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Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

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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 many significant companies, including Amazon, AOL, Compaq, Electronic Arts, Google, Intuit, Macromedia, Netscape, Segway, and Sun Microsystems.

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.

Milestones

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  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invested in Flipboard. (7/20/10)
  Posted 7/20/10 at 7:39pm
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  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invested in Jive Software. (7/20/10)
  Posted 7/21/10 at 6:09pm via techcrunch.com
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  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invested in Puppet Labs. (7/19/10)
  Posted 7/19/10 at 3:51am via techcrunchit.com
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  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invested in shopkick. (7/14/10)
  Posted 7/14/10 at 1:59pm via techcrunch.com
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  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invested in Pacific Biosciences. (7/14/10)
  Posted 6/20/10 at 3:13am via fiercebiotech.com
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  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invested in InMobi. (7/13/10)
  Posted 7/13/10 at 2:50am via techcrunch.com
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  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invested in Invuity. (7/1/10)
  Posted 7/4/10 at 6:14pm via venturebeat.com
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  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invested in ReputationDefender. (6/22/10)
  Posted 6/22/10 at 11:10am via techcrunch.com
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  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invested in Voyage Medical. (6/18/10)
  Posted 6/20/10 at 5:36pm via venturebeat.com
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  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invested in GC Holdings. (6/14/10)
  Posted 6/15/10 at 5:35pm via venturebeat.com
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  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invested in Veracyte. (6/11/10)
  Posted 6/13/10 at 10:28pm via onbiovc.com
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  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invested in Fisker Automotive. (6/1/10)
  Posted 1/19/10 at 9:26pm via earth2tech.com
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  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invested in Breathe Technologies. (5/20/10)
  Posted 5/21/10 at 1:41am via onbiovc.com
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  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invested in Booyah. (5/17/10)
  Posted 5/16/10 at 11:30pm via techcrunch.com
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  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invested in CardioDx. (5/17/10)
  Posted 9/24/09 at 2:52pm via onbiovc.com
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  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invested in EdeniQ. (5/11/10)
  Posted 5/11/10 at 7:34pm via onbiovc.com

Investments

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1. Kleiner Perkins Bets The iPad Is ‘Magic’; Doubles iFund To $200 Million (paidcontent.org) [edit]
2. Readying For An IPO, Jive Software Raises $30 Million From Kleiner Perkins And Sequoia (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Citation Needed [add]
4. Data Center Automation Startup Puppet Labs Raises $5 Million More (techcrunchit.com) [edit]
5. techcrunch.com [edit]
6. Pacific Biosciences adds $109M to its venture haul (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
7. InMobi Gets $8 Million From Kleiner Perkins And Sherpalo Ventures (techcrunch.com) [edit]
8. Invuity raises $13.2M for medical illumination instruments (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
9. Online Privacy Startup ReputationDefender Raises $15 Million. (techcrunch.com) [edit]
10. Voyage Medical raises $20.6M more for heart treatment devices (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
11. GC Holdings raises $8.5M for optical circuits (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
12. Veracyte, Inc.: Series B $28M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
13. Fisker Closes $189M Round, Tees Up for Federal Loans (earth2tech.com) [edit]
14. Breathe Technologies, Inc.: Series C $23M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
15. Booyah Raises $20 Million From Accel, Expects 6 Million Users By The End Of This Summer (techcrunch.com) [edit]
16. CardioDx, Inc.: Series D $34.5M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
17. EdenIQ, Inc.: Series B $12.4M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
18. AltAssets (altassets.com) [edit]
19. Juvaris BioTherapeutics, Inc.: Series B $12.5M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
20. TransMedics, Inc.: Series E $36M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
21. Citation Needed [add]
22. Nodality gains backing from Pfizer Ventures in $15.5M round Read more: http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/nodality-gains-backing-pfizer-ventures-15-5m-round/2010-03-22?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss#ixzz0ixGe93nH (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
23. Northwest Innovation (nwinnovation.com) [edit]
24. Pulmonx, Inc.: Series C $32M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
25. TechCrunch, SEC (techcrunch.com) [edit]
26. AltAssets (altassets.com) [edit]
27. Juvaris BioTherapeutics Completes Second Close on $25M Series B Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
28. Harvest Power Raises Venture Capital Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
29. FloDesign lands $35M Series B funds, names new CEO (masshightech.com) [edit]
30. Nodality, Inc.: Series C $3.5M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
31. Nodality lands $10M to treat malignancies and autoimmune disease (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
32. Aggregate Knowledge Raises $9 Million For Online Ad Optimization Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
33. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
34. Citation Needed [add]
35. Pixtronix pulls in $19M in new funding (masshightech.com) [edit]
36. Silver Spring Networks Raises Another $100M (earth2tech.com) [edit]
37. Suvolta takes $3M for low-power semiconductor tech. (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
38. GOGII Raises $8.2 Million Series B For Free iPhone Texting, SEC (techcrunch.com) [edit]
39. NYTimes (bits.blogs.nytimes.com) [edit]
40. PEHub (pehub.com) [edit]
41. Tethys picks up $25M for diabetes diagnostic (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
42. Spinal Modulation raises $27M to treat spinal pain (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
43. RecycleBank Adds $28M, Joins Up With Kashless (earth2tech.com) [edit]
44. Crescendo tacks on $5M more for autoimmune disease testing (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
45. Epizyme pulls in $32M in VC capital, new investors (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
46. XDx, Inc.: Series G $14.4M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
47. Amyris Closes in on $60M Round for Synthetic Diesel (earth2tech.com) [edit]
48. Pacific Biosciences, Inc.: Series E $68M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
49. Shazam Draws Investment, Is Already Profitable (businessinsider.com) [edit]
50. Demand Response Software Developer Hara Raises $14M (cleantechbrief.com) [edit]
51. Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc.: Series A $18.6M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
52. XDx raises $14.4M new funding (sanjose.bizjournals.com) [edit]
53. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
54. Kleiner makes splash with inaugural water investment (green.venturebeat.com) [edit]
55. iControl Gets $23M for Home Security, Home Energy Management (greentechmedia.com) [edit]
56. Index Ventures Joins Kleiner Perkins and Charles River in RPX Series B [edit]
57. Roeding’s New Startup Raises $2.5 Million from KPCB, Hoffman; Raising More (moconews.net) [edit]
58. Kovio raises $20 million for chip-printing technology for tiniest radios and sensors (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
59. 3-V Biosciences, Inc. Secures $30 Million in Series B Funding, Welcomes New Members to Board of Directors (3vbio.com) [edit]
60. iZumi Bio and Pierian Merge to Form iPierian to Advance Cellular Reprogramming (biocetera.com) [edit]
61. Spiracur, Inc.: Series B $20.3M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
62. Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.: Series B $17M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
63. Industry Leader Sights Set on Further Developing Best-of-Breed Interception and Surveillance Solutions (ss8.com) [edit]
64. Xsigo raises funds for wireless data centers (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
65. AUSRA ANNOUNCES NEW FUNDING FACILITY (solarindustrymag.com) [edit]
66. Citation Needed [add]
67. iZumi Bio Raises $20 Million (pehub.com) [edit]
68. Browser App Provider Cooliris Raises $15 Million Second Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
69. $90K Electric Car Fisker Karma Raises $85M (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
70. Lilliputian Systems Adds $28 Million (pehub.com) [edit]
71. CVCA (cvca.com.cn) [edit]
72. iPhone Game Publisher Raises $10 Million (pehub.com) [edit]
73. AOptix nabs $12.9M for eye-recognition (venturebeat.com) [edit]
74. Silver Spring Nabs $15M More (greentechmedia.com) [edit]
75. earth2tech.com [edit]
76. Ocarina Networks Secures $20 Million in Series B Financing to Grow Leadership in Thriving Online Storage Optimization Market (marketwatch.com) [edit]
77. HX Diagnostics, Inc.: Series A $3.1M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
78. $9 Million Investment for MapmyIndia (asmmag.com) [edit]
79. Chiral Quest Receives Series B Financing of $13 m from Infinity I-China (chiralquest.com) [edit]
80. Video ad service SpotMixer lands $9M, gets in with Google (venturebeat.com) [edit]
81. Luca Technologies Raises $76M for Coal Biotech (earth2tech.com) [edit]
82. Confirmed: Kleiner Perkins Gets Into Textbook Rentals As Chegg Raises $25 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
83. Cap Funding Report [edit]
84. Indian renewables startup Kotak Urja raises $8M from Kleiner Perkins, Sherpalo (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
85. Press release (rpxcorp.com) [edit]
86. alarm:clock (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
87. Amyris Picks Up Another $21M For Synthetic Bio (earth2tech.com) [edit]
88. Ausra raises $24.5 million (bizjournals.com) [edit]
89. techcrunch.com []
90. earth2tech.com [edit]
91. techcrunch.com []
92. MEVIO Secures $15 Million in Funding to Support Rapid Growth and Move Into Vertical Entertainment Networks (marketwatch.com) [edit]
93. Solar co. Solyndra shines with $220M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
94. Capital Funding Report [edit]
95. INDEX VENTURES AND KLEINER PERKINS CAUFIELD & BYERS LEAD $34.5 MILLION INVESTMENT IN LEHIGH TECHNOLOGIES (pehub.com) [edit]
96. pr.com [edit]
97. Mascoma Corporation Raises $61 Million in Third Round of Funding (findarticles.com) [edit]
98. Segway ups third funding to $35M — have you bought yours yet? (venturebeat.com) [edit]
99. PayMate raises $9m in round B (paynet-recruitment.com) [edit]
100. Booyah Raises $4.5 Million from Kleiner Perkins (finance.yahoo.com) [edit]
101. EdeniQ quietly raises $33 million for cellulosic ethanol (venturebeat.com) [edit]
102. SpikeSource launches software platform, gets $10M from Intel (venturebeat.com) [edit]
103. IControl, a home security service, raises $15.5 million from Kleiner Perkins (venturebeat.com) [edit]
104. RGB Networks raises $20 milllion for video processing chips (venturebeat.com) [edit]
105. Breathe Tech raises $15M for respiratory disease (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
106. OptiMedica Secures $16 Million in Series C Funding (optimedica.com) [edit]
107. eASIC (easic.com) [edit]
108. RecycleBank Secures $30 Million in Series B Funding from Top Venture Capital Firms (corporate.recyclebank.com) [edit]
109. Akimbo, failed video distribution company, tries again, raises $8M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
110. TechCrunch [edit]
111. Fisker Automotive Receives Major Investment From Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. (highbeam.com) [edit]
112. Autonomic Technologies raises $3M for neurostimulators (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
113. Citation Needed [add]
114. thealarmclock.com [edit]
115. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
116. Corthera Closes $23 Million Financing Round (basmedical.com) [edit]
117. Jamdat co-founders Resurface as Gogii (fiercemobilecontent.com) [edit]
118. Agami Systems Raising $50 Million Funding (venturedeal.com) [edit]
119. Navigenics raises more than $25M for personal genetics (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
120. Bit9 Raises $10 Million in Third Round of Venture Funding. (prweb.com) [edit]
121. Luca Technologies Raises $20M for Cleaner Coal (earth2tech.com) [edit]
122. techcrunch.com [edit]
123. N BRIEF: Miasolé; Snags $50M, VCs Dump $1.1B into Greentech in 1H (greentechmedia.com) [edit]
124. Amyris Announces $70 Million Series B Round (amyris.com) [edit]
125. Kovio raises $19.4M for printed electronics (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
126. ausra.com [edit]
127. 41st Parameter raises $10.07M more for anti-fraud software (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
128. Cap Funding Report [edit]
129. Kleiner Perkins Invests In Energy Efficiency (verdiem.com) [edit]
130. SEC D Amended (sec.gov) [edit]
131. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
132. topix.net [edit]
133. techcrunch.com [edit]
134. Vertica Systems Raises $23.5 Million in Financing. (redorbit.com) [edit]
135. dash.net [edit]
136. techcrunch.com [edit]
137. DNA health company Pacific Biosciences raises $50M from Kleiner, others (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
138. Ketera Raises 14 Million (ketera.com) [edit]
139. Cancer vaccine developer Juvaris raises $7.53M, led by Kleiner Perkins (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
140. Codon Devices Secures $20 Million in Series B Financing (findarticles.com) [edit]
141. venturebeat.com [edit]
142. Mascoma gets $30M for cellulosic ethanol — in bid to replace gasoline (venturebeat.com) [edit]
143. Seattle Post-Intelligencer (seattlepi.nwsource.com) [edit]
144. KnowNow gets $13M more for RSS delivery — a lot of cash (venturebeat.com) [edit]
145. Another $35M for Miasole (cleantech.com) [edit]
146. XenSource raises $15 million in Series C funding (virtualization.info) [edit]
147. Quorum Systems Secures $15 Million Series C Funding. (highbeam.com) [edit]
148. Amyris gets $20M from high-profile investors to find alternative fuel (venturebeat.com) [edit]
149. Cap Funding Report [edit]
150. 3VR Security, a provider of video surveillance technology, raises $9M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
151. Peakstream gets $17M more from Foundation, Sequoia, Kleiner (venturebeat.com) [edit]
152. SpikeSource raises $24M in Series B (blogs.the451group.com) [edit]
153. Cap Funding Report [edit]
154. news.com []
155. Cap Funding Report [edit]
156. Digital Chocolate Gets $22.5 Million (gigaom.com) [edit]
157. Cap Funding Report [edit]
158. Scintera's $12 million funding round will epxand LRM work (eetimes.com) [edit]
159. Video Processing Technology Firm RGB Networks Raises $20 Million (dmwmedia.com) [edit]
160. One True Media Gets $5M Funding for Consumer Generated Media Services (webknowhow.net) [edit]
161. Bit9 Raises $9.8 Million in Second Round of Venture Funding (bit9.com) [edit]
162. techcrunch.com [edit]
163. Presto: a foolproof photo service for the elderly (siliconbeat.com) [edit]
164. Friendster raises $3.1 million; Good man Siegelman stepped in (siliconbeat.com) []
165. Series B Announcement (greatpointenergy.com) [edit]
166. The 41st Parameter Secures $11.2 Million in Series B Funding (the41st.com) [edit]
167. Cap Funding Report [edit]
168. paidcontent.org [edit]
169. hosting.mansellgroup.net [edit]
170. paidcontent.org [edit]
171. Cap Funding Report [edit]
172. 3VR ANNOUNCES SERIES B FUNDING LED BY KPCB (3vr.com) [edit]
173. XDx Completes $26.5 Million Private Equity Financing (xdx.com) [edit]
174. Dash gets more VC cash (gigaom.com) [edit]
175. Indian travel site Cleartrip raises $8M from DAG Ventures — because DAG can react within 48 hours (venturebeat.com) [edit]
176. Cap Funding Report (venturebeatprofiles.com) [edit]
177. Celladon Secures $30 Million in Series B Financing. (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
178. Voice start-ups -- jingling loudly (siliconbeat.com) [edit]
179. eASIC (easic.com) [edit]
180. Kodiak Networks Calls in $15M in Series B (siliconindia.com) [edit]
181. techcrunch.com [edit]
182. Stoke Gets Stoked With $20M (lightreading.com) [edit]
183. Cap Funding Report [edit]
184. zazzle.com [edit]
185. Citation Needed [add]
186. Codon Devices closes on $13M first funding round (masshightech.com) [edit]
187. Cap Funding Report [edit]
188. SpikeSource raises $24M in Series B (blogs.the451group.com) [edit]
189. eASIC (easic.com) [edit]
190. Cap Funding report [edit]
191. razorgator.com [edit]
192. Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. Raises $45MM in Private Financing (fiveprime.com) [edit]
193. Devicescape Secures $12.2 Million in Funding (allbusiness.com) [edit]
194. Mitsui & Company Venture Partners Co-leads $12 Million Investment in Video Processing Innovator (rgbnetworks.com) [edit]
195. findarticles.com [edit]
196. eASIC (easic.com) [edit]
197. Citation Needed [add]
198. Citation Needed []
199. Seattle Post-Intelligencer (seattlepi.nwsource.com) [edit]
200. google.com []
201. Segway gets $10M more — to shun white elephant status (venturebeat.com) [edit]