John Doerr Talks Diversity, Exeuction And The Future Of Kleiner Perkins

John Doerr - 25 Kleiner Perkins’ John Doerr hopes that his firm will find itself at a “50/50” ratio, where it has successfully brought in a diverse set of new partners — a problem that has long-plagued the venture capital industry. He spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015. “I made it really clear even at Kleiner Perkins, where I’m deeply committed to diversity, we have done… Read More

Mobile Lifecycle Marketing Firm Leanplum Raises A $11.6M Series B Round Led By Kleiner Perkins

Leanplum_Lifecycle_Engine_Campaign_View Leanplum, a service that helps developers and marketers engage with mobile users through personalized messages, dynamic UI optimization and A/B testing services, today announced that it has raised a $11.6 million Series B round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Shasta Ventures, which led the company’s $4.8 million Series A round, also participated in this round.
The company… Read More

M.D. Turned VC Beth Seidenberg To Talk Biotech Startups At Disrupt SF

Beth Seidenberg is a licensed physician immunologist who helped bring drugs like the asthma drug Singulair and the pain medication Vioxx to market before turning to venture capitalism. As a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), she’s helped develop companies that led to some pretty sizable exits, and we’re thrilled to announce that Seidenberg will be talking with… Read More

Ellen Pao Officially Found Liable For Roughly $276,000 In Court Fees From Kleiner Perkins

ellen-pao1 Ellen Pao not only lost on all counts of a high-profile sexual discrimination case earlier this year, but Judge Harold Kahn has officially ordered the interim Reddit CEO to pay more than a quarter of a million dollars in court costs to Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers this morning. The ruling was consistent with a tentative order from Judge Kahn last night. Both parties met at the San… Read More

Judge Tentatively Orders Ellen Pao To Pay More Than $275,000 In Court Costs To Kleiner Perkins

ellen-pao1 Judge Harold Kahn has tentatively ordered Ellen Pao to pay $275,996.63 back to Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers for costs incurred during a high-profile sexual discrimination case earlier this year. Pao lost on all counts of her case against KPCB, which claimed she was not properly promoted within the VC firm on the basis of her gender. The jury found that her gender was not the reason Pao… Read More

CoreOS Raises $12M Funding Round Led By Google Ventures To Bring Kubernetes To The Enterprise

tectonic-launch CoreOS, a Docker-centric Linux distribution for large-scale server deployments, today announced that it has raised a $12 million funding round led by Google Ventures with participation by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Fuel Capital and Accel Partners. This new round brings the company’s total funding to $20 million.
In addition, CoreOS is also launching Tectonic today. This new… Read More