Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
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Video-game industry pins hopes on new titles...left EA to head InstantAction Holdings. "It is an awkward transition," admits Bing Gordon, a partner at venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers who is a Zynga board member. But it is one that increasingly is being... In this article: Activision, Wii, Electronic Arts, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Recession, Nintendo, PS3, and Playdom |
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Xconomy | 6 days ago
Aptera Postpones Production, HR Biopetroleum and Shell in Biofuel Collaboration, Power Grid Needs Tech Innovation, & More San Diego BizTech News
...from Research Triangle Park, NC, to Atlanta. -Ellen Pao, a partner and member of the GreenTech investment team at Menlo Park, CA-based Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, said one of the hottest areas for technology innovation and investment...
In this article: San Diego, Royal Dutch Shell, Biofuel, Vista, CA, Department of Energy, and Joint venture
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bizjournals: Local Business News | 6 days ago
Game startup Zynga value seen near $1B
...paid when it bought London-based Playfish for $300 million. Which would probably make Zynga investors, including Menlo Park firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Institutional Venture Partners, quite happy. Zynga has raised an...
In this article: Revenue, Institutional Venture Partners, Facebook, Electronic Arts Inc., and Redwood City
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Business Wire Entertainment News | 6 days ago
Zynga Hits 100 Million Unique Visitors Per Month
...FarmVille, Zynga Poker, Mafia Wars, YoVille, Vampires, Roller Coaster Kingdom, Cafe World, and FishVille. The company is funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, IVP, Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group, Avalon Ventures, Pilot Group,...
In this article: Facebook, Yahoo, Foundry Group, Pilot Group, Union Square Ventures, Revenue, and Reid Hoffman
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Gawker | November 19, 2009
Facebook Named in Federal Class-Action Suit over Scammy Zynga Ads [Lawsuits]
Facebook is the darling of Silicon Valley, with VCs having valued it in the billions of dollars, while Zynga counts the elite firm of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers among its major investors. Yet both companies have come to rely on greasy...
In this article: Facebook, Revenue, Defendant, TechCrunch, Mark Pincus, Northern California, Silicon Valley, and Sacramento
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Oil & Gas Journal | November 19, 2009
Group pushes electric vehicles to cut oil use
...are Aerovironment Inc., Gridpoint Inc., NRG Energy Inc., Coda Automotive, PG&E Corp., Rockwood Holdings Inc., Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Coulomb Technologies Inc., Johnson Controls-SAFT and Johnson Controls Power...
In this article: NRG Energy Inc. and Johnson Controls
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washingtonpost.com | November 18, 2009
TechNet Names Rey Ramsey CEO
...as the high-tech sector show greater interest in issues in Washington. TechNet's members include venture capitalist John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Intel chief executive Paul Otellini and Google chief executive Eric...
In this article: Rey Ramsey, One Economy, Cloud computing, John Doerr, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, Urban League, and Google
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Gawker | November 17, 2009
Investors Punish Online Scam Trafficker with $15 Million [How Things Work]
...issuing shares as part of its latest $15 million round of financing that included firms like the gold-standard Silicon Valley shop Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (past investments: Google, Amazon, Netscape, etc.), as PaidContent points...
In this article: Silicon Valley, Revenue, Spam, Netscape, TechCrunch, Mark Pincus, Amazon, Facebook, and MySpace
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VentureBeat | November 17, 2009
PG&E lawsuit spreads down Smart Grid supply chain
...the most likely IPO in the Smart Grid space - is a pretty big deal. Silver Spring has raised upwards of $167 million from the likes of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Foundation Capital - it's even advised by Al Gore. Landis+Gyr has...
In this article: Landis+Gyr, Supply chain, Twitter, Plaintiff, Silver Spring Networks, Al Gore, Bakersfield, and Department of Energy
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Xconomy | November 17, 2009
Kleiner Perkins' Ellen Pao on Opportunities in Greentech Investing
I had an opportunity to sit down recently (along with several other journalists) for an informal chat with Ellen Pao, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and a member of the famed Menlo Park, CA, venture firm's GreenTech...
In this article: San Diego, Department of Energy, Global warming, WordPress, and Carbon
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Reuters | November 03, 2009
Fisker picks distributor for Europe
...said, adding that Europe is a huge market for Fisker. The privately held automaker, which counts Silicon Valley-based venture fund Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as one of its investors, is also considering launching its vehicles in...
In this article: Europe, Electric car, China, California, Valmet Automotive, and General Motors
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Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) is a venture capital firm located on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley. The firm was named after its four founding partners: Eugene Kleiner (emeritus), Tom Perkins (emeritus), Frank J. Caufield (emeritus), and Brook Byers.
The firm was formed in 1972. At that point, the founders of most venture capital firms came from financial backgrounds, however Kleiner Perkins's founders distinguished themselves through their industry experience—Kleiner as a founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Perkins as one of the leaders of Hewlett-Packard's early computer hardware division.
Like other venture capital firms, the firm does not discourage transactions among companies in which it holds a stake. This is similar to the Japanese keiretsu style of company structure.
- Name:
- Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
- Type:
- Limited liability company
- Location:
- Menlo Park, California
- Founded:
- 1972
- Industry:
- Venture Capital
- Key People:
- Eugene Kleiner, Bill Joy
- Products:
- Investments, private equity funds
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