Khosla Ventures
Vinod Khosla's deep-tech and climate-tech focused firm
VC
Multi-stage
📍 Menlo Park, CA
Founded 2004
AUM
$15B
as of 2026-Q1
MID
Khosla Ventures was founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla (co-founder of Sun Microsystems and former general partner at Kleiner Perkins). The firm is known for high-conviction, contrarian bets on deep-tech, climate, and AI. Made the first venture check into OpenAI in 2019.
Firm Profile
Active Fund
Khosla Ventures VIII ($3.5B) · 2024
Notable Partners
Vinod KhoslaSamir KaulKeith Rabois (formerly)Alex Morgan
Notable Portfolio
openaicommonwealth-fusionimpossible-foods
Investment Focus
Stages
Seed · Series A · Series B
Sectors
Climate · AI · Bio · Robotics · Energy
VCTier-1 VCClimate HeavyDeep Tech
Investor data reflects publicly disclosed AUM, fund sizes, and portfolio holdings as of 2026-Q1. Refreshed periodically.