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What does Kleiner Perkins invest in?
Kleiner Perkins invests most often at Series A and Venture (46% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI & Machine Learning, Analytics and Apps.
Kleiner Perkins highlights
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87 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series A and Venture: 46% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 21 rounds, median $9.8M
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8 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Kleiner Perkins is an American venture capital firmFrom their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $100K – $150M as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- AI & Machine LearningAnalyticsApps
- Based in
- Menlo Park, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first396 appearances
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An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration11 named
BHBrook H. ByersManaging MemberiForm ADV
IFIlya FushmanManaging Member of the Managing MemberiFiling they signed
JKJesse KingGeneral CounseliForm ADV
LJL. John DoerrManaging MemberiForm ADV
MAMamoon Amjad HamidManaging Member of the Managing MemberiFiling they signed
MEMoustafa ElbialyChief Information OfficeriForm ADV
SASean A CarlsonChief Tax OfficeriForm ADV
SBSusan BiglieriChief Financial Officer and Chief Operating OfficeriForm ADV
TETheodore E. SchleinManaging MemberiForm ADV
TLTina Linchi JuShareholder/DirectoriForm ADV
WHWen HsiehManaging Member of the Managing MemberiFiling they signed
We also hold 35 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$21Bgross assets of its funds, 2 advisers combinedOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- KLEINER PERKINS CAUFIELD & BYERS, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 161035
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed8 in all
Foundation MedicineBought by RocheUndisclosedJan 2015
LuvocracyBought by WalmartLabsUndisclosedJul 2014
RelateIQBought by Salesforce$390MJul 2014
Foundation MedicineListed$108MJul 2013
EdgeSpringBought by SalesforceUndisclosedJun 2013
ZyngaListedUndisclosedDec 2011
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.