--- title: Why Greylock capped its new fund at $1.5B when it says... description: Greylock Ventures has closed its 18th fund at $1.5 billion, a deliberate cap despite the firm claiming it could have raised significantly more. The 61-year-old... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-greylock-capped-its-new-fund-at-1-5b-when-it-says-it-could-have-raised-more-s7bgs9tfj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why Greylock capped its new fund at $1.5B when it says it could have raised more | daily.dev og:description: Greylock Ventures has closed its 18th fund at $1.5 billion, a deliberate cap despite the firm claiming it could have raised significantly more. The 61-year-old... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-greylock-capped-its-new-fund-at-1-5b-when-it-says-it-could-have-raised-more-s7bgs9tfj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/S7bgS9tfj.png og:image:alt: Why Greylock capped its new fund at $1.5B when it says it could have raised more og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why Greylock capped its new fund at $1.5B when it says it could have raised more **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Greylock Ventures has closed its 18th fund at $1.5 billion, a deliberate cap despite the firm claiming it could have raised significantly more. The 61-year-old firm is resisting the industry trend of ever-larger funds, choosing instead to limit investments to roughly 25 companies per fund so partners can provide deep, hands-on support to each founder. The fund will focus primarily on seed and Series A rounds, with about 15% reserved for later-stage bets. Notable past investments include Palo Alto Networks, Abnormal Security, Anthropic, Revolut, and Wiz. Partner Saam Motamedi emphasizes that Greylock bets on people before companies even exist. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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