About This Fund
KP21 is the 21st venture fund raised by Kleiner Perkins, one of Silicon Valley's most iconic and enduring venture capital firms. Launched in June 2024 alongside KP Select III (the firm's third growth fund), KP21 closed with $825 million in capital commitments and is designed to back early-stage technology companies from inception through the earliest stages of product-market fit. The fund reflects Kleiner Perkins' continued commitment to founding-stage investing in a technology landscape redefined by artificial intelligence and rapid structural transformation across every major industry.
KP21 deploys capital into early-stage companies across Kleiner Perkins' core investment verticals: enterprise software, consumer technology, healthcare and life sciences, financial technology, and hardtech. With AI as the defining technological narrative of the current cycle, KP21 places particular emphasis on companies building AI-native applications, infrastructure, and tooling — recognizing the shift from incremental software improvements to foundational reinvention of business processes, scientific discovery, and human-computer interaction. The fund invests from pre-seed through Series A, with typical initial check sizes ranging from $500,000 to $5 million and significant follow-on reserves for top performers. The addition of new partner Leigh Marie Braswell, who joined to lead AI-focused investments, reflects the firm's commitment to maintaining frontier expertise in the discipline most reshaping the venture capital landscape.
KP21 represents the continuation of a 50-year investing legacy that includes founding-stage investments in Amazon, Google, Compaq, Netscape, Twitter, Genentech, Snap, and hundreds of other landmark technology companies. The number 21 in the fund's name marks Kleiner Perkins' 21st venture fund — a testament to institutional consistency and cycle-tested investment judgment spanning five decades and multiple technological paradigm shifts. The fund operates in concert with KP Select III, which provides growth capital to double down on KP21's most successful early-stage bets as they scale toward category leadership.