# Kleiner Perkins: portfolio, investments and team

> Kleiner Perkins is a vc firm based in United States. 396 investments on record, 87 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026.

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# Kleiner Perkins

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 396 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $112M, Aug 2026 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A AI & Machine Learning Analytics Apps

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**91%** of best year **87** **cheques in 12 months**, 396 on record

Since the last cheque **10** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$40M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $150M** Rounds led **32 of 396** Sole investor **21 rounds** Exits **8 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 93%**

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## Kleiner Perkins highlights

- 01 87 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A and Venture: 46% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 21 rounds, median $9.8M
- 04 8 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> Kleiner Perkins is an American venture capital firm From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $150M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO
- **Sectors:** AI & Machine Learning Analytics Apps
- **Based in:** Menlo Park, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **396 appearances**

- **2026** 70 rounds
- **Oct** **[Flapping Airplanes](https://millionrounds.com/company/flapping-airplanes)** Series A · US · Google News search **$1.0B** With 13 others
- **Oct** **[Modal Labs Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/modal-labs-inc)** Series D · US · Crunchbase News **$750M** With 7 others
- **Oct** **[Armadin](https://millionrounds.com/company/armadin)** Series B · US · Leap Ventures **$256M** With 9 others
- **Sept** **[Instinct](https://millionrounds.com/company/instinct)** Series C · US · Crunchbase News **$1.0B** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Profound](https://millionrounds.com/company/profound)** Series D · US · TechCrunch **$180M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[Harvey](https://millionrounds.com/company/harvey)** Growth · US · TechCrunch **$550M** With 15 others
- **Sept** **[Cognition](https://millionrounds.com/company/cognition)** Series E · US · TechCrunch **$2.0B** With 18 others
- **Sept** **[CesiumAstro](https://millionrounds.com/company/cesiumastro)** Debt · US **$300M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Etched](https://millionrounds.com/company/etched)** US · TechCrunch **$700M** With 13 others
- **Jul** **[K2 Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/k2-space)** Series D · US · Alpine Space Ventures **$500M** *Led*
- **Jul** **[CuspAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/cuspai)** Series B · GB · TechStartups **$450M** *Led*
- **Jul** **[TerraFirma](https://millionrounds.com/company/terrafirma)** Series A · US · TechStartups **$115M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[Omio](https://millionrounds.com/company/omio)** Venture · DE **$10M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Allium](https://millionrounds.com/company/allium)** Series B · US · AlleyWatch **$40M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Trovy](https://millionrounds.com/company/trovy)** Series A · US · TechStartups **$15M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Engram](https://millionrounds.com/company/engram)** Seed · US · TechStartups **$98M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[CuspAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/cuspai)** GB · TechStartups **$400M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[NewLimit](https://millionrounds.com/company/newlimit)** Series C · US · Ventureburn **$435M** With 6 others
- **Jun** **[Dexterity](https://millionrounds.com/company/dexterity)** Venture · US **$5.0M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Mirendil](https://millionrounds.com/company/mirendil)** Seed · US **$200M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Neuron23](https://millionrounds.com/company/neuron23)** Grant · US **$2.5M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Poetic](https://millionrounds.com/company/poetic)** Series A · US **$50M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Ambiq Micro](https://millionrounds.com/company/ambiq-micro)** US **$179M** With 1 other
- **May** **[Garner Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/garner-health)** Series E · US · AlleyWatch **$100M** With 8 others
- **May** **[Stord](https://millionrounds.com/company/stord)** Series F · US · TechCrunch **$250M** With 9 others
- **May** **[Mind Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/mind-robotics)** US · TechCrunch **$400M** *Led*
- **May** **[Vapi](https://millionrounds.com/company/vapi)** Series B · US · TechCrunch **$50M** With 6 others
- **May** **[Roadrunner](https://millionrounds.com/company/roadrunner)** Series A · US **$22M** With 1 other
- **May** **[Atara Biotherapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/atara-biotherapeutics)** US **$550K** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Rogo](https://millionrounds.com/company/rogo)** Series D · US · AlleyWatch **$160M** *Led*
- **Apr** **[Parallel Web Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/parallel-web-systems)** Series B · US · Google News search **$100M** With 7 others
- **Apr** **[Manifest OS](https://millionrounds.com/company/manifest-os)** Series A · US · TechStartups **$60M** *Led*
- **Apr** **[Avoca](https://millionrounds.com/company/avoca)** US · AlleyWatch **$125M** With 7 others
- **Apr** **[Saronic](https://millionrounds.com/company/saronic)** Series D · US · Crunchbase News **$1.8B** *Led*
- **Apr** **[Flock Safety](https://millionrounds.com/company/flock-safety)** Growth · US · TechStartups **$200M** With 5 others
- **Apr** **[MODE](https://millionrounds.com/company/mode)** Venture · US **$6.1M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Sage Haven](https://millionrounds.com/company/sage-haven)** Pre-seed · US **$3.0M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Balerion AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/balerion-ai)** Seed · US **$6.0M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Applied Compute](https://millionrounds.com/company/applied-compute)** Venture · US **$80M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Better.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/better-com)** US **$69M** With 4 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 **11 named**

BH **Brook H. Byers** Managing Member i Form ADV

IF **Ilya Fushman** Managing Member of the Managing Member i Filing they signed

JK **Jesse King** General Counsel i Form ADV

LJ **L. John Doerr** Managing Member i Form ADV

MA **Mamoon Amjad Hamid** Managing Member of the Managing Member i Filing they signed

ME **Moustafa Elbialy** Chief Information Officer i Form ADV

SA **Sean A Carlson** Chief Tax Officer i Form ADV

SB **Susan Biglieri** Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer i Form ADV

TE **Theodore E. Schlein** Managing Member i Form ADV

TL **Tina Linchi Ju** Shareholder/Director i Form ADV

WH **Wen Hsieh** Managing Member of the Managing Member i Filing 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

**$21B** gross assets of its funds, 2 advisers combined Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture 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 listed **8 in all**

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

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

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

**[RelateIQ](https://millionrounds.com/company/relateiq)** Bought by Salesforce **$390M** Jul 2014

**[Nest Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/nest-labs)** Bought by [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) **$3.2B** Jan 2014

**[Foundation Medicine](https://millionrounds.com/company/foundation-medicine)** Listed **$108M** Jul 2013

**[EdgeSpring](https://millionrounds.com/company/edgespring)** Bought by Salesforce **Undisclosed** Jun 2013

**[Zynga](https://millionrounds.com/company/zynga)** Listed **Undisclosed** Dec 2011

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

New fund on file

**$112M**

raised in Aug 2026

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

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$40M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$9.8M**

Led 32 of 396 rounds **8%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $150M
- **Sole investor:** 21 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026
- **Exits:** 8 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *64*
- Venture *56*
- Seed said *50*
- Series B said *49*
- Series C *44*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) 53
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 49
- [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) 48
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) 35
- [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) 28
- [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) 26

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Andreessen Horowitz** VC firm **53** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **49** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Sequoia Capital** VC firm **48** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital)[**Lightspeed Venture Partners** VC firm **35** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners)[**Google Ventures** Corporate VC **28** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv)[**Founders Fund** VC firm **26** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund)[**Khosla Ventures** VC firm **25** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures)[**SV Angel** VC firm **24** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)[**General Catalyst** VC firm **23** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst)[**Index Ventures** VC firm **21** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures)[**Coatue** VC firm **19** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **17** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Kleiner Perkins put money into.

[**Flapping Airplanes** $1.0B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/flapping-airplanes)[**Instinct** $1.0B · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/instinct)[**Harvey** $550M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/harvey)[**Cognition** $2.0B · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/cognition)[**CesiumAstro** $300M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/cesiumastro)[**Etched** $700M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/etched)

## Books by the people here

One book written by people at Kleiner Perkins: [John Doerr](https://millionrounds.com/person/john-doerr).

- Measure What Matters [John Doerr](https://millionrounds.com/person/john-doerr) · 2017 3.97 from 38,954 ratings on Goodreads About the book The revolutionary movement behind the explosive growth of Intel, Google, Amazon and Uber. With a foreword by Larry Page, and contributions from Bono and Bill Gates. Measure What Matters is about using Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), a revolutionary approach to goal-setting,… On AmazonListen on Audible
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## On podcasts

6 episodes naming Kleiner Perkins in the title, and 4 more that mention it.

- [VC10X](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/vc10x) 21 Apr 2026 · 53 min FamilyOffice10x - He invested in Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed, Anthropic, xAI, Stripe.. - Vishal Verma, Managing Partner, Edgewood Ventures Mentions [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Scaling Europe](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/scaling-europe) 2 Feb 2026 · 17 min Gabe Pereyra, Harvey, and Ilya Fushman, Kleiner Perkins: How law firms went all-in on AI. With [Ilya Fushman](https://millionrounds.com/person/ilya-fushman) Mentions [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Uncapped](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/uncapped) 9 Jul 2025 · 1h 3m Uncapped #16 | Mamoon Hamid from Kleiner Perkins With [Mamoon Hamid](https://millionrounds.com/person/mamoon-hamid) Mentions [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Turpentine VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/turpentine-vc) 4 Nov 2024 · 58 min E63: How Mamoon Hamid and Ilya Fushman Continued Kleiner Perkins’ Legacy With [Ilya Fushman](https://millionrounds.com/person/ilya-fushman)[Mamoon Hamid](https://millionrounds.com/person/mamoon-hamid) Mentions [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 21 Oct 2024 · 59 min 20VC: Kleiner Perkins' Mamoon Hamid on Investing Lessons from Leading Rounds in Figma, Slack and Rippling | Lessons Building a Generational Defining Firm with Kleiner Perkins | AI: Where Value Accrues, Startups vs Incumbents & Scaling Laws With [Mamoon Hamid](https://millionrounds.com/person/mamoon-hamid) Mentions [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) 22 Mar 2024 · 1h 11m Kleiner Perkins and Penn's Endowment on India, loss ratios, and the rise of secondaries | E1919 Mentions [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins)[Jason Calacanis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jason-calacanis) Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [The Peel](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/the-peel) 26 Oct 2026 · 1h 13m Inside the Anthropic Bet That Made Menlo a Top AI Firm | Matt Murphy Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Neon Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/neon-show) 22 Sept 2026 · 1h 6m Anthropic, Sequoia Investor: 55x Returns in 18 Months, Is Anthropic Worth Trillions? | Vishal Verma Apple Podcasts
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 21 Sept 2026 · 1h 11m 20VC: Why AI Cannot Replace Humans in Enterprise | Why Work Processes Not Models Will Be The Most Valuable Asset in AI | Why Europe Has Lost and Building in the US vs EU with Daniel Dines, UiPath Apple PodcastsShow page
- [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) 16 Jul 2026 · 1h 60m TML Inkling, California Forever?, TSMC Capex | David Baszucki, Everett Randle, Eric Glyman, Jordan Black Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Kleiner Perkins

### 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.

### How active is Kleiner Perkins?

396 investments on record, 87 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 32. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Kleiner Perkins invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Flapping Airplanes (Series A, Oct 2026), Modal Labs Inc. (Series D, Oct 2026) and Armadin (Series B, Oct 2026).

### How big are Kleiner Perkins's cheques?

The median round it joins is $40M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $150M.

### Does Kleiner Perkins lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 32 of its 396 investments on record (8%).

### Where does Kleiner Perkins invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (93%) and the United Kingdom (5%).

### Is Kleiner Perkins investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 87 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Kleiner Perkins invest alongside?

Most often Andreessen Horowitz (53 rounds together), Y Combinator (49 rounds together) and Sequoia Capital (48 rounds together).

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