Kleiner Perkins
Menlo Park, California · Invests in US; UK; Europe; MENA; Asia; North America; LATAM · Website
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Partner with exceptional founders building transformative technology companies from inception to IPO and beyond. Our moral compass is serving humanity with technology and capital. We provide not just capital but operational support, network access, and board participation to maximize the potential of founders' ideas and make history.
Likely not a fit for
No gambling or speculative financial products. Avoid me-too companies in saturated markets. Not interested in consumer apps without clear monetization or competitive moat.
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually leads
- Typical decision
- ~2 weeks
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $600M
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
10 contacts on file
Portfolio
Waymo is a self-driving technology company that develops autonomous vehicles and operates a ride-hailing service using these vehicles.
Rippling is a cloud-based workforce management platform that integrates HR, IT, and finance services, allowing businesses to manage their operations from a centralized location.
Figma is a powerful, collaborative design tool for teams that allows users to brainstorm, design, and build products together in real-time.
Glean is a Work AI platform designed to connect to all company data, enabling users to find, create, and automate various tasks. The platform features personal AI assistants, AI agents, and advanced search capabilities tailored for enterprise environments.
Easily record and share AI-powered video messages with your teammates and customers to supercharge productivity.
Modern Health delivers evidence-based, equitable mental health services worldwide — from self-guided tools to crisis care — ensuring our members have the right support wherever in the world they’re located.
Slack is a collaboration hub that connects your work with the people you work with. It offers a suite of productivity tools including messaging, project management, and integrations with other applications, all designed to streamline communication and enhance team collaboration.
Intercom is the AI customer service company that provides a complete customer service solution, integrating AI-powered agents and helpdesk functionalities to enhance customer interactions.
Box is a secure, AI-powered content management platform that automates business processes and enhances collaboration through intelligent data extraction and workflow automation.
Moveworks is an AI Assistant platform that helps employees get work done efficiently by automating tasks across various business applications using agentic AI.
Ambience Healthcare provides an AI platform designed to streamline documentation and coding processes for healthcare providers, reducing clinician burnout and improving patient care across various specialties.
Netlify is the most popular way to build, deploy and scale modern web applications. Home to millions of developers and thousands of enterprises, Netlify is the platform of choice for running modern composable web applications in production, from global corporate sites to complex e-commerce and SaaS applications.
Recent activity
- Jun 2026
Poetic
Series A · Lead
- May 2026
Applied Compute
Series B · Participated
- May 2026
Mind Robotics
Growth · Lead
- May 2026
Roadrunner
Seed · Lead
- Apr 2026
Balerion AI
Unknown · Lead
- Mar 2026
Harvey
Growth · Participated
- Feb 2026
Lotus Health AI
Series A · Co-Lead
- Feb 2026
Garner Health
Series D · Co-Lead
Kleiner Perkins in the news
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K2 Space Raises $500M Series D at $6.8B Valuation to Scale Large, High-Power Satellites
1 month ago
Legal Desire Media and Insights
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1 month ago
quasa.io
CuspAI Raises $450M Series B Led by Kleiner Perkins
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CNBC
Bezos backs CuspAI as startup teams up with Nvidia to hunt for chipmaking materials
1 month ago
qz.com
CuspAI raises $450 million Series B for AI materials discovery
1 month ago
The Business Journals
UCSF Health, Kleiner Perkins, Doerr Capital look to team with startups to apply AI to healthcare
1 month ago
HIT Consultant
UCSF Health Partners with Kleiner Perkins and Doerr Capital to Launch AI Accelerator
1 month ago
Fortune
Kleiner Perkins, John Doerr, and UCSF Health think healthcare AI has been built all wrong
1 month ago
CNBC
SpaceX alumni building remote-controlled construction equipment land $115 million fund round
1 month ago
Bloomberg.com
Watch Venture Capital During the AI Revolution: Masters in Business with Mamoon Hamid
2 months ago
Dealroom
Mirendil raises $200M seed led by a16z and Kleiner Perkins to bring frontier AI research outside the big labs
2 months ago
The Business Journals
Former Kleiner Perkins EIR seeks $25M venture fund
2 months ago
AlleyWatch
The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 5/28/2026
3 months ago
Tech Funding News
Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund double down on Stord in $250M round at $3B valuation to help independent brands take on Amazon
3 months ago
WSJ
Venture Capitalist John Doerr Says AI Is the Biggest Tech ‘Tsunami’ Ever
3 months ago
Yahoo Finance
Exclusive: Roadrunner raises $27 million from Kleiner Perkins and Founders Fund
3 months ago
Yahoo Finance
How a chance encounter in Texas sparked a $1 billion Kleiner Perkins-backed AI startup
4 months ago
Axios
Balerion raises $6M to speed mortgage origination
4 months ago
AltAssets Private Equity News
Kleiner Perkins lauds ‘AI super cycle’ opportunity as it seals $3.5bn double fund close
5 months ago
Tech Funding News
Kleiner Perkins raises $3.5B across two new funds to back early and growth-stage AI startups
5 months ago
Venture Capital Journal
Kleiner goes 75% bigger to fuel AI ambition
5 months ago
Pulse 2.0
Kleiner Perkins: $3.5 Billion Raised For AI-Focused Venture And Growth Funds
5 months ago
The Tech Buzz
Kleiner Perkins Raises $3.5B War Chest for AI Investments
5 months ago
CryptoRank
Kleiner Perkins AI Fund Unleashes $3.5 Billion, Igniting a New Era for Startup Investment
5 months ago
AI Insider
Kleiner Perkins Secures $3.5B to Double Down on AI Investments
5 months ago
StartupHub.ai
Kleiner Perkins Raises $3.5B for AI Investments
5 months ago
Crunchbase News
Kleiner Perkins Raises $3.5B For AI-Focused Funds
5 months ago
Bloomberg.com
Kleiner Perkins Raises $3.5 Billion to Invest in the AI Boom
5 months ago
GuruFocus
Kleiner Perkins Raises $3.5 Billion to Expand AI Investment Stra
5 months ago
Yahoo Finance
With $3.5B in fresh capital, Kleiner Perkins is going all in on AI
5 months ago
TechCrunch
With $3.5B in fresh capital, Kleiner Perkins is going all in on AI
5 months ago
Tech Funding News
Kleiner Perkins just placed a $6M bet on a healthcare AI startup that regulators can actually read
5 months ago
The Profile
The crypto CEO who’s become Enemy No. 1 & the VC firm that regained its spark
7 months ago
Yahoo Finance
Silicon Valley legend Kleiner Perkins was written off. Then an unlikely VC showed up
7 months ago
Fortune
Silicon Valley legend Kleiner Perkins was written off. Then an unlikely VC showed up
7 months ago
Reuters
AI accounting startup Maxima raises $41 million in Kleiner Perkins-backed round
9 months ago
The American Bazaar
Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins lead $80 million investment in Reevo
10 months ago
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