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Kleiner Perkins
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Kleiner Perkins has partnered with intrepid founders for over five decades to build iconic, history-making companies. The firm invests broadly across the AI landscape at the early stage — backing founders building new products, platforms, and categories from the ground up — while at growth remaining selective, partnering with breakout companies and doubling down where conviction deepens. KP sees exceptional opportunities in professional services, healthcare, autonomy, security, financial services, productivity, and the physical economy. The firm believes venture is an art and a craft, grounded in deep relationships with founders and a real commitment to helping them build companies that last. It operates lean investment and portfolio operating teams that work on founder time, and is deeply committed to a bespoke, hands-on approach to supporting companies through all stages of growth — from inception to IPO and beyond.
Notable quotes
“More than 80% of pitches now involve AI. If you were building a company in 1996 and you didn't mention the internet, you'd be out of your mind. In the same vein, not mentioning AI or utilizing it would be a missed opportunity.”
“Once we've invested and made the pact to serve one of our companies, there is no job too small for me.”
“One thing we've learned over our history is that we always undervalue our biggest winners. The companies that do the best always grow faster — they create or expand their market much more than anybody could have anticipated. So we look for some intangibles, one of which is incredible engagement from customers.”
Team
Aditya Naganath
Partner
Josh Coyne
Partner
Leigh Marie Braswell
Partner
Nadia Cochinwala
Principal
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey | Series D | $200m | 2026-03 |
| Anthropic | Growth | — | 2025 |
| Figma | Series A | — | 2017 |
| Rippling | Seed | — | 2019 |
| Glean | Seed | — | 2019 |
| Together AI | Seed | — | 2023 |
| Databricks | Growth | — | 2024 |
| Slack | Series B | — | 2014 |
| Robinhood | Growth | — | 2018 |
| Synthesia | Series E | $200m | 2026-01 |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Sequoia Capital | 46 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 43 |
| GV (Google Ventures) | 40 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | 27 |
| Y Combinator | 26 |
| Founders Fund | 22 |
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