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Khosla Ventures is a Menlo Park-based VC firm founded in 2004 by Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla. The firm manages over $15B in AUM across multiple funds and has invested in 708 companies, producing 51 unicorns, 32 IPOs, and 151 acquisitions. Known for extreme risk tolerance and "Venture Assistance" model. Ranked #1 Founder's Choice VC in 2023.
Exceptionally broad with strength in AI/ML, climate/sustainability, healthcare/medtech/diagnostics/therapeutics, fintech, enterprise software, consumer, deep tech/frontier (robotics, space, fusion), and agriculture/food tech. Seeks extreme technical risk over conventional market risk.
Category-defining portfolio: OpenAI (first VC investor), DoorDash, Instacart, Square, Affirm, Impossible Foods, Stripe, Ramp, Upstart, Rubrik, Nutanix, Okta, Replit, Hermeus, Varda. 51 unicorns and 32 IPOs across the portfolio.
To approach Khosla Ventures, founders should send their pitch to kv@khoslaventures.com. The firm is known for its 'Venture Assistance' model, which means they provide not just capital but also strategic support throughout the startup journey.
Khosla Ventures has been actively investing, with 101 investments made in the last 12 months. Notably, they announced a $405 million special purpose vehicle for OpenAI in October 2024 and are currently raising $3.5 billion across three funds, the largest fundraising effort by any VC firm in 2023.
Khosla Ventures invests in Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, and Growth Equity stages.
Founders can pitch Khosla Ventures by emailing kv@khoslaventures.com.
The firm focuses on AI, climate, fintech, and SaaS, among other sectors.
Khosla Ventures typically invests between $1 million and $100 million.
Khosla Ventures primarily invests in North America and India.
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