Kleiner Perkins
Kleiner Perkins is one of Silicon Valley's most legendary venture capital firms, with over 50 years of history backing transformative companies. Their healthcare practice has been a pioneer in life sciences investing, backing some of the most successful healthcare companies in history.
Location
Menlo Park, California, USA
Founded
1972
AUM
$6B+
Investment Range
$1M - $100M+
Portfolio Companies
4
Focus
generalist
Fund Stages
seed, series-a, series-b, series-c, growth
Investment Thesis
Kleiner Perkins invests in breakthrough technology companies across sectors. Their healthcare investments focus on companies that can fundamentally transform patient care through innovative therapeutics, digital health solutions, and healthcare technology. They bring deep operational expertise and an unparalleled network to portfolio companies.
Team
Partners / Managing Directors (Health & Bio Focus)
- Beth Seidenberg, MD - Senior Advisor (former Partner)
- Wen Hsieh - Partner
- Mamoon Hamid - Partner
Other Key Team Members
- John Doerr - Chairman
- Ilya Fushman - Partner
Focus Areas
- Life sciences
- Digital health
- Healthcare AI
- Therapeutics
- Medical devices
- Consumer health
- Mental health
Notable Exits
- Genentech - Acquired by Roche ($47B)
- Google - IPO (2004)
- Amazon - IPO (1997)
- Flexus Biosciences - Acquired by Bristol-Myers Squibb (2015, $1.25B)
- GRAIL - Acquired by Illumina
- Viz.ai - AI healthcare (continuing)
Sources
- https://www.kleinerperkins.com
- https://www.kleinerperkins.com/team
- PitchBook
- Crunchbase
- SEC filings
Portfolio Companies
| Name | Location | Founded | Categories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation Medicine | Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA | 2010 | genomics-sequencingdiagnostics+3 |
| Flexus Biosciences | San Carlos, California, USA | 2013 | biotechtherapeutics+2 |
| Viz.ai | San Francisco, California, USA | 2016 | digital-healthai+3 |
| Modern Health | San Francisco, California, USA | 2017 | digital-healthmental-health+3 |