# Josh McFarland at Greylock Partners > Josh McFarland, Executive Chairman at Greylock Partners. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/josh-mcfarland (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) San Francisco, US · Partner # Josh McFarland Executive Chairman at [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) Profile summary - **Rounds named:** - none observed - **Filings:** 4 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 3 +3 mentions What this record rests on - **Named in rounds** No round names them yet - ✓ **On filings** 4 filings with a regulator - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Greylock - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=josh-mcfarland)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=josh-mcfarland) ## The firm [**Greylock** VC firm · US **32** cheques in 12 months **717** all time **15** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [Abnormal Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/abnormal-security) - [Agari](https://millionrounds.com/startup/agari-2) - [Apprente](https://millionrounds.com/company/apprente) - [Aurora](https://millionrounds.com/company/aurora) - [Awake Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/awake-security) - [Blend](https://millionrounds.com/startup/blend-3) - [Builder](https://millionrounds.com/startup/builder) - [Censys](https://millionrounds.com/company/censys) - [Chia Network](https://millionrounds.com/startup/chia-network) - [Chronosphere](https://millionrounds.com/company/chronosphere) - [Cleo](https://millionrounds.com/startup/cleo-3) - [Clockwise](https://millionrounds.com/company/clockwise) - [Clubhouse Software](https://millionrounds.com/company/clubhouse-software) - [Crew](https://millionrounds.com/company/crew) - [DIRT Protocol](https://millionrounds.com/startup/dirt-protocol) - [Demisto](https://millionrounds.com/company/demisto) - [Droplet](https://millionrounds.com/startup/droplet-4) - [EveryTeam](https://millionrounds.com/company/everyteam) - [Figma](https://millionrounds.com/company/figma) - [Gem](https://millionrounds.com/startup/gem-7) - [Gladly](https://millionrounds.com/startup/gladly-2) - [GrowingIO](https://millionrounds.com/company/growingio) - [Innovium](https://millionrounds.com/company/innovium) - [Instabase](https://millionrounds.com/company/instabase) - [Lightbend](https://millionrounds.com/company/lightbend) - [MATRIXX Software](https://millionrounds.com/company/matrixx-software) - [Notable](https://millionrounds.com/startup/notable-2) - [Nuro](https://millionrounds.com/startup/nuro-2) - [Obsidian Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/obsidian-security) - [PayJoy](https://millionrounds.com/company/payjoy) - [Postscript](https://millionrounds.com/company/postscript) - [Pray.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/pray-com) - [REZI](https://millionrounds.com/startup/rezi) - [Remotion](https://millionrounds.com/startup/remotion) - [Rhumbix](https://millionrounds.com/company/rhumbix) - [Ribbon Home](https://millionrounds.com/startup/ribbon-home) 36 of 50 companies. ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Company raising **PayJoy Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2023 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Scenery Corp.** Director since 2022 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Wisetack, Inc.** Director on 3 filings · since 2019 - SEC Form D · Company raising **TellApart, Inc.** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter since 2011 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Also at Greylock - [**Reid Hoffman** Partner at Greylock *69 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/reid-hoffman-4) - [**Alison Rosenthal** Team *5 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/alison-rosenthal-2) - [**Ethan Beard** Board Member *4 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/ethan-beard) - [**Josh Elman** Director of Product Management *3 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/josh-elman) - [**David Strohm** Partner *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-strohm) - [**Simon Rothman** Partner *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/simon-rothman) - [**Aneel Bhusri** CEO and Co-Founder *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/aneel-bhusri) - [**Bill Helman** Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/bill-helman) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [Greymatter](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/greymatter) · 18 Jun 2019 · 42 min Blitzscaling From Startup to Scaleup with Reid Hoffman & Josh McFarland | Greymatter With [Josh McFarland](https://millionrounds.com/person/josh-mcfarland) About this episode Greylock’s Reid Hoffman and Josh McFarland on the basic principles for successful blitzscaling. Blitzscaling is a set of practices for igniting rapid growth to accelerate to the stage in a startup’s life cycle where the most value is created. Bitzscaling prioritizes speed over efficiency in an… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Greymatter](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/greymatter) · 23 Oct 2018 · 37 min The Risks And Rewards Of Being A Blitzscaling Founder & CEO with Josh McFarland | Greymatter With [Josh McFarland](https://millionrounds.com/person/josh-mcfarland) About this episode The lessons of blitzscaling to achieve market dominance are counterintuitive. The strategy requires a shift from the traditional thinking of growth to a prioritization of speed over anything else. Greylock Partner Josh McFarland founded and scaled TellApart (which was acquired by Twitter in 2015),… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Greymatter](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/greymatter) · 7 Mar 2018 · 58 min Lessons Learned From Scaling TellApart with Greylock Partner Josh McFarland | Greymatter With [Josh McFarland](https://millionrounds.com/person/josh-mcfarland) About this episode This episode of Greymatter comes from Stanford University's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Series podcast. Greylock Partner Josh McFarland shared with students his presentation The First Derivative of Startup Life. In this lecture at Stanford, Josh charts the ups and downs of entrepreneurship… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Josh McFarland in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [Greymatter](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/greymatter) · 19 Jan 2022 · 36 min Sonder | Hospitality Reimagined Mentions [Josh McFarland](https://millionrounds.com/person/josh-mcfarland) About this episode On the day of their public market debut, Sonder CEO and founder Francis Davidson talks with Greylock general partner Josh McFarland about the hospitality company's wild journey from a side gig started during college to a modern, tech-enabled, design-forward accommodation platform serving travelers… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Greymatter](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/greymatter) · 14 Sept 2021 · 43 min Wisetack | Fintech for the Real World Mentions [Josh McFarland](https://millionrounds.com/person/josh-mcfarland) About this episode A re-broadcast of our episode featuring fintech startup Wisetack. The company, which was incubated at Greylock and launched in 2019, recently raised a $45 million Series B round. Wisetack provides financing platform for in-person services like home or auto repair businesses, enabling them to offer… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Greymatter](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/greymatter) · 9 Nov 2017 · 30 min Building Up Great Engineering Leaders with Greylock's EIR Wade Chambers | Greymatter Mentions [Josh McFarland](https://millionrounds.com/person/josh-mcfarland) About this episode In the latest Greymatter episode, we welcome back Twitter’s former Head of Revenue Engineering, now Greylock Executive In Residence, Wade Chambers. He sits down with Greylock partner Josh McFarland to discuss what characteristics make a great engineering leader and the best environment to foster… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=josh-mcfarland). ## Find people like Josh Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. Search people[How we know what we know](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)