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Khosla Ventures

Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2004 by Vinod Khosla, a co-founder of Sun Microsystems. Based in Menlo Park, California, the firm manages over $5 billion and primarily invests in early-stage technology companies throughout the United States. Khosla Ventures provides capital, strategic advice, and venture assistance to entrepreneurs focused on breakthrough innovations across various sectors, including consumer technology, enterprise solutions, health, education, agriculture, and sustainable energy. The firm has a particular interest in high-risk, high-reward opportunities, often acting as a sole investor in "science or innovation experiments." Investment sizes typically range from $100,000 to over $20 million, allowing Khosla Ventures to support both traditional ventures and unconventional projects.

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Bruce Armstrong

Operating Partner

Irene Au

Angel

Ryno Blignaut

Operating Partner

Alice Brooks

Partner

Peter Buckland

Partner, Managing Director and COO

Benny Buller

Investment Professional

Brian Byun

Operating Partner

Catherine Casuga

Operating Partner

Kanu Gulati

Partner

Emmanuel T. Hernandez

Operating Partner

Judy Huang

Operating Partner

Keith Janosky

Chief Financial Officer and Head of Investor Relations

Jun Jeon

Principal

Samir Kaul

Founding Partner & Managing Director

Paul Kirincich

Operating Partner

Alexander A. Morgan

Partner

Alexander Morgan Ph.D

Partner

Hesam Motlagh

Chief of Staff

Keith Rabois

Managing Director

Nikita Shamgunov

Partner & Investor

Sven Strohband Ph.D

Managing Director

Rajesh Swaminathan

Partner

Adina Tecklu

Partner

Sandhya Venkatachalam

Partner

David Weiden

Founding Partner and Managing Director

Ece Wyrick

Principal

Past deals in Google Glass

Mojo Vision

Series C in 2023
Mojo Vision is a developer of augmented reality products and platforms intended to invent the future of computing. The company has developed a smart contact lens with a built-in display that gives timely information without interrupting the focus and delivers immediate, powerful, and relevant information without the intrusions of today's mobile devices, enabling users to connect with others at a glance, anytime, anywhere handsfree. Mojo Vision was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Saratoga, California.

Quadrant Eye

Seed Round in 2021
QE is building remote eye exams. Our mission to is take all of eye care remote.

Mojo Vision

Series B in 2020
Mojo Vision is a developer of augmented reality products and platforms intended to invent the future of computing. The company has developed a smart contact lens with a built-in display that gives timely information without interrupting the focus and delivers immediate, powerful, and relevant information without the intrusions of today's mobile devices, enabling users to connect with others at a glance, anytime, anywhere handsfree. Mojo Vision was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Saratoga, California.

Ghost Autonomy

Series C in 2019
Ghost turns your car into a self-driving car. By adding a few small cameras and a compact computer to existing cars, Ghost will deliver Real Self-Driving on freeways, with a system so safe commuters can fully pay attention to something other than driving. Ghost was founded by John Hayes and Volkmar Uhlig in 2017. John previously founded Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG), taking the company public in 2015. The company is backed by Mike Speiser at Sutter Hill Ventures, Keith Rabois at Founders Fund, and Vinod Khosla at Khosla Ventures and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Compound Eye

Series A in 2018
Compound Eye Inc. develops 3D vision software tools for autonomous machines. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Mojo Vision

Series A in 2018
Mojo Vision is a developer of augmented reality products and platforms intended to invent the future of computing. The company has developed a smart contact lens with a built-in display that gives timely information without interrupting the focus and delivers immediate, powerful, and relevant information without the intrusions of today's mobile devices, enabling users to connect with others at a glance, anytime, anywhere handsfree. Mojo Vision was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Saratoga, California.

Openwater

Seed Round in 2018
Openwater designs and develops MRI-resolution wearables that medical diagnoses and treatments, and a new era of fluid and affordable brain-to-computer communications to consumer electronics manufacturing facilities and techniques. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Ghost Autonomy

Series B in 2018
Ghost turns your car into a self-driving car. By adding a few small cameras and a compact computer to existing cars, Ghost will deliver Real Self-Driving on freeways, with a system so safe commuters can fully pay attention to something other than driving. Ghost was founded by John Hayes and Volkmar Uhlig in 2017. John previously founded Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG), taking the company public in 2015. The company is backed by Mike Speiser at Sutter Hill Ventures, Keith Rabois at Founders Fund, and Vinod Khosla at Khosla Ventures and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Jido Inc.

Seed Round in 2018
Jido is bringing in the next wave of AR where digital content can have a shared and persistent life in the real world. Our API uses intimate understanding of a users spatial context to preserve AR experiences across users and devices. Our research team came out of the Stanford Artifical Intelligence Labs and the Cornell Robot Learning Lab.

Narrative

Series B in 2014
Narrative is an innovative market leader in wearable cameras and intelligent image analysis. The Narrative Clip is an automatic, stamp-sized camera that the user clips on to her clothes to capture photos and location data without conscious interaction. Narrative’s image analysis service analyzes the photos and data and serves the user with her most meaningful and memorable moments in a mobile app photo stream. Narrative was founded by Martin Källström, Oskar Kalmaru, Björn Wesén and Simon Pantzare, Sebastian Björkelid March 1, 2012. It is headquartered in Linköping, Sweden, with additional offices in Sweden (Stockholm and Lund) and the United States (San Francisco). As of April 2014, the company has 45 employees.

View

Venture Round in 2013
View, Inc. specializes in designing and manufacturing glass systems for various sectors, including workplace, healthcare, education, and hospitality. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Milpitas, California, with manufacturing facilities in Olive Branch, Mississippi, the company focuses on enhancing natural light in buildings through its innovative smart window technology. View's products, known for their energy efficiency and positive impact on human health and productivity, utilize artificial intelligence to automatically adjust to sunlight, optimizing light access while minimizing energy consumption. The company markets its solutions through direct sales and representatives both domestically and internationally, positioning itself as a leader in the smart windows industry.

View

Series E in 2013
View, Inc. specializes in designing and manufacturing glass systems for various sectors, including workplace, healthcare, education, and hospitality. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Milpitas, California, with manufacturing facilities in Olive Branch, Mississippi, the company focuses on enhancing natural light in buildings through its innovative smart window technology. View's products, known for their energy efficiency and positive impact on human health and productivity, utilize artificial intelligence to automatically adjust to sunlight, optimizing light access while minimizing energy consumption. The company markets its solutions through direct sales and representatives both domestically and internationally, positioning itself as a leader in the smart windows industry.

View

Series D in 2012
View, Inc. specializes in designing and manufacturing glass systems for various sectors, including workplace, healthcare, education, and hospitality. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Milpitas, California, with manufacturing facilities in Olive Branch, Mississippi, the company focuses on enhancing natural light in buildings through its innovative smart window technology. View's products, known for their energy efficiency and positive impact on human health and productivity, utilize artificial intelligence to automatically adjust to sunlight, optimizing light access while minimizing energy consumption. The company markets its solutions through direct sales and representatives both domestically and internationally, positioning itself as a leader in the smart windows industry.

View

Series C in 2010
View, Inc. specializes in designing and manufacturing glass systems for various sectors, including workplace, healthcare, education, and hospitality. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Milpitas, California, with manufacturing facilities in Olive Branch, Mississippi, the company focuses on enhancing natural light in buildings through its innovative smart window technology. View's products, known for their energy efficiency and positive impact on human health and productivity, utilize artificial intelligence to automatically adjust to sunlight, optimizing light access while minimizing energy consumption. The company markets its solutions through direct sales and representatives both domestically and internationally, positioning itself as a leader in the smart windows industry.

View

Series B in 2009
View, Inc. specializes in designing and manufacturing glass systems for various sectors, including workplace, healthcare, education, and hospitality. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Milpitas, California, with manufacturing facilities in Olive Branch, Mississippi, the company focuses on enhancing natural light in buildings through its innovative smart window technology. View's products, known for their energy efficiency and positive impact on human health and productivity, utilize artificial intelligence to automatically adjust to sunlight, optimizing light access while minimizing energy consumption. The company markets its solutions through direct sales and representatives both domestically and internationally, positioning itself as a leader in the smart windows industry.

View

Series A in 2008
View, Inc. specializes in designing and manufacturing glass systems for various sectors, including workplace, healthcare, education, and hospitality. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Milpitas, California, with manufacturing facilities in Olive Branch, Mississippi, the company focuses on enhancing natural light in buildings through its innovative smart window technology. View's products, known for their energy efficiency and positive impact on human health and productivity, utilize artificial intelligence to automatically adjust to sunlight, optimizing light access while minimizing energy consumption. The company markets its solutions through direct sales and representatives both domestically and internationally, positioning itself as a leader in the smart windows industry.