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Jason Risch

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Partner at Greylock Partners · Board Observer / Director (Greylock investor representative) at Blockaid · Board Member / Partner, Greylock Partners at Bedrockdata · Investor (Greylock Partners) at Predibase

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Writes $500K – $200M checks · typically $25M

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Jason Risch is a Partner at Greylock who invests in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. He studied math as an undergraduate and statistics as a graduate student at Stanford, where he was introduced to machine learning, and earlier joined an AI-focused incubator in 2018 applying AI to industries such as agriculture and logistics. He focuses on backing founders building around foundational AI models and cybersecurity technologies.

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AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity

Board Observer / Director (Greylock investor representative) at Blockaid

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Blockaid's investors · 9

CyberstartsMikhmoret · since 2025Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2025Jibe VenturesTel AvivReverieNew YorkRibbit CapitalPalo Alto · $2M – $15M checks · since 2025Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $50M checks · since 2025Variant FundNew York · $250K – $750K checksVintage Investment PartnersHerzliya

Co-founders at Blockaid

IBIdo Ben-Natan
Ido Ben-NatanFounder
RNRaz Niv
Raz NivFounder

Board Member / Partner, Greylock Partners at Bedrockdata

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Bedrockdata's investors · 5

Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Mangusta CapitalSan Francisco · since 2025Mantis CapitalSanta Monica · $100K – $1M checksPier 88 Investment PartnersSan Francisco · since 2025Snowflake VenturesMenlo Park · $1M – $20M checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Bedrockdata

BKBruno Kurtic
Bruno KurticPresident & CEO, Co-founder
PAPranava Adduri
Pranava AdduriCTO, Co-founder
GSGanesha Shanmuganathan
Ganesha ShanmuganathanChief Architect, Co-founder

Investor (Greylock Partners) at Predibase

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Predibase's investors · 5

AIX VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2022Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks · since 2023Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2024Sancus VenturesSan FranciscoWorkday VenturesSan Francisco · since 2024

Co-founders at Predibase

DRDevvret Rishi
Devvret RishiFounder
PMPiero Molino
Piero MolinoFounder
TATravis Addair
Travis AddairFounder
CR
Chris RéCo-Founder

Experience

  1. Greylock PartnersPartnercurrent2019 — present
  2. AI FundProduct and Investor2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  3. McKinsey & CompanyBusiness Analyst2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Opendoor.comBusiness Operations2016 — 2017
  5. Mayfield Fellows ProgramMayfield Fellow2015 — 2016

Skills & more

Cybersecurity4Data Analysis14R11Microsoft Office5Writing7Analytics6Research5Machine Learning4Statistics3Python5SQL2Microsoft Excel2
+3 morePowerPointLeadershipPublic Speaking

From Jason's professional profile.

Investments

Sources: curated public sources · the firm's website.

Colleagues at Greylock Partners

Allie Dalglish
Partner, Business Operations 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
Bill Elfers
Founding Partner at Greylock Partners
Bill Helman
Founding Partner at Equal Opportunity Ventures
Bill Kaiser
Partner Emeritus at Greylock Partners
Bob Henderson
Special Limited Partner at Greylock Partners

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Aneel Bhusri
Partner at Greylock Partners
Ani Narayan
Scout at Greylock Partners
Bill Helman
Founding Partner at Equal Opportunity Ventures
Christine Kim
Partner at Greylock Partners
Corinne Riley
Partner at Greylock Partners
Dave Strohm
Venture Partner at Greylock Partners
David Thacker
General Partner at Greylock Partners
Don Sullivan
Partner at Greylock Partners

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Jason Risch?
Jason Risch is a Partner at Greylock who invests in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. He studied math as an undergraduate and statistics as a graduate student at Stanford, where he was introduced to machine learning, and earlier joined an AI-focused incubator in 2018 applying AI to industries such as agriculture and logistics. He focuses on backing founders building around foundational AI models and cybersecurity technologies.
Where does Jason Risch work?
Jason Risch is Partner at Greylock Partners and Board Observer / Director (Greylock investor representative) at Blockaid and Board Member / Partner, Greylock Partners at Bedrockdata and Investor (Greylock Partners) at Predibase.
What does Jason Risch invest in?
Jason Risch invests in AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity.
What check size does Jason Risch write?
Jason Risch typically writes checks of $500K – $200M.
What companies has Jason Risch invested in?
Investments tracked here include 7AI, Aspora, Bedrock Data, Blockaid, Cribl, Gem, Kodem, Kodem, LlamaIndex, Niteshift, Pincites, Predibase, and 1 more.
Where did Jason Risch go to school?
Jason Risch studied at Stanford University (Master of Science (M.S.), Statistics); Stanford University (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematical and Computational Science); The Branson School.

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