We’re thrilled to welcome Everett (Ev) Randle, back to Kleiner Perkins as a Partner. Ev is a consummate investor with a keen eye for fundamentals across enterprise software and financial services. His ability to understand business drivers and help companies navigate the transition from Series A to growth and beyond is exemplary.

Figma is more than a company – it’s a connected community of empowered creators. We couldn’t be more proud of the team, and look forward to what they will accomplish as part of the Adobe family.

Superblocks has been building quietly with a mission to bring every building block that a developer needs to build and automate any process into a single, programmable platform. We are excited by the opportunity for Superblocks to supercharge millions of developers everywhere, and proud to partner with Brad, Ran and the Superblocks team to lead their Series A.

Tecton has pioneered the ML feature management category, and build a product that serves as the foundation for the machine learning efforts of Fortune 500 companies. To keep pace with growing customer demand, and continue growing its community, Tecton announced its $100m Series C led by Kleiner Perkins today.

Motive was founded with a clear mission to empower the businesses that fuel our physical economy. It has since grown into a category defining company with real revenue scale, multiple product lines, and tremendous positive impact on the businesses that leverage their products. We couldn’t be more thrilled to bring the band back together and co-lead their Series F.

Glean empowers employees with an intuitive work assistant that helps them find exactly what they need, and discover the things they should know.

We believe that Rippling is a generational company, and the team is executing together better than we could have imagined.

Lumafield has the power to give engineers confidence in pushing the limits of manufacturing.

Firstbase is enabling companies to manage workplace equipment as employees achieve a higher quality of life through remote work.

Truv has built a platform that allows consumers to pull their employment data and give financial service providers access to it in order to better assess their credit and unlock access to products.

Technology has created new ways for fans to engage with their icons. Autograph is building a cornerstone platform to power these magical experiences on web3.

Rain is the easiest, fastest, and most reliable gateway into crypto-assets in the Middle East today. It enables anyone in the region to buy, sell and store digital coins in a safe, reliable and compliant way.

We’re excited to announce KP20, $800 million for our twentieth early stage venture fund, and $1 billion for our second select fund for high inflection investments, KP Select II. With these two new funds we are excited to start backing the next 50 years of history-making founders.

Bucky Moore synthesizes the most impactful ideas from conversations over the past year, and their influence on his go-forward thinking as an investor.

Synthesia is building the leading AI-enabled video creation platform that allows anyone to create professional-quality videos in the browser using a custom avatar.

The combination of horizontal scalability, support for serverless, and a consumer-grade user experience brings PlanetScale as close to the “holy grail” of database platforms as we have seen.

As modern brands redefine the way we shop, it’s time for their loyalty programs to modernize too. We're proud to partner with the Imprint team in their pursuit to reimagine how we pay, and make it a rewarding experience for customers and the brands they love.

We believe that Lightforce Orthodontics is the second-wave of orthodontics digitization, and we're proud to lead their Series C.

The Annual Kleiner Perkins People Report gives founders access to the collective power of our network, leaders within and outside of our portfolio.

Glean is an incredibly delightful and intuitive experience that enables employees to find information and people regardless of where they reside.

Rapid Robotics automates machine operator tasks to help manufacturers and scale their businesses. They offer robotics services at a monthly rate, making automation easily affordable and adoptable by even the smallest businesses. We’re thrilled to co-lead their Series B.

In 2012, we started the Kleiner Perkins Fellows program where we introduced students interested in technology and entrepreneurship, to opportunities at companies we believe in. This year, we welcome 102 Fellows from 38 universities across 41 partnering companies.

Thrive Global is helping the world’s leading enterprises and their people live and work with greater well-being. We’re proud to partner with them on their mission to end the stress and burnout epidemic and unlock human potential.

We're proud to partner with RudderStack on their journey to provide developers with the open, flexible tools they need to deliver value to the business with customer data.

Tajir is Pakistan’s largest tech-enabled retail network — a one stop shop for sellers to compare the prices of goods, purchase inventory, and enjoy the convenience of 24/7 ordering with next-day delivery.

Emile is raising the bar for the virtual learning experience ー more than 50,000 students have used Emile to supplement their high school learning experience already.

Settle has reimagined the CFO suite for brands, starting with integrated financing and bill pay solutions.

Announcing Kleiner Perkins Select ー a new $750M fund that extends our core investment strategy to focus on high inflection investments in enterprise, consumer, hardtech, fintech, and healthcare companies.

Hatch provides accessible, transparent and fair solutions that small businesses need to start out and grow. We’re excited to have been privy to Hatch’s formation in our offices and to support them from Seed to Series A.

Secureframe is building a compliance and security platform that automates the compliance certification process end-to-end. We're excited to partner with the team on on their mission to become the single source of truth for commercial compliance on the Internet.

Calixa is poised to play an important role in providing the system of action to the modern, data-driven software business.

We are poised for an explosive next chapter of crypto, with massive opportunities.

We’re excited to continue our journey and join Infinitus’ Series A. You’ll know they’ve succeeded when you never have to make another call for your healthcare.

Bucky Moore shares a synthesis of impactful ideas from conversations over the past year, and their influence on our go-forward thinking.

When we led their Series B, DoorDash was competing in a crowded space that was poorly serving its customers. What was different was the team, their technology, their commitment to their customers, and their drive to execute.

MedArrive is a new care management platform that enables healthcare providers and payors to extend services into the home. The company bridges the virtual care gap by combining physician-led telemedicine with hands-on care from a network of trusted EMS professionals.

Communication is fundamental to human beings. Yet it's rare that a company changes how we connect and work together, much less how we delight one another. (With emoji or otherwise). Slack has somehow managed to do just that. It's made work more fun for millions of people.

As more business data moves to streaming, we see Materialize’s ability to democratize access to it as the foundation upon which they will build the industry’s next major data platform.

Welcome is delivering breathtaking, high quality virtual events and experiences to keep us connected. We’re excited to lead Welcome’s Series A and partner with the team on their mission to provide access to those who wouldn’t otherwise have it.

apiiro is a systematic and comprehensive approach for engineering teams to ensure that what they build is as secure as possible. We're excited to co-lead their Series A.

The 2020 Kleiner Perkins People Report leverages the collective power of Founders and People Leaders to provide transparency and insight into what startups are doing around critical topics.

Announcing our investment in Coda. It’s clear that there is true value in Coda’s vision for the world — that if given the right set of building blocks, anyone can make a doc as powerful as an app.

Density is powering the future of how we measure and manage physical space, and there hasn't been a more critical moment in our history to get this right.

Announcing our Series A investment Dexterity. Modern industries will thrive with robot solutions that can adapt and change with us, and we’re excited to help Dexterity accelerate this new reality.

Announcing our $15m Series A in Open Raven. Open Raven is building the foundational data security platform for enterprises in the cloud-first world.

Alkira is empowering companies to connect and operate multi-cloud networks with the support they need, like integrated services, visibility and governance.

People are at the heart of great organizations. Pathlight is empowering individuals and teams perform at their best, and helping organizations harness the creativity of their people.

For the past year, we have partnered with the Interos team to bring transparency and intelligence to highly interconnected supply chains.

We're excited to announce our nineteenth venture fund, KP19! -- $700M to focus on early-stage investments. Our mission remains the same — to be the first call for founders who want to change the world and make history.

With modern technology and growing amounts of data, the future of credit reaches far beyond today's infrastructure. We're excited to pa...

Today, we're excited to welcome John Doerr and Founders Fund to the Modern Health journey as we announce the company's Series B.

We are grateful for Frank’s many contributions to our firm over the years. He will be sorely missed.

Bison Trails is the easiest way to run secure, premier infrastructure on multiple blockchains.

Brook Byers shares insights from 40 years of working with scientists, physicians, engineers and patients to create new products and build companies.

Moveworks is an AI platform that autonomously resolves IT support issues.

Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, the firm that helped to establish Sand Hill Road as a global venture capital hub over the past five decades, is going “Back to the Future" with a slate of new leaders and a stronger focus on what it does best.

Progyny helps people achieve the dream of parenthood with its fertility and family building benefits solutions.

Cryptocurrency data analytics startup Skew has raised $2 million in seed funding from several venture capital firms, including Silicon Valley icon Kleiner Perkins.

Ilya Fushman interviews award recipient — Slack CFO, Allen Shim

Anti-fraud startup Shape Security recently raised US$51 million in a funding round led by C5 Capital along with existing investors, including Focus...

With the ubiquity of mobile devices, modern software tools, and the connected nature of our world, it’s now possible to reinvent storytelling and empower talent from all walks of life to reach a global audience.

There was a time when Kleiner Perkins, an early investor in Google and Amazon, let its portfolio do the talking. But times have changed, and the well-known firm, with a fresh $600 million early-stage fund, is looking to open a "new chapter" aimed at going "back to the future."

Pattern Brands is leveraging the power of a brand to sell products.

DUST Identity is building a physical and digital platform for secure, low-cost, un-forgeable tracking of goods.

Artificial intelligence is a hot investment for venture capital firms. And as the use of the technology expands, some investors expect consumers to...

Every so often you find an idea that is so creative and differentiated that it captures your heart and mind. That's how we felt about Cameo...

We're thrilled to announce that we've raised Kleiner Perkins' 18th venture fund to focus on early stage investing.

Sixty-eight students will be spending their summer pursuing their passion for design, engineering and product management.

Brex, the credit card built for scaling business, today announced it closed a $100 million investment round.

Azarus, the first company to build a distributed, user-generated game challenge system has raised $1.8M in Seed funding.

Host Jason Calacanis sits down with Mamoon for the latest episode of ANGEL the Podcast.

The roster of U.S. cabinet-level departments has grown over the decades in response to one pressing need or another.

The platform that helps graduates manage student debt has raised $5.5M in Seed funding.

Modern Health, a mental well-being benefits platform for employers, today announced $9 million in Series A funding.

Future, the $5 a day personal coaching platform, today announced $8.5M in Series A funding.

The app becomes a hub for your healthy behavior.

The company's biggest aim is to prevent mental health crises before they start by providing services to everyone.

Mamoon Hamid sits down with Harry Stebbings to discuss venture capital and more.

CodeSandbox is an online code editor that allows you to create a new web application in a single click. We handle setting up the development environment, the tooling and the provisioning for you.

Beyond Meat offers a portfolio of revolutionary plant-based meats for consumers to experience while enjoying the nutritional benefits of eating plant-based foods.

We're thrilled to partner with the STORD team to reshape how goods move across the globe.

Stord, an Atlanta, Georgia-based provider of freight and warehousing services, today announced that it's raised $12.3 million in series A funding.

Handshake's platform is akin to LinkedIn, but focused on college kids and young grads across the country.

Netlify is bringing new local testing and live stream preview capabilities to more than 12 million sites deployed on its platform.

New enhancements include a new canonical application, JavaScript software developer kit (SDK) and open source library as well as visualizations.

Kinsa is an innovative start-up creating a real-time health map by leveraging its smart thermometers to get a sense of where people are experiencing the flu (using anonymous data).

Alteryx announced that it has acquired ClearStory Data, a privately held software company based in Menlo Park, Calif.

Businesses are built by people whose time should be spent on developing products and interacting with customers.

Manage your business's HR and IT— from payroll and benefits, to employee computers and software — all in one, easy-to-use platform. Hello, gateway to the enterprise app ecosystem.

The rapid proliferation of digital connections and services has led to an evolution in the way we interact and perform transactions online.

When The Wing announced a series C round of funding back in December, backers included women from the leadership of Time's Up, such as Kerry Washington and former White House advisor Valerie Jarrett.

Earlier this week, Glossier hit unicorn status, reaching a valuation of $1.2 billion. valuation to $1 billion, according to a company release on Thursday.

Epic Games dumped a bunch of news about the state of the Unreal Engine at its keynote talk at the Game Developers Conference today.

Today the brand launched a new look and marketing strategy to encourage more women (who either have or do not have health insurance) to think about Nurx when it comes to birth control.

At the American College of Cardiology this past weekend, chronic disease management platform Livongo reported on six-month results from its first major study of its hypertension management platform, which is already in use with many of its customers.

As schools continue to look for new ways to cut costs while at the same time reboot their curriculum to better tap new innovations and improved understandings of how children learn, e-learning startups are attracting attention, both from educators and the VCs that fund them to fuel growth.

On February 27, 2019, John Doerr was honored by the NVCA with its Lifetime Achievement Award in venture capital. The Award honors those who have made significant contributions to foster innovation, advance technology and drive new company formation.

The ability to rent his car to strangers for cash convinced Trevor Davis, a high-school teacher in Dallas, to buy a brand-new Honda Civic instead of a used car.

After an explosion of altcoins and funding, technical constraints and regulatory angst have taken over the headlines. Still, the frenzy of the past two years set the stage for the next wave of adoption with a steady inflow of talent and new, uniquely compelling use cases of digital assets.

Airbnb says it plans to acquire HotelTonight, a service for travelers seeking last-minute hotel bookings, in a deal that will expand the lodging-rental company’s portfolio with traditional and boutique hotel listings.

Ted Schlein, General Partner, Kleiner Perkins

Beyond Meat is venturing well beyond its popular plant-based burgers and chicken strips. On Tuesday, the meat substitute producer announced Beyond Beef, a new product meant to taste, feel, and smell just like ground beef.

CNBC's Deirdre Bosa reports on the security threat 5G could pose as more companies adopt the technology.

N3twork is introducing a platform for scaling third-party mobile games today in an effort to expand beyond its business of creating its own hit mobile titles.

Juniper plans to use the purchase to bolster its software-defined enterprise portfolio and multicloud offerings.

Farmers Business Network, a sort of Glassdoor for agriculture, is now selling its own seeds, too.

The tool will deliver what the company calls Health Nudges to help users better manage hypertension.

Ionic Security has raised $40 million in series E financing led by JPMorgan Chase, with participation from GV, Kleiner Perkins, Icon Ventures, Meritech Capital, TechOperators, Ten Eleven Ventures, Goldman Sachs, SunTrust Bank, and others.

Better.com, a home finance disrupter, today announced its closing of additional funding from Citigroup.

Delivery company DoorDash is announcing that it has raised $400 million in Series F financing.

Veem's browser-based service enables users to send funds to recipients using only their email address; Veem's platform automatically finds the most efficient route using a combination of traditional bank payment rails, blockchain and partnerships, earning revenue on currency conversions.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many emails can you replace with a video?

Late last month, the venture firm Kleiner Perkins began an official reboot, with a new, $600 million fund, as well as some new faces blazing the trail for the outfit going forward, including Mamoon Hamid and Ilya Fushman, investors who joined Kleiner from Social Capital and Index Ventures, respectively.

OdeMap: VC Poetry by Bing Gordon on the triumphs and challenges that every founder faces on their journey to make history.

With more industries and organizations recognizing design as a pillar of business, a battle is brewing among makers of design tools. And with a fresh $40 million in Series C funding, Figma is ready to fight.

Productboard, the San Francisco and Prague-based startup that offers product management software, has raised $10 million in further funding, adding to its Series A in July last year. The round is led by Index Ventures, and sees Index General Partner Jan Hammer joining the board.

Fertility drugs and treatments are expensive, but employers have increasingly begun to cover their cost.

Today, the Los Angeles-based subscription box company FabFitFun said it has landed a whopping $80 million in Series A funding led by Kleiner Perkins.

When Lauren Kassan began building The Wing with Audrey Gelman almost four years ago, she never would have imagined bringing her child into the same space as her work.

Figma, the design and prototyping tool that aims to offer a web-based alternative to similar tools from the likes of Adobe, is launching a few new features today that will make the service easier to use to collaborate across teams in large organizations.

ReCaptcha inventor Luis von Ahn introduced Duolingo in 2012, hoping to help users master a new language. In minutes a day, the app promised, you could learn English, Spanish, French, or German—no books required, no instructors. And all for free.

Duolingo, which built a big business on a free app, may file to go public in 2020. If and when it does, the startup will give Pittsburgh a huge homegrown success story.

Versatility, convenience and rapidity are the core advantages of DM systems

Arguably, diplomatic communications are a sovereign state’s most sensitive, protected information. However, threat actors target and breach even a heavily secured diplomatic correspondence network with alarming success to steal data and intellectual property—just as they target private businesses and organizations.

Robinhood is getting into more traditional consumer banking with the launch of a new checking and savings account.

Fintech company Plaid just hit a key Silicon Valley milestone: a multibillion dollar valuation.

Rana El-Kaliouby is CEO of Affectiva. As a computer scientist, she reveals how her constant drive to break new ground in technology has made her one of the leading minds in artificial intelligence.

Nurx aims to address the issue of so-called "contraceptive deserts" in the U.S.

Viva Republica, operator of the South Korean digital wallet Toss, has raised $80 million from investors including Kleiner Perkins to propel its expansion into new areas such as online stock trading.