Khosla Impact

Khosla Impact, established in 2013, is an impact investment firm based in Menlo Park, California. It focuses on assisting high-impact entrepreneurs who develop products and services for the three billion people at the bottom of the world's economic pyramid. The firm invests in for-profit enterprises serving low-income individuals and small businesses in emerging markets, with a primary focus on South Asia. Khosla Impact encourages experimentation and supports entrepreneurs passionate about solving socio-economic challenges through technology and innovative business models.

Alex Bentley

Partner and Investor

Ryno Blignaut

Operating Partner

Alice Brooks

Principal

Peter Buckland

General Partner and COO

Brian Byun

Venture Partner

Catherine Casuga

Operating Partner

Bryan Gartner

Partner

Kanu Gulati

Partner

Judy Huang

Operating Partner

Jun Jeon

Principal

Samir Kaul

Founding Partner and Managing Director

Vinod Khosla

Managing Director

Kelly Kinnard

Operating Partner

Evan Moore

Partner

Alexander Morgan

Partner

Nicholas Moryl

Associate

Keith Rabois

Managing Director

Arash Rebek

Partner, Capital Formation

Jessy Rivest

Partner and Investor

Jai Sajnani

Partner

Jai Sajnani

Partner and Investor

Leah Scanlan

Operating Partner

Nikita Shamgunov

Partner

Sven Strohband

Managing Director

Rajesh Swaminathan

Partner

David Weiden

Managing Director

Reze Wong

Partner

Adam Coates

Operating Partner

Kanupriya Gulati Ph.D

Partner and Investor

Past deals in Industrial Automation

Industrial Next

Series A in 2025
Industrial Next specializes in the development of advanced technologies aimed at automating production processes. The company focuses on creating AI-powered workstations that utilize proprietary learning, vision, and control software to streamline manual assembly tasks. By integrating hardware and software solutions, Industrial Next enables manufacturing companies to improve efficiency and precision in their assembly lines, thereby facilitating flexible and intelligent production automation.

Nomagic

Series B in 2025
Nomagic, Inc. is a company based in Warsaw, Poland, specializing in robotic manipulation solutions for order fulfillment in e-commerce warehouses. By providing smart pick-and-place robotic systems, Nomagic enhances efficiency, flexibility, and reliability in the logistics process. Their technology automates repetitive tasks, reduces fulfillment costs, and addresses labor shortages, allowing warehouses to operate seamlessly around the clock. The company's robots have already been implemented on packing lines at Cdiscount, a leading French e-commerce platform. Utilizing artificial intelligence, Nomagic's systems continuously learn and adapt to changing conditions, improving the agility of warehouse operations and ensuring reliable delivery of goods.

Physical Intelligence

Series A in 2024
Physical Intelligence is a technology company specializing in integrating artificial intelligence with robotics and physical devices. It develops foundational models and learning algorithms to enable robots and other physical devices to perform a wide range of tasks across various industries.

Waabi

Series B in 2024
Waabi is an artificial intelligence company based in Toronto, Canada, focused on developing autonomous driving technology for the transportation sector. Founded in 2021 by Raquel Urtasun, Waabi offers a self-driving solution called the Waabi Driver, specifically designed for integration with trucks. The company's technology aims to facilitate large-scale commercialization and safe deployment of autonomous vehicles in the logistics and transportation industries. By utilizing advanced deep learning, probabilistic inference, and complex optimization techniques, Waabi's software is capable of complex reasoning and is end-to-end trainable. This approach allows clients to test driving scenarios and safety-critical edge cases in a closed-loop simulator, significantly reducing the need for extensive real-world testing and enhancing safety and cost-effectiveness in the deployment of autonomous trucking solutions.

Physical Intelligence

Seed Round in 2024
Physical Intelligence is a technology company specializing in integrating artificial intelligence with robotics and physical devices. It develops foundational models and learning algorithms to enable robots and other physical devices to perform a wide range of tasks across various industries.

Daedalus

Series A in 2024
Daedalus is a contract manufacturing company that specializes in precision parts for the CNC industry. It leverages advanced robotics and artificial intelligence to create reconfigurable production capacity, allowing for instant retooling to accommodate various manufacturing needs. The company offers a software system that enhances manufacturing efficiency and ensures high reliability and transparency throughout the production process. Daedalus is equipped to handle a wide range of production scales, from prototypes to large-scale manufacturing, thereby supporting diverse customer requirements with agility in both process and part complexity.

Zordi

Venture Round in 2023
Zordi operates an innovative agricultural technology platform that features an autonomous modular greenhouse system, utilizing advanced robotics and artificial intelligence. The company focuses on enhancing agricultural operations through automation, enabling precise pest management, efficient harvesting, and effective packing processes. By integrating these technologies, Zordi aims to improve the reliability and effectiveness of consumer solutions in the agriculture sector. The platform is designed to support distributed greenhouse farms located near urban centers, facilitating the delivery of fresh, high-quality fruits and vegetables to consumers while providing a significant return on investment for operators.

Reflex Robotics

Seed Round in 2023
Reflex Robotics specializes in developing affordable humanoid robots, priced at around $10,000, to automate hazardous and repetitive tasks in logistics and manufacturing sectors. Their robots are designed and manufactured in-house by a team that previously led the development of the Stretch robot at Boston Dynamics and key components of Tesla's Model S, X, and Y production lines. The company's robotic technology is currently employed in beverage packing, warehouse palletizing, and shelf tote picking, aiming to streamline daily operations for various industries.

Kind Humanoid

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Kind Humanoid is a robotic company focused on optimizing operations through the use of intelligent humanoid robots. These robots leverage advanced large language models to assist individuals with high-level reasoning tasks, enabling clients to automate and streamline various operations. By providing additional labor through its innovative technology, Kind Humanoid aims to contribute to a more efficient and productive future.

Daedalus

Seed Round in 2023
Daedalus is a contract manufacturing company that specializes in precision parts for the CNC industry. It leverages advanced robotics and artificial intelligence to create reconfigurable production capacity, allowing for instant retooling to accommodate various manufacturing needs. The company offers a software system that enhances manufacturing efficiency and ensures high reliability and transparency throughout the production process. Daedalus is equipped to handle a wide range of production scales, from prototypes to large-scale manufacturing, thereby supporting diverse customer requirements with agility in both process and part complexity.

Nomagic

Series A in 2022
Nomagic, Inc. is a company based in Warsaw, Poland, specializing in robotic manipulation solutions for order fulfillment in e-commerce warehouses. By providing smart pick-and-place robotic systems, Nomagic enhances efficiency, flexibility, and reliability in the logistics process. Their technology automates repetitive tasks, reduces fulfillment costs, and addresses labor shortages, allowing warehouses to operate seamlessly around the clock. The company's robots have already been implemented on packing lines at Cdiscount, a leading French e-commerce platform. Utilizing artificial intelligence, Nomagic's systems continuously learn and adapt to changing conditions, improving the agility of warehouse operations and ensuring reliable delivery of goods.

Helium

Series D in 2022
Helium Systems Inc. develops Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology, focusing on sensor devices that monitor environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, motion, and light. These sensors are utilized in various applications, including facility monitoring and quality control for medical products, energy management, air quality assessment, and refrigeration temperature regulation. The company offers a web and mobile dashboard for users to manage and access sensor data. Additionally, Helium operates a decentralized wireless network that enables low-power IoT devices to connect to the internet. This network incentivizes individuals to become network operators, rewarding them with a cryptocurrency for validating network transactions and contributing to the network's integrity. Incorporated in 2013 and based in San Francisco, Helium Systems continues to innovate within the IoT landscape, enhancing the ability to gather insights from smart devices.

Daedalus

Seed Round in 2021
Daedalus is a contract manufacturing company that specializes in precision parts for the CNC industry. It leverages advanced robotics and artificial intelligence to create reconfigurable production capacity, allowing for instant retooling to accommodate various manufacturing needs. The company offers a software system that enhances manufacturing efficiency and ensures high reliability and transparency throughout the production process. Daedalus is equipped to handle a wide range of production scales, from prototypes to large-scale manufacturing, thereby supporting diverse customer requirements with agility in both process and part complexity.

Waabi

Series A in 2021
Waabi is an artificial intelligence company based in Toronto, Canada, focused on developing autonomous driving technology for the transportation sector. Founded in 2021 by Raquel Urtasun, Waabi offers a self-driving solution called the Waabi Driver, specifically designed for integration with trucks. The company's technology aims to facilitate large-scale commercialization and safe deployment of autonomous vehicles in the logistics and transportation industries. By utilizing advanced deep learning, probabilistic inference, and complex optimization techniques, Waabi's software is capable of complex reasoning and is end-to-end trainable. This approach allows clients to test driving scenarios and safety-critical edge cases in a closed-loop simulator, significantly reducing the need for extensive real-world testing and enhancing safety and cost-effectiveness in the deployment of autonomous trucking solutions.

Akasha Imaging

Series A in 2020
Akasha Imaging is a technology company based in Palo Alto, California, specializing in deep imaging solutions that leverage computational imaging and deep learning. Founded in 2019, the company develops a robotic imaging platform designed to enhance various industrial applications, including picking, welding, assembly, and inspection. By utilizing artificial intelligence and polarized light, Akasha Imaging's technology enables improved computer vision capabilities, making it applicable in the manufacturing, supply chain, and logistics sectors. The company's focus on high-resolution 3D imaging aims to advance robotic vision and enhance operational efficiency across multiple industries.

Daedalus

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Daedalus is a contract manufacturing company that specializes in precision parts for the CNC industry. It leverages advanced robotics and artificial intelligence to create reconfigurable production capacity, allowing for instant retooling to accommodate various manufacturing needs. The company offers a software system that enhances manufacturing efficiency and ensures high reliability and transparency throughout the production process. Daedalus is equipped to handle a wide range of production scales, from prototypes to large-scale manufacturing, thereby supporting diverse customer requirements with agility in both process and part complexity.

Nomagic

Seed Round in 2020
Nomagic, Inc. is a company based in Warsaw, Poland, specializing in robotic manipulation solutions for order fulfillment in e-commerce warehouses. By providing smart pick-and-place robotic systems, Nomagic enhances efficiency, flexibility, and reliability in the logistics process. Their technology automates repetitive tasks, reduces fulfillment costs, and addresses labor shortages, allowing warehouses to operate seamlessly around the clock. The company's robots have already been implemented on packing lines at Cdiscount, a leading French e-commerce platform. Utilizing artificial intelligence, Nomagic's systems continuously learn and adapt to changing conditions, improving the agility of warehouse operations and ensuring reliable delivery of goods.

Helium

Series C in 2019
Helium Systems Inc. develops Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology, focusing on sensor devices that monitor environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, motion, and light. These sensors are utilized in various applications, including facility monitoring and quality control for medical products, energy management, air quality assessment, and refrigeration temperature regulation. The company offers a web and mobile dashboard for users to manage and access sensor data. Additionally, Helium operates a decentralized wireless network that enables low-power IoT devices to connect to the internet. This network incentivizes individuals to become network operators, rewarding them with a cryptocurrency for validating network transactions and contributing to the network's integrity. Incorporated in 2013 and based in San Francisco, Helium Systems continues to innovate within the IoT landscape, enhancing the ability to gather insights from smart devices.

Giant.AI

Seed Round in 2018
Giant.ai, Inc., established in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, focuses on advancing technologies in computer vision, deep learning, and robotics. The company develops intelligent and cost-effective robotic workers designed to complement human labor in low-skill manual tasks across various industries, including manufacturing, agriculture, and logistics. By integrating these robotic solutions, organizations can significantly enhance productivity and improve the overall human condition, facilitating a more efficient workforce in diverse sectors.

Helium

Series B in 2016
Helium Systems Inc. develops Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology, focusing on sensor devices that monitor environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, motion, and light. These sensors are utilized in various applications, including facility monitoring and quality control for medical products, energy management, air quality assessment, and refrigeration temperature regulation. The company offers a web and mobile dashboard for users to manage and access sensor data. Additionally, Helium operates a decentralized wireless network that enables low-power IoT devices to connect to the internet. This network incentivizes individuals to become network operators, rewarding them with a cryptocurrency for validating network transactions and contributing to the network's integrity. Incorporated in 2013 and based in San Francisco, Helium Systems continues to innovate within the IoT landscape, enhancing the ability to gather insights from smart devices.

Helium

Series A in 2014
Helium Systems Inc. develops Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology, focusing on sensor devices that monitor environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, motion, and light. These sensors are utilized in various applications, including facility monitoring and quality control for medical products, energy management, air quality assessment, and refrigeration temperature regulation. The company offers a web and mobile dashboard for users to manage and access sensor data. Additionally, Helium operates a decentralized wireless network that enables low-power IoT devices to connect to the internet. This network incentivizes individuals to become network operators, rewarding them with a cryptocurrency for validating network transactions and contributing to the network's integrity. Incorporated in 2013 and based in San Francisco, Helium Systems continues to innovate within the IoT landscape, enhancing the ability to gather insights from smart devices.

ParStream

Series B in 2013
ParStream is an IoT analytics platform that specializes in real-time database technology designed to manage and analyze large volumes of IoT data. Founded in 2011 by Michael Hummel and Jörg Bienert, the platform focuses on providing timely and actionable insights through its unique column-oriented database and advanced indexing technology, which enables high-speed analytics at the edge. ParStream serves various industries, including telecommunications, manufacturing, renewable energy, and telematics, and has garnered recognition as a leading big data startup. The platform's architecture supports low latency and high throughput, making it well-suited for real-time applications. It is compatible with common interface technologies such as JDBC and ODBC, ensuring easy integration into existing IT infrastructures. ParStream offers flexible deployment options, including single-server, clustered, and cloud editions, and operates on standard CPU infrastructure across most Linux distributions. The company is headquartered in Cupertino, California, with additional offices in Cologne, Germany, and sales teams across Europe and Korea.

SLD Laser

Series A in 2013
SLD Laser specializes in the development and commercialization of advanced visible laser light sources for various applications, including automotive, mobility, specialty lighting, and consumer products. The company utilizes innovative semi-polar GaN laser technology to enhance performance and reliability. Its laser light sources are ISO 9001 certified and comply with automotive standards, ensuring safety and quality across its products. With facilities in Santa Barbara and Fremont, California, SLD Laser's high luminance LaserLight sources are UL and IEC safety certified and find applications in diverse fields such as entertainment, projection and augmented/virtual reality displays, biomedical instrumentation, and industrial imaging and material processing.

ParStream

Series A in 2012
ParStream is an IoT analytics platform that specializes in real-time database technology designed to manage and analyze large volumes of IoT data. Founded in 2011 by Michael Hummel and Jörg Bienert, the platform focuses on providing timely and actionable insights through its unique column-oriented database and advanced indexing technology, which enables high-speed analytics at the edge. ParStream serves various industries, including telecommunications, manufacturing, renewable energy, and telematics, and has garnered recognition as a leading big data startup. The platform's architecture supports low latency and high throughput, making it well-suited for real-time applications. It is compatible with common interface technologies such as JDBC and ODBC, ensuring easy integration into existing IT infrastructures. ParStream offers flexible deployment options, including single-server, clustered, and cloud editions, and operates on standard CPU infrastructure across most Linux distributions. The company is headquartered in Cupertino, California, with additional offices in Cologne, Germany, and sales teams across Europe and Korea.

SJS

Series A in 2008
SJS Control Technologies Inc. is a low cost provider of construction, maintenance and turn key electrical and process automation services. They are also the distributor of RFID Inc. for Canada and Mexico, supplying automatic identification equipment for a variety of purposes.

Zordi

Zordi operates an innovative agricultural technology platform that features an autonomous modular greenhouse system, utilizing advanced robotics and artificial intelligence. The company focuses on enhancing agricultural operations through automation, enabling precise pest management, efficient harvesting, and effective packing processes. By integrating these technologies, Zordi aims to improve the reliability and effectiveness of consumer solutions in the agriculture sector. The platform is designed to support distributed greenhouse farms located near urban centers, facilitating the delivery of fresh, high-quality fruits and vegetables to consumers while providing a significant return on investment for operators.
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