# Mike Duboe

> Mike Duboe is a General Partner at Greylock Partners, one of Silicon Valley's oldest and most storied venture firms. A former operator who scaled Stitch Fix's growth org from zero to 20 people and helped take the company through IPO, Duboe brings rare depth to the investor seat - having managed nine-figure marketing budgets and built scrappy product-led growth teams. He focuses on commerce, marketplaces, and vertical software, with an investment philosophy rooted in learning velocity and disciplined, sustainable growth over vanity metrics.

- **Role:** General Partner at Greylock Partners
- **Organizations:** Greylock Partners, Builder.io, Postscript, Magic Eden, Pepper, Inventa, Novi, Reforge, Y Combinator (Growth Advisory Council)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BS & MS, Industrial & Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, MBA, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Promoted to General Partner at Greylock Partners in September 2020, First growth hire at Stitch Fix; scaled growth team from 0 to 20 and helped company reach IPO in 2017, First growth hire at Tilt; built analytics, marketing, community, and growth product teams from scratch

## Career timeline

- **~2007-2011** — Consultant at Bain & Company, Private Equity practice
- **~2013-2015** — First growth hire at Tilt; built teams covering analytics, marketing, community, growth product (0 to ~30 people)
- **~2015-2018** — First in-house growth hire at Stitch Fix; built performance marketing org from zero to 20; helped take company through IPO (2017)
- **2018** — Joined Greylock Partners as investor focused on commerce and marketplaces
- **2020** — Promoted to General Partner at Greylock (announced September 22, 2020)
- **2019-present** — Led investments in Builder.io (seed and Series A lead), Postscript, Pepper, Magic Eden, Inventa, Novi, AirOps, Highstock, Lithos, Paramark, Pinata, SuperMe, Tydo, Vori, Tenor

## Achievements

- Promoted to General Partner at Greylock Partners in September 2020
- First growth hire at Stitch Fix; scaled growth team from 0 to 20 and helped company reach IPO in 2017
- First growth hire at Tilt; built analytics, marketing, community, and growth product teams from scratch
- Served on Y Combinator's Growth Advisory Council
- Growth lecturer at Reforge
- Led Greylock investment in Magic Eden, which became the #1 NFT marketplace on Solana
- Managed nine-figure marketing budgets across digital and offline channels at Stitch Fix
- Author at TechCrunch on growth and commerce topics

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Active at Greylock as General Partner, continuing investments in commerce and marketplace companies
- **2025-07** — Greylock published updated bio (Mike-Duboe-2025.pdf) reflecting current portfolio including AirOps, Builder.io, and AI commerce tools
- **2024-07** — Tweeted about agentic commerce with Perplexity AI's leadership on the shift from keyword-oriented to personalized AI-driven offers

## Links

- Website: https://greylock.com/team/mike-duboe/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeduboe
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/mduboe

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Last updated: 2026-05-09