General Partner at Greylock
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Board Observer at Kongregate.com
- Advisor at eSnips
- Board Member at Revision3
- Board Observer at Facebook.com
- Board Member at Digg
- Investor at Wink
- Board Member at VUDU
- Board Member at LinkedIn
- Board Member at Oodle
- Board Member at Glimpse
- Board Member at Softcoin
- Board Member at Seven Networks
- Investor at Claria
- General Partner at Greylock
- Past
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- Board Member at Troux Technologies
- Board Observer at Farecast
- Board Member at New Edge Networks
- Board Member at NOCpulse
- SVP, Product Strategy at Excite@Home
- VP, Network Programming and Content at Excite, Inc
- General Manager at Excite, Inc
- Director, Marketing at Architext
- Producer at Crystal Dynamics
- Associate Producer at Crystal Dynamics
- Associate Product Manager at Electronic Arts, Inc
- Assistant Product Manager at EA
- Student at Stanford Graduate School of Business
- Associate at The Boston Consulting Group
- Associate at Marakon Associates
- Senior Analyst at Marakon Associates
- Analyst at Marakon
- Student at Yale University
- Market Research Analyst at Home Box Office
- Education
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- Stanford University Graduate School of Business
- Stanford
- Yale
- Buckingham Browne & Nichols (BB&N)
- Shady Hill
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David Sze’s Summary
David joined Greylock in 2000. He is primarly focused on Consumer Technology, Media and Services including Broadband and Wireless.
Before coming to Greylock, David was SVP of Product Strategy at Excite and then Excite@Home. As an early employee at Excite, David also held roles as GM of Excite.com and VP of Content and Programming for the Excite Network. Before Excite, he was in product marketing and development at Electronic Arts and Crystal Dynamics respectively. He started his career in management consulting for Marakon Associates and The Boston Consulting Group, and also spent time at HBO.
David holds a B.A. from Yale University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
David Sze’s Specialties:
Consumer Internet, Digital Media Convergence, Wireless Data
David Sze’s Experience
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Board Observer
Kongregate.com
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
August 2007 — Present (1 year)
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Advisor
eSnips
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
October 2006 — Present (1 year 10 months)
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Board Member
Revision3
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
September 2006 — Present (1 year 11 months)
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Board Observer
Facebook.com
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
April 2006 — Present (2 years 4 months)
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Board Member
Digg
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
October 2005 — Present (2 years 10 months)
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Investor
Wink
(Public Company; Internet industry)
June 2005 — Present (3 years 2 months)
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Board Member
VUDU
(Privately Held; Entertainment industry)
April 2005 — Present (3 years 4 months)
a/k/a VVOND a/k/a Marquee
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Board Member
LinkedIn
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
October 2004 — Present (3 years 10 months)
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Board Member
Oodle
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
September 2004 — Present (3 years 11 months)
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Board Member
Glimpse
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
July 2004 — Present (4 years 1 month)
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Board Member
Softcoin
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
April 2002 — Present (6 years 4 months)
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Board Member
Seven Networks
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
April 2001 — Present (7 years 4 months)
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Investor
Claria
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
April 2000 — Present (8 years 4 months)
a/k/a Gator
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General Partner
Greylock
(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
January 2000 — Present (8 years 7 months)
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Board Member
Troux Technologies
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
September 2003 — July 2006 (2 years 11 months)
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Board Observer
Farecast
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
July 2005 — July 2006 (1 year 1 month)
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Board Member
New Edge Networks
(Public Company; ELNK; Telecommunications industry)
April 2002 — April 2006 (4 years 1 month)
a/k/a NEN
Acquired by Earthlink (ELNK) -
Board Member
NOCpulse
(Public Company; RHAT; Computer Software industry)
March 2000 — November 2002 (2 years 9 months)
Acquired by Red Hat (RHAT)
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SVP, Product Strategy
Excite@Home
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Internet industry)
January 1999 — December 1999 (1 year)
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VP, Network Programming and Content
Excite, Inc
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)
January 1998 — December 1998 (1 year)
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General Manager
Excite, Inc
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Internet industry)
January 1997 — December 1997 (1 year)
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Director, Marketing
Architext
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
March 1996 — December 1996 (10 months)
Renamed Excite
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Producer
Crystal Dynamics
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)
January 1995 — March 1996 (1 year 3 months)
Acquired by Eidos Interactive, Plc which is now part of SCi Entertainment Group Plc (Public, LON:SEG)
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Associate Producer
Crystal Dynamics
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)
August 1994 — January 1995 (6 months)
Acquired by Eidos Interactive, Plc which is now part of SCi Entertainment Group Plc (Public, LON:SEG)
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Associate Product Manager
Electronic Arts, Inc
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ERTS; Computer Games industry)
January 1994 — August 1994 (8 months)
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Assistant Product Manager
EA
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ERTS; Computer Games industry)
August 1993 — December 1993 (5 months)
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Student
Stanford Graduate School of Business
(Higher Education industry)
September 1991 — May 1993 (1 year 9 months)
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Associate
The Boston Consulting Group
(Partnership; 501-1000 employees; Management Consulting industry)
June 1992 — September 1992 (4 months)
a/k/a BCG
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Associate
Marakon Associates
(Partnership; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)
June 1990 — May 1991 (1 year)
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Senior Analyst
Marakon Associates
(Partnership; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)
September 1989 — June 1990 (10 months)
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Analyst
Marakon
(Partnership; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)
September 1988 — August 1989 (1 year)
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Student
Yale University
(Higher Education industry)
September 1984 — June 1988 (3 years 10 months)
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Market Research Analyst
Home Box Office
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
June 1987 — September 1987 (4 months)
a/k/a HBO, Time, Time Warner, AOLTime Warner
David Sze’s Education
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Stanford University Graduate School of Business
MBA, 1991 — 1993
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Stanford
MBA, September 1991 — May 1993
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Yale
BA, Economics and Political Science, September 1984 — June 1988
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Buckingham Browne & Nichols (BB&N)
HS, 1980 — 1984
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Shady Hill
1971 — 1980
