Khosla Ventures, founded in 2004 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, is a venture capital firm that provides strategic advice, capital, and support to bold entrepreneurs across various sectors. The firm focuses on early-stage investments in areas such as artificial intelligence, climate technology, sustainability, enterprise solutions, consumer products, fintech, digital health, medical technology, and therapeutics. Khosla Ventures is particularly interested in innovative solutions that address significant socio-economic challenges and enhance productivity, especially for low-income populations and small businesses in emerging markets. The firm embraces experimentation and is open to investing in unconventional and high-risk ventures, often acting as the sole investor in groundbreaking projects. With a commitment to fostering impactful entrepreneurship, Khosla Ventures seeks to create value through technological advancements and creative business models, with a special emphasis on markets in South Asia.
Industrial Next develops the fundamental technologies for flexible and intelligent production automation, beginning with intelligent vision, for which we are jointly creating the hardware and software to work in unison.
rabbit
Series A in 2023
rabbit inc. is a technology company developing consumer electronics driven by novel, simple, and intuitive interactive paradigms. rabbit is the creator of the Large Action Model (LAM), a new type of foundation model for human actions on computer applications, and rabbit OS, a personalized operating system through a natural language interface. rabbit's first product, rabbit r1, is an affordable companion device designed in collaboration with Teenage Engineering.
rabbit
Seed Round in 2023
rabbit inc. is a technology company developing consumer electronics driven by novel, simple, and intuitive interactive paradigms. rabbit is the creator of the Large Action Model (LAM), a new type of foundation model for human actions on computer applications, and rabbit OS, a personalized operating system through a natural language interface. rabbit's first product, rabbit r1, is an affordable companion device designed in collaboration with Teenage Engineering.
Briefcase Biotec
Seed Round in 2021
Briefcase Biotec develops KiloBaser, a Nespresso machine of DNA synthesis - enabling cutting edge research without detours. KiloBaser is a device for printing short synthetic DNA sequences. It enables individual scientists to easily produce the DNA they need on their desktops, while speeding up production of the basics for all genetic engineering and synthetic biology research and development. Headquartered in Graz, Steiermark, KiloBaser was founded in 2013 by Martin Jost and Alexander Murer.
Casca
Venture Round in 2019
Casca Designs Inc. is a Vancouver-based company that specializes in manufacturing and selling custom-made footwear and socks. Founded in 2017, Casca uses proprietary technologies, including Lift OS and 3D printing, to create personalized shoes designed for optimal fit and comfort. One of its notable products is the Avro sneaker, which features a custom 3D-printed insole tailored to individual arch and foot measurements. Customers can customize their footwear through a dedicated app, available on both iOS and Android, with the final products delivered within 14 days. Casca's offerings include a range of models, such as Avro, Avro Knit, Footb3d, Kepler, and Pascal, all made from durable and waterproof materials, ensuring high performance and versatility for everyday use. The company sells its products online, emphasizing both quality and user-centric design.
Tempo
Series A in 2019
Tempo designs and develops a home fitness platform with personal guidance to help users in their training sessions. It features live elite trainers who can help users when they make mistakes. It has built-in three-dimensional sensors that track form, counts reps, and recommend weights. It helps users to improve in real-time. Powered by 3D motion sensors and AI, it analyzes 25 of the body’s essential joints as users work out and gives understood form feedback. Moawia Eldeeb and Joshua Augustin founded it as Pivot in 2015, with its headquarters in San Francisco in California.
Boosted USA
Series B in 2018
Boosted USA is a manufacturer of electric skateboards that focuses on creating innovative and enjoyable lightweight electric vehicles for commuting and recreation. The company offers a diverse lineup of electric longboards featuring customizable options, including multiple ride modes, a powerful belt drive system, two battery choices, and robust braking systems. Boosted's products are designed for both efficiency in last-mile transportation and for leisure, utilizing high-quality materials such as bamboo and fiberglass for their decks and premium urethane wheels. The company combines a passion for longboarding with a commitment to great design, making its electric skateboards appealing to a wide range of users.
Canary
Funding Round in 2018
Canary is a Consumer IoT SaaS business and an IoT category leader with IoT users in over 180 countries. The company's mission is to enhance consumers' lives by making modern technologies useful, easy, affordable and safe - IoT for everyone. The company offers DIY smart home security and monitoring SaaS subscription bundles that include 24/7 watch live video, AI driven motion alerts, video history and many more advanced features. All bundles also include FREE device from the company's award-winning designed HD wi-fi enabled cameras, for indoor & outdoor, both battery powered & wired. The subscribers can choose depending on their individual needs a subscription with a basic camera or an all-in-one device with sensors such as air quality monitoring and a siren. The subscription plans are available as prepaid or auto-renewed monthly, 1 & 2 year plans. Founded in 2012, the company was acquired by its peer Smartfrog in 2018. The two businesses were then merged into Smartfrog & Canary Holdings, headquartered in NYC. The group's full-stack platform and value chain is end-to-end controlled and protected by over 100 patents. The platform enables data-driven businesses, offering SaaS solutions across product areas, supporting people from infancy to seniority, accompanying them through their whole life. Starting with Smart Home Security, the business is gradually scaling to new verticals such as Smart Locks & Access, Last Mile In-Home Delivery, Baby & Child Care, Pet Care, Elder- and Healthcare. The group grows both organically and through mergers and acquisitions.
Canary
Series A in 2018
Canary is a Consumer IoT SaaS business and an IoT category leader with IoT users in over 180 countries. The company's mission is to enhance consumers' lives by making modern technologies useful, easy, affordable and safe - IoT for everyone. The company offers DIY smart home security and monitoring SaaS subscription bundles that include 24/7 watch live video, AI driven motion alerts, video history and many more advanced features. All bundles also include FREE device from the company's award-winning designed HD wi-fi enabled cameras, for indoor & outdoor, both battery powered & wired. The subscribers can choose depending on their individual needs a subscription with a basic camera or an all-in-one device with sensors such as air quality monitoring and a siren. The subscription plans are available as prepaid or auto-renewed monthly, 1 & 2 year plans. Founded in 2012, the company was acquired by its peer Smartfrog in 2018. The two businesses were then merged into Smartfrog & Canary Holdings, headquartered in NYC. The group's full-stack platform and value chain is end-to-end controlled and protected by over 100 patents. The platform enables data-driven businesses, offering SaaS solutions across product areas, supporting people from infancy to seniority, accompanying them through their whole life. Starting with Smart Home Security, the business is gradually scaling to new verticals such as Smart Locks & Access, Last Mile In-Home Delivery, Baby & Child Care, Pet Care, Elder- and Healthcare. The group grows both organically and through mergers and acquisitions.
Datera
Series C in 2018
Datera is bringing the software-defined revolution to enterprise data storage with automation and applied machine learning in partnership with the leaders in server-based infrastructure, including HPE, Intel, Fjuistu, Lenovo, Dell and Cisco, all at a 70% lower total cost of ownership and operation. Datera was founded by the authors and maintainers of the Linux I/O storage stack and is backed by Khosla Ventures, Samsung Ventures and Silicon Valley luminaries including Sun Microsystems' Andy Bechtolsheim and Juniper Networks' Pradeep Sindhu.
Digital Alloys
Series B in 2018
Digital Alloys develops high-speed, multi-metal additive manufacturing systems that print production quality parts, in almost any metal, at a fraction of the cost of other systems, making metal 3D metal printing economical for a greatly expanded mix of applications. Digital Alloys metal 3D printers have the unique ability to mix multiple metals in a solid part, enabling customers to push the limits of design and create new products with optimized thermal, electrical, magnetic, and mechanical properties. It was formed in January 2017 as a spinout from the NVLabs division of New Valence Robotics, Inc. (NVBOTS). The company is led by an experienced management team, and backed by Khosla Ventures. Digital Alloys is based in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Canary
Venture Round in 2017
Canary is a Consumer IoT SaaS business and an IoT category leader with IoT users in over 180 countries. The company's mission is to enhance consumers' lives by making modern technologies useful, easy, affordable and safe - IoT for everyone. The company offers DIY smart home security and monitoring SaaS subscription bundles that include 24/7 watch live video, AI driven motion alerts, video history and many more advanced features. All bundles also include FREE device from the company's award-winning designed HD wi-fi enabled cameras, for indoor & outdoor, both battery powered & wired. The subscribers can choose depending on their individual needs a subscription with a basic camera or an all-in-one device with sensors such as air quality monitoring and a siren. The subscription plans are available as prepaid or auto-renewed monthly, 1 & 2 year plans. Founded in 2012, the company was acquired by its peer Smartfrog in 2018. The two businesses were then merged into Smartfrog & Canary Holdings, headquartered in NYC. The group's full-stack platform and value chain is end-to-end controlled and protected by over 100 patents. The platform enables data-driven businesses, offering SaaS solutions across product areas, supporting people from infancy to seniority, accompanying them through their whole life. Starting with Smart Home Security, the business is gradually scaling to new verticals such as Smart Locks & Access, Last Mile In-Home Delivery, Baby & Child Care, Pet Care, Elder- and Healthcare. The group grows both organically and through mergers and acquisitions.
Digital Alloys
Series A in 2017
Digital Alloys develops high-speed, multi-metal additive manufacturing systems that print production quality parts, in almost any metal, at a fraction of the cost of other systems, making metal 3D metal printing economical for a greatly expanded mix of applications. Digital Alloys metal 3D printers have the unique ability to mix multiple metals in a solid part, enabling customers to push the limits of design and create new products with optimized thermal, electrical, magnetic, and mechanical properties. It was formed in January 2017 as a spinout from the NVLabs division of New Valence Robotics, Inc. (NVBOTS). The company is led by an experienced management team, and backed by Khosla Ventures. Digital Alloys is based in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Canary
Series C in 2016
Canary is a Consumer IoT SaaS business and an IoT category leader with IoT users in over 180 countries. The company's mission is to enhance consumers' lives by making modern technologies useful, easy, affordable and safe - IoT for everyone. The company offers DIY smart home security and monitoring SaaS subscription bundles that include 24/7 watch live video, AI driven motion alerts, video history and many more advanced features. All bundles also include FREE device from the company's award-winning designed HD wi-fi enabled cameras, for indoor & outdoor, both battery powered & wired. The subscribers can choose depending on their individual needs a subscription with a basic camera or an all-in-one device with sensors such as air quality monitoring and a siren. The subscription plans are available as prepaid or auto-renewed monthly, 1 & 2 year plans. Founded in 2012, the company was acquired by its peer Smartfrog in 2018. The two businesses were then merged into Smartfrog & Canary Holdings, headquartered in NYC. The group's full-stack platform and value chain is end-to-end controlled and protected by over 100 patents. The platform enables data-driven businesses, offering SaaS solutions across product areas, supporting people from infancy to seniority, accompanying them through their whole life. Starting with Smart Home Security, the business is gradually scaling to new verticals such as Smart Locks & Access, Last Mile In-Home Delivery, Baby & Child Care, Pet Care, Elder- and Healthcare. The group grows both organically and through mergers and acquisitions.
littleBits Electronics
Series B in 2015
littleBits Electronics Inc. specializes in developing electronic building blocks that easily snap together using magnets, allowing users to create, invent, and prototype with electronics. Founded in 2011 by Ayah Bdeir and headquartered in New York, the company offers a diverse range of modules, including circuit boards with various functions, hardware development kits, and accessories such as USB and power modules, remote triggers, micro sequencers, keyboards, toggle switches, and light sensors. With an open-source library featuring over 60 electronic modules, littleBits encourages users to view, download, share designs, and create their own custom modules. As of August 2019, littleBits operates as a subsidiary of Sphero, Inc.
Tempo
Seed Round in 2015
Tempo designs and develops a home fitness platform with personal guidance to help users in their training sessions. It features live elite trainers who can help users when they make mistakes. It has built-in three-dimensional sensors that track form, counts reps, and recommend weights. It helps users to improve in real-time. Powered by 3D motion sensors and AI, it analyzes 25 of the body’s essential joints as users work out and gives understood form feedback. Moawia Eldeeb and Joshua Augustin founded it as Pivot in 2015, with its headquarters in San Francisco in California.
Canary
Series B in 2015
Canary is a Consumer IoT SaaS business and an IoT category leader with IoT users in over 180 countries. The company's mission is to enhance consumers' lives by making modern technologies useful, easy, affordable and safe - IoT for everyone. The company offers DIY smart home security and monitoring SaaS subscription bundles that include 24/7 watch live video, AI driven motion alerts, video history and many more advanced features. All bundles also include FREE device from the company's award-winning designed HD wi-fi enabled cameras, for indoor & outdoor, both battery powered & wired. The subscribers can choose depending on their individual needs a subscription with a basic camera or an all-in-one device with sensors such as air quality monitoring and a siren. The subscription plans are available as prepaid or auto-renewed monthly, 1 & 2 year plans. Founded in 2012, the company was acquired by its peer Smartfrog in 2018. The two businesses were then merged into Smartfrog & Canary Holdings, headquartered in NYC. The group's full-stack platform and value chain is end-to-end controlled and protected by over 100 patents. The platform enables data-driven businesses, offering SaaS solutions across product areas, supporting people from infancy to seniority, accompanying them through their whole life. Starting with Smart Home Security, the business is gradually scaling to new verticals such as Smart Locks & Access, Last Mile In-Home Delivery, Baby & Child Care, Pet Care, Elder- and Healthcare. The group grows both organically and through mergers and acquisitions.
Datera
Series B in 2015
Datera is bringing the software-defined revolution to enterprise data storage with automation and applied machine learning in partnership with the leaders in server-based infrastructure, including HPE, Intel, Fjuistu, Lenovo, Dell and Cisco, all at a 70% lower total cost of ownership and operation. Datera was founded by the authors and maintainers of the Linux I/O storage stack and is backed by Khosla Ventures, Samsung Ventures and Silicon Valley luminaries including Sun Microsystems' Andy Bechtolsheim and Juniper Networks' Pradeep Sindhu.
Centipede Semi
Series A in 2014
Centipede Semi is a privately held IP provider specializing in high end processors. Centipede brings fresh ideas and unique technology to the heart of the most advanced digital products. It empower customers with deep control of the technology within the processor and dramatically enhance existing architecture solutions influencing multi-billion dollar markets.
Canary
Series A in 2014
Canary is a Consumer IoT SaaS business and an IoT category leader with IoT users in over 180 countries. The company's mission is to enhance consumers' lives by making modern technologies useful, easy, affordable and safe - IoT for everyone. The company offers DIY smart home security and monitoring SaaS subscription bundles that include 24/7 watch live video, AI driven motion alerts, video history and many more advanced features. All bundles also include FREE device from the company's award-winning designed HD wi-fi enabled cameras, for indoor & outdoor, both battery powered & wired. The subscribers can choose depending on their individual needs a subscription with a basic camera or an all-in-one device with sensors such as air quality monitoring and a siren. The subscription plans are available as prepaid or auto-renewed monthly, 1 & 2 year plans. Founded in 2012, the company was acquired by its peer Smartfrog in 2018. The two businesses were then merged into Smartfrog & Canary Holdings, headquartered in NYC. The group's full-stack platform and value chain is end-to-end controlled and protected by over 100 patents. The platform enables data-driven businesses, offering SaaS solutions across product areas, supporting people from infancy to seniority, accompanying them through their whole life. Starting with Smart Home Security, the business is gradually scaling to new verticals such as Smart Locks & Access, Last Mile In-Home Delivery, Baby & Child Care, Pet Care, Elder- and Healthcare. The group grows both organically and through mergers and acquisitions.
littleBits Electronics
Series A in 2013
littleBits Electronics Inc. specializes in developing electronic building blocks that easily snap together using magnets, allowing users to create, invent, and prototype with electronics. Founded in 2011 by Ayah Bdeir and headquartered in New York, the company offers a diverse range of modules, including circuit boards with various functions, hardware development kits, and accessories such as USB and power modules, remote triggers, micro sequencers, keyboards, toggle switches, and light sensors. With an open-source library featuring over 60 electronic modules, littleBits encourages users to view, download, share designs, and create their own custom modules. As of August 2019, littleBits operates as a subsidiary of Sphero, Inc.
Datera
Series A in 2013
Datera is bringing the software-defined revolution to enterprise data storage with automation and applied machine learning in partnership with the leaders in server-based infrastructure, including HPE, Intel, Fjuistu, Lenovo, Dell and Cisco, all at a 70% lower total cost of ownership and operation. Datera was founded by the authors and maintainers of the Linux I/O storage stack and is backed by Khosla Ventures, Samsung Ventures and Silicon Valley luminaries including Sun Microsystems' Andy Bechtolsheim and Juniper Networks' Pradeep Sindhu.
Consumer Physics
Series A in 2012
Consumer Physics Inc. is a technology company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, that specializes in the development and distribution of molecular sensors marketed under the SCiO brand. Founded in 2011, the company offers the SCiO, a compact near-infrared spectrometer designed for real-time material analysis. This device connects to smartphone applications and a cloud-based database of material fingerprints, empowering both consumers and businesses to analyze the composition of various materials anytime and anywhere. Consumer Physics also provides a platform for businesses and third-party developers to create custom molecular sensing models and mobile applications. By leveraging the SCiO technology, clients in industries such as food and agriculture can make informed decisions, potentially reducing food waste and enhancing operational efficiency. The company has established strategic partnerships to further its mission and support its innovative offerings.
littleBits Electronics
Series A in 2012
littleBits Electronics Inc. specializes in developing electronic building blocks that easily snap together using magnets, allowing users to create, invent, and prototype with electronics. Founded in 2011 by Ayah Bdeir and headquartered in New York, the company offers a diverse range of modules, including circuit boards with various functions, hardware development kits, and accessories such as USB and power modules, remote triggers, micro sequencers, keyboards, toggle switches, and light sensors. With an open-source library featuring over 60 electronic modules, littleBits encourages users to view, download, share designs, and create their own custom modules. As of August 2019, littleBits operates as a subsidiary of Sphero, Inc.
Veebeam
Series B in 2010
Veebeam Limited is dedicated to bringing Internet video content to every TV. The company was created by the 2008 merger of Staccato Communications (San Diego, CA) and Artimi (Cambridge, UK), and has an office in Cambridge (UK). Veebeam Ltd. is privately held and venture backed by leading technology investors. The Veebeam team includes industry veterans with vast experience in bringing to market a wide array of consumer hardware - including wired and wireless Internet connectivity products. CEO Jerry Loraine has more than 20 years experience in the semiconductor and wireless communications industries in executive and senior management roles.
iKoa
Venture Round in 2010
An early-stage semiconductor start-up company, iKoa® is dedicated to becoming a leader in enabling low-power, high-performance semiconductor products for consumer mobile devices in the mobile communications, entertainment, and personal computer markets. Founded by repeat entrepreneurs, iKoa surmounts the capability of today's semiconductor solutions by offering previously unattainable performance and new features for end-user products, at a very low power consumption. With iKoa's disruptive technology, semiconductor products can be designed with up to 4X more performance, more features, and 1/10th the power consumption of competing methods. iKoa has offices in Menlo Park, California (Silicon Valley) and engineering and development operations in Hyderabad, India.
Spatial Photonics
Series B in 2007
Spatial Photonics specializes in the development and manufacturing of microdisplays designed for both business and consumer projection display applications. The company's products utilize reflective digital light modulators that effectively control and modulate light intensity, enhancing the quality and performance of projection systems. By focusing on innovative display technologies, Spatial Photonics aims to meet the growing demand for high-quality visual solutions in various industries.
iKoa
Series A in 2007
An early-stage semiconductor start-up company, iKoa® is dedicated to becoming a leader in enabling low-power, high-performance semiconductor products for consumer mobile devices in the mobile communications, entertainment, and personal computer markets. Founded by repeat entrepreneurs, iKoa surmounts the capability of today's semiconductor solutions by offering previously unattainable performance and new features for end-user products, at a very low power consumption. With iKoa's disruptive technology, semiconductor products can be designed with up to 4X more performance, more features, and 1/10th the power consumption of competing methods. iKoa has offices in Menlo Park, California (Silicon Valley) and engineering and development operations in Hyderabad, India.
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