Kleiner Perkins
Menlo Park · Seed–Growth · 1 people tracked
Investment thesis
Kleiner Perkins partners with founders who aim to build iconic companies and make history across industries and continents. The firm invests from inception through IPO and beyond, operating with a moral compass centered on serving humanity. The firm emphasizes empathy for founder challenges, humility in its advisory role, and winning through diverse expertise and orthogonal thinking.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 17, 2026.
Team · 1 people
from the firm's websiteJohn Doerr is an engineer and venture capitalist serving as Chairman of Kleiner Perkins. With over 40 years of experience, he has worked with entrepreneurs to build disruptive companies and has been a pioneer in Silicon Valley's cleantech movement since 2006. He is also an author of bestselling books on business strategy and climate solutions.
Investments · 27 tracked
- Amazon
- Anthropic
- Applied Intuition
- Compaq Computer Corporation
- DoorDash
- Duolingo
- Electronic Arts
- Figma
- Genentech
- Glean
- Handshake
- Harvey
- Instacart
- Intuit
- Motive
- Nest
- Netscape
- Rippling
- Robinhood
- Slack
- Spotify
- Square
- Stripe
- Sun Microsystems
- Waymo
- Xilinx
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Kleiner Perkins invest at?
- Kleiner Perkins invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What sectors does Kleiner Perkins focus on?
- Kleiner Perkins focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Kleiner Perkins located?
- Kleiner Perkins is headquartered in Menlo Park, US.
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