Khosla Ventures
Menlo Park venture firm founded by Vinod Khosla in 2004, backing ambitious founders in deep tech, AI, climate, healthcare, and frontier technology from seed through growth.
Typical check size
$1M-$10M (stage-based estimate)
Founded
2004
Headquarters
Menlo Park, CA
AUM
N/A
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Startups in our directory that list Khosla Ventures as an investor (41 total).
- Abridge AI medical scribe capturing clinician-patient conversations into structured EHR notes.
- Affirm Public buy-now-pay-later lender founded by Max Levchin (NASDAQ: AFRM).
- Apeel Sciences Plant-derived edible coatings that extend fresh-produce shelf life and reduce food waste.
- BioAge Labs Clinical-stage biotech targeting metabolic disease and aging biology (public: BIOA).
- Black Ore Technologies AI platform automating tax prep and financial-services workflows (Tax Autopilot).
- Boku Carrier billing and mobile payments for digital goods and app stores.
- Branch International Mobile-first lending and financial services for emerging markets (Branch.co).
- Cadre Institutional real-estate investing marketplace (acquired by Yieldstreet).
- ClearStory Data Data harmonization and visual analytics platform blending internal and third-party datasets.
- Corma Frontier AI lab building foundation models for defensive cybersecurity.
- DoorDash U.S. delivery logistics platform — public on NYSE as DASH since December 2020.
- Earli Synthetic biopsy biotech — forces tumors to produce detectable biomarkers for early cancer localization.
- Earn.com Paid email and micropayments platform (formerly 21.co) — acquired by Coinbase, 2018.
- Gobble 15-minute dinner meal-kit delivery for busy families—acquired by Intelligent Foods in 2022, still operating.
- Granular Farm-management software for large commercial growers (acquired by Corteva).
- Imply Commercial Apache Druid company — real-time analytics database for operational and product analytics.
- Instacart Grocery delivery marketplace connecting consumers, retailers, and personal shoppers.
- Lookout Mobile security platform — malware protection, app risk, and enterprise mobile threat defense.
- Lula API-first insurance infrastructure for fleets, rentals, and logistics — the Stripe layer for commercial insurance programs.
- Mach Industries Vertically integrated defense manufacturing — Viper, Glide, Stratos unmanned systems and Forge Huntington factory.
- Mariana Minerals Software-first mining company for U.S. lithium, copper, and nickel via MarianaOS platform.
- Maven Virtual clinic for women's and family health — fertility, maternity, pediatrics, and menopause.
- Mesosphere Enterprise Kubernetes and DC/OS platform (rebranded D2iQ; assets acquired by Nutanix).
- Nova Labs Company behind Helium — decentralized wireless networks for IoT and 5G.
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