The Firm
KPCB is a world leader in investments in Information Technology, Energy, Greentech industries, Utilities, the Life Sciences, and Pharmaceuticals. KPCB is highly selective in the companies it invests in, and it aims to build "category defining companies" that will become leaders in the field. It has traditionally focused on early-stage investments, but also does later-stage investments. KPCB is highly respected within the industry, and is regarded as having the best track record of building world-class companies. As such, an investment by KPCB is considered a sign that a company has great potential.
Notable members of the firm include partners John Doerr, Ray Lane, and Brook Byers, as well as high-profile individuals such as Sun Microsystems co-founder Bill Joy (who joined as partner in January 2005), former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (who joined in July 2005 in the newly-created position of "strategic limited partner"), Vinod Khosla and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, who joined as partner in November 2007 as part of a collaboration between KPCB and Gore's firm Generation Investment Management (GIM) to promote green technology, business and policy solutions.
The firm was named after its four founding partners: Eugene Kleiner, Tom Perkins, Frank J. Caufield, and Brook Byers. KPCB was formed in 1972.
Like other venture capital firms, the firm does not discourage transactions among companies in which it holds a stake.
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