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Vinod Khosla

Vinod Khosla

Managing Director atKhosla VenturesFirm active Oct 8Menlo Park
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Vinod Khosla founded Khosla Ventures and co-founded Sun Microsystems. He holds degrees from IIT, Carnegie Mellon, and Stanford. He is married to Neeru Khosla and has invested in OpenAI.

What Vinod can write

Writes checks of$1M to $30M+
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target> 12%At first check
Pitch pageSubmit on their siteThe firm asks founders to apply here.

Khosla Ventures writes $1M to $30M+ checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Khosla Ventures.

Career

  1. Daisy Systems · co-founder
  2. Sun Microsystems · founding CEO
  3. Juniper Networks
    1995-1996
  4. Khosla Ventures · founder
    Now
  5. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers · general partner
    1986

Companies founded

Khosla VenturesDaisy SystemsSun Microsystems

Investments named in public bios

OpenAIBlockStripeAffirmDoorDashInstacartCommonwealth FusionGitLabQuantumScapeRocket LabNexgenJuniper Networks

Focus

softwareairobotics3d printinghealthcarehealth

Education

IIT, New Delhi, Bachelor of Technology in Electrical EngineeringCarnegie Mellon University, Master's in Biomedical EngineeringStanford Graduate School of Business, MBAIndian Institute of Technology, bachelor's in electrical engineeringCarnegie Mellon, master's in biomedical engineering

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Questions

Who is Vinod Khosla?

Vinod Khosla founded Khosla Ventures and co-founded Sun Microsystems. He holds degrees from IIT, Carnegie Mellon, and Stanford. He is married to Neeru Khosla and has invested in OpenAI.

How much does Vinod Khosla invest?

Vinod Khosla invests through Khosla Ventures, which writes checks of $1M to $30M+ at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Vinod Khosla?

A warm intro from a founder Khosla Ventures backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.

What did Vinod Khosla do before Khosla Ventures?

co-founder at Daisy Systems; founding CEO at Sun Microsystems; Juniper Networks; general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

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