Khosla Ventures - Venture Capital Firm

Khosla Ventures

San Francisco, California

Founded in 2004, Khosla Ventures (KV) offers venture assistance, strategic advice and capital to entrepreneurs. The firm's seed fund consists of 'science or innovation experiments' and other almost imprudent risks, be they in information technology or cleantech, where the firm is often the sole investor. KV's main fund looks at more traditional ventures, from early to later stages in all areas of technology. Several sectors are of particular interest to the firm: mobile, Internet, alternative energy, energy efficiency, storage, materials, and other unconventional areas. KVfounder, Vinod Khosla, was formerly a General Partner at Kleiner Perkins (see profile) and a founder of Sun Microsystems. Vinod has been hailed the #1 VC by Forbes, and Fortune recently labeled him as one the nation's most influential ethanol advocates, noting 'there are venture capitalists, and there's Vinod Khosla.' Investment size can range from $100,000 to above $20MM. Khosla continues to work closely with Kleiner Perkins and the firms often co-evaluate and co-invest together.

Founded:2004

Firm Location:San Francisco, California • Menlo Park, California

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Khosla Ventures Team

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VCs	SWEET SPOT (RANGE)	INVESTMENT LOCATIONS	TOP INVESTMENT CATEGORIES
Alice Brooks Khosla VenturesPrincipal	$6.0M ($1M - $20.0M)	Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)	Investors in IoT, Investors in Logistics, Investors in Manufacturing, Investors in Robotics
Peter Buckland Khosla VenturesManaging Director	$6.0M ($100K - $20.0M)	Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)	Investors in AgTech, Investors in AI, Investors in Consumer products, Investors in Education, Investors in Energy tech, Investors in Enterprise, Investors in Fintech, Investors in Health IT, Investors in Robotics, Investors in Semiconductors
Brian ByunKhosla VenturesVenture Partner	$6.0M ($100K - $20.0M)	Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
Kanu Gulati Khosla VenturesPrincipal	$6.0M ($100K - $20.0M)	Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)	Investors in AI, Investors in Hardware, Investors in Robotics
Samir KaulKhosla VenturesGeneral Partner	$6.0M ($100K - $15.0M)		Investors in Biotech, Investors in Clean tech / environment, Investors in Enterprise, Investors in Food and beverage, Investors in Health IT, Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
Vinod KhoslaKhosla VenturesGeneral Partner	$6.0M ($100K - $20.0M)	Investors in Menlo Park (CA)	Investors in AgTech, Investors in AI, Investors in Analytics, Investors in Cloud infrastructure, Investors in Energy tech, Investors in Enterprise, Investors in Fintech, Investors in Health IT, Investors in Material science, Investors in Security, Investors in VCs who invested in female founders (Other Lists)
EM Evan MooreKhosla VenturesPartner	$1M ($500K - $20.0M)		Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
Alex MorganKhosla VenturesPartner	$6.0M ($1M - $20.0M)	Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)	Investors in AI, Investors in Biotech, Investors in Health IT
Vijit SabnisKhosla VenturesVenture Partner	$6.0M ($100K - $20.0M)		Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
Kristina SimmonsKhosla VenturesInvestor	$6.0M ($100K - $20.0M)	Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)	Investors in AgTech, Investors in Biotech, Investors in Cars / autonomous vehicles, Investors in Food and beverage, Investors in Health IT, Investors in Social mobile
Sven StrohbandKhosla VenturesPartner	$6.0M ($100K - $20.0M)	Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
Rajesh SwaminathanKhosla VenturesVenture Partner	$6.0M ($100K - $20.0M)	Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)	Investors in AI, Investors in AR/VR, Investors in Energy tech, Investors in Medical devices, Investors in Semiconductors
David WeidenKhosla VenturesPartner	$6.0M ($100K - $20.0M)		Investors in E-commerce, Investors in Enterprise, Investors in Health & hospital services, Investors in Health IT, Investors in Local commerce, Investors in Payments, Investors in SaaS, Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in SMB software, Investors in Social mobile
Ari ZilkaKhosla VenturesVenture Partner	$6.0M ($100K - $20.0M)		Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
Hari ArulKhosla Ventures
EM Evan MooreKhosla Ventures

Alice Brooks

Khosla Ventures·Principal

Sweet spot: $6.0M

Range: $1M - $20.0M

Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)

Investors in IoT, Investors in Logistics, Investors in Manufacturing, Investors in Robotics

Peter Buckland

Khosla Ventures·Managing Director

Sweet spot: $6.0M

Range: $100K - $20.0M

Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)

Investors in AgTech, Investors in AI, Investors in Consumer products, Investors in Education, Investors in Energy tech, Investors in Enterprise, Investors in Fintech, Investors in Health IT, Investors in Robotics, Investors in Semiconductors