VC firm
Kleiner Perkins
Also known as Brook Byers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, LLC, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers
- Investor type
- VC
- Investing status
- Activeas of 2026-09-28Source (opens in a new tab)
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, California, United States
- Assets under management
- $20.7BForm ADV private fund GAV, as of 2026-03-31Source (opens in a new tab)
- Latest fund size
- $995MSEC amount sold, as of 2026-03-23Source (opens in a new tab)
- Funds
- 51
- Legal name
- Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, LLC
- kleinerperkins.com (opens in a new tab)
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Record updated 29 September 2026
About
Kleiner Perkins is an American venture capital firm headquartered on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, Silicon Valley. It invests in founders with bold ideas that span industries and continents, partnering with them from inception to IPO and beyond. The firm's current portfolio filters group investments under Enterprise, Consumer, Healthcare, Fintech, Hardtech and AI, spanning Early through Growth stage.
Investment approach
- Thesis
- To be the first call for founders who want to make history and to partner with them as company builders in pursuit of that goal.Source (opens in a new tab)
- Leads rounds
- Sometimes
- Takes board seats
- Yes
- Investing status notes
- Portfolio page lists new investments dated 2026 (e.g., Applied Compute, Avoca), indicating ongoing active investing.
Funds
- Kleiner Perkins Select Fund IV, LLC
- $1.9BVintage 2026, Main fund, Closed, SEC amount sold
- Kleiner Perkins XXII, LLC
- $995MVintage 2026, Closed, SEC amount sold
- Kleiner Perkins Flex I, LLC
- $555MVintage 2026, Closed, SEC amount sold
- Kleiner Perkins Select Fund IV Friends, LLC
- $112MVintage 2026, Main fund, Closed, SEC amount sold
- Kleiner Perkins XXII Friends, LLC
- $57.6MVintage 2026, Closed, SEC amount sold
- Kleiner Perkins Select Fund III, LLC
- $1.2BVintage 2024, Main fund, Closed, SEC amount sold
- Kleiner Perkins XXI, LLC
- $825MVintage 2024, Closed, SEC amount sold
- Kleiner Perkins Select Fund II Friends, LLC
- $37.6MVintage 2022, Main fund, Closed, SEC amount sold
- Kleiner Perkins XX Friends, LLC
- $37.6MVintage 2022, Closed, SEC amount sold
- KPCB GREEN GROWTH FUND, LLC
- Main fund
- Kleiner Perkins Select Fund II, LLC
- Main fund
- KLEINER PERKINS XXI FRIENDS, LLC
- Main fund
- More funds
- 39 more recorded
SEC registration
- Registered adviser
- KLEINER PERKINS CAUFIELD & BYERS, LLC
- CRD number
- 161035 (opens in a new tab)
- SEC file number
- 802-75571
- Registration
- Exempt reporting adviser
- Regulatory AUM
- $20.7Bas of 2026-03-31
- Private funds reported
- 42
- Principal office
- MENLO PARK, CA, United States
Locations
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, California, United States
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