Reid Hoffman, a founder of LinkedIn and a longtime venture capitalist, is no longer the public face of the venture firm Greylock.
Michael Moritz, a force at Sequoia Capital for 38 years, officially separated from the investment firm last summer.
They are among the most recognizable of a generation of Silicon Valley investors who are getting out of venture capital at the end of a lucrative 15-year upswing for the industry.
Investors at Tiger Global, Paradigm, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Emergence Capital and Spark Capital have all announced plans to step back.
Foundry Group, a venture firm in Boulder, Colo., that has backed 200 companies since 2006, said in January that it would not raise another fund.
Persons:
Reid Hoffman, Michael Moritz, Jeff Jordan, Andreessen Horowitz
Organizations:
LinkedIn, Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Spark, Foundry Group, Apple, Google
Locations:
Silicon, Boulder, Colo, —