This company has witnessed a lot of history in its 40-plus years. Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers are big players in the venture capital investing space. They have one of the largest rosters of companies invested in to make this list, with over 800 investments to date in 438 companies. They specialize in a number of different investment areas including seed, early and late stage, private equity and debt financing.
Their current portfolio lists some very big companies; many of which KCPB were early investors in: Electronic Arts (EA), Netscape, Segway, Sun Microsystems, Amazon, Compaq, AOL, Ring, Tradesy, CoreOS, Farmer’s Network, Buddybuild, and many others.
KCPB is a serious firm that puts a lot of time and effort into vetting their investments before laying their money down. They have a $200M fund dedicated solely to innovative companies dedicated to improving and expanding upon current iPhone technology.
Founded: 1972
Funds raised / currently managed: ~ $6 billion
Focus industries: Commercial services, computer hardware, mobile, clean tech, healthcare devices and supplies, media, financial services, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, software.
Offices:
KPCB San Francisco Office
- Address: 101 South Park Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 USA
- Phone: +1 650 233 2750
- Fax: +1 650 233 0300
- Email: plans@kpcb.com
KPCB Beijing Office
- Address: Unit 2705, Tower C YINTAI Center No. 2 Jianguomenwai Ave Chaoyang District, Beijing 100022 PRC
- Phone: +86 10 8517 1799
- Fax: +86 10 8517 1570
- Email: info_china@kpcb.com
KPCB Shanghai Office I
- Address: Unit 27, Xin Kang Garden, 1273 Huai Hai Zhong Road, Shanghai 200031 PRC
- Phone: +86 21 3383 0688
- Fax: +86 21 3383 0699
- Email: info_china@kpcb.com
KPCB Shanghai Office II
- Address: No. 6, Lane 1350, Middle Fu Xing Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200031 PRC
- Phone: +86 21 6025 2100
- Fax: +86 21 6025 2110
- Email: info_china@kpcb.com