Khosla Ventures

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Location Menlo Park, CA
Founded 2004
Fund Size $1.6B (Fund VIII, 2023); $500M (Seed Fund, 2023); $900M (Growth Fund, 2023); seeking $3.5B across three funds (2025)
Website https://www.khoslaventures.com
Stage Focus
seed series-a series-b growth
Sector Focus
ai-ml sustainability enterprise healthcare biotech fintech frontier-tech climate

Team

Vinod Khosla Founder & Managing Director
David Weiden Founding Partner & Managing Director
Samir Kaul Founding Partner & Managing Director
Sven Strohband Managing Director & CTO
Keith Rabois Managing Director

About

Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems and former general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers 12. Khosla seeded the firm with his own personal capital; the first two investment vehicles were not open to institutional investors 3. The firm’s third fund, Khosla Ventures Fund III, was the first to accept outside limited partners and raised approximately $1 billion 4.

Vinod Khosla left Kleiner Perkins in part to pursue more experimental, high-risk investments that the established firm’s partnership structure made difficult — what he has called willingness to fund “imprudent science experiments” 1. At Kleiner Perkins, Khosla had incubated Juniper Networks (which generated a reported 2,500x return) and was involved with Cerent Corporation (acquired by Cisco for $7.2 billion in 1999) 2.

The firm has grown substantially. In November 2021, Khosla Ventures raised $1.4 billion across its funds, including Khosla Ventures VII at approximately $1.06 billion 5. In January 2022, the firm raised $557 million for its first-ever Opportunity Fund 6. In November 2023, the firm closed $3.1 billion across three funds: $1.6 billion for its eighth flagship fund, $500 million for a seed fund, and $900 million for a growth fund — a significant increase from the $1.4 billion raised in 2021 78. In February 2025, the firm began raising $3.5 billion across three new funds, 17% larger than the 2023 raise 9. As of 2024, the firm manages approximately $16 billion in assets under management 10.

In February 2024, Keith Rabois returned to Khosla Ventures as a managing director after departing Founders Fund 11. Rabois had previously been at Khosla Ventures, where he led the firm’s first institutional investments in DoorDash, Affirm, and Faire, and invested early in Stripe 12. His return gave the firm a presence in Miami.

In October 2024, Khosla Ventures raised a $405 million special purpose vehicle to invest in OpenAI 13. The firm was the first institutional venture investor in OpenAI, investing $50 million in 2019 at a $1 billion valuation — what Vinod Khosla called “the largest initial bet I’ve made in 40 years by a factor of two” 1415.

The firm operates three fund strategies: a Seed Fund for earliest-stage investments, a Main Fund for Series A and growth-stage companies, and an Opportunity Fund for later-stage follow-on investments 16. Khosla Ventures describes its approach as “venture assistance” rather than traditional venture capital, emphasizing deep operational involvement with portfolio companies 1617.

The firm ranked #1 in the Founder’s Choice VC Rankings in 2023, a survey of over 200 venture capital firms where founders anonymously evaluate investors on their cap table 18.

As of February 2026, Khosla Ventures has invested in approximately 710 companies, with 51 unicorns, 32 IPOs, and 151 acquisitions 10. The firm’s current team includes approximately 58 people across four functional categories: Managing Directors, Investors, Operators, and Platform 19.

Stated Thesis

Khosla Ventures publicly describes its mission as investing in “bold, early, impactful ventures” 16. The firm’s stated motto is “bold, early and impactful,” emphasizing high technical risk with large potential impact 17.

Vinod Khosla has described the firm’s philosophy as “venture assistance” rather than venture capital: “Our firm and I am much more focused on how you build a company, not on returns. If we build the big successful company, then the returns take care of itself. So returns come second. Building something of significance comes first” 17.

The firm explicitly seeks “black swan” opportunities — high-impact innovations that appear contrarian or impossible to most investors 20. Khosla has described this as “option-value investing”: “I don’t mind a larger probability of failure, with sufficient diversification in each fund. When we succeed, it has to be worth it” 20.

On risk tolerance, Khosla has stated: “To me, if there’s a 90% chance of failure and there’s a 10% chance of changing the world, that’s a pretty good deal” 17. He has also said: “Venture capital is interesting because you can only lose one-time your money. If you can make 50-times your money and only lose one time, that’s a pretty good deal” 20.

The firm states it looks for “unfair advantages”: proprietary and protected technological advances, business model innovations, unique partnerships, and top-notch teams 20. Khosla has emphasized that “experts are experts in a previous version of the world, not the world you’re trying to create” 17.

On team building, Khosla has said: “The single most important thing I spend time on, probably more than any other single thing in my calendar, is helping our companies recruit” 17. He views team as paramount: “The team you build is the company you build, not the business plan you make” 17.

Khosla has also been publicly critical of most VCs: “Most VCs haven’t done shit to know what to tell startups going through difficult times,” and has claimed that “some percentage substantially larger than 95 percent” of VCs do not add value to their portfolio companies 21.

Inferred Thesis

The following analysis is based on 163 portfolio companies listed on Khosla Ventures’ website 22, categorized by the firm’s own sector labels. With approximately 710 total investments per Crunchbase 10, this represents roughly 23% of the full portfolio — the publicly highlighted portion, which likely skews toward the firm’s most notable investments.

Sector Allocation (computed from 163 verified portfolio entries on KV website)

  • Enterprise / AI / Software: 35 companies (21%) — Cognition, Sakana, Replit, Nutanix, Neon, Distyl, Glean, ClickHouse, GitLab, Rubrik, ThoughtSpot, Okta, RingCentral, Cylance, Vectra, Fireflies.ai, PolyAI, Athena, Chipstack, Parallel, Sarvam AI, Aleph, Basis, DualEntry, Spellbook, Loti, Point One Nav, Astrus, Sketchpro, and others
  • Sustainability / Climate / Energy: 21 companies (13%) — Commonwealth Fusion, Fortera, Impossible Foods, QuantumScape, Mainspring, LanzaTech, Blue River, Glydways, Hertha, Nitricity, Mazama, Mariana, Enzymit, Realta, Redoxblox, Spiritus, Ceibo, Caelux, Leaft, TerraAI, RTV
  • Digital Health: 18 companies (11%) — Sword Health, Limbic, Abridge, AliveCor, Curai Health, Headspace Health, HelloHeart, Oscar Health, Rightway, Rad AI, Tortus AI, Bold, Vista AI, Radical Health, Gather Health, C the Signs, Abby, Ellipsis Health
  • Consumer / Retail: 15 companies (9%) — OpenAI, DoorDash, Instacart, Eight Sleep, Faire, Inkitt, Opendoor, Honey Homes, Rosebud, Somnee, Splash, Playback, Proclaim, Outsmart College, Vero Biosciences
  • Fintech / Payments: 12 companies (7%) — Block (Square), Stripe, Affirm, Ramp, Upstart, Fundbox, Aven, Imprint, AtBay, Roofstock, Worldcoin, UpAndUp
  • Frontier / Aerospace / Defense: 14 companies (9%) — Rocket Lab, Waabi, Hermeus, Physical Intelligence, Mach Industries, Varda, Windborne, Vayu, Sagence, Nomagic, FieldAI, Zetwerk, Symbolica, Skybox
  • MedTech / Diagnostics: 11 companies (7%) — Ultima Genomics, Opentrons, Guardant Health, Inflammatix, Karius, Synchron, Flow Neuroscience, Overture Life, Science, Vitara, Pearl Bio
  • Therapeutics / Biotech: 10 companies (6%) — Vivodyne, Stylus Medicine, Loyal, Somite, Moonwalk Bio, Everyone Medicines, Liberate Bio, eGenesis, Rubedo Life, Cellino
  • Other (miscellaneous consumer, AI): 27 companies (17%)

Stage Distribution

Based on Crunchbase data 10: Khosla Ventures has made 269 Series A investments (38% of counted investments), 194 Seed investments (27%), 128 Series B investments (18%), with the remainder at Series C and later stages. The firm is primarily a Series A investor, though its seed fund gives it significant early-stage presence.

Average round sizes: Seed at $9.53M, Series A at $15.7M, Series B at $36.6M 10.

Geographic Concentration

The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and the portfolio is overwhelmingly US-based, with concentrations in the San Francisco Bay Area. Notable exceptions include international investments such as Waabi (Toronto), Sarvam AI (India), PolyAI (London), and C the Signs (UK).

Check Size

The firm operates across a wide range: seed investments average approximately $9.5M (larger than typical seed checks), Series A investments average $15.7M, and the Opportunity Fund enables larger follow-on investments 10. Vinod Khosla has described the early approach as: “We don’t do ten 20-million-dollar investments. We do ten one-million-dollar investments” — though check sizes have grown substantially as fund sizes have increased 20.

Investment Volume

Khosla Ventures has averaged approximately 40 new investments annually over the last decade, with 101 investments in 2025 alone 10. This is a high-volume approach compared to many venture firms of similar fund size.

Co-Investor Patterns

Based on the six Seedlist startup profiles where Khosla Ventures appears as a co-investor (Okta, Stripe, DoorDash, Instacart, Square, OpenAI), frequent co-investors include Sequoia Capital (4 overlaps), Andreessen Horowitz (3 overlaps), SV Angel (4 overlaps), and Kleiner Perkins (3 overlaps). The firm frequently co-invests with top-tier venture firms at Series A and later stages.

Notable Gaps Between Stated and Actual Thesis

  • Deep tech emphasis is genuine: Unlike many firms that claim “deep tech” focus, Khosla Ventures’ portfolio shows substantial investment in genuinely capital-intensive, science-heavy companies: nuclear fusion (Commonwealth Fusion), solid-state batteries (QuantumScape), rockets (Rocket Lab), autonomous vehicles (Waabi), and gene editing. The stated willingness to accept “a 90% chance of failure” is reflected in the portfolio.
  • AI concentration is massive and growing: While the firm lists AI as one of several focus areas, the recent portfolio is overwhelmingly AI-focused. Of the 163 highlighted companies, the majority of recent additions (2022-2026) are AI companies across every vertical — AI for health, AI for enterprise, AI for legal, AI for code, AI infrastructure.
  • Consumer is understated: The firm lists “consumer” as a focus area but does not emphasize that some of its largest outcomes (DoorDash at $72B IPO, Instacart, Square/Block) were consumer or consumer-adjacent businesses.
  • Cleantech has declined as a share: The firm was historically known for aggressive cleantech bets (many of which failed in the 2008-2012 era). Sustainability remains in the portfolio (13% of highlighted companies) but is no longer the dominant thesis it once was, having been overtaken by AI and enterprise.
  • Healthcare is a genuine pillar: At 24% of the highlighted portfolio when combining digital health, medtech, and therapeutics (29 + 11 + 10 = 50 companies… recalculating: 18 + 11 + 10 = 39 companies = 24%), healthcare represents the firm’s second-largest sector after enterprise/AI. This is more prominent than the stated thesis suggests.

Portfolio

The following table includes companies from the Khosla Ventures portfolio page 22, supplemented by additional sourced entries. This represents approximately 23% of the firm’s ~710 total investments.

Company Stage Year Sector Status
OpenAI OpenAI LP capped-profit launch ($50M, ~5%, $1B valuation) 2019-03-11 AI Private 14153839
DoorDash Seed 2013 Consumer / Delivery Public (IPO 2020) 2223
Instacart Seed ~2012 Consumer / Delivery Public (IPO 2023) 2224
Block (Square) Series A 2009 Fintech Public (IPO 2015) 2225
Stripe Early ~2012 Fintech / Payments Private 1222
Okta Series B ($16.5M; w/ Greylock, a16z, Floodgate) 2011-08-08 Enterprise SaaS Public (IPO 2017) 222644
Nutanix Series B (led, $25M; Lightspeed Venture Partners and Blumberg Capital participated) 2011-10-25 Enterprise / Infrastructure Public (IPO 2016) 2216848586
GitLab Series A 2015 Developer Tools Public (IPO 2021) 226
Affirm Series A 2014 Fintech Public (IPO 2021) 221037
QuantumScape Early ~2012 (founded) Energy / Batteries Public (SPAC 2020) 2222
Guardant Health Series B 2014-04-22 MedTech / Diagnostics Public (IPO 2018) 2227
Rocket Lab Series A 2013-10-01 Aerospace Public (SPAC 2021) 2228
Oscar Health Early ~2013 (founded) Health Insurance Public (IPO 2021) 22
Upstart Early ~2012 (founded) Fintech / Lending Public (IPO 2020) 22
RingCentral Early ~2003 (founded) Enterprise / Communications Public (IPO 2013) 22
Impossible Foods Series A ~2011 (founded) Food Tech Private 22
Commonwealth Fusion Series A 2019-06-27 Energy / Fusion Private 2236
Sword Health Series A ~2015 (founded) Digital Health Private 2229
Ramp Series D-2 (co-led with Founders Fund, $150M at $7.65B post; Keith Rabois led for Khosla; participants: Sequoia Capital, Greylock, 8VC) 2024-04-17 Fintech Private 22878889
Faire Early ~2017 (founded) Marketplace Private 1222
Opendoor Co-founded by Rabois ~2014 (founded) Real Estate Public (SPAC 2020) 1222
Waabi Series A 2021-06-08 Autonomous Vehicles Private 2230
Cognition Early ~2023 (founded) AI / Developer Tools Private 22
Replit Early ~2016 (founded) Developer Tools Private 22
Glean Early ~2019 (founded) Enterprise / AI Search Private 22
ClickHouse Series C ($350M, led at $6.35B post-money) 2025-05-29 Enterprise / Database Private 22717273
Rubrik Early ~2014 (founded) Enterprise / Security Public (IPO 2024) 22
Physical Intelligence Early ~2024 (founded) AI / Robotics Private 22
Hermeus Early ~2018 (founded) Aerospace / Hypersonic Private 22
Bunkerhill Health Series B (led, $25M; total funding to $55M; Sequoia, Felicis, Optum Ventures, Y Combinator joined) 2026-07-16 Healthcare / AI Private 9394
Varda Early ~2021 (founded) Space Manufacturing Private 22
Windborne Early ~2019 (founded) Climate / Weather Private 22
Cylance Early ~2012 (founded) Cybersecurity Acquired by BlackBerry (2019) 22
Eight Sleep Early ~2014 (founded) Consumer / Health Private 22
Inkitt Early ~2013 (founded) Consumer / Media Private 22
Headspace Health Early ~2010 (founded) Digital Health Private 22
AliveCor Early ~2011 (founded) Digital Health / Devices Private 22
HelloHeart Early ~2013 (founded) Digital Health Private 22
Curai Health Early ~2017 (founded) Digital Health / AI Private 22
Abridge Early ~2018 (founded) Digital Health / AI Private 22
Rad AI Early ~2018 (founded) Digital Health / AI Private 22
Ultima Genomics Early ~2016 (founded) MedTech / Genomics Private 22
Opentrons Early ~2013 (founded) MedTech / Robotics Private 22
Inflammatix Early ~2016 (founded) MedTech / Diagnostics Private 22
Karius Early ~2014 (founded) MedTech / Diagnostics Private 22
Synchron Early ~2016 (founded) MedTech / BCI Private 22
Vivodyne Early ~2021 (founded) Therapeutics Private 22
eGenesis Early ~2014 (founded) Therapeutics / Xenotransplant Private 22
Fortera Early ~2019 (founded) Sustainability / Cement Private 22
LanzaTech Early ~2005 (founded) Sustainability / Carbon Public (SPAC 2023) 22
Mainspring Early ~2010 (founded) Sustainability / Energy Private 22
Blue River Technology Series A (led, $3.1M; Steve Blank, Ulu Ventures, Stanford Angels and Entrepreneurs participated) 2012-09-10 AgTech / AI Acquired by John Deere (2017) 22909192
ThoughtSpot Early ~2012 (founded) Enterprise / Analytics Private 22
Vectra Early ~2012 (founded) Enterprise / Security Private 22
Mach Industries Series C ($300M, $1.8B post-money; existing investor; led by Infinite Capital and Ribbit Capital) 2026-06-02 Defense Tech Private 2246
Worldcoin Early ~2019 (founded) Crypto / Identity Private 22
AtBay Early ~2016 (founded) Insurtech Private 22
Fundbox Early ~2013 (founded) Fintech / Lending Private 22
Roofstock Early ~2015 (founded) Real Estate / Fintech Private 22
Sakana Early ~2023 (founded) AI Private 22
Neon Early ~2021 (founded) Enterprise / Database Private 22
Distyl Series A (participant, $20M round) 2024-11-19 AI / Enterprise Private 2241
Nomagic Early ~2017 (founded) Robotics Private 22
Loyal Early ~2019 (founded) Therapeutics / Veterinary Private 22
Slash Series C 2026-04-15 Fintech / Banking Private 31
Factory Series B 2026-04-16 AI / Developer Tools Private 32
Glydways Series C 2026-04-14 Autonomous Vehicles / Mobility Private 33
Nas.com Series A 2026-04-16 AI / Creator Economy Private 34
Rogo Series B (participated, $50M; led by Thrive Capital) 2025-04-30 AI / Fintech Private 42
Rogo Series D 2026-04-29 AI / Fintech Private 35
Exaforce Series B 2026-05-12 Cybersecurity / AI / SOC Private ($725M val) 40
Synthetic Seed (led) 2026-05-14 AI / Fintech / Autonomous Bookkeeping Private 43
NavigateAI Seed (participated, $25M; Elad Gil led) 2026-05-26 AI / Construction / Real Estate Private 45
Terra AI Series A (led, $20M; BHP Ventures strategic $4M; Rajesh Swaminathan partner) 2026-06-03 AI / Mining / Climate / Energy Private 47
Novellia Series A (participant, $18M; Spark Capital led; Acrew, Bling, TMV participated) 2026-06-02 Digital Health / Real-World Data Private 51
Sarvam AI Series B (existing investor, $234M first close of $300M round; HCLTech led with $150M) 2026-06-15 AI / India Private ($1.5B val) 484950
Pramaana Labs Seed (led, $27M; Accel, BoldCap, Nexus Venture Partners, Premji Invest, Unbound participated) 2026-06-17 AI / Formal Verification / LLM Reliability Private 525354
Convey Series A (participated, $38M; a16z led; Pear VC also participated) 2026-06-17 AI / Enterprise SaaS / Automation Private 555657
Runlayer Series A (participated, $30M; Felicis led; led prior $11M seed in 2025; Vinod Khosla and Jon Chu personally championed) 2026-06-24 AI / Enterprise AI Governance / Security Private 5859606162
General Intuition Seed (co-led with General Catalyst, $133.7M) 2025-10-16 AI / World Models / Robotics / Gaming Private — Khosla Ventures’ largest seed check since OpenAI 2018 per TechCrunch; Raine Ventures also participated 6667
General Intuition Series A (led, $320M at $2.3B post-money) 2026-06-25 AI / World Models / Robotics / Gaming Private 636465
Scaled Cognition Series A (led, $100M at ~$750M val; Genesys participated) 2026-06-25 AI / Enterprise / Foundation Models Private 686970
Oratomic Series A (co-led with ARCH Venture Partners, Spark Capital; $300M; Vinod Khosla personally championed — “largest initial investment yet, as we did in OpenAI”) 2026-07-07 Quantum Computing / Deep Tech Private 74757677
State Affairs Growth ($70M; co-led with Founders Fund; Tru Arrow Partners, Alumni Ventures, Marcus Brauchli, Alex Mather, Adam Hansmann, Richard Sarnoff participated; round type not disclosed) 2026-07-14 AI / Policy Intelligence / Media Private 787980
Singularity Series A (co-led with Felicis, $80M at $400M post-money; AE Ventures + NEA existing seed; Long Journey, Harpoon, Menlo Ventures, Y Combinator, Decisive Point, New Vista, Sunflower, Soma also participated) 2026-07-14 Defense / Aerospace / Deep Tech Private 818283

Note: This table includes 70 of the approximately 163 companies listed on Khosla Ventures’ portfolio page, focusing on the most notable and well-sourced entries. Investment years use the company’s founding year as a proxy where the specific investment date is unknown, marked with “~YYYY (founded)”. Khosla Ventures has invested in approximately 710 companies total per Crunchbase 10; this table represents approximately 9% of the full portfolio.

In Their Own Words

Vinod Khosla on building companies vs. returns:

“Our firm and I am much more focused on how you build a company, not on returns. If we build the big successful company, then the returns take care of itself. So returns come second. Building something of significance comes first.” 17

Vinod Khosla on risk tolerance:

“To me, if there’s a 90% chance of failure and there’s a 10% chance of changing the world, that’s a pretty good deal.” 17

“I don’t mind a larger probability of failure, with sufficient diversification in each fund. When we succeed, it has to be worth it.” 20

“My willingness to fail is what has allowed me to succeed.” 17

Vinod Khosla on recruiting:

“The single most important thing I spend time on, probably more than any other single thing in my calendar, is helping our companies recruit. Great team.” 17

“The team you build is the company you build, not the business plan you make.” 17

Vinod Khosla on founders:

“Great founders have great vision, passion, unreasonableness, more ambition than most practical people would accept as possible or doable.” 17

Vinod Khosla on experts and innovation:

“Experts are experts in a previous version of the world, not the world you’re trying to create.” 17

Vinod Khosla on VC industry:

“Most VCs haven’t done shit to know what to tell startups going through difficult times.” 21

Vinod Khosla on the OpenAI investment:

“I made the largest bet by a factor of two of any initial investment I’ve made in 40 years.” 15

Vinod Khosla on portfolio construction:

“We don’t do ten 20-million-dollar investments. We do ten one-million-dollar investments.” 20

Vinod Khosla on learning:

“I read a lot. From scientific papers on polymer construction to fusion reactors and cancer research.” 20

Vinod Khosla on impact:

“Everything we can imagine technologically, we can invent.” 20

What Founders Say

Dheeraj Pandey, CEO of Nutanix and DevRev:

“In 2011, KV made a big bet on us when Nutanix was still a pre-revenue company that many thought was a ‘science project.’ Everyone is your friend when times are good, but it’s never all smooth sailing and KV stood by me in the toughest of times. Standing by you while continuously pushing you to greatness is why I will always come back to work with them.” (Source: Khosla Ventures website) 16

Virgilio Bento, Founder and CEO of Sword Health:

“KV believed in us when few would and didn’t care about where we came from or who we knew, being only focused on what we had built. In a world where everyone chases the next bubble and has a sheepish behavior, that’s truly special.” (Source: Khosla Ventures website) 16

Helmy Eltoukhy, Co-founder and CEO of Guardant Health:

“KV backed and believed in us when we had more naysayers than supporters.” (Source: Khosla Ventures website) 16

Jagdeep Singh, CEO of QuantumScape:

“The thing I love most about KV is how they are not afraid of making big, contrarian bets, as long the team is world class and has done their homework. They seek out these types of opportunities, and these are the kinds of bets that change entire industries.” (Source: Khosla Ventures website) 16

Nikki Pechet, Co-founder and CEO of Homebound:

“KV thinks impossibly big but also digs deep into the weeds to understand real risks.” (Source: Khosla Ventures website) 16

Raquel Urtasun, Founder and CEO of Waabi:

“KV is the Ferrari of deep tech.” (Source: Khosla Ventures website) 16

Peter Beck, Founder and CEO of Rocket Lab:

“With KV, they understand that when building rockets, hardware failures set you back.” (Source: Khosla Ventures website) 16

Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech:

“KV believed in our bold idea and was a critical partner in helping us create a post-pollution world.” (Source: Khosla Ventures website) 16

Note: All founder quotes above are sourced from Khosla Ventures’ own website, which is a biased source — these are the firm’s selected testimonials. No independently sourced founder testimonials were found during this research pass despite dedicated searches. The firm’s #1 ranking in the 2023 Founder’s Choice VC survey 18 provides independent validation of founder satisfaction, but individual independent quotes were not located.

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  35. PR Newswire, “Rogo Raises $160M Series D to Scale the Agentic Platform for Finance,” April 29, 2026. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rogo-raises-160m-series-d-to-scale-the-agentic-platform-for-finance-302756546.html↩

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  40. TechCrunch, “Exaforce raises $125M Series B to build AI for catching and stopping cyberattacks as they happen,” May 12, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/exaforce-raises-125m-series-b-to-build-ai-for-catching-and-stopping-cyberattacks-as-they-happen/ — Exaforce announced a $125M Series B on May 12, 2026 at $725M valuation, with Khosla Ventures among the participants alongside HarbourVest, Peak XV, Mayfield, and Seligman Ventures. ↩

  41. PR Newswire, “Distyl Secures $20M from Lightspeed and Khosla Ventures to Deliver Biggest, Most Impactful Enterprise AI Outcomes,” November 19, 2024. Accessed May 2026. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/distyl-secures-20m-from-lightspeed-and-khosla-ventures-to-deliver-biggest-most-impactful-enterprise-ai-outcomes-302309718.html — Distyl AI announced a $20M Series A on November 19, 2024 led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with Khosla Ventures participating alongside returning investors Coatue, Dell Technologies Capital, and Nat Friedman. The $7M seed (April 2023) was led by Coatue and Dell; Khosla joined at Series A. ↩

  42. Rogo, “Rogo Raises $50M Series B from Thrive Capital, J.P. Morgan, and Tiger Global to Build Financial AI,” April 30, 2025. Accessed May 2026. https://rogo.ai/news/rogo-announces-50m-series-b — Confirms Khosla Ventures participated as an existing investor in the $50M Series B led by Thrive Capital on April 30, 2025. Cross-referenced with Wilson Sonsini, “Wilson Sonsini Advises J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners on Rogo’s $50 Million Series B.” https://www.wsgr.com/en/insights/wilson-sonsini-advises-jp-morgan-growth-equity-partners-on-rogos-dollar50-million-series-b.html↩

  43. TechCrunch, “Khosla Ventures is betting $10M on Ian Crosby, whose first startup, Bench, imploded,” May 14, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/khosla-ventures-is-betting-10m-on-ian-crosby-whose-last-startup-bench-imploded/ — Synthetic announced a $10M seed on May 14, 2026 led by Khosla Ventures (Jon Chu partnered), with Basis Set Ventures and operator-investors including Tobi Lütke (Shopify) and Kaz Nejatian (Opendoor) participating. Cross-referenced with Business Wire press release, https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260514241304/en/Synthetic-Raises-$10M-Seed-Led-by-Khosla-Ventures.↩

  44. TechCrunch, “Khosla, Greylock, Andreessen Horowitz Put $16.5M In Enterprise Cloud App Management Startup Okta,” August 8, 2011. Accessed May 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/08/khosla-greylock-andreessen-horowitz-put-16-5m-in-enterprise-cloud-app-management-startup-okta/ — Okta’s $16.5M Series B announced August 8, 2011 with Khosla Ventures, Greylock Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, and Floodgate participating. Ben Horowitz had led the earlier Series A in July 2010. ↩

  45. GlobeNewsWire, “NavigateAI Launches to Build the AI Copilot for the Physical World,” May 26, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/05/26/3301425/0/en/navigateai-launches-to-build-the-ai-copilot-for-the-physical-world.html — Confirms Khosla Ventures participated in NavigateAI’s $25M seed on May 26, 2026, led by Elad Gil with Fifth Wall, Lennar, Tishman Speyer, Helix Electric, and 11 named angel investors. ↩

  46. PR Newswire, “Mach Industries Raises $300 Million in Series C Funding,” June 2, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mach-industries-raises-300-million-in-series-c-funding-302787788.html — Confirms Khosla Ventures’ participation in Mach Industries’ $300M Series C at $1.8B valuation. Press release states: “The new investors join longstanding backers including Bedrock Capital, Sequoia Capital, and Khosla Ventures, an investor group that has supported Mach Industries across multiple stages of its growth.” Round led by Infinite Capital and Ribbit Capital. Cross-referenced with TechCrunch, “Defense tech darling Mach Industries hits $1.8B valuation, a 4x jump in a year,” June 1, 2026, https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/01/defense-tech-darling-mach-industries-hits-1-8b-valuation-a-4x-jump-in-a-year/ and Tech Funding News, https://techfundingnews.com/mit-dropouts-mach-industries-bags-300m-at-1-8b-valuation-as-defence-manufacturing-enters-a-new-era/ which both name Khosla Ventures as a participating investor. ↩

  47. PR Newswire, “Terra AI raises $20M to Accelerate Mineral and Reservoir Exploration to Meet Global Critical Mineral and Energy Demands,” June 3, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/terra-ai-raises-20m-to-accelerate-mineral-and-reservoir-exploration-to-meet-global-critical-mineral-and-energy-demands-302789507.html — Press release confirms Khosla Ventures led Terra AI’s $20M Series A with BHP Ventures providing $4M strategic investment. Rajesh Swaminathan, Partner at Khosla Ventures, named as the firm’s spokesperson; Vinod Khosla not personally named in this round. Cross-referenced with Canadian Mining Journal, “Terra AI raises $20M in push for AI-driven mineral discovery,” June 3, 2026, https://www.canadianminingjournal.com/news/terra-ai-raises-20m-in-push-for-ai-driven-mineral-discovery/ and Axios Pro Climate Deals, “Mining tech startup Terra AI closed a $20M Series A from Khosla and BHP Ventures,” June 3, 2026, https://www.axios.com/pro/climate-deals/2026/06/03/terra-ai-khosla-bhp-series-a — both independent primary sources confirm Khosla Ventures led with BHP Ventures co-investing. ↩

  48. TechCrunch, “Sarvam becomes India’s newest AI unicorn with $234 million funding round led by HCLTech,” June 15, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/15/sarvam-becomes-indias-newest-ai-unicorn-with-234-million-funding-round-led-by-hcltech/ — Khosla Ventures named as an existing backer participating in Sarvam AI’s $234M Series B led by HCLTech ($150M) at $1.5B post-money valuation. Bessemer Venture Partners joined as new investor; Peak XV Partners also participated as existing investor. ↩

  49. BusinessToday, “Sarvam AI becomes unicorn with $234 million funding; HCLTech leads with $150 million,” June 15, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/story/sarvam-ai-becomes-unicorn-with-234-million-funding-hcltech-leads-with-150-million-537017-2026-06-15 — Independent confirmation Khosla Ventures participated as existing investor. ↩

  50. TheNextWeb, “Sarvam is India’s newest AI unicorn after a $234m round,” June 15, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://thenextweb.com/news/sarvam-india-ai-unicorn-234-million-hcltech — Third independent confirmation. ↩

  51. PR Newswire, “Novellia Secures $18M Series A to Scale Patient-Powered Data Platform, Solving Pharma’s $50B Problem,” June 2, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/novellia-secures-18m-series-a-to-scale-patient-powered-data-platform-solving-pharmas-50b-problem-302788565.html — Confirms Spark Capital led Novellia’s $18M Series A with Khosla Ventures, Acrew Capital, Bling Capital, and TMV participating. Total funding to date: $28M. Alex Finkelstein, General Partner at Spark Capital, named as the lead partner. Cross-referenced with SiliconANGLE, “Novellia raises $18M to scale patient-controlled medical data platform,” June 2, 2026, https://siliconangle.com/2026/06/02/novellia-raises-18m-scale-patient-controlled-medical-data-platform/ and MedCity News, “Novellia Snags $18M for Its Real-World Data Platform,” June 2026, https://medcitynews.com/2026/06/novellia-data-healthcare-pharma/ — both independent press sources confirm Khosla Ventures’ participation alongside Spark (lead), Acrew, Bling, and TMV. ↩

  52. TechCrunch, “Pramaana Labs raises $27 million seed round from Khosla Ventures to bring formal verification to AI,” June 17, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/pramaana-labs-raises-27-million-seed-round-from-khosla-ventures-to-bring-formal-verification-to-ai/ — Confirms $27M seed led by Khosla Ventures with Accel, BoldCap, Nexus Venture Partners, Premji Invest, and Unbound participating. Palo Alto/SF-based; founded 2025 by IIT Madras alumni Ranjan Rajagopalan, Krishnan Raghavan, Sanjay Ganapathy. Builds LEAN formal-verification layer on top of LLMs for law, tax, and drug discovery. ↩

  53. Yahoo Finance, “Pramaana Labs Raises $27M Led by Khosla Ventures to Build the AI Layer That Proves It Is Telling the Truth,” June 17, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/pramaana-labs-raises-27m-led-194300343.html — Independent confirmation of $27M seed led by Khosla Ventures with Accel, BoldCap, Nexus Venture Partners, Premji Invest, and Unbound participating. ↩

  54. Crypto Briefing, “Pramaana Labs raises $27M seed round from Khosla Ventures to build a verification layer for AI,” June 17, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://cryptobriefing.com/pramaana-labs-27m-seed-ai-verification/ — Third independent confirmation of $27M Khosla-led seed; notes infrastructure-layer positioning. Cross-referenced with TechTimes, “AI Formal Verification Startup Pramaana Raises $27M: Proof Replaces Probability,” June 17, 2026, https://www.techtimes.com/articles/318589/20260617/ai-formal-verification-startup-pramaana-raises-27m-proof-replaces-probability.htm↩

  55. SiliconANGLE, “Convey closes on $38M round to help companies automate repetitive work with AI teammates,” June 17, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://siliconangle.com/2026/06/17/convey-closes-38m-funding-round-help-companies-automate-repetitive-work-ai-teammates/ — Confirms Andreessen Horowitz led Convey’s $38M Series A on June 17, 2026 with continued participation from Khosla Ventures and Pear VC. Joe Schmidt (a16z) joined the board. ↩

  56. Finsmes, “Convey Raises $38M in Series A Funding,” June 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://www.finsmes.com/2026/06/convey-raises-38m-in-series-a-funding.html — Independent confirmation Khosla Ventures participated in the $38M Series A. ↩

  57. Morningstar / BusinessWire, “Convey Raises $38 Million Series A Led by Andreessen Horowitz to Automate Enterprise Operations with AI Teammates,” June 17, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://www.morningstar.com/news/business-wire/20260617486214/convey-raises-38-million-series-a-led-by-andreessen-horowitz-to-automate-enterprise-operations-with-ai-teammates — Third independent confirmation of Khosla Ventures’ participation. ↩

  58. Fortune, “Exclusive: Vinod Khosla wanted ‘every available dollar’ of Runlayer’s funding round. It just raised $30 million to govern the agent workforce,” June 24, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://fortune.com/2026/06/24/exclusive-vinod-khosla-felicis-runlayer-nanit-30-million-enterprise-ai/ — Primary source: Felicis led Runlayer’s $30M Series A on June 24, 2026 with Khosla Ventures participating; Khosla Ventures (Keith Rabois) had led the prior $11M seed in 2025; Vinod Khosla personally championed the Series A. ↩

  59. SecurityWeek, “Runlayer Raises $30 Million in Series A Funding,” June 25, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://www.securityweek.com/runlayer-raises-30-million-in-series-a-funding/ — Independently confirms Felicis-led $30M Series A with Khosla Ventures participating. ↩

  60. The SaaS News, “Runlayer Raises $30M Series A,” June 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://www.thesaasnews.com/news/runlayer-raises-30m-series-a/ — Third independent confirmation of Felicis-led $30M Series A with Khosla Ventures. ↩

  61. Runlayer blog, “Runlayer raises $30M Series A to go all in on AI,” by Andy Berman, June 24, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://www.runlayer.com/blog/series-A-30m-fundraise-felicis-khosla — Company’s own announcement confirms Felicis and Khosla Ventures led the $30M Series A on June 24, 2026, bringing total capital to $42M. ↩

  62. PR Newswire press release, “Runlayer Raises $30M Series A to Help Enterprises Go All In On AI,” June 24, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/runlayer-raises-30m-series-a-to-help-enterprises-go-all-in-on-ai-302809271.html — Official press release confirms Felicis led the $30M Series A with Khosla Ventures participating. Includes verbatim quote from Vinod Khosla: “Runlayer has the potential to become that foundational layer for the AI-enabled enterprise that every company must inevitably become to stay relevant.” Jon Chu (Khosla Ventures Partner): “Runlayer is one of those rare companies where the consequences of success are so large that almost nothing else matters.” ↩

  63. TechCrunch, “General Intuition’s $2.3B bet that video games can train AI agents for the real world,” June 25, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/25/general-intuitions-2-3b-bet-that-video-games-can-train-ai-agents-for-the-real-world/ — Confirms Khosla Ventures led General Intuition’s $320M Series A at a $2.3B post-money valuation; General Catalyst, Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt, and Nico Rosberg participated. ↩

  64. Tech Funding News, “Khosla wrote two cheques in three months, now General Intuition wants a third,” June 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://techfundingnews.com/khosla-wrote-two-cheques-in-three-months-now-general-intuition-wants-a-third/ — Independent confirmation; states the Series A closed roughly three months after a $133.7M seed round in October 2025 and brings total disclosed funding to $454M. ↩

  65. GamesBeat, “General Intuition raises $320M at $2.3B valuation for AI frontier models based on gameplay | exclusive interview,” June 25, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://gamesbeat.com/general-intuition-raises-320m-at-2-3b-valuation-for-ai-frontier-models-based-on-gameplay-exclusive-interview/ — Exclusive interview with CEO Pim de Witte; confirms Khosla Ventures led $320M Series A at $2.3B valuation with General Catalyst, Hedosophia, Bezos, Schmidt, Rosberg, and cofounders of Remote and Cradle participating; round closed January 2026, announced June 2026. ↩

  66. TechCrunch, “General Intuition lands $134M seed to teach agents spatial reasoning using video game clips,” October 16, 2025. Accessed June 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/general-intuition-lands-134m-seed-to-teach-agents-spatial-reasoning-using-video-game-clips/ — Confirms Khosla Ventures and General Catalyst co-led General Intuition’s $133.7M seed on October 16, 2025; Raine Ventures participated. TechCrunch describes it as Khosla Ventures’ largest seed check since OpenAI 2018. ↩

  67. citybiz, “General Catalyst Co-Leads $134M Round for AI Gaming Startup General Intuition,” October 2025. Accessed June 2026. https://www.citybiz.co/article/760570/general-catalyst-co-leads-134m-round-for-ai-gaming-startup-general-intuition/ — Independent confirmation of Khosla Ventures and General Catalyst as co-leads of the $134M seed in October 2025. ↩

  68. GlobeNewswire, “Scaled Cognition Raises $100M Series A Led by Khosla Ventures to Build Reliable Enterprise AI,” June 25, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/06/25/3317460/0/en/scaled-cognition-raises-100m-series-a-led-by-khosla-ventures-to-build-reliable-enterprise-ai.html — Primary press release confirming Khosla Ventures led Scaled Cognition’s $100M Series A with Genesys participating; includes verbatim Vinod Khosla quote. ↩

  69. SiliconANGLE, “Scaled Cognition nabs $100M to automate high stakes customer interactions,” June 25, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://siliconangle.com/2026/06/25/scaled-cognition-nabs-100m-automate-high-stakes-customer-interactions/ — Independent confirmation of Khosla-led $100M Series A and Genesys participation. ↩

  70. The Next Web, “Scaled Cognition raises $100M led by Khosla,” June 25, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://thenextweb.com/news/scaled-cognition-100m-khosla-reliable-ai — Third independent confirmation; states the Series A values the startup at approximately $750 million. ↩

  71. ClickHouse company blog, “ClickHouse raises $350 million Series C to power analytics for the AI era,” May 29, 2025. Accessed July 2026. https://clickhouse.com/blog/clickhouse-raises-350-million-series-c-to-power-analytics-for-ai-era — ClickHouse’s own announcement confirming Khosla Ventures led the $350M Series C with BOND, IVP, Battery Ventures, and Bessemer Venture Partners as new investors, and existing investors Index Ventures, Lightspeed, GIC, Benchmark, Coatue, FirstMark, and Nebius participating. ↩

  72. Bloomberg, “Khosla-Led Deal Values Data Startup ClickHouse at $6.35 Billion,” May 29, 2025. Accessed July 2026. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-29/khosla-led-deal-values-data-startup-clickhouse-at-6-35-billion — Tier-1 press confirmation of Khosla Ventures leading the $350M Series C at $6.35B post-money valuation. ↩

  73. FirstMark portfolio update, “ClickHouse Raises $350 Million Series C to Power Analytics for the AI Era,” May 29, 2025. Accessed July 2026. https://firstmark.com/story/clickhouse-raises-350-million-series-c-to-power-analytics-for-the-ai-era/ — Existing-investor perspective reiterating Khosla Ventures as lead of ClickHouse’s Series C. ↩

  74. “Oratomic Raises $300 Million Series A,” The Quantum Insider, July 7, 2026. Accessed July 9, 2026. https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/07/07/oratomic-raises-300-million-series-a/ — Confirms Khosla Ventures co-led Oratomic’s $300M Series A alongside ARCH Venture Partners and Spark Capital on July 7, 2026. Vinod Khosla quoted calling it “the largest initial investment yet, as we did in OpenAI, into TeamOratomic.” ↩

  75. Duncan Riley, “Quantum startup Oratomic banks $300M to race straight to fault-tolerance,” SiliconANGLE, July 8, 2026. Accessed July 9, 2026. https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/08/quantum-startup-oratomic-banks-300m-race-straight-fault-tolerance/ — Independent confirmation of Khosla Ventures co-leading the Oratomic Series A. ↩

  76. Rebecca Bellan, “Oratomic raises $300M to build a viable quantum computer that needs only 20K qubits,” TechCrunch, July 10, 2026. Accessed July 16, 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/oratomic-raises-300m-to-build-a-viable-quantum-computer-that-needs-only-20k-qubits/ — Tier-1 press independently confirming Khosla Ventures as a co-lead of the $300M Series A alongside ARCH Venture Partners and Spark Capital. ↩

  77. “Oratomic Secures $300M Series A to Build Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers via Reconfigurable Neutral-Atom Arrays,” Quantum Computing Report, July 7, 2026. Accessed July 16, 2026. https://quantumcomputingreport.com/oratomic-secures-300m-series-a-to-build-fault-tolerant-quantum-computers-via-reconfigurable-neutral-atom-arrays/ — Trade-press confirmation of July 7, 2026 announcement and Khosla Ventures as a co-lead. ↩

  78. “State Affairs Raises $70 Million to Help Institutions Navigate the Policy and Regulatory Economy,” PR Newswire, July 14, 2026. Accessed July 19, 2026. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/state-affairs-raises-70-million-to-help-institutions-navigate-the-policy-and-regulatory-economy-302824501.html — Confirms Khosla Ventures co-led the $70M round alongside Founders Fund on July 14, 2026. ↩

  79. “State Affairs Raises $70 Million to Help Institutions Navigate the Policy and Regulatory Economy,” Yahoo Finance, July 14, 2026. Accessed July 19, 2026. https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/state-affairs-raises-70-million-110000098.html — Independent confirmation of Khosla Ventures as co-lead. ↩

  80. “State Affairs Raises $70 Million To Advance Policy And Regulatory Intelligence Platform,” Pulse 2, July 14, 2026. Accessed July 19, 2026. https://pulse2.com/state-affairs-raises-70-million-to-advance-policy-and-regulatory-intelligence-platform/ — Third independent primary press coverage confirming Khosla Ventures as co-lead alongside Founders Fund; full participant list matches PR Newswire release. ↩

  81. “Singularity Emerges from Stealth with $80M Series A at $400M Valuation to Deploy Air Defense at Scale,” Business Wire, July 14, 2026. Accessed July 19, 2026. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260714185502/en/Singularity-Emerges-from-Stealth-with-$80M-Series-A-at-$400M-Valuation-to-Deploy-Air-Defense-at-Scale — Confirms Khosla Ventures co-led the $80M Series A alongside Felicis. ↩

  82. Duncan Riley, “Singularity lands $80M at $400M valuation to build cheap drone interceptors,” SiliconANGLE, July 14, 2026. Accessed July 19, 2026. https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/14/singularity-lands-80m-400m-valuation-build-cheap-drone-interceptors/ — Independent confirmation of Khosla Ventures as co-lead. ↩

  83. Dan Primack, “Air-defense startup Singularity secures $80 million,” Axios, July 14, 2026. Accessed July 19, 2026. https://www.axios.com/2026/07/14/singularity-air-defense-seriesa-venture-oswald — Third-party primary confirmation via Axios Pro Rata reporting. ↩

  84. “Nutanix Adds $25 Million In Series B Round Led By Khosla Ventures,” Nutanix press release, October 25, 2011. Accessed July 19, 2026. https://www.nutanix.com/press-releases/2011/nutanix-adds-25-million-in-series-b-round-led-by-khosla-ventures — Nutanix’s own announcement confirms Khosla Ventures led the $25M Series B on October 25, 2011 with participation from existing backers Lightspeed Venture Partners and Blumberg Capital. Vinod Khosla quoted: “Network storage, as we know it, is ready to be radically disrupted. Datacenters will be dramatically faster, simpler and greener with Nutanix.” Nutanix was one of the first companies funded from Khosla Ventures IV, the firm’s then-new $1.05B fund. ↩

  85. Klint Finley, “Nutanix Closes $25 Million Round from Khosla Ventures,” SiliconANGLE, October 25, 2011. Accessed July 19, 2026. https://siliconangle.com/2011/10/25/nutanix-closes-25-million-round-from-khosla-ventures/ — Independent primary press confirmation of Khosla Ventures leading the $25M Series B with Lightspeed Venture Partners and Blumberg Capital participating. ↩

  86. “Nutanix Adds $25 Million in Series B Round Led by Khosla Ventures,” GlobeNewswire, October 25, 2011. Accessed July 19, 2026. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2011/10/25/1131193/0/en/Nutanix-Adds-25-Million-in-Series-B-Round-Led-by-Khosla-Ventures.html — Newswire distribution of Nutanix’s official announcement confirming Khosla Ventures as lead of the $25M Series B on October 25, 2011. ↩

  87. Mary Ann Azevedo, “Ramp raises another $150M co-led by Khosla and Founders Fund at a $7.65B valuation,” TechCrunch, April 17, 2024. Accessed July 19, 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/17/ramp-raises-another-150-million-co-led-by-khosla-founders-fund-at-a-7-65b-valuation/ — Tier-1 press confirmation that Khosla Ventures (new investor, Keith Rabois leading) and Founders Fund (existing) co-led Ramp’s $150M Series D-2 on April 17, 2024 at a $7.65B post-money valuation; new backers Sequoia Capital, Greylock, and 8VC also joined. ↩

  88. Ramp company blog, “Ramp announces Series D-2 capital raise,” April 2024. Accessed July 19, 2026. https://ramp.com/blog/ramp-april-2024-funding — Ramp’s own official announcement of the $150M Series D-2 at $7.65B valuation, co-led by Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund with Sequoia Capital, Greylock, and 8VC as additional new investors. ↩

  89. “Latham & Watkins Advises Ramp in US$150 Million Series D-2 Funding Round,” Latham & Watkins press release, April 2024. Accessed July 19, 2026. https://www.lw.com/en/news/2024/04/latham-watkins-advises-ramp-in-us150-million-series-d-2-funding-round — Deal counsel announcement independently confirming Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund co-led the $150M Series D-2 at $7.65B valuation. ↩

  90. Colleen Taylor, “Blue River Technology Raises $3.1 Million To Build Robots To Replace Chemical Herbicides,” TechCrunch, September 10, 2012. Accessed July 19, 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2012/09/10/blue-river-technology-raises-3-1-million-to-build-robots-to-replace-chemical-herbicides/ — Tier-1 press confirmation that Khosla Ventures led Blue River Technology’s $3.1M Series A on September 10, 2012 with Steve Blank, Ulu Ventures, and Stanford Angels and Entrepreneurs also participating. Vinod Khosla cited Blue River’s potential to reduce US herbicide use by 250M pounds/year. ↩

  91. “Blue River Technology Raises $3.1 Million from Khosla Ventures and Angel Investors,” Business Wire, September 10, 2012. Accessed July 19, 2026. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120910006479/en/Blue-River-Technology-Raises-3.1-Million-from-Khosla-Ventures-and-Angel-Investors — Business Wire distribution of Blue River Technology’s official announcement confirming Khosla Ventures as lead of the $3.1M Series A on September 10, 2012. ↩

  92. “Blue River Bags $3.1M Round,” PE Hub, September 2012. Accessed July 19, 2026. https://www.pehub.com/blue-river-bags-3-1m-round/ — Independent primary press confirmation of Khosla Ventures leading Blue River Technology’s $3.1M Series A with Steve Blank, Ulu Ventures, and Stanford Angels and Entrepreneurs participating. ↩

  93. Allie Garfinkle, “Bunkerhill Health raises $55 million to put AI agents to work inside hospitals,” Fortune, July 16, 2026. Accessed July 20, 2026. https://fortune.com/2026/07/16/bunkerhill-health-raises-55-million-ai-agents-work-inside-hospitals/ — Primary tier-1 press confirming Khosla Ventures led Bunkerhill Health’s $25M Series B on July 16, 2026 with Sequoia Capital, Felicis, Optum Ventures, and Y Combinator participating; total funding raised to $55M. ↩

  94. Bunkerhill Health, “Bunkerhill Health Raises $55 Million to Help Health Systems Turn Their Best Ideas into Reality,” Series B announcement, July 16, 2026. Accessed July 20, 2026. https://www.bunkerhillhealth.com/resources/series-b-announcement — Company’s primary announcement of the Series B round and $55M total funding milestone. ↩