Kleiner Perkins

Venture capital firm
Menlo Park, California, USAFounded 1972www.kleinerperkins.com

Kleiner Perkins is an American venture capital firm specializing in early-stage and growth company investments, headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Strategy

Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
EnterpriseConsumerFintechHardtechHealthcareAIClimate
Geographies
USAMenlo Park, California, USA
Check size
$1M-$100M

Recent changes

  1. Sep 15, 2026Follow-on: Invested in Profound (Series D, $180M) Bloomberg
  2. Sep 3, 2026Invested in Profound (Series C, $96M) Newcomer
  3. Aug 4, 2026Invested in Parallel (Series B, $100M) TechCrunch
  4. Jul 30, 2026Invested in K2 Space (Series D, $500M) Bloomberg
  5. Jul 20, 2026Invested in CuspAI (Series B, $450M) CNBC
Earlier changes (12)
  1. Jul 17, 2026Invested in Chai Discovery (Series C, $400M) Crunchbase News
  2. Jun 26, 2026Invested in Mirendil (Seed, $200M) Crunchbase News
  3. Jun 26, 2026Stealthy AI-R&D Lab Mirendil Raises a $200M Seed From a16z and Kleiner Perkins Pulse story
  4. Apr 7, 2026New fund: Kleiner Perkins Fund XXII ($995M) SEC EDGAR Form D
  5. Mar 24, 2026New fund: Kleiner Perkins Growth Fund XXII ($3.5B) TechCrunch
  6. Jan 6, 2026Follow-on: Invested in Arena (Series A, $150M) Wikipedia
  7. 2026New fund: Kleiner Perkins 2026 Growth Funds ($2.5B) Wikipedia
  8. May 2025Invested in Arena (Seed, $100M) Wikipedia
  9. Jul 2024New fund: Kleiner Perkins Fund III ($2B) Wikipedia
  10. Jun 28, 2024New fund: Kleiner Perkins Fund XXI ($825M) SEC EDGAR Form D
  11. Jan 11, 2022New fund: Kleiner Perkins Fund XX (target $800M) SEC EDGAR Form D
  12. Jan 2019New fund: Kleiner Perkins Fund XVIII ($600M) Wikipedia

Funds

7
FundVintageSizeStrategySource
Kleiner Perkins Fund XXII2026$995MFlagship
As of Apr 7, 2026SEC EDGAR Form D
Kleiner Perkins Growth Fund XXII2026$3.5BGrowthEarly-stage and growth venture · Early-stage + growth
As of Mar 24, 2026TechCrunch
Kleiner Perkins 2026 Growth Funds2026$2.5BGrowth
As of 2026Wikipedia
Kleiner Perkins Fund III2024$2BOtherCombined early-stage (KP21) and growth (Select III) funds
As of Jul 2024Wikipedia
Kleiner Perkins Fund XXI2024$825MFlagship
As of Jun 28, 2024SEC EDGAR Form D
Show 2 earlier funds
FundVintageSizeStrategySource
Kleiner Perkins Fund XX2022target $800MFlagship
As of Jan 11, 2022SEC EDGAR Form D
Kleiner Perkins Fund XVIII2019$600MFlagship
As of Jan 2019Wikipedia

Portfolio

23 total
ProfoundAnthropicHarveyRobinhoodElectronic ArtsParallelK2 SpaceCuspAIChai DiscoveryTogether AIMirendilSaronicStripeWaymoArenaOpenEvidenceFigmaPlaidBrexOracleDoorDashSquareGlean

Recent Investment Activity

10
DateCompanyEventAmountValuationInvestorsSource
Sep 15, 2026ProfoundSeries D$180M$1.8B
Sequoia CapitalKleiner Perkins
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Bloomberg
Sep 3, 2026ProfoundSeries C$96M—
Lightspeed Venture PartnersSequoia CapitalKleiner PerkinsSaga VenturesSouth Park CommonsEvantic
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Pulse story
Aug 4, 2026ParallelSeries B$100M—
Sequoia CapitalKhosla VenturesKleiner Perkins
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Pulse story
Jul 30, 2026K2 SpaceSeries D$500M$6.8B
Kleiner PerkinsIconiq CapitalLightspeed Venture PartnersAlphabet's CapitalGAltimeter Capital Management
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Pulse story
Jul 20, 2026CuspAISeries B$450M$2.6B
Kleiner PerkinsNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Bezos ExpeditionsLux CapitalAMD VenturesTemasekUK Sovereign AI Venture FundGlade Brook Capital Partners
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CNBC
Jul 17, 2026Chai DiscoverySeries C$400M$3.8 billion
Index VenturesSequoia CapitalDimensionKleiner PerkinsBaillie GiffordBain Capital VenturesBattery VenturesMenlo VenturesSapphire Ventures
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Pulse story
Jun 26, 2026MirendilSeed$200M$1B
Andreessen HorowitzKleiner PerkinsNVentures
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Pulse story
Jan 6, 2026ArenaSeries A$150M~$1.7B
Felicis VenturesUC InvestmentsAndreessen HorowitzThe House FundKleiner PerkinsLightspeed Venture PartnersLaude VenturesLDVP
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Wikipedia
Oct 20, 2025OpenEvidenceSeries C$200M—
Google Ventures (GV)Sequoia CapitalKleiner PerkinsBlackstone (Tech Hub)Thrive CapitalCoatue ManagementBondCraft Ventures
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TechCrunch
May 1, 2025ArenaSeed$100M$600M
Andreessen HorowitzUC InvestmentsLightspeed Venture PartnersFelicis VenturesKleiner Perkins
Wikipedia

Sector / Stage Activity

By sector (portfolio)
AI infra
6 · 26%
Fintech
4 · 17%
Enterprise SaaS
2 · 9%
Biotech
1 · 4%
Consumer
1 · 4%
Gaming
1 · 4%
Developer tools
1 · 4%
Legal tech
1 · 4%
Space
1 · 4%
AI / clinical search for physicians
1 · 4%
By stage (tracked rounds)
Series C
3 · 30%
Series D
2 · 20%
Series B
2 · 20%
Seed
2 · 20%
Series A
1 · 10%

Co-Investors

12
SV Angel · 9 sharedSequoia Capital · 7 sharedLightspeed Venture Partners · 5 sharedAndreessen Horowitz · 5 sharedDST Global · 4 sharedGeneral Catalyst · 4 sharedBaillie Gifford · 3 sharedCoatue Management · 3 sharedNVentures · 3 sharedScribble Ventures · 3 sharedKhosla Ventures · 3 sharedAltimeter Capital · 2 shared

Latest Pulse

Pulse coverage →
  1. AEO Startup Profound Hits $1.8B In Just 7 MonthsProfound, which helps brands track how they appear inside ChatGPT and Gemini answers, raised a $180 million Series D co-led by Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins at a $1.8 billion valuation, less than seven months after its last round.→
  2. Parallel Raises $100M to Build Search for AI AgentsParallel raised a $100M Series B led by Sequoia, with Khosla Ventures and Kleiner Perkins participating, to build a search engine designed specifically for AI agents rather than human browsers.→
  3. K2 Space Raises $500M Series D at $6.8B ValuationK2 Space raised a $500 million Series D co-led by Kleiner Perkins and ICONIQ, valuing the large-satellite manufacturer at $6.8 billion as it targets building up to 100 large satellites a year for commercial and defense customers.→
  4. K2 Space Raises $500M at $6.8B ValuationK2 Space raised a $500 million Series D at a $6.8 billion valuation, co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Iconiq, to scale production of large, high-power satellites for data-heavy communications and defense missions.→
  5. Bezos Backs CuspAI's $450M Round to Hunt Chip MaterialsCuspAI raised a $450 million Series B at a $2.6 billion valuation, roughly five times its mark nine months ago, with Bezos Expeditions joining Kleiner Perkins and NEA as the Cambridge startup launches an AI Materials Foundry with Nvidia and Meta.→
  6. Chai Discovery Raises $400M at $3.8B for AI Drug DesignLife-sciences AI startup Chai Discovery raised a $400 million Series C at a $3.8 billion valuation led by Index Ventures, Sequoia, Dimension and Kleiner Perkins, one of the largest rounds yet for AI-driven drug and molecule design.→
  7. Stealthy AI-R&D Lab Mirendil Raises a $200M Seed From a16z and Kleiner PerkinsMirendil, a new and largely stealth frontier AI lab focused on building systems for AI research and development itself, raised a $200 million seed round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins, with Nvidia among its backers. A nine-figure seed for a pre-product lab is one of the year's clearest signals that capital is racing to fund the next generation of foundation-model challengers.→
  8. Mirendil Raises $200M Seed to Build AI That Excels at AI R&DMirendil, a San Francisco frontier lab building systems designed to excel at AI research and development itself, raised a $200 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins. The gargantuan seed reflects investor conviction that automating AI research -- models that help build better models -- could be the highest-leverage frontier in the field.→
  9. CuspAI Raises $400M at $2.6B -- Bezos and Kleiner Back AI Materials DiscoveryUK AI materials-discovery startup CuspAI raised $400M at a $2.6B valuation, with Jeff Bezos' Bezos Expeditions and Kleiner Perkins backing. The company uses generative AI to design new materials -- for carbon capture, batteries and beyond -- collapsing discovery cycles that used to take years.→
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