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Websitekhoslaventures.com
Phone650-376-8500
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Employees

Funds

Total$2.35B
Khosla Ventures III, 9/09 $771M
Khosla Ventures III, 1/10 $229M
Khosla Ventures Seed, 1/10 $36.7M
Khosla Ventures Seed, 9/09 $263M
Khosla Ventures IV, 6/11 $1.05B

Offices

Menlo Park, USA
3000 Sand Hill Road
Building 3, Suite 170
Menlo Park, CA, 94025
USA

People

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Former People

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Khosla Ventures

Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm started in 2004 by Vinod Khosla, Co-Founder of Sun Microsystems. The firm focuses on environmentally friendly technologies in addition to the traditional venture areas such as the Internet, computing, mobile and silicon technology arenas.

Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Kior 1/12Debt$75M2
LanzaTech New Zealand 1/12Series C$55.8M3
Varentec 1/12Series A$7.7M1
Stion 12/11Unattributed$130M6
NanoH2O 12/11Unattributed$30M2
Rumble 12/11Series A$15M2
Miso 12/11Series B$4M3
Soraa 11/11Unattributed$88.6M1
Kaggle 11/11Series A$11M2
Nutanix 10/11Series B$25M3
RingCentral 9/11Series D$10M5
Danotek Motion Technologies 8/11Series B$15M4
Coskata 8/11Series D5
Okta 8/11Series B$16.5M8
Ness Computing 7/11Series A$5M4
RockMelt 6/11Series B$30M5
Touchstone Semiconductor 6/11Series A$12M2
Evolv On-Demand 4/11Series C$15.8M3
Big Switch Networks 4/11Series A$13.8M2
The Climate Corporation 2/11Series B$42M8
MyLikes 2/11Series A$5.6M3
Storify 2/11Unattributed$2M1
GroupMe 1/11Series B$10.6M7
Ciris Energy 1/11Series B$23.9M4
Lookout 12/10Series C$19.5M3
Meebo 12/10Series D$27.5M5
LS9 12/10Series D$30M5
Soladigm 12/10Series C$30M5
Panzura 12/10Series B$12M3
PayNearMe 11/10Unattributed$16M4
Vox Media 11/10Series C$10.5M3
RingCentral 10/10Series C$10M3
Veebeam 10/10Series B$6M7
PVT Solar 9/10Series B$13.7M2
Skybox Imaging 7/10Series B$18M3
Coskata 7/10Series D$23.7M6
Kior 7/10Unattributed$110M1
iKoa 7/10Unattributed$7.8M2
ZocDoc 7/10Series B$15M3
EcoMotors 7/10Series B$23.5M2
eASIC 6/10Series E$10.7M2
Lookout 5/10Series B$11M3
Sand 9 5/10Series B$12M4
AdReady 4/10Series C$5.3M3
Xobni 4/10Series C$16.2M7
MokaFive 4/10Series C$21M3
On Deck Capital 3/10Series B$35M5
Hunch 3/10Series B$12M3
YuMe 2/10Unattributed$25M5
Solum 2/10Series A$2.05M1
BOKU 1/10Series C$25M4
Nordic Windpower 1/10Series C$38M6
iKoa 1/10Debt$1.5M2
Lookout 12/09Series A$5.5M3
Danotek Motion Technologies 12/09Unattributed$13.2M4
Square 11/09Series A$10M19
LS9 10/09Series C$25M4
Soladigm 10/09Unattributed$20.7M2
Amyris Biotechnologies 10/09Series C$41.8M4
YuMe 9/09Series C$5M4
Seeo 8/09Unattributed$8.6M1
Rayspan 7/09Series B$12.5M2
BOKU 6/09Series A$13M5
HCL CleanTech 6/09Series A$5.5M2
Xsigo 5/09Unattributed4
Beceem Communications 4/09Unattributed$20M9
Ausra 4/09Series D$25.5M5
Xobni 3/09Series B$3.2M8
Xobni 1/09Series B$7M7
Sakti3 2009Series A$2M1
Staccato Communications 11/08Unattributed$20M11
Coskata 11/08Series C$40M5
iSkoot 11/08Series C$19M5
MoVoxx 10/08Series A4
WideOrbit 10/08Series D$10M4
Kaai 10/08Unattributed$5M1
AppNexus 9/08Series B$8M4
ZocDoc 8/08Series A$5M3
Amyris Biotechnologies 8/08Series B$21M4
Ausra 8/08Series C$24.5M3
AltaRock Energy 8/08Series B$26.3M4
Kior 6/08Series B$12.9M1
Firefly Energy 6/08Series C$15M2
Gevo 5/08Series C$17M4
Mascoma 5/08Series C$61M4
Sand 9 5/08Series A$8M3
Infinia 4/08Series B$7M8
Range Fuels 4/08Series C$28.2M4
Lumenz 3/08Unattributed$3M2
eASIC 3/08Series D$48M5
Coskata 3/08Series B$19.5M5
PAX Streamline 3/08Series A$6M1
Nanostellar 2/08Series E$7.05M3
WideOrbit 2/08Series C$14.5M6
Infinia 2/08Series B$50M7
Topanga Technologies 2/08Unattributed2
Soraa 2/08Unattributed$5M1
RingCentral 2/08Series B$12M3
Draths Corporation 1/08Unattributed$5M1
EcoMotors 1/08Unattributed$2.75M1
Jawbone 1/08Series B$6.83M2
AppNexus 12/07Angel$2.5M6
AdReady 12/07Series B$10M3
LS9 10/07Series B$15M3
YuMe 10/07Series B$9M4
Amyris Biotechnologies 9/07Series B$70M4
Ausra 9/07Series A$43.3M4
RingCentral 9/07Series A$12M2
Heysan 7/07Seed$855k2
moka5 7/07Series B$15M2
Jawbone 7/07Series A$5M1
K2 Network 6/07Series B$16M6
iKoa 6/07Series A$9.4M2
Stion 6/07Series B$15M4
Infinia 6/07Series A$9.5M3
NanoH2O 5/07Unattributed$5M1
Frengo 5/07Series B$5.7M3
Segetis 5/07Series A$15M1
LanzaTech New Zealand 4/07Series A$3.5M1
Artimi 3/07Series B$31.5M6
YuMe 3/07Series A$7M3
LS9 3/07Series A$5M2
Xobni 3/07Series A$4.26M6
iSkoot 2/07Series B$7M4
Beceem Communications 2/07Series D$40M11
MokaFive 1/07Series B$15M2
db4objects 2007Series A5
Codon Devices 12/06Series B$20M5
Frengo 12/06Series A$2.3M2
iSkoot 11/06Series A$6.2M3
Mascoma 11/06Unattributed$30M7
Slide 11/06Series C$20M4
Amyris Biotechnologies 10/06Series A$20M3
Group IV Semiconductor 9/06Unattributed$8.16M4
moka5 5/06Unattributed$3M1
GreatPoint Energy 5/06Series B$30M2
Nanostellar 6/04Series A$3M5

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  2. SEC D/A (sec.gov) [edit]
  3. SEC D/A (sec.gov) [edit]
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  6. Alberta, Khosla loan biofuel company KiOR $75M (gigaom.com) [edit]
  7. LanzaTech Completes $55.8M Series C Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  8. Varentec Closes $7.7M Series A Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  9. Stion Raises $130M in Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  10. NanoH20 raising $30M for clean water tech (gigaom.com) [edit]
  11. Rumble To Build and Publish Games Using $15M Series A From Google Ventures and Khosla (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  12. Miso Raises $4M in Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  13. Soraa raises $88M for energy saving lighting (gigaom.com) [edit]
  14. Index And Khosla Lead $11M Round In Kaggle, A Platform For Data Modeling Competitions (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  15. Nutanix Raises $25M in Series B Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  16. Eyeing An IPO, Cloud-Based Phone System RingCentral Raises $10M From Cisco And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  17. Danotek Motion Technologies Raises $15M in Series B Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  18. Coskata Holds First Close of Series D Round of Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  19. Khosla, Greylock, Andreessen Horowitz Put $16.5M In Enterprise Cloud App Management Startup Okta (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  20. With $5 Million In Their Pockets, Ness Has Quietly Built A Subjective Search Engine (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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  22. Touchstone Semiconductor Raises $12 Million in Series A Funding (prweb.com) [edit]
  23. Evolv Raises $15.8 Million For Talent Matching And Intelligence Software (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  24. OpenFlow Startup Big Switch Raises $13.75M From Index, Khosla Ventures (techcrunchit.com) [edit]
  25. WeatherBill Brings in $42M From Google, Khosla (gigaom.com) [edit]
  26. Khosla Ventures Leads $5.6 Million Funding For MyLikes; Buchheit Joins Board (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  27. Storify Raises $2M From Khosla Ventures To Blend Social Media With Storytelling (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  28. techcrunch.com [edit]
  29. Ciris Energy Raises $23.9 Million To Convert Coal To Natural Gas (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  30. Lookout Mobile Security Raises $19.5M in Series C Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  31. Meebo closes $27.5M round to socialize the Web (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  32. TechCrunch [edit]
  33. Soladigm Raises $30 Million More To Make Smart Glass For Green Buildings (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  34. Panzura Raises $12M in Series B Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  35. PayNearMe Closes $16M Round of Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  36. SB Nation Ups Its Funding To Nearly $24 Million With New Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  37. RingCentral Rings In Another $10 Million From Khosla, Sequoia (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  38. Veebeam Raising $6 Million For Wireless Video Sending (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  39. PVT Solar, Inc. names Vikas Desai CEO, Raises $13.7 Million and Strengthens Team (pvtsolar.com) [edit]
  40. SKYBOX IMAGING RAISES $18M IN SERIES B FINANCING (skyboximaging.com) [edit]
  41. Coskata, Inc.: Series D $23.7M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
  42. Khosla-Backed Kior Ups Funding to $110M (earth2tech.com) [edit]
  43. iKoa gets $7.8M more for low power semiconductors (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  44. Khosla Ventures And Founders Fund Invest $15M In Health Appointment Platform ZocDoc (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  45. EcoMotors Revs Its Engine With $23.5 Million Series B Funding From Bill Gates And Khosla Ventures (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  46. Custom chip maker eASIC brings in $10.7M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  47. Lookout Closes $11 Million in Funding Led by Accel Partners (blog.mylookout.com) [edit]
  48. Sand 9 Finds $12M to Improve Wireless Devices (xconomy.com) [edit]
  49. AdReady Raises $5.3M From Madrona, Bain And Khosla, Strengthens Board (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  50. Khosla And RRE Lead $16.2 Million Series C In Xobni (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  51. Virtual Desktop Company MokaFive Raises $21M From Khosla Ventures And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  52. Alt Lender On Deck Capital Raises $35M (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  53. Decision engine Hunch raises $10M (report) (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  54. Video Ad Start-Up YuMe Raises $25 Million (bits.blogs.nytimes.com) [edit]
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  56. BOKU Raises $25M in Series C Equity Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  57. Nordic Windpower Raises $38M in a Financing Round led by Khosla Ventures (finsmes.com) [edit]
  58. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  59. Security App Maker Lookout Raises $5.5M From Khosla, Trilogy (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
  60. hosla Bets on Wind, Joins GE to Back Danotek (earth2tech.com) [edit]
  61. Company Communication [edit]
  62. LS9, Inc.: Series C $25M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
  63. Stealthy Soladigm Grabs $20M for Tinted Windows (earth2tech.com) [edit]
  64. Amyris Closes in on $60M Round for Synthetic Diesel (earth2tech.com) [edit]
  65. YuMe takes $2.9M for broadband video ads (sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com) [edit]
  66. Battery Startup Seeo Raises $8.6M, With Khosla Back for More (earth2tech.com) [edit]
  67. Rayspan raises $12.5 million to filter out noise in cell phones (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  68. BOKU Receives $13M Funding From Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures and Khosla Ventures (boku.com) [edit]
  69. Khosla Invests Still More In Biofuels: HCL CleanTech (earth2tech.com) [edit]
  70. Xsigo raises funds for wireless data centers (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  71. Beceem Closes $20 Million in Financing and Accelerates WiMAX Product Developments (beceem.com) [edit]
  72. AUSRA ANNOUNCES NEW FUNDING FACILITY (solarindustrymag.com) [edit]
  73. Email startup Xobni leaves beta, raises $3.2M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  74. Xobni Closes $7 Million B Round Led By Cisco (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  75. Khosla-backed battery startup Sakti3 raises Series B (cleantech.com) [edit]
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  77. Coskata Gets $40M to Fuel Refinery Construction (greentechmedia.com) [edit]
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  79. Second Birthday Brings Series A Funding to SMS Innovator MoVoxx Second Birthday Brings Series A Funding to SMS Innovator MoVoxx [edit]
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  81. Kaai Gets $5M (socaltech.com) [edit]
  82. AppNexus Raises $8 Million (pehub.com) [edit]
  83. ZocDoc Gets $3 Million First Round For Doctor Booking Service (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  84. Amyris Picks Up Another $21M For Synthetic Bio (earth2tech.com) [edit]
  85. Ausra raises $24.5 million (bizjournals.com) [edit]
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  87. MENLO PARK--- KHOSLA VENTURES AND BIOECON FORM KIOR INC (freshnews.com) [edit]
  88. Firefly Energy Boosted By Drive to Invest In Clean Technology (fireflyenergy.com) [edit]
  89. Gevo raises another $17M for synthetic biofuels (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  90. Mascoma Corporation Raises $61 Million in Third Round of Funding (findarticles.com) [edit]
  91. Sand 9 Gets $8M for Nano MEMs (swik.net) [edit]
  92. Infinia Raises $7M (Total B = $57m) (nwinnovation.com) [edit]
  93. Range Fuels raises $100m in biggest deal so far this year (indusbusinessjournal.com) [edit]
  94. LumenZ, Inc. Lands $3,000,000 New Funding Round (xconomy.com) [edit]
  95. eASIC (easic.com) [edit]
  96. Coskata Collects $19.5M for Cellulosic Ethanol (greentechmedia.com) [edit]
  97. Khosla invests in turbine tech maker Pax (news.cnet.com) [edit]
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  100. Infinia Gets $50M For Solar Power Products (nwinnovation.com) [edit]
  101. Topanga Technologies Gets Funding From Khosla Ventures (socaltech.com) [edit]
  102. Soraa Gets Investment From Khosla Ventures (socaltech.com) [edit]
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  104. Draths raises $5M for engineered microbes (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
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  114. Skype founders help new phone service (metro.se) [edit]
  115. MOKA5â„¢ RAMPS UP WITH FUNDING AND NEW CEO (moka5.com) [edit]
  116. Khosla Ventures invests $5M in Jawbone (gigaom.com) [edit]
  117. K2 Network Secures $16M in Series B Funding led by Intel Capital (intel.com) [edit]
  118. iKoa® Corporation Secures $9.4 Million in Series A Venture Funding (ikoa.com) [edit]
  119. Photovoltaic Startup, Stion Raises $15 Million in Series B Financing (compoundsemi.com) [edit]
  120. Infinia Raises $50M for Stirling Solar (earth2tech.com) [edit]
  121. NanoH20, desalination and water reuse company, raises $5M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  122. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  123. Khosla invests $15M into eco-friendly chemistry company, Segetis (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  124. Khosla backs LanzaTech, carbon monoxide-to-ethanol company, with $3.5M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  125. Artimi Completes $31.5 Million Round With Additional Investment From Khosla Ventures (marketwire.com) [edit]
  126. newteevee.com [edit]
  127. CNET (news.cnet.com) [edit]
  128. Xobni raises $4.26M to let you improve your email habits (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  129. iskoot press release (iskoot.com) [edit]
  130. Beceem Raises Over $40 Million in Series D-Round Financing (beceem.com) [edit]
  131. MokaFive snags $5M for virtualization software (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  132. Citation Needed [add]
  133. Codon Devices Secures $20 Million in Series B Financing (findarticles.com) [edit]
  134. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  135. iskoot press release (iskoot.com) [edit]
  136. Mascoma gets $30M for cellulosic ethanol — in bid to replace gasoline (venturebeat.com) [edit]
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  138. Amyris gets $20M from high-profile investors to find alternative fuel (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  139. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  140. moka5, a Redwood City company backed with about $3 million from big-name venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, which is releasing LivePC (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  141. Series B Announcement (greatpointenergy.com) [edit]
  142. Nanostellar Secures $3 Million Funding (nanostellar.com) [edit]
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