# Howard Cox

> Howard Cox is a seed investor at Greylock (Boston) backing Database and Cloud Storage. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Greylock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greylock)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: May 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/howard-cox-4020344

Howard Cox is a Special Limited Partner at Greylock and attended Princeton University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Database | 1 | 20% |
| Cloud Storage | 1 | 20% |
| Cloud Computing | 1 | 20% |
| Cloud Data Services | 1 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 20% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wasabi Technologies | Wasabi provides simple, predictable and affordable hot cloud storage for businesses all over the world. It enables organizations to store and instantly access an unlimited amount of data at 1/5th the price of the competition with no complex tiers or unpredictable egress fees. Trusted by tens of thousands of customers worldwide, Wasabi has beenrecognized as one of technology’s fastest-growing and most visionary companies. Created by Carbonite co-founders and cloud storage pioneers David Friend and Jeff Flowers, Wasabi has secured nearly $275 million in funding to date and is a privately held company based in Boston. | $30M | Series B | May 28, 2020 |  |
| Wasabi Technologies | Wasabi provides simple, predictable and affordable hot cloud storage for businesses all over the world. It enables organizations to store and instantly access an unlimited amount of data at 1/5th the price of the competition with no complex tiers or unpredictable egress fees. Trusted by tens of thousands of customers worldwide, Wasabi has beenrecognized as one of technology’s fastest-growing and most visionary companies. Created by Carbonite co-founders and cloud storage pioneers David Friend and Jeff Flowers, Wasabi has secured nearly $275 million in funding to date and is a privately held company based in Boston. |  | Series B | Jul 30, 2018 |  |
| Wasabi Technologies | Wasabi provides simple, predictable and affordable hot cloud storage for businesses all over the world. It enables organizations to store and instantly access an unlimited amount of data at 1/5th the price of the competition with no complex tiers or unpredictable egress fees. Trusted by tens of thousands of customers worldwide, Wasabi has beenrecognized as one of technology’s fastest-growing and most visionary companies. Created by Carbonite co-founders and cloud storage pioneers David Friend and Jeff Flowers, Wasabi has secured nearly $275 million in funding to date and is a privately held company based in Boston. | $10.8M | Series B | Aug 02, 2017 |  |
| Wasabi Technologies | Wasabi provides simple, predictable and affordable hot cloud storage for businesses all over the world. It enables organizations to store and instantly access an unlimited amount of data at 1/5th the price of the competition with no complex tiers or unpredictable egress fees. Trusted by tens of thousands of customers worldwide, Wasabi has beenrecognized as one of technology’s fastest-growing and most visionary companies. Created by Carbonite co-founders and cloud storage pioneers David Friend and Jeff Flowers, Wasabi has secured nearly $275 million in funding to date and is a privately held company based in Boston. |  | Seed | Jul 11, 2017 |  |
| Wasabi Technologies | Wasabi provides simple, predictable and affordable hot cloud storage for businesses all over the world. It enables organizations to store and instantly access an unlimited amount of data at 1/5th the price of the competition with no complex tiers or unpredictable egress fees. Trusted by tens of thousands of customers worldwide, Wasabi has beenrecognized as one of technology’s fastest-growing and most visionary companies. Created by Carbonite co-founders and cloud storage pioneers David Friend and Jeff Flowers, Wasabi has secured nearly $275 million in funding to date and is a privately held company based in Boston. | $8.9M | Series A | May 01, 2017 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Blue Ivy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-ivy-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Brightstone Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brightstone-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Desert Angel LLC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/desert-angel-llc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ethos Family Office](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/almanack-family-office) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CloudScale Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cloudscale-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Greylock

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

Greylock Partners invests in entrepreneurs that focus on consumer and enterprise software companies. The firm invests in companies that define new markets, including Airbnb, AppDynamics, Apptio, Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET), Cloudera, Docker, Dropbox, Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD), Medium, Nextdoor, Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW),Pandora (NYSE: P), Pure Storage, and Workday (NYSE: WDAY).It was founded in 1965 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

5 contacts available at Greylock.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bill Kaiser | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-kaiser |
| David Wadhwani | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-wadhwani |
| Howard Cox | Special Limited Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/howard-cox |
| Jason Risch | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-risch |
| Mike Duboe | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-duboe |

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## FAQ

### What does Howard Cox invest in?

Howard Cox invests primarily in Database, Cloud Storage and Cloud Computing startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Howard Cox last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Howard Cox closed in May 2020. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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