Kleiner Perkins
Menlo Park venture firm founded in 1972 on Sand Hill Road, investing in enterprise software, consumer technology, fintech, and climate from seed through growth.
Typical check size
$1M-$10M (stage-based estimate)
Founded
1972
Headquarters
Menlo Park, CA
AUM
N/A
Rounds they lead
Series A
Series B+
Rounds they invest
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Portfolio companies we track
Startups in our directory that list Kleiner Perkins as an investor (49 total).
- Airbnb Global marketplace connecting guests with short-term stays and experiences.
- Ambience Ambient AI platform for clinical documentation, medical coding, and health-system workflows.
- Ambience Healthcare Ambient AI platform for clinical documentation, coding, and health-system workflows.
- Applied Intuition Simulation and validation software for autonomous vehicles, defense, and robotics.
- Arena AI evaluation platform behind Chatbot Arena / LMArena leaderboards.
- Autograph Web3 NFT platform for sports and entertainment digital collectibles.
- Autograph.io Web3 NFT platform for sports and entertainment digital collectibles (Autograph.io).
- Brex Corporate card and spend management for high-growth companies.
- Captions AI creative studio for scripting, recording, and editing short-form talking videos.
- ClearStory Data Data harmonization and visual analytics platform blending internal and third-party datasets.
- Counsel Health Physician-supervised async AI medical advice via messaging for employers and health plans.
- Dollar Shave Club Subscription razor and grooming brand built on viral DTC marketing (acquired by Unilever, 2016).
- DoorDash U.S. delivery logistics platform — public on NYSE as DASH since December 2020.
- fal Real-time generative media inference APIs for image, video, audio, and 3D at scale.
- Figma Collaborative interface design platform that became the default design system tool.
- Firstbase Remote-work infrastructure provisioning hardware and software for distributed teams.
- Flock Safety Public-safety technology (ALPR / camera networks) used by thousands of agencies.
- Garner Health Employer benefit that ranks in-network doctors on outcomes and reimburses members who see top performers.
- Glorify Faith-based wellness app offering guided prayer, Bible devotionals, and Christian music.
- Groupon, Inc. Daily-deal and local-commerce marketplace; went public on NASDAQ in 2011.
- Gusto Payroll, benefits, and HR platform for small businesses.
- Harvey Domain-specific AI for law firms — research, drafting, contract analysis, and agentic legal workflows.
- Helix Population genomics and clinical-research platform spun out of Illumina — consumer DNA marketplace.
- Hippocratic AI Healthcare LLM company focused on safety-tuned models for patient-facing clinical workflows.
+25 more in the directory graph (browse related articles below or the startups index).
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FAQs about Kleiner Perkins
Stage fit, check size, thesis, and how founders typically approach this firm — based on public sources and our directory.
Per our directory, Kleiner Perkins leads Series A and growth rounds and participates from seed onward. The firm has evolved from early internet-era investing to a modern multi-stage practice spanning venture and growth.
Kleiner Perkins does not publicly disclose a single check range. Our directory estimate, based on seed-through-growth focus, suggests checks scale with stage—from institutional seed participation to large Series B+ anchors—not a published fixed amount.
Kleiner Perkins is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. It invests primarily in U.S. startups with global ambitions; geography follows talent and market opportunity rather than a strict regional cap.
Our directory tags enterprise-saas, consumer, and climate-tech. Kleiner's public portfolio spans fintech, developer tools, healthcare AI, marketplaces, and climate—reflecting a broad technology mandate with sector-specialist partners.
Kleiner Perkins regularly leads Series A and growth rounds and is comfortable anchoring competitive processes. It also joins seed rounds alongside specialist early funds when it identifies category-defining teams early.
Startups in our directory with Kleiner Perkins listed include Figma (/startup/figma), DoorDash (/startup/doordash), Instacart (/startup/instacart), Rippling (/startup/rippling), Airbnb (/startup/airbnb), and Harvey (/startup/harvey).
Founders can reach the firm through kleinerperkins.com and partner bios aligned to their sector. Warm introductions from portfolio CEOs, operators, or co-investors are common; we do not list individual partner emails.
Our blue-chip VC firms guide lists Kleiner Perkins among top-tier U.S. venture firms alongside Sequoia and Benchmark. Individual startup profiles such as Harvey and Figma note Kleiner participation where publicly attributed.