Kleiner Perkins

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<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers">http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers</a>

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[<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield_%26_Byers#" class="internal" id="togglelink" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">hide</a>] </div>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield_%26_Byers#Strategic_Advisors" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">2 Strategic Advisors</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield_%26_Byers#Partners_Emeriti" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">3 Partners Emeriti</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield_%26_Byers#Contact" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">4 Contact</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield_%26_Byers#Resources_and_articles" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">5 Resources and articles</a>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield_%26_Byers#Related_Sourcewatch" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">5.1 Related Sourcewatch</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield_%26_Byers#References" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">5.2 References</a></li>

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Accessed December 2011: <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield_%26_Byers#cite_note-1" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[1]</a>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Abbott&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mike Abbott (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Mike Abbott</a> - Investment Partner Digital</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mark_Allen" title="Mark Allen" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Mark Allen</a> - Operating Partner Greentech</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Susan_Biglieri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Susan Biglieri (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Susan Biglieri</a> - Chief Financial Officer Operating Team</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ray_Bradford&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ray Bradford (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ray Bradford</a> - Digital</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Brook_Byers" title="Brook Byers" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Brook Byers</a> - Investment Partner Life Sciences</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Andy_Chen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Andy Chen (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Andy Chen</a> - Director, Engineering Recruiting Operating Team</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Chi-Hua_Chien&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chi-Hua Chien (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Chi-Hua Chien</a> - Investment Partner Digital</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Isaac_Ciechanover&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Isaac Ciechanover (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Isaac Ciechanover</a> - Investment Partner Life Sciences</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Juliet_de_Baubigny&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Juliet de Baubigny (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Juliet de Baubigny</a> - Partner Operating Team</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_Denniston" title="John Denniston" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">John Denniston</a> - Investment Partner Greentech</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Amol_Deshpande&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amol Deshpande (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Amol Deshpande</a> - Investment Partner Greentech</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_Doerr" title="John Doerr" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">John Doerr</a> - Investment Partner Digital, Greentech</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bing_Gordon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bing Gordon (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Bing Gordon</a> - Investment Partner Digital</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Al Gore</a> - Investment Partner Greentech</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Wen_Hsieh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wen Hsieh (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Wen Hsieh</a> - Investment Partner Greentech, China</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=James_Huang&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James Huang (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">James Huang</a> - Investment Partner China, Life Sciences</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lila_Ibrahim&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lila Ibrahim (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Lila Ibrahim</a> - Investment Partner Digital, Greentech</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bill_Joy" title="Bill Joy" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Bill Joy</a> - Investment Partner Digital, Greentech</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tina_Ju&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tina Ju (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Tina Ju</a> - Investment Partner China, Digital</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Eric_Keller&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eric Keller (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Eric Keller</a> - Chief Operating Officer Operating Team</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Randy_Komisar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Randy Komisar (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Randy Komisar</a> - Investment Partner Digital, Greentech</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ben_Kortlang&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ben Kortlang (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ben Kortlang</a> - Investment Partner Greentech</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Joseph_Lacob&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joseph Lacob (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Joseph Lacob</a> - Investment Partner Life Sciences</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ray_Lane" title="Ray Lane" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ray Lane</a> - Investment Partner Digital, Greentech</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Aileen_Lee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aileen Lee (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Aileen Lee</a> - Investment Partner Digital</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Christina_Lee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Christina Lee (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Christina Lee</a> - Communications Partner Operating Team</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lawrence_Leisure&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lawrence Leisure (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Lawrence Leisure</a> - Operating Partner Life Sciences</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Maritza_Liaw&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maritza Liaw (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Maritza Liaw</a> - Investment Partner Greentech</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Michael_Linse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael Linse (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Michael Linse</a> - Investment Partner Greentech</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_McGrath&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John McGrath (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">John McGrath</a> - Chief Investment Officer Operating Team</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dana_Mead&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dana Mead (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Dana Mead</a> - Investment Partner Life Sciences</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mary_Meeker&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mary Meeker (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Mary Meeker</a> - Investment Partner Digital</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Thomas_Monath&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas Monath (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Thomas Monath</a> - Investment Partner Life Sciences</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=David_Mount&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Mount (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">David Mount</a> - Investment Partner Greentech</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Matt_Murphy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Matt Murphy (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Matt Murphy</a> - Investment Partner Digital</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ajit_Nazre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ajit Nazre (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ajit Nazre</a> - Investment Partner Digital, Greentech</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jordan_Ormont&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jordan Ormont (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Jordan Ormont</a> - Partner Operating Team</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Daniel_Oros&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Daniel Oros (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Daniel Oros</a> - Investment Partner Greentech</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ellen_Pao&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ellen Pao (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ellen Pao</a> - Investment Partner Digital</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ryan_Popple&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ryan Popple (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ryan Popple</a> - Investment Partner Greentech</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Brook_Porter&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brook Porter (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Brook Porter</a> - Investment Partner Greentech</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mood_Rowghani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mood Rowghani (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Mood Rowghani</a> - Investment Partner Digital</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ted_Schlein" title="Ted Schlein" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ted Schlein</a> - Investment Partner Digital</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Beth_Seidenberg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Beth Seidenberg (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Beth Seidenberg</a> - Investment Partner Life Sciences</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Risa_Stack&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Risa Stack (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Risa Stack</a> - Investment Partner Life Sciences</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Trae_Vassallo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trae Vassallo (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Trae Vassallo</a> - Investment Partner Greentech</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=David_Wells&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Wells (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">David Wells</a> - Investment Partner Greentech</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Wei_Zhou&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wei Zhou (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Wei Zhou</a> - Investment Partner China, Digital</li>

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Accessed December 2011: <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield_%26_Byers#cite_note-2" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[2]</a>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Colin_Powell" title="Colin Powell" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Colin Powell</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=KR_Sridhar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="KR Sridhar (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">KR Sridhar</a></li>

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Accessed December 2011: <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield_%26_Byers#cite_note-3" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[3]</a>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Frank_Caufield" title="Frank Caufield" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Frank Caufield</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kevin_Compton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kevin Compton (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Kevin Compton</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=William_Hearst_III&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Hearst III (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">William Hearst III</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vinod_Khosla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vinod Khosla (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Vinod Khosla</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Eugene_Kleiner&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eugene Kleiner (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Eugene Kleiner</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Floyd_Kvamme&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Floyd Kvamme (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Floyd Kvamme</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bernie_Lacroute&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bernie Lacroute (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Bernie Lacroute</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jim_Lally&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jim Lally (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Jim Lally</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Doug_Mackenzie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Doug Mackenzie (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Doug Mackenzie</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tom_Perkins&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Perkins (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Tom Perkins</a></li>

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<td class="label"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menlo_Park,_California" title="Menlo Park, California">Menlo Park</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td>

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<td class="agent"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Kleiner" title="Eugene Kleiner">Eugene Kleiner</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brook_Byers" title="Brook Byers">Brook Byers</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Joy" title="Bill Joy">Bill Joy</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doerr" title="John Doerr">John Doerr</a>, Ray Lane</td>

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Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) is a world leading <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital" title="Venture capital">venture capital</a> firm located on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_Hill_Road" title="Sand Hill Road">Sand Hill Road</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley" title="Silicon Valley">Silicon Valley</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a> has called it one of the "largest and most established" venture capital firms in the world.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-Austin-0">[1]</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a> has called it "one of Silicon Valley’s top venture capital providers," and said that it is "one of Silicon Valley's most prominent venture capital firms."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-1">[2]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-2">[</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-2">3]</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a> news service has called KPCB "one of the most successful venture capital firms in the world."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-3">[4]</a> Many entrepreneurs have said that KPCB played a large part in their company's success.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-4">[5]</a>

KPCB specializes in investments in incubation and early stage companies.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-5">[6]</a> Since 1972, KPCB has supported hundreds of entrepreneurs in building over 475 companies, including such major names as Amazon, Sun Microsystems, Electronic Arts, Genentech, Intuit, AOL, Genomic Health, Verisign and Google.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-6">[7]</a> More than 150 of the firm's portfolio companies have gone public.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-kpcb.com-7">[8]</a> Its team includes the world leading venture capitalist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doerr" title="John Doerr">John Doerr</a>; Sun Microsystem's co-founder <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Joy" title="Bill Joy">Bill Joy</a>; NASA rocket scientist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.R.Sridhar" title="K. R. Sridhar">K. R. Sridhar</a>; former US Vice President <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a>; and former US Secretary of State <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Powell" title="Colin Powell">Colin Powell</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-8">[9]</a>

The firm is based in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menlo_Park,California" title="Menlo Park, California">Menlo Park, California</a>. It has offices in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> and in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a>, China.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-9">[10]</a>

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KPCB is a world leader in investments in Information Technology, Energy, Greentech industries, Utilities, the Life Sciences, and Pharmaceuticals.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-Austin-0">[1]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-10">[</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-10">11]</a> KPCB is highly selective in the companies it invests in, and it aims to build "category defining companies" that will become leaders in the field.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-11">[12]</a> It has traditionally focused on early-stage investments, but also does later-stage investments.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-12">[13]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-13">[</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-13">14]</a> KPCB is highly respected within the industry, and is regarded as having the best track record of building world-class companies. As such, an investment by KPCB is considered a sign that a company has great potential.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-14">[15]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-15">[</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-15">16]</a>

Notable members of the firm include partners <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doerr" title="John Doerr">John Doerr</a>, Ray Lane, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brook_Byers" title="Brook Byers">Brook Byers</a>, as well as high-profile individuals such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Microsystems" title="Sun Microsystems">Sun Microsystems</a> co-founder <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Joy" title="Bill Joy">Bill Joy</a> (who joined as partner in January 2005), former <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">U.S. Secretary of State</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Powell" title="Colin Powell">Colin Powell</a> (who joined in July 2005 in the newly-created position of "strategic limited partner"), and former <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">U.S. Vice President</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a>, who joined as partner in November 2007<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-16">[17]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-Greentech-17">[</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-Greentech-17">18]</a> as part of a collaboration between KPCB and Gore's firm <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Investment_Management" title="Generation Investment Management">Generation Investment Management</a> (GIM) to promote <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_technology" title="Environmental technology">green technology</a>, business and policy solutions.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-Greentech_announcement-18">[19]</a>

The firm was named after its four founding partners: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Kleiner" title="Eugene Kleiner">Eugene Kleiner</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emeritus" title="Emeritus">emeritus</a>), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Perkins" title="Tom Perkins">Tom Perkins</a> (emeritus), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_J._Caufield" title="Frank J. Caufield">Frank J. Caufield</a> (emeritus), and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brook_Byers" title="Brook Byers">Brook Byers</a>. KPCB was formed in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972" title="1972">1972</a>.

Like other venture capital firms, the firm does not discourage transactions among companies in which it holds a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stake" title="Stake">stake</a>.[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] This is similar to the Japanese <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiretsu" title="Keiretsu">keiretsu</a> style of company structure.[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]

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The growth of the venture capital industry was fueled by the emergence of the independent investment firms on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_Hill_Road" title="Sand Hill Road">Sand Hill Road</a>. Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, founded in 1972, was among the pioneers. At that point, the founders of most <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital" title="Venture capital">venture capital</a> firms came from financial backgrounds, however Kleiner Perkins's founders distinguished themselves through their techonology industry experience; Kleiner was a founder of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Semiconductor" title="Fairchild Semiconductor">Fairchild Semiconductor</a> and Perkins was one of the leaders of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewlett-Packard" title="Hewlett-Packard">Hewlett-Packard</a>'s early computer hardware division. Located, in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menlo_Park,California" title="Menlo Park, California">Menlo Park, California</a>, Kleiner Perkins would have access to the burgeoning technology industries in the area. By the early 1970s, there were many <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor" title="Semiconductor">semiconductor</a> companies based in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_Valley" title="Santa Clara Valley">Santa Clara Valley</a> as well as early <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer" title="Computer">computer</a> firms using their devices and programming and service companies. Venture capital firms suffered a temporary downturn in 1974, when the stock market crashed and investors were naturally wary of this new kind of investment fund. Nevertheless, Kleiner Perkins was still active in this period. Kleiner invested in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandem_Computers" title="Tandem Computers">Tandem Computers</a>, an early manufacturer of computer systems, founded in 1975 by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Treybig" title="James Treybig">Jimmy Treybig</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-19">[20]</a> It was not until 1978 that venture capital experienced its first major fundraising year, as the industry raised approximately $750 million.

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On April 24, 2009, during a congressional hearing, Tennessee Congresswoman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsha_Blackburn" title="Marsha Blackburn">Marsha Blackburn</a> asked Gore if he was a member of KPCB, and then inquired: "The legislation that we are discussing here today, is that something that you are going to personally benefit from?”<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-20">[21]</a> She cited constituent concerns about Gore's role with KPCB as the reason for her inquiry.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-21">[22]</a> Gore stated that every penny made from his investments were put in a non-profit to spread awareness of climate change. The exchange ended with Gore stating: “Do you think there is something wrong with being active in business in this country? . . . I am proud of it. I am proud of it.”<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield_%26_Byers#cite_note-22">[23]</a>

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The company has been an early investor in more than 300 IT (information technology) and biotech firms, over the past thirty five years, including: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com" title="Amazon.com">Amazon.com</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_Online" class="mw-redirect" title="America Online">America Online</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brio_Technology" title="Brio Technology">Brio Technology</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq" title="Compaq">Compaq</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Arts" title="Electronic Arts">Electronic Arts</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flextronics" title="Flextronics">Flextronics</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genentech" title="Genentech">Genentech</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuit" title="Intuit">Intuit</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="Lotus Development">Lotus Development</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSI_Logic" class="mw-redirect" title="LSI Logic">LSI Logic</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromedia" title="Macromedia">Macromedia</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Communications_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Netscape Communications Corporation">Netscape</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Quantum Corporation">Quantum</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segway" class="mw-redirect" title="Segway">Segway</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Microsystems" title="Sun Microsystems">Sun Microsystems</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandem_Computers" title="Tandem Computers">Tandem</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield_%26_Byers#cite_note-23">[24]</a> Current private investments include <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EEstor" class="mw-redirect" title="EEstor">EEstor</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertica" title="Vertica">Vertica</a>, <a href="http://www.chegg.com" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Chegg</a>, <a href="http://www.shopkick.com" class="external text" rel="nofollow">shopkick</a>, <a href="http://www.zynga.com" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Zynga</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocarina_Networks" title="Ocarina Networks">Ocarina Networks</a>, <a href="http://www.cooliris.com" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Cooliris</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OptiMedica" class="mw-redirect" title="OptiMedica">OptiMedica</a>.

KPCB paid $4 million in 1994 for around 25% of Netscape and profited from Netscape's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering" title="Initial public offering">IPO</a> and subsequent $4 billion acquisition by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_Online" class="mw-redirect" title="America Online">America Online</a>. An investment of $8 million in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerent" class="mw-redirect" title="Cerent">Cerent</a> was worth around $2 billion when the optical equipment maker was sold to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco_Systems" title="Cisco Systems">Cisco Systems</a> for $6.9 billion in August 1999.

In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a>, Kleiner Perkins and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoia_Capital" title="Sequoia Capital">Sequoia Capital</a> paid $25 million for 20% of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a>—as of November 2008 Google's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_capitalization" title="Market capitalization">market capitalization</a> stood at about $108 billion. As initial investors in Amazon.com KPCB scored returns of over 55,000% at the December <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a> peak of that stock, although the value of that investment was subsequently reduced by downturns in Amazon.com's stock price.

In March, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008" title="2008">2008</a>, KPCB announced the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFund" title="IFund">iFund</a>, a $100 million venture capital investment initiative that funds innovators developing applications, services, and components for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch platform, including <a href="http://www.shopkick.com" class="external text" rel="nofollow">shopkick</a>, <a href="http://www.ngmoco.com" class="external text" rel="nofollow">ngmoco</a>, <a href="http://www.booyah.com" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Booyah</a> and <a href="http://www.shazam.com" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Shazam</a>. KPCB's other mobile initiatives also include an investment in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=InMobi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="InMobi (page does not exist)">InMobi</a>, a mobile ad network based out of Bangalore. KPCB doubled their iFund investment in April 2009 to $200 million.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield_%26_Byers#cite_note-24">[25]</a>

In April 2008, it was reported that KPCB was raising funds for a $400 million growth-stage clean-technology fund.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-25">[26]</a> In October 2010, KPCB has launched a new $250 mn fund called sFund to fund the startups in the social space with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zynga" title="Zynga">Zynga</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com" title="Amazon.com">Amazon.com</a> as its co-investors. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-26">[27]</a>

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In 2008 KPCB announced its plan to put as many as 50,000 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car" title="Electric car">electric cars</a> on U.S. roads beginning late next year and could make the famed tech region south of San Francisco a center for these vehicles. The venture will be called Think North America and be based in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menlo_Park,California" title="Menlo Park, California">Menlo Park, California</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield%26_Byers#cite_note-IHT-27">[28]</a>

The plan will bring together Kleiner with RockPort Capital Management, a venture capital firm focused on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_technology" title="Clean technology">clean technology</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Global" title="Think Global">Think Global</a>, a Norwegian electric car maker.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield_%26_Byers#cite_note-IHT-27">[28]</a>

<h3>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield_%26_Byers&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: KPCB XIII fund and Green Growth Fund">edit</a>] KPCB XIII fund and Green Growth Fund</h3>

In May 2008, KPCB today announced the formation of its most recent fund, KPCB XIII. KPCB XIII plans to invest $700 million over roughly a three-year period, backing entrepreneurs and innovation in greentech, information technology and life sciences ventures. The firm also announced the opening of its $500 million Green Growth Fund, which intends to help speed mass market adoption of solutions to the world’s climate crisis. KPCB XIII will mainly back early stage entrepreneurs, while the Green Growth Fund will support companies that have already entered their growth phase. The greentech coverage of KPCB XIII and the Green Growth Fund will extend the firms’ existing collaboration with London based Generation Investment Management. Through their alliance, the firms actively work together to find, fund and accelerate green solutions with the greatest potential to help solve the climate crisis. John Doerr, the firm's leader, said that this $1.2 billion investment would help bring breakthrough inventions to the market.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield_%26_Byers#cite_note-kpcb.com-7">[8]</a>

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<a href="http://www.kpcb.com/initiatives/greentech/index.html">http://www.kpcb.com/initiatives/greentech/index.html</a>

<h3>Greentech</h3>

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers are actively investing in Greentech innovation and entrepreneurs. Scientists agree the number one trend on the planet is urbanization, as four billion people move from rural to urban living in the next 50 years: they all want and need clean water, clean power and clean transportation. At the same time we face climate crisis. Atmospheric CO2 levels are at an all-time high, with accelerating growth. We are addicted to increasingly expensive oil. Scientific breakthroughs in biology and materials technology mean there’s never been a better time to start and grow a great green venture. Greentech could be the largest economic opportunity of the 21st century. It is an unprecedented challenge that demands great innovation, speed and scale.

KPCB has announced an historic alliance with <a href="http://www.generationim.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;">Generation Investment Management</a> and its chairman <a href="http://www.kpcb.com/team/index.php?gore" onclick="window.location(this.href); return false;">Al Gore</a> who has become a KPCB Partner. The combined network, expertise, vision and global reach of Gore, Generation and KPCB will help our entrepreneurs change the world.

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<h2>Focus on Key Priority Areas</h2>

The climate crisis is an urgent, multi-dimensional challenge that requires business and government leaders to accelerate the development of sustainable, scalable solutions. Among the many investment opportunities in the transition from a high-carbon to low-carbon economy, Generation has prioritized four initial areas of focus for the Climate Solutions product:

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<li>Renewable Energy Generation and Distribution</li>

<li>Energy Efficiency and Demand Destruction</li>

<li>Carbon Markets and Climate-Related Financial Services</li>

<li>Solutions for the Biomass Economy  ]  from website of co</li>

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KPCB Partners working on Greentech include <a href="http://www.kpcb.com/team/index.php?Juliet%20de%20Baubigny">Juliet de Baubigny</a>, <a href="http://www.kpcb.com/team/denniston" onclick="window.location(this.href); return false;">John Denniston</a>, <a href="http://www.kpcb.com/team/doerr">John Doerr</a>, <a href="http://www.kpcb.com/team/feng">Eric Feng</a>, <a href="http://www.kpcb.com/team/hsieh">Wen Hsieh</a>, <a href="http://www.kpcb.com/team/joy">Bill Joy</a>, <a href="http://www.kpcb.com/team/komisar">Randy Komisar</a>, <a href="http://www.kpcb.com/team/kortlang">Ben Kortlang</a>, <a href="http://www.kpcb.com/team/lacob">Joe Lacob</a>, <a href="http://www.kpcb.com/team/lane">Ray Lane</a>, <a href="http://www.kpcb.com/team/lee">Aileen Lee</a>, <a href="http://www.kpcb.com/team/nazre">Ajit Nazre</a>, <a href="http://www.kpcb.com/team/ormont">Jordan Ormont</a>, <a href="http://www.kpcb.com/team/pao">Ellen Pao</a>, <a href="http://www.kpcb.com/team/schlein">Ted Schlein</a>, <a href="http://www.kpcb.com/team/vassallo">Trae Vassallo</a> and David Wells in the U.S., and <a href="http://www.kpcb.com/china/english/team/tju.html">Tina Ju</a>, <a href="http://www.kpcb.com/china/english/team/fzhong.html">Forrest Zhong</a> and <a href="http://www.kpcb.com/china/english/team/jzhou.html">Joe Zhou</a> in China. <a href="http://www.kpcb.com/team/index.php?sridhar">KR Sridhar </a>is a strategic limited partner advising on Greentech.

<a href="http://www.wecansolveit.org" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;">Al Gore's "10 Year Challenge" to Repower America - July 17, 2008</a>

<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/128" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;">John Doerr’s TED Talk</a>

<a href="http://www.climatecrisis.net/" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;">Inconvenient Truth</a>

<a href="http://www.climateprotect.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;">Alliance for Climate Protection</a>

<a href="http://www.theclimateproject.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;">The Climate Project</a>

<a href="http://www.liveearth.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;">Live Earth</a>

<a href="http://www.kpcb.com/news/articles/2007_11_12.html" onclick="window.open('../../news/articles/2007_11_12.html', 'news', 'width=718, height=650, resizable=no, scrollbars=yes, menubar=no'); return false">KPCB and Generation Investment Management Form Partnership</a>

<a href="http://www.kpcb.com/files/Fortune_article.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;">"Green Team" - Fortune Magazine, November 2007</a>

<a href="http://www.kpcb.com/files/ft-111207.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;">"Gore turns to Silicon Valley in Green Fight" - Financial Times, November 12, 2007</a>

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vc hist: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.H.Whitney%26_Company" title="J.H. Whitney & Company">J.H. Whitney & Company</a> was founded by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hay_Whitney" title="John Hay Whitney">John Hay Whitney</a> and his partner <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benno_C.Schmidt,Sr." title="Benno C. Schmidt, Sr.">Benno Schmidt</a>. Whitney had been investing since the 1930s, founding <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Pictures" title="Pioneer Pictures">Pioneer Pictures</a> in 1933 and acquiring a 15% interest in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technicolor_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Technicolor Corporation">Technicolor Corporation</a> with his cousin <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Vanderbilt_Whitney" title="Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney">Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney</a>. By far Whitney's most famous investment was in Florida Foods Corporation. The company developed an innovative method for delivering nutrition to American soldiers, which later came to be known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minute_Maid" title="Minute Maid">Minute Maid</a> orange juice and was sold to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coca-Cola_Company" title="The Coca-Cola Company">The Coca-Cola Company</a> in 1960. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.H.Whitney%26_Company" title="J.H. Whitney & Company">J.H. Whitney & Company</a> continues to make investments in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leveraged_buyout" title="Leveraged buyout">leveraged buyout</a> transactions and raised $750 million for its sixth <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_investor" title="Institutional investor">institutional</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_equity_fund" title="Private equity fund">private equity fund</a> in 2005.

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