Henry McCance

Who is Henry McCance?

Henry joined Greylock in 1969. He focuses on the software sector while overseeing Greylock's strategic direction.

Henry came to Greylock after serving for two years in the Office of

the Secretary of Defense. He was responsible for Greylock's early

involvement in the software industry with his backing of market-leading

firms including American Management Systems, Pansophic (acquired by Computer Associates), Cullinane (acquired by Computer Associates), McCormack and Dodge (acquired by DB Software) and VM Software

(acquired by Sterling Software, and now part of Computer Associates).

Over the ensuing 40 years of his tenure, Greylock has raised a series

of eleven partnerships, with current committed capital in excess of

$2.2 billion, and helped build approximately 300 developing companies.

In recognition, Henry received the National Venture Capital

Association's Lifetime Achievement Award in May 2004. And, along with

Greylock's founding partners, the Harvard Business School Award for

Alumni Achievement in 2003. In 2000, Henry was voted one of the

country's 10 best VCs by Forbes.

Henry is currently on the board of Praecis Pharmaceuticals.

He also served on the board of and led Greylock's investment in

companies such as Tellabs, Shiva Corporation (acquired by Intel),

Manugistics, Trilogy, ABT Corporation (acquired by Niku), Narrative

Communications (acquired by @Home), Gradient Technologies (merged with

Entegrity Solutions), Information Resources, Epsilon (acquired by

Relizon) and Gateway Design (acquired by Cadence). In addition he

served on the Board of Directors of Continental Cablevision for 25

years.

Henry is a graduate of Yale University and the Harvard Business School.