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Early-stage venture capital with strategic guidance
Kleiner Perkins
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Early-stage venture capital with strategic guidance
Overview
Kleiner Perkins is a venture capital firm that provides financial capital and strategic guidance to early-stage startups with high growth potential. It partners with founders across diverse industries to help them move from inception to IPO and beyond. The firm earns returns by taking equity stakes in its portfolio companies and realizing value through exits such as IPOs or acquisitions. Its differentiators include a long history in venture investing, a global and multi-industry portfolio, and a hands-on approach that supports companies from early stages through growth, aligning with ambitious entrepreneurs to transform ideas into scalable businesses.
About Kleiner Perkins
Industries
Venture Capital
Financial Services
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$63.5B
Headquarters
Menlo Park, California
Founded
1972
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- March 2026's $3.5 billion haul gives Kleiner fresh dry powder and momentum.
- K2 Space's $6.8 billion valuation signals access to breakout deep-tech winners.
- The firm now concentrates on AI, healthcare, autonomy, and security, where capital inflows remain strong.
What critics are saying
- AI valuation froth in 2026 compresses returns if Anthropic or Harvey exits disappoint.
- Kleiner's growth strategy depends on follow-on financing and IPOs, now stalled by volatile markets.
- A few underperforming AI wins would dent fundraising, employee retention, and partner credibility.
What makes Kleiner Perkins unique
- Kleiner Perkins raised $3.5 billion in March 2026 across early and growth funds.
- It backed Anthropic, Harvey, OpenEvidence, and Applied Intuition during 2026 AI expansion.
- K2 Space chose Kleiner Perkins in July 2026 for its $500 million Series D.
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Trovy, a US fintech, has closed a $15 million Series A led by Left Lane Capital to expand its home equity line of credit card. The company transforms home equity into a Mastercard that functions at mortgage rates rather than typical credit card rates above 20%. The Trovy HELOC Card, issued by Cross River Bank, allows homeowners to access equity at point of purchase without traditional draw processes. The fully online application uses automated valuation and verified income for quick approval. Customers receive 2% cashback on home purchases and 1% on other spending, with no annual or inactivity fees. The round brings total funding to $25 million, with participation from Kleiner Perkins, DCM Ventures and Camber Creek. The card is currently live in 27 states. Funds will support national expansion and development of a second product for home purchases and refinances.
Top funding rounds week of August 17th. Spacecom and Poolside each raised $1B this past week as investors bet big on AI infrastructure and satellite internet. See the full breakdown here. Published August 24, 2026 by Jacob Klionsky * 01 Spacecom Hardware - Manufacturing - Tel Aviv $1BEquity Spacecom (Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology Ltd.), a satellite internet company, raised nearly 7 billion yuan in a new funding round at an about 50.1 billion yuan valuation led by a consortium of 24 investors linked to the second phase of the China State-owned Enterprise Structural Adjustment Fund (managed by China Chengtong Holdings Group) with participation from existing shareholders including Shanghai Alliance Investment Ltd. * 02 Poolside Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Data and Analytics - California $1BEquity Poolside, an AI startup developing a Model Factory platform, raised a $1 billion strategic investment from Nvidia at a $12 billion valuation. * 03 Castelion Government and Military - Information Technology - California $800MSeries C Castelion, a defense technology company, raised $1 billion Series C at a $13 billion valuation co-led by JPMorganChase's Strategic Investment Group, Andreessen Horowitz, and funds managed by Carlyle, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lavrock Ventures, Altimeter, General Catalyst, Interlagos, and T. Rowe Price Associates. * 04 Etched.ai Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Consumer Electronics - California $700MEquity Etched.ai, an AI hardware startup, raised $700 million in a financing at a $21 billion valuation led by Jane Street, with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Peter Thiel, Tiger Global, Bain Capital Ventures, Neo, Stripes, Primary, Positive Sum, Diffusion, Argo, and Blackstone. * 05 Higgsfield Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Content and Publishing - California $400MSeries B Higgsfield, an AI-native multimedia content creation platform, raised $400 million in a Series B at a $5.4 billion valuation led by DST Global with participation from Tribe Capital, Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Smash Capital, Fifth Wall, Valor Capital, Intel Capital, Liberty Global Tech Ventures, Mirae Asset Capital, and NTT DOCOMO Ventures, and existing investors including Accel, Menlo Ventures, AI Capital Partners, GFT Ventures, Capra Ventures, BAM Corner Point and BroadLight Capital. * 06 ALEX Administrative Services - Artificial Intelligence (AI) - California $400MEquity ALEX, a startup, raised $400 million in funding. * 07 Groq Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Consumer Electronics - California $350MSeries A Groq, an AI inference chip and cloud company, raised $350M Series A at a $3.5B valuation led by Disruptive with Nvidia expected to participate * 08 Wispr AI Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Data and Analytics - California $280MSeries B Wispr AI, an AI dictation startup, raised $280M in a Series B at a $2B valuation led by Menlo Ventures with participation from Notable Capital, NEA, Neo Ventures, 8VC, MVP Ventures, Acrew, Forerunner, Goodwater, Peak XV, Together Fund, and PLUS Capital. * 09 Muon Space Information Technology - Science and Engineering - California $250MSeries C Muon Space, the Mission Foundry for high-performance satellite constellations, raised $250 million in a Series C led by Eclipse Capital with participation from Galvanize, Google, Salesforce Ventures, Wellington Management, I Squared Capital, and Woven Capital. * 10 Starcloud (Lumen Orbit) Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Hardware - Washington $250MSeries A Extension Starcloud (Lumen Orbit), an orbital data center and in-orbit AI inference startup, raised a $250 million extension to its Series A at a $2.3 billion valuation led by Manhattan West Ventures with participation from Nvidia, Cisco, Benchmark, EQT, Soma, NFX, 776, Cedar Capital, Goanna Capital, and Standard Capital. * 11 Slate Medicines Biotechnology - Health Care - North Carolina $245MEquity Slate Medicines, a neuroscience/biotech company developing next-generation migraine antibodies, raised $245M via a reverse merger with Fulcrum Therapeutics and a concurrent private placement led by Frazier Life Sciences with support from Forbion, RA Capital Management, and Foresite Capital * 12 Serve Robotics Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Data and Analytics - California $200MEquity Serve Robotics, an autonomous sidewalk delivery robotics company, raised $200 million, with round type, valuation and investors undisclosed. * 13 Gravis Robotics Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Data and Analytics - Zurich $200MSeries A Gravis Robotics, Swiss construction robotics startup, raised $200M Series A led solely by SoftBank * 14 Ingenico Commerce and Shopping - Financial Services - Ile-de-France $173.8MEquity Ingenico, a payment acceptance company, secured a €150M investment led by PIMCO. * 15 Also Manufacturing - Transportation - California $150MSeries D Also, a micromobility startup spun out of Rivian, raised $150 million in a Series D led by Prysm Capital with participation from Eclipse, Greenoaks, and MVP Ventures * 16 Erco Energía Energy - Natural Resources - Antioquia $129MSeries C Erco Energía, a Colombian solar energy platform, raised $129M in a Series C equity round co-led by Axon Partners Group (via Next Utility Ventures) alongside Augment Infrastructure and Norfund * 17 Cityblock Health Community and Lifestyle - Health Care - New York $116MSeries E Cityblock Health, an outcomes-based provider platform, raised $116M in a Series E financing led by General Catalyst. * 18 Matic Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Data and Analytics - California $115MEquity Matic, a home robotics company, raised $115 million from investors including Mayfield, NFX, True Ventures, Nat Friedman, Andreessen Horowitz, BoxGroup, Stripe, SV Angel, Liquid 2 Ventures, Abstract Ventures and Playground Global * 19 Velaura AI Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Blockchain and Cryptocurrency - California $110MSeries A Velaura AI, a semiconductor company commercializing ultra-low-power computing for AI, raised $110 million in a Series A at a valuation exceeding $1 billion led by Seligman Ventures with participation from Capricorn Investment Group, Prosperity7 Ventures, Mayfield, Maverick Silicon, MARA, Premji Invest, Samsung Catalyst Fund and StepStone Group. * 20 Callosum Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Data and Analytics - England $100MSeed Callosum, a UK AI infrastructure startup, raised $100 million in a seed round led by Atomico with participation from Plural, DCVC, Sovereign AI and angel investors.
Etched raises $700M at a $21B valuation and completes first customer delivery to Jane Street. New funding and first customer delivery kicks off a new era for Etched on their march to gigawatt-scale accelerated inference compute. August 18, 2026 11:00 ET | Source: Etched SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Etched, the company building frontier inference clusters, today announced $700M in new funding in a round led by Jane Street with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Tiger Global, Bain Capital Ventures, Neo, Primary, Stripes, Positive Sum and Blackstone at a $21B valuation. Etched also announced Jane Street as the company's first customer. Etched shipped its first rack last month to Jane Street, and the quantitative trading firm is actively deploying the technology into its workloads. Jane Street said, "We tested the chip and are pleased with the early results. Etched's unique approach to inference delivers the precision we will need to support our most demanding workloads. We're excited to now have our own rack running in our data center." Today's announcement follows a period of rapid execution for Etched. The company achieved first-pass silicon success in under three years from seed funding, emerged from stealth in June with a team of more than 400 people and a working chip, and closed a Series C less than a month after at the highest valuation ever for a Sequoia-led round. Now, Etched has doubled in valuation again, delivered its first racks to customers, and is building three generations of hardware in parallel. "We've felt the urgency to get our hardware into customers' hands and run real workloads since day one. Jane Street putting this cluster into production is proof of what we've built," said Gavin Uberti, co-founder and CEO of Etched. "Now, we're sprinting on scaling production for the rest of our customers." In addition to Jane Street's deployment, Etched has secured more than $1B in customer contracts across industries including public and private frontier AI companies and clouds. The inference clusters are already running massive MoE models and non-transformer designs. The product's performance is powered by two central technologies: Low Voltage Inference (LVI), which delivers significantly higher compute density within the same power as existing hardware, and Cluster Scale Memory (CSM), a hybrid memory subsystem that creates a massive shared memory pool across an entire cluster rather than a single chip. These innovations translate to best in class throughput and latency, promising to unlock inference at humanity-scale. "Our first deployment is a small step forward in our mission to run the world's inference," Uberti said. "It took us three years to deliver our first rack from scratch. Our next one will be much faster." AI infrastructure is becoming one of the largest capital buildouts in history, with estimates reaching $7T by 2030. Few investors have had a clearer view of that opportunity than Mamoon Hamid, Managing Partner at Kleiner Perkins. Mamoon has led the firm's investments into AI companies such as Anthropic, Databricks, Together.AI, Waymo, Fal, and more. "Inference is becoming one of the most important infrastructure markets in AI, and the winners will be measured by tokens per dollar and per watt," said Hamid. "Gavin, Rob, Chris, and the Etched team saw this early and have built at a pace rarely seen in semiconductors. Etched has become a formidable supplier of inference compute, and we're thrilled to deepen our partnership." About Etched Etched builds frontier inference clusters designed to make AI inference dramatically faster, cheaper, and more abundant. Through deep co-design across the entire stack, Etched's rack-scale systems deliver best-in-class throughput and latency. Etched has raised $1.9B from investors including Sequoia, a16z, Jane Street, SK Hynix, VentureTech Alliance, Kleiner Perkins, Tiger Global, Bain Capital Ventures, Peter Thiel, HRT, Jump Trading, Two Sigma, Ribbit Capital, Stripes, Radical Ventures, Primary, and Positive Sum. To learn more, visit etched.com.
Etched, founded by Harvard dropouts, has its own in-office data center and has signed quant-trading firm Jane Street as its first customer.
The legendary Google engineer has been in discussions for a $1 billion funding round in his new AI startup, Discovery Loop.
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About Kleiner Perkins
Industries
Venture Capital
Financial Services
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$63.5B
Headquarters
Menlo Park, California
Founded
1972
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