Miles Grimshaw
Miles Grimshaw is a Partner at Thrive Capital, where he partners with founders at the early stages of company building. He has led or been deeply involved in investments including Airtable, Monzo, Benchling, Lattice, Segment, Cursor, Chai Discovery, and Revel, and has served on the boards of numerous portfolio companies. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Yale University and previously served as a General Partner at Benchmark before rejoining Thrive Capital in 2024.
“Change is the oxygen for new companies to get formed because incumbents are caught off guard or incumbents don't serve something well.”
Source→“A great board member is demanding in good times, is supportive in tough times.”
Source→“I'm still helping Sajir at Benchling, like recruit and close, close, close, close to handle or keep people.”
Source→“That curiosity and love of learning there translated to me meeting Will Gabrick and then Will joined Thrive and they said, you should come join us... that led us to Segment and GitHub and other things.”
Source→“A friend of the pod, Jared Weinstein says, Miles was a punk. And I say that in a complimentary and long on Miles way.”
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