenture Partner at Bloccelerate VCGeoff EntressManaging Director at Pioneer Square LabsMatt BoisenChief Legal & Trust Officer at HighspotAravind BalaFounder at Seekout
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