Kleiner Perkins

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Kleiner Perkins
FormerlyKleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB)
Company typePrivate
IndustryVenture capital
Founded1972; 52 years ago (1972) in California
Founders
Headquarters
Menlo Park, California
,
U.S.
ProductsInvestments
Websitewww.kleinerperkins.com

Kleiner Perkins, formerly Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), is an American venture capital firm which specializes in investing in incubation, early stage and growth companies. Since its founding in 1972, the firm has backed entrepreneurs[1] in over 900 ventures,[2][3] including America Online,[4] Amazon.com,[5] Tandem Computers, Compaq,[6] Electronic Arts,[4] JD.com, Square,[7] Genentech,[6] Google, Netscape, Sun Microsystems, Nest, Palo Alto Networks, Synack, Snap, AppDynamics, and Twitter.[7] By 2019 it had raised around $9 billion in 19 venture capital funds[8] and four growth funds.[3]

Kleiner Perkins is headquartered in Menlo Park in Silicon Valley,[9] with offices in San Francisco[9] and Shanghai, China.[10]

The New York Times described Kleiner Perkins as "perhaps Silicon Valley's most famous venture firm".[11] The Wall Street Journal called it one of the "largest and most established" venture capital firms[12] and Dealbook named it "one of Silicon Valley's top venture capital providers."[13]

  1. ^ "Capital Markets: Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on 13 November 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Assets": Kleiner Perkins, 2019
  3. ^ a b Companies, Kleiner Perkins, 2017, archived from the original on 15 July 2017, retrieved 22 July 2017
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  8. ^ "Future Raises $8.5M in Series A Funding Led by Kleiner Perkins to Digitize the Personal Training Experience": Kleiner Perkins, 5/23/2019
  9. ^ a b Kleiner Perkins Offices at KPCB.com Archived 22 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Headquarters, KPCB China, retrieved 2 May 2017
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  12. ^ Austin, Scott (22 January 2010). "One of These Venture Firms Is Not Like The Other". The Wall Street Journal.
  13. ^ "Gore's Dual Role in Spotlight: Advocate and Investor". The New York Times (Dealbook). 3 November 2009.