# Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers: portfolio, investments and team

> Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is a vc firm based in United States. 791 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026.

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# Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 791 cheques on record.

Deploying now New fund $932M, Mar 2020 VC firm

Series A Growth

Deploying now

**100%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 791 on record

Since the last cheque **5** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$30M** Rounds led **0 of 791** Sole investor **64 rounds** Exits **99 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 92%**

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## Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers highlights

- 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series B and Series A: 49% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 64 rounds, median $6.4M
- 04 99 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> Filed 3 private fund offerings with the SEC, the most recent in 2016-06 From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Series A Growth
- **Based in:** Menlo Park, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **791 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Flapping Airplanes](https://millionrounds.com/company/flapping-airplanes)** Series A · US · Wowtale **$1.0B** With 13 others
- **2019** 1 round
- **Aug** **[Pavilion Data Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/pavilion-data-systems)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$25M** With 6 others
- **2018** 12 rounds
- **Dec** **[Propel](https://millionrounds.com/company/propel)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$13M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[SessionM](https://millionrounds.com/company/sessionm)** Series E · US · FinSMEs **$24M** With 7 others
- **Jun** **[Spotahome](https://millionrounds.com/company/spotahome)** ES · Bloomberg **$40M** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Qumulo](https://millionrounds.com/company/qumulo)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$93M** With 5 others
- **May** **[Terminal](https://millionrounds.com/company/terminal)** Series A · CA · FinSMEs **$10M** With 5 others
- **May** **[Robinhood](https://millionrounds.com/company/robinhood)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$363M** With 3 others
- **May** **[IronNet Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/ironnet-security)** Series B · US · Reuters **$78M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[TheWaveVR](https://millionrounds.com/company/thewavevr)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$6.0M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Livongo Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/livongo-health)** US · FinSMEs **$105M** With 8 others
- **Mar** **[UiPath](https://millionrounds.com/company/uipath)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$153M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Ujet](https://millionrounds.com/company/ujet)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$25M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[Shoof](https://millionrounds.com/company/shoof)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$4.3M** With 1 other
- **2017** 16 rounds
- **Jul** **[Desktop Metal](https://millionrounds.com/company/desktop-metal)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$115M** With 13 others
- **Jun** **[AEye](https://millionrounds.com/company/aeye)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$16M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Coursera](https://millionrounds.com/company/coursera)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$64M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Bulletin](https://millionrounds.com/company/bulletin)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$2.2M** With 6 others
- **Apr** **[Synack](https://millionrounds.com/company/synack)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$21M** With 5 others
- **Mar** **[Looker](https://millionrounds.com/company/looker)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$82M** With 5 others
- **Mar** **[Instacart](https://millionrounds.com/company/instacart)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$400M** With 8 others
- **Mar** **[Veem](https://millionrounds.com/company/veem)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$24M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Kinsa](https://millionrounds.com/company/kinsa)** US · FinSMEs **$17M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Farmer's Business Network](https://millionrounds.com/company/farmer-s-business-network)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$40M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Better Mortgage](https://millionrounds.com/company/better-mortgage)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$15M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[SoundHound](https://millionrounds.com/company/soundhound)** US · FinSMEs **$75M** With 10 others
- **Jan** **[Nuna](https://millionrounds.com/company/nuna)** US · FinSMEs **$90M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[InsideSales](https://millionrounds.com/company/insidesales)** US · FinSMEs **$50M** With 6 others
- **Jan** **[Phantom](https://millionrounds.com/company/phantom)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$14M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Expansion](https://millionrounds.com/company/expansion)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$55M** With 4 others
- **2016** 17 rounds
- **Dec** **[Optoro](https://millionrounds.com/company/optoro)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$30M** With 2 others
- **Nov** **[Gusto](https://millionrounds.com/company/gusto)** **$90M** With 103 others
- **Nov** **[Codecademy](https://millionrounds.com/company/codecademy)** **$30M** With 30 others
- **Nov** **[Hollar](https://millionrounds.com/company/hollar)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$30M** With 7 others
- **Oct** **[GoEuro](https://millionrounds.com/company/goeuro)** Series C · DE · FinSMEs **$70M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[SessionM](https://millionrounds.com/company/sessionm)** US · FinSMEs **$35M** With 9 others
- **Sept** **[CoreOS](https://millionrounds.com/company/coreos)** **$28M** With 8 others
- **Sept** **[Tradesy](https://millionrounds.com/company/tradesy)** **$30M** With 22 others
- **Aug** **[Farmer's Business Network](https://millionrounds.com/company/farmer-s-business-network)** US · FinSMEs **$20M** With 6 others
- **Jun** **[Progyny](https://millionrounds.com/company/progyny)** Series B · US · Globenewswire **$15M** With 2 others

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 registration **19 named**

AE **Amol E. Deshpande** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

BE **Beth E. Seidenberg** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

BH **Brook H. Byers** Managing Member i Filing they signed

CC **Chi-Hua Chien** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

EF **Eric Feng** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

IF **Ilya Fushman** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

LJ **L. John H. Doerr** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

LF **llya Fushman** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

MH **Mamoon Hamid** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

MJ **Mary John Meeker** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

MJ **Matthew J. Murphy** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

MA **Michael Abbott** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

MR **Mood Rowghani** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

NK **Noah Knauf** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

RJ **Randy John Komisar** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

RJ **Raymond J. Lane** Managing Member i Filing they signed

TE **Theodore E. Schlein** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

WJ **Wen John Hsieh** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

WJ **William John Gordon** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

We also hold **19** 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.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **99 in all**

**[Looker](https://millionrounds.com/company/looker)** Bought by [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) **Undisclosed** Jun 2019

**[Shazam](https://millionrounds.com/company/shazam)** Bought by [Apple](https://millionrounds.com/fund/apple) **$400M** Sept 2018

**[CoreOS](https://millionrounds.com/company/coreos)** Bought by Redhat **$250M** Jan 2018

**[Graphiq](https://millionrounds.com/company/graphiq)** Bought by [Amazon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amazon) **$50M** Jul 2017

**[SimpliVity](https://millionrounds.com/company/simplivity)** Bought by Hp **$650M** May 2017

**[Good Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/good-technology)** Bought by [BlackBerry](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cylance) **$425M** Sept 2015

**[OUYA](https://millionrounds.com/company/ouya)** Bought by [Razer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/razer) **Undisclosed** Jul 2015

**[Oculeve](https://millionrounds.com/company/oculeve)** Bought by [Allergan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/allergan) **$125M** Jul 2015

**[Leo](https://millionrounds.com/company/leo)** Bought by [Lyft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lyft) **Undisclosed** Jun 2015

**[Path](https://millionrounds.com/company/path)** Bought by [Daum Kakao](https://millionrounds.com/fund/daum-kakao) **Undisclosed** May 2015

**[Timeful](https://millionrounds.com/company/timeful)** Bought by [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) **Undisclosed** May 2015

**[Segway](https://millionrounds.com/company/segway)** Bought by Ninebot **Undisclosed** Apr 2015

**[Flexus Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/flexus-biosciences)** Bought by [Bristol-Myers Squibb](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bristol-myers-squibb) **$1.3B** Feb 2015

**[MyFitnessPal](https://millionrounds.com/company/myfitnesspal)** Bought by Under Armour **$475M** Feb 2015

**[Foundation Medicine](https://millionrounds.com/company/foundation-medicine)** Bought by Roche **Undisclosed** Jan 2015

**[Level](https://millionrounds.com/company/level)** Bought by [Capital One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-one) **Undisclosed** Jan 2015

**[Cooliris](https://millionrounds.com/company/cooliris)** Bought by [Yahoo!](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yahoo) **Undisclosed** Nov 2014

**[shopkick](https://millionrounds.com/company/shopkick)** Bought by [SK Planet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sk-planet) **$250M** Oct 2014

**[Emu Messenger](https://millionrounds.com/company/emu-messenger)** Bought by [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) **Undisclosed** Aug 2014

**[Luvocracy](https://millionrounds.com/company/luvocracy)** Bought by WalmartLabs **Undisclosed** Jul 2014

The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$932M**

raised in Mar 2020

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Series A Growth

Median round joined **$30M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$6.4M**

Led 0 of 791 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 64 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026
- **Exits:** 99 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B *182*
- Series A said *156*
- Series C *149*
- Venture *83*
- Series D *73*
- Seed *42*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [DAG Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dag-ventures) 64
- [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) 57
- [KPCB Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kpcb-holdings) 50
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) 41
- [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) 39
- [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) 31

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**DAG Ventures** VC firm **64** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dag-ventures)[**Google Ventures** Corporate VC **57** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv)[**KPCB Holdings** Investment firm **50** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kpcb-holdings)[**New Enterprise Associates** VC firm **41** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates)[**Sequoia Capital** VC firm **39** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital)[**Accel** VC firm **31** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel)[**Andreessen Horowitz** VC firm **29** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[**Greylock** VC firm **25** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners)[**Khosla Ventures** VC firm **24** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures)[**Intel Capital** Corporate VC **23** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital)[**Highland Capital Partners** VC firm **22** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/highland-capital-partners)[**Icon Ventures** VC firm **22** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icon-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers put money into.

[**Flapping Airplanes** $1.0B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/flapping-airplanes)[**Propel** $13M · Dec 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/propel)[**SessionM** $24M · Jul 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/sessionm)[**Spotahome** $40M · Jun 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/spotahome)[**Qumulo** $93M · Jun 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/qumulo)[**Robinhood** $363M · May 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/robinhood)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in their description, not their title.

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 4 Jun 2018 · 32 min 20VC: What John Doerr Taught Me About Great Investing, Why Not All A Rounds Are Post-Traction and Why Despite Overfunding, There Is Still Gaps In Venture Financing with Trae Vassallo, Founding Partner @ Defy.vc With [Trae Vassallo](https://millionrounds.com/person/trae-vassallo) Mentions [John Doerr](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-doerr)[Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins)[Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

### What does Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invest in?

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invests most often at Series B and Series A (49% of the rounds on record).

### How active is Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers?

791 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Flapping Airplanes (Series A, Oct 2026), Pavilion Data Systems (Series C, Aug 2019) and Propel (Series A, Dec 2018).

### How big are Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers's cheques?

The median round it joins is $30M.

### Does Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 791 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (92%).

### Is Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invest alongside?

Most often DAG Ventures (64 rounds together), Google Ventures (57 rounds together) and KPCB Holdings (50 rounds together).

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