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Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) is a well known Silicon Valley venture capital firm, due in large part to their past success. They were early investors in Amazon, AOL, Compaq, Electronic Arts, Google, Intuit, Macromedia, Netscape, Segway, and Sun Microsystems (just to mention a few).

The name of the firm comes from the four founding partners: Eugene Kleiner, Tom Perkins, Frank J. Caufield, and Brook Byers.

In March 2008, KPCB announced the iFund, a $100M investment initiative focused on ideas and products related to the iPhone.

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Inspire Medical Systems 6/09Series B$17M2
Spiracur 6/09Series B$20.3M3
Xsigo 5/09Unattributed4
Ausra 4/09Series D$25.5M5
Stoke 4/09Series D$15M4
Cooliris 4/09Series B$15.5M4
Fisker 4/09Series D$85M2
Liliputian Systems 4/09Unattributed$28M6
RedBrick Health 4/09Series C$15M4
ngmoco 3/09Series B$10M3
AOptix Technology 3/09Series D$12.9M6
Ocarina Networks 2/09Series B$20M3
CE Info Systems 2/09Series C$9M4
Chiral Quest 1/09Series B$13M4
One True Media 1/09Unattributed$9M3
Luca Technologies 12/08Series C$75.9M3
Chegg 12/08Series C$25M3
Kotak Urja 11/08Unattributed$8M2
One True Media 11/08Series B$10M2
RPX 9/08Series A2
Fisker 9/08Series C$65M3
Ausra 8/08Series C$24.5M3
Friendster 8/08Series D$20M3
AltaRock Energy 8/08Series B$26.3M5
Zynga 7/08Series B$29M4
Mevio 7/08Series C$15M5
MiaSolé 7/08Series D$22M4
Riley Genomics 6/08Series B$15M2
Lehigh Technologies 6/08Unattributed$34.5M2
Pelago 5/08Series B$15M6
Mascoma 5/08Series C$61M4
Segway 5/08Series C$35M4
Paymate 5/08Series B$9M3
Booyah 4/08Series A$4.5M1
EdeniQ 4/08Series A$33.1M9
SpikeSource 4/08Series C$10M5
iControl 4/08Series B$15.5M3
RGB Networks 4/08Series D$20M5
Breathe Technologies 3/08Series B$15M4
Recyclebank 3/08Series B$30M4
Akimbo 2/08Series D$8M5
Dash 2/08Series C$30M10
Hara 2008Series A$6M1
mKhoj 2008Series A$7.1M2
Studyplaces 1/08Series A$3M3
Bit9 10/07Series C$10M4
Zazzle 10/07Series B$30M1
Ausra 9/07Series A$43.3M4
LifeLock 5/07Series B$6.85M1
Aggregate Knowledge 4/07Series B$20M2
Vertica Systems 2/07Series B$16.5M4
Platial 2/07Series A$2.6M7
Dash 2/07Series B$25M7
Pinger 12/06Series B$8M2
Mascoma 11/06Unattributed$30M7
Pelago 11/06Series A$7.4M3
PeakStream 9/06Series B$17M3
SpikeSource 9/06Series B$24M3
Friendster 8/06Series C$10M4
RGB Networks 6/06Series C$20M5
Aggregate Knowledge 6/06Series A$5M2
RazorGator 3/06Series B$22.8M4
Visible Path 3/06Series B$17M4
Visible Path 3/06Series A$7.7M4
Platial 10/05Angel$800k6
Kodiak Networks 10/05Series B$15M3
Zazzle 7/05Series A$16M2
Mevio 7/05Series A$8.9M2
SpikeSource 5/05Series A$12M2
RazorGator 3/05Series A$26M3
Akimbo 7/04Series B$12M2
Digital Chocolate 12/03Series B$13M4
Friendster 10/03Series B$13M4
Blue Nile 7/01Series C$7M5
Google 6/99Series A$25M2
Dash Series A$16M3
Pinger Series A$3M1
Segway Unattributed$126M3
Cleartrip Unattributed$3M2
iZumi Bio Unattributed$20M2

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  1. Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.: Series B $17M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
  2. Spiracur, Inc.: Series B $20.3M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
  3. Xsigo raises funds for wireless data centers (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  4. AUSRA ANNOUNCES NEW FUNDING FACILITY (solarindustrymag.com) [edit]
  5. Citation Needed [add]
  6. Browser App Provider Cooliris Raises $15 Million Second Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  7. $90K Electric Car Fisker Karma Raises $85M (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  8. Lilliputian Systems Adds $28 Million (pehub.com) [edit]
  9. CVCA (cvca.com.cn) [edit]
  10. iPhone Game Publisher Raises $10 Million (pehub.com) [edit]
  11. AOptix nabs $12.9M for eye-recognition (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  12. Ocarina Networks Secures $20 Million in Series B Financing to Grow Leadership in Thriving Online Storage Optimization Market (marketwatch.com) [edit]
  13. $9 Million Investment for MapmyIndia (asmmag.com) [edit]
  14. Chiral Quest Receives Series B Financing of $13 m from Infinity I-China (chiralquest.com) [edit]
  15. Video ad service SpotMixer lands $9M, gets in with Google (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  16. Luca Technologies Raises $76M for Coal Biotech (earth2tech.com) [edit]
  17. Confirmed: Kleiner Perkins Gets Into Textbook Rentals As Chegg Raises $25 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  18. Indian renewables startup Kotak Urja raises $8M from Kleiner Perkins, Sherpalo (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  19. One True Media Lands Funding for Web Slideshow Tools (dmwmedia.com) [edit]
  20. Press release (rpxcorp.com) [edit]
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  22. Ausra raises $24.5 million (bizjournals.com) [edit]
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  26. MEVIO Secures $15 Million in Funding to Support Rapid Growth and Move Into Vertical Entertainment Networks (marketwatch.com) [edit]
  27. Citation Needed [add]
  28. Capital Funding Report [edit]
  29. INDEX VENTURES AND KLEINER PERKINS CAUFIELD & BYERS LEAD $34.5 MILLION INVESTMENT IN LEHIGH TECHNOLOGIES (pehub.com) [edit]
  30. pr.com [edit]
  31. Mascoma Corporation Raises $61 Million in Third Round of Funding (findarticles.com) [edit]
  32. Segway ups third funding to $35M — have you bought yours yet? (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  33. PayMate raises $9m in round B (paynet-recruitment.com) [edit]
  34. Booyah Raises $4.5 Million from Kleiner Perkins (finance.yahoo.com) [edit]
  35. EdeniQ quietly raises $33 million for cellulosic ethanol (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  36. SpikeSource launches software platform, gets $10M from Intel (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  37. IControl, a home security service, raises $15.5 million from Kleiner Perkins (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  38. RGB Networks raises $20 milllion for video processing chips (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  39. Breathe Tech raises $15M for respiratory disease (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  40. RecycleBank Secures $30 Million in Series B Funding from Top Venture Capital Firms (corporate.recyclebank.com) [edit]
  41. Akimbo, failed video distribution company, tries again, raises $8M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  42. TechCrunch [edit]
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  44. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  45. thealarmclock.com [edit]
  46. Bit9 Raises $10 Million in Third Round of Venture Funding (prweb.com) [edit]
  47. techcrunch.com [edit]
  48. ausra.com [edit]
  49. topix.net [edit]
  50. techcrunch.com [edit]
  51. Vertica Systems Raises $23.5 Million in Financing (redorbit.com) [edit]
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  54. venturebeat.com [edit]
  55. Mascoma gets $30M for cellulosic ethanol — in bid to replace gasoline (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  56. Seattle Post-Intelligencer (seattlepi.nwsource.com) [edit]
  57. Peakstream gets $17M more from Foundation, Sequoia, Kleiner (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  58. SpikeSource raises $24M in Series B (blogs.the451group.com) [edit]
  59. news.com [edit]
  60. Video Processing Technology Firm RGB Networks Raises $20 Million (dmwmedia.com) [edit]
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  66. Kodiak Networks Calls in $15M in Series B (siliconindia.com) [edit]
  67. zazzle.com [edit]
  68. Citation Needed [add]
  69. SpikeSource raises $24M in Series B (blogs.the451group.com) [edit]
  70. razorgator.com [edit]
  71. findarticles.com [edit]
  72. Citation Needed [add]
  73. Citation Needed [add]
  74. Seattle Post-Intelligencer (seattlepi.nwsource.com) [edit]
  75. google.com []
  76. TechCrunch [edit]
  77. venturebeat.com [edit]
  78. Segway gets $10M more — to shun white elephant status (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  79. Indian travel site Cleartrip raises $8M from DAG Ventures — because DAG can react within 48 hours (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  80. iZumi Bio Raises $20 Million (pehub.com) [edit]
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