Khosla Ventures
Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm founded by Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla. They invest in bold technology companies across sectors including healthcare, with a focus on transformative innovations in genomics, AI-powered healthcare, and novel therapeutics.
Location
Menlo Park, California, USA
Founded
2004
AUM
$15B+
Investment Range
$100K - $100M+
Portfolio Companies
2
Focus
generalist
Fund Stages
seed, series-a, series-b, series-c, growth
Investment Thesis
Khosla Ventures backs entrepreneurs working on breakthrough technologies that can have massive positive impact. In healthcare, they focus on companies using AI, genomics, and novel approaches to fundamentally reimagine drug discovery, diagnostics, and healthcare delivery.
Team
Partners / Managing Directors (Health & Bio Focus)
- Vinod Khosla - Founder
- Alex Morgan, MD, PhD - Partner (Healthcare)
- Samir Kaul - Partner
Other Key Team Members
- Keith Rabois - General Partner
- Sven Strohband - Partner
Focus Areas
- Genomics and sequencing
- AI/ML in healthcare
- Digital health
- Therapeutics
- Drug discovery
- Consumer health
- Mental health
Notable Exits
- Impossible Foods - Plant-based foods (continuing)
- DoorDash - IPO (2020)
- Square - IPO (2015)
Notable Healthcare Investments
- Nebula Genomics - Led $4.3M seed (2018, consumer genomics)
- Deep Genomics - AI therapeutics (Series C)
- Forward - Direct primary care
- Devoted Health - Medicare Advantage
Sources
- https://www.khoslaventures.com
- https://www.khoslaventures.com/team
- Crunchbase
- PitchBook
Portfolio Companies
| Name | Location | Founded | Categories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebula Genomics | San Francisco, California, USA | 2018 | genomics-sequencingconsumer-genomics+2 |
| Ultima Genomics | Fremont, California, USA | 2016 | genomics-sequencingbiotech+1 |