On April 10, 2013, KPCB teamed up with Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures to ignite the imagination of next generation entrepreneurs building on the new Glass platform.

Learn more »

On March 13, 2013, Silver Spring Networks, a networking platform and solutions provider for smart energy networks, made its market debut on NASDAQ trading under the symbol "SSNI".

Learn more »

On December 3, 2012, KPCB Partner Mary Meeker provided an update to the 2012 Internet Trends report with a focus on Asset-Light Generation and talked about new areas of re-imagination — from Data, Wallet, Education and Healthcare.

Learn more »

On November 20, 2012, KPCB announced the launch of KPCB Design Council and Fellows Program to provide the most promising design students with mentorship, leadership and community and to nurture the interconnection of design and technology in developing innovative products and services.

Learn more »

On November 15, 2012, KPCB officially opened doors to its new San Francisco office, a collaborative working space for KPCB's partners, startups and incubators.

Learn more »

On October 24, 2012, KPCB Partner Mary Meeker presented "2012 USA Inc. Key Points" and shared her financial observations in this non-partisan report, which looks at the U.S. government and its financials as if it were a business.

Learn more »

On October 3, 2012, industry leader in identity theft protection, LifeLock, made its market debut on NASDAQ trading under the symbol "LOCK".

On August 28, 2012, Flipboard celebrated its second birthday and grew their service to 20 million users, adding one new user every second. Founded by Mike McCue and Evan Doll, Flipboard is on a quest to transform how people discover, view and share content by combining the beauty and ease of print with the power of social media. In the last 12 months, Flipboard launched iPhone and smartphone editions; debuted features like Cover Stories, audio and shopping; added seven new social networks; forged partnerships with publishers like The New York Times, and localized into eight languages.

August 2012, Spotify grew to over 15 million active users with more than 4 million paying subscribers across 15 countries. Spotify is the world's biggest music streaming service, providing free and instant access to over 18 million tracks. The Spotify app is available for iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry and a number of other operating systems.

On August 7, 2012, Square announced a new partnership with Starbucks to begin accepting Square Wallet mobile payments across 7,000 Starbucks stores. To date, Square has enabled 2 million merchants, big and small, to accept credit card payments through a mobile device and has processed over $8 billion in payments on an annualized basis.

On May 30, 2012, KPCB Partner Mary Meeker presented "2012 Internet Trends" which covered today's internet growth and how business models are being re-imagined and re-invented thanks to mobile and social.

Learn more »

On May 30, 2012, Breathe Technologies' Non-Invasive Open Ventilation (NIOV™) System received the prestigious Medical Design Excellence Award recognized for contributions and advances in the design of medical products. The NIOV™ System is an innovative one-pound ventilation system designed to allow patients with respiratory insufficiency to experience greater mobility and participation in activities of daily living.

On May 3, 2012, Klout served one billion API calls per day – that is 80 times the amount of data served in 2011. Klout began with a very simple idea: Everyone has influence—the ability to drive action. Since its founding in 2008, the demand for Klout's influence data has dramatically increased. Klout's data-serving traffic has also nearly tripled since the end of January, which now serves over 6,000 partners – up from 2,000 partners one year ago.

On March 30, 2012, solar inverter maker, Enphase Energy, made its market debut on NASDAQ trading under the symbol "ENPH".

On February 9, 2012, Waze, a social traffic and navigation app, launched a hands-free operation experience for its popular iPhone app. With the simple wave of a hand, drivers can now speak to navigate, report traffic, and alert others to potentially hazardous incidents on the road.

On December 13, 2011, global social business company, Jive Software, made its market debut on NASDAQ trading under the symbol "JIVE".

November 2011, Nest Labs introduced the world's first learning thermostat. Nest learns from your behaviors, preferences and surroundings to create a custom heating and cooling schedule, keeping you comfortable when you're home and conserving energy when you're away.

On October 18, 2011, KPCB Partner Mary Meeker presented "2011 Internet Trends" which covered the mega-trends defining today's internet - including social, local, mobile and the fast-growing world of e-commerce - in this data-rich presentation.

Learn more »

July 2011, Fisker Automotive launched the world's first high performance electric luxury vehicle with extended range, giving drivers the freedom to plug in or fill up. Amongst one of its unique features is the seamless solar glass roof providing Karma drivers up to 200 miles per year of completely emission and cost free driving.

On June 30, 2011, Twitter reached a new milestone of 200 million tweets sent per day. Each second, 2,400 tweets are sent through Twitter, totaling about 1.4 billion tweets per week. Launched in 2006, Twitter is a real-time information network where users can send short text messages called "tweets" and stay in touch with other users throughout the world. Twitter has grown to become one of the most widely used online social media sites helping to break news before traditional media, and being widely used for social and political activism.

On November 14, 2010, Path launched The Personal Network, a new social network app that lets you share life with close friends and family. At its very core, Path is the smart journal that’s with you everywhere you go, posts entries without your effort, combines photo, video, music, people, places, and text, and most importantly, upholds the expectations for privacy with its limited, intimate, more personal network.

On November 4, 2010, Jawbone, makers of the wireless bluetooth headsets, unveiled the Jambox which delivers stunning hi-fi audio in a portable wireless speaker. Unlike other portable speakers, JAMBOX is powered by a pair of proprietary, highly sophisticated acoustic drivers, unmatched in their ability to produce extreme high (tweeter) and low (woofer) frequencies from a single, ultra-small dome speaker.

On October 21, 2010, KPCB announced the sFund, a new $250 million initiative to invest in entrepreneurs inventing social applications and services.

On August 16, 2010, shopkick launched its location based shopping app, designed to reward users instantly with points called "kicks" – just by walking into stores with your smartphone. Shopkick users receive exclusive deals at more than 7,000 stores and malls, and for interacting with partner brand products at over 250,000 locations nationwide.

On August 3, 2010, biopharmaceutical company, Trius Therapeutics, made its market debut and began trading on NASDAQ under the symbol "TSRX".

On August 2, 2010, DoubleClick Founder, Kevin O'Connor, launched FindTheBest, an unbiased, data comparison engine that collects and organizes objective information about hundreds of products and services. From ski resorts to colleges to credit cards, FindTheBest defines custom taxonomies and presents data in easy-to-use tables, comparison pages, and detailed views so you can decide what is best.

On June 14, 2010, Pinger Co-founders, Greg Woock and Joe Sipher trade text messages on hitting a big milestone of 1 billion messages sent. Founded in 2005, Pinger lets you text and talk free with the people you care about most, anywhere on the planet. Together with millions of users, Pinger is building the planet's first free device and carrier independent global network, one person at a time.

On January 19, 2010, Corventis, developer of wireless cardiovascular solutions, launched the Nuvant MCT (Mobile Cardiac Telemetry) System, the next generation of noninvasive, ambulatory arrhythmia monitoring. The NUVANT MCT offers continuous surveillance of cardiac abnormalities through its wearable PiiX, which automatically transmits ECG data to the Corventis Monitoring Center.

November 2009, Co-founders Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Fleiss launched Rent the Runway, a leading provider of online luxury fashion rentals, enabling women throughout the U.S. to access designer brands for any occasion. Described as the "Netflix of Fashion", Rent the Runway is changing the way women consume fashion by providing millions of members the ability to rent from 25,000 designer dresses + accessories by 160 different designers at 90% off retail.

On April 23, 2009, Invisalign awarded its one million patient, Julia Helms with a complimentary Invisalign "Teen Treatment", serviced by Dr. James Kohl of Wilmette, IL.

On March 31, 2009, Co-founders Susan Feldman and Alison Pincus launched One Kings Lane, a leading flash sales site for the home market, offering the best of top-brand, vintage and designer items at exceptional values. Beyond the sales, One Kings Lane also partners with top designers, decorators and industry insiders to deliver content that inspires, enlightens and informs. In only three years, the company has grown to 3 million registered users.

On February 6, 2009, Proterra unveiled the EcoRide™ BE35, a zero emission fast-charge battery electric bus. The EcoRide buses are unlike any conventional or hybrid-electric passenger bus available on the market today. Featuring zero-emission and an innovative overhead fast-charge battery, the EcoRide™ BE35 significantly reduces air and noise pollution for riders and local communities, while dramatically reducing vehicle operation costs for transit agencies.

On March 6, 2008, KPCB announced the launch of the iFund with $100 million in venture capital to invest in companies developing applications and services for Apple’s innovative iPhone and iPod touch.

Founded in 2007, Renmatix is the leading producer of cellulosic sugars for the global renewable chemical and fuels markets. The company’s proprietary Plantrose™ process challenges conventional sugar economics by cheaply converting biomass – from woody biomass to agricultural residue – into useful, cost-effective sugars. Renmatix technology deconstructs non-food biomass an order of magnitude faster than other processes and enhances its cost advantage by using no significant consumables.

Launched in 2007, Chegg is transforming the way millions of students learn by connecting them to the people and tools needed to succeed in college through homework help, course selection, eTextbook and textbook options as well as school and scholarship connections. Chegg's growth has made it one of Silicon Valley's most successful start-ups, enhancing education for millions of students by saving them time, saving them money and helping them get smarter.

Founded in 2007, Alta Devices is focused on making solar power cost competitive with fossil fuels and accessible anywhere the sun shines. Using a variety of proprietary manufacturing techniques and a unique approach to device design, Alta has invented the world's thinnest and highest efficiency solar cells, which hold the world records for cell and module efficiency.

Founded in July 2007, Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is the world's leading provider of social game services with more than 240 million monthly active users playing its games, which include CityVille, Zynga Poker, Draw Something, Hidden Chronicles, FarmVille, CastleVille, Words With Friends, Empires & Allies, Scramble With Friends, Café World, The Pioneer Trail, Indiana Jones™ Adventure World and Mafia Wars. Zynga's games are available on a number of global platforms, including Facebook, Zynga.com, Google+, Tencent, Apple iOS and Google Android. Through Zynga.org, Zynga players have raised more than $10 million for world social causes.

In 2007, KPCB established its China partnership, creating a conduit that gives China’s best entrepreneurs access to some of China’s best venture capitalists. Since then, the proven investors at KPCB China have leveraged their experience, passion and commitment to business-building throughout the region, contributing to growth, jobs and innovation in China and worldwide.

Founded in 2007, FloDesign's patented Mixer Ejector Wind Turbine is a highly efficient and environmentally sensitive mid-scale shrouded turbine, designed to significantly reduce the cost of wind energy and open new markets for wind power. FloDesign's wind turbines break away from the traditional model, and is more effective because it channels the air/water through the turbine, rather than forcing the fluid around it. FloDesign’s unique turbines have the potential to extract 3-4 times more energy than a traditional turbine.

Launched in 2004, INRIX is a leading provider of traffic services, dedicated to helping people more easily navigate their world. INRIX intelligently combines the best data from the largest traffic network in the world with game-changing technologies for personal navigation, mapping, telematics and other location-based service applications in the car, online and on mobile devices.

On May 14, 2004, Nuvasive announced its IPO and began trading on NASDAQ under the symbol "NUVA". Part of San Diego's burgeoning device and biotech community, Nuvasive focuses on the design, development, and marketing of products for the surgical treatment of spine disorders.

Founded in 2003, Amyris is an integrated renewable products company providing sustainable alternatives to a broad range of petroleum-sourced products. Amyris uses its industrial synthetic biology platform to convert plant sugars into a variety of hydrocarbon molecules, flexible building blocks which can be used in a wide range range of products. Amyris is commercializing these products both as renewable ingredients in cosmetics, flavors, fragrances, polymers, lubricants and consumer products, and also as renewable diesel and jet fuels.

Founded in 2002, Shazam launched a simple service designed to connect people in the UK with music they heard but didn’t know. Since then, Shazam has become one of the world’s most recognized mobile consumer brands, connecting more than 250 million people, in more than 200 countries and 33 languages, to the music, TV shows and brands they love.

Founded in 2001, Bloom Energy is changing the way the world generates and consumes energy. Derived from a common sand-like powder, Bloom Energy's breakthrough solid oxide fuel cell technology is able to produce clean, reliable, affordable power from a wide range of renewable or traditional fuels.

Founded in 1999, IronPlanet operates an online marketplace for the buying and selling of used heavy equipment, such as construction, mining, forestry, and agricultural equipment. Sellers achieve more profitable sales through low transaction costs and better price realization through a global audience of buyers.

Launched in 1998, Invisalign takes a modern approach to straightening teeth without wires or brackets. The Invisalign System is a custom-made series of aligners, made of smooth, comfortable and virtually invisible plastic that gradually move teeth over time. As of 2012, Invisalign products have made 1.7 million-plus patients smile brighter.

Before Google, there was.... BackRub. Sergey Brin and Larry Page picked the name because their new search engine checked backlinks to estimate the importance of a site. Originating from a misspelling of the word "googol" -- the number one followed by one hundred zeros -- "google" officially became an English word (and Merriam-Webster entry) in 2006. With it's mission to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful, Google has grown to serve hundreds of thousands of users and customers around the world. On August 18, 2004, Google went public and made its market debut on NASDAQ under the trading symbol "GOOG".

Founded in June 1998, Handspring was the maker of Palm OS-based Visor and Treo branded digital assistants. The Handspring Visor greatly broadened the possibilities of the handheld computer with multi-features to store thousands of names, addresses, appointments, memos, to-do items, expense items, email and more.

Created in 1997, Atlanta-based AutoTrader.com is the Internet's ultimate automotive marketplace. As a leading resource for car shoppers and sellers, AutoTrader.com aggregates millions of new, used and certified pre-owned cars from thousands of dealers and private sellers and provides expert articles and reviews.

Juniper Networks was founded in February 1996 by Pradeep Sindhu, to supply high-performance routers to support the quickly emerging Internet. Today, Juniper's core competencies are in hardware systems, silicon design, network architecture, and open cross-network software platform to help propel the new network. Juniper went public on June 25, 1999.

Onyx Pharmaceuticals is founded by Frank McCormick in 1992 to discover and develop cancer therapeutics. On May 9, 1996, Onyx announced its IPO and listed on NASDAQ under stock symbol "ONXX".

An Internet pioneer, Netscape was one of the first to capitalize on the new World Wide Web. Originally named Mosaic Communications Corporation, Jim Clark recruited Marc Andreessen and together they drafted a 20 page pitch for an online gaming network, but the Nintendo device stalled and the deal fell through--and Netscape was founded. Netscape went public on August 9, 1995.

Founded in 1995, VeriSign, Inc. is the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world. Billions of times each day, Verisign helps companies and consumers all over the world to engage in trusted communications and commerce. VeriSign went public in January 1998.

The start-up posted $16 million in revenue in 1998 four years after it launched in 1994 -- and by making online shopping so easy and convenient customers didn't think twice it fueled its growth. Bezos' focused "this is day one for the Internet" mindset continues to drive the company into the uncharted digital domain. Amazon announced its IPO on May 15, 1997.

Pharmacopeia, Inc. was founded in 1993 as a company focused on industrializing and marketing the new technology of combinatorial chemistry. Pharmacopeia developed a novel, proprietary technology for accelerating the pace of drug discovery called Encoded Combinatorial Libraries on Polymeric Support (ECLiPS). This new technology addressed a key challenge in the drug discovery process: generating and evaluating large numbers of diverse and readily identifiable small molecule compounds to find new, orally active drugs. Pharmacopeia announced its IPO on December 4, 1995 and listed on NASDAQ under the symbol "PCOP".

Positioned as the online service for people unfamiliar with computers, America Online required use of proprietary software, rather than a standard terminal program. As a result, it was able to offer a graphical user interface (GUI) instead of command lines, and was well ahead of the competition in emphasizing communication among members as a feature. AOL went public in 1992.

James Gosling, Mike Sheridan, and Patrick Naughton initiated the Java language project in June 1991. Java, a programming language, was originally designed for interactive television, but it was too advanced for the digital cable television industry at the time. Sun Microsystems released the first public implementation as Java 1.0 in 1995. It promised "Write Once, Run Anywhere", providing no-cost run-times on popular platforms.

In May 1989, Symantec launched Symantec AntiVirus for the Macintosh (SAM), allowing users to intercept and eliminate viruses and malware from their computers.

Founded in 1986, Athena Neurosciences developed products to treat neurological diseases; most notably known for the development of a strain of laboratory mice containing the human gene associated with Alzheimer's disease. Athena went public on October 24, 1995 and traded on NASDAQ under the symbol "ATHN".

Founded in 1983 by Scott Cook and Tom Proulx, Intuit develops financial and tax preparation software and related services for small businesses, accountants and individuals. Their flagship products include QuickBooks, Quicken and TurboTax software, to help simplify small business management, payroll and payment processing, personal finance, and tax preparation and filing. Intuit went public in 1993.

Acuson, founded in 1979 by Sam Maslak, Rob Younge and Amin Hanafy, Acuson pioneered many aspects related to medical ultrasound, most significantly the first fully computerized ultrasound system. Acuson introduced its first product in 1983, the Acuson 128 Computed Sonography System, which applied computer technology to diagnostic ultrasound. The 128 channel software-controlled image formation process provided black-and-white and color ultrasound images with high resolution and clarity.

Lotus is most commonly known for the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet application, the first feature-heavy, user-friendly, and reliable product to become widely available in the early days of the IBM PC, when there was no graphical user interface. This practical application helped spread the adoption of the PC, both for administrative and scientific applications. Its huge popularity in the mid-1980s contributed significantly to the success of the IBM PC in the corporate environment.

Created in 1982 by Vinod Khosla, Andy Bechtolsheim, Scott McNealy, and Bill Joy, Sun Microsystems focused on network computing rather than desktop mainframes, designing and manufacturing its own software and hardware. A proponent of open systems, Unix in particular, Sun was a major contributor to open source software. Other technologies include the Java platform, MySQL, and NFS.

Founded in 1982, Compaq produced some of the first IBM PC compatible computers, being the first company to legally reverse-engineer IBM Personal Computers. Compaq's first product, the Compaq Portable became one of the progenitors of today's laptop; some called it a "suitcase computer" for its size and look of its case. Compaq went public in 1983.

Founded in 1982, Electronic Arts was a pioneer of the early home computer game industry and notable for promoting designers and programmers responsible for its games. Today, Electronic Arts is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. EA develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for Internet-connected consoles, personal computers, mobile phones, tablets and social networks.

VeriFone was founded in 1981 and named itself after its first product - Veri-Fone (standing for VERIFication telephONE). The VeriFone device was one of the first terminals designed to replace voice authorization with electronic authorization of credit card transactions.

Started by two Hewlett-Packard scientists, Sam Eletr and Andre Marion, Applied Biosystems developed innovative tools for the genetic gold rush. Through the 1980s and early 1990s, Applied Biosystems operated independently and manufactured biochemicals and automated genetic engineering and diagnostic research instruments, including the principal brand of DNA sequencing machine used by the Human Genome Project consortium centers.

On Octoboer 15, 1980, Genentech, a leading biotechnology company, announced its IPO of 1,000,000 shares offered at $35 per share. Genentech stock trades on NASDAQ under the symbol "GENE".

Headed by John Birkner and H.T. Chua of Monolithic Memories, they invented the Programmable Array Logic (PAL) - a family of programmable logic device semiconductors used to implement logic functions in digital circuits.

Genentech was founded in 1976 by venture capitalist Robert A. Swanson and biochemist Dr. Herbert W. Boyer. In the early 1970s, Boyer and geneticist Stanley Cohen pioneered a new scientific field called recombinant DNA technology. Today Genentech continues to use genetic engineering techniques and advanced technologies to develop medicines that address significant unmet needs and provide clinical benefits to millions of patients worldwide.

Launched in 1970 by Dr. Gene Amdahl, Amdahl manufactured "plug-compatible" mainframes, shipping its first machine in 1975 – the Amdahl 470V/6, a less expensive, more reliable and faster replacement for the IBM System 370/168. Amdahl went on to distribute an IBM-plug-compatible front-end processor (the 4705) as well as high-performance disk drives, both jointly developed with Fujitsu engineers.

Founded in 1974, Tandem Computers became the dominant manufacturer of fault-tolerant computer systems, marketed to the growing number of transaction processing customers who used them for ATMs, banks, and stock exchanges. In 1987, Tandem introduced the NonStop CLX, a high-performance, low-cost system for online transaction processing. Its role was for growing the low end of the fault-tolerant market, and for deploying on large Tandem networks.

Founded by David S. Lee in 1973, Qume was the leading producer of daisy-wheel printers and became the dominant high-end output technology for computer and office automation applications by 1980.

During the semiconductor industry’s early years, manufacturers designed and built most of their own equipment. That changed with Applied Materials' original engineering team’s vision to supply fabrication systems to the industry and develop the company’s first complete chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reactor. Today, Applied Materials is the global leader in nanomanufacturing technology solutions with a broad portfolio of innovative equipment, service and software products for the fabrication of semiconductor chips, flat panel displays, solar photovoltaic cells, flexible electronics and energy efficient glass.