Khosla Ventures

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.

Bruce Armstrong

Partner

Alex Bentley

Partner and Investor

Nessan Bermingham

Operating Partner

Ryno Blignaut

Operating Partner

Alice Brooks

Principal

Peter Buckland

General Partner and COO

Brian Byun

Venture Partner

Catherine Casuga

Operating Partner

Jonathan Chu

Partner and Investor

Ece Erdagoz

Principal

Bryan Gartner

Partner

Kanu Gulati

Partner

Judy Huang

Operating Partner

Samir Kaul

Founding Partner and Managing Director

Vinod Khosla

Managing Director

Kelly Kinnard

Operating Partner

Evan Moore

Partner

Alexander Morgan

Partner

Arash Rebek

Partner, Capital Formation

Jessy Rivest

Partner and Investor

Leah Scanlan

Operating Partner

Nikita Shamgunov

Partner

Sven Strohband

Managing Director

Rajesh Swaminathan

Partner

David Weiden

Managing Director

Ece Erdagoz Wyrick

Principal and Investor

David Weiden

Founding Partner and Managing Director

Adam Coates

Operating Partner

Kanupriya Gulati Ph.D

Partner and Investor

Past deals in Messaging

Ravenna

Seed Round in 2025
​Ravenna offers an AI-driven internal help desk platform designed for IT and operations teams. The platform integrates seamlessly with Slack, enabling users to convert any Slack message, including direct messages, into support tickets. Ravenna automates service requests, streamlines workflows, and provides AI-powered knowledge generation to enhance internal support processes. It also offers analytics to help teams measure and improve their performance over time.

LuzIA

Venture Round in 2024
Luzia has developed an AI platform that specializes in transcribing audio messages on WhatsApp. The platform features a user-friendly chatbot accessible through WhatsApp, which can respond to inquiries across diverse topics, generate text, translate languages, and create creative content. This technology empowers users to efficiently perform a variety of tasks, enhancing communication and information access within the WhatsApp environment.

Homebase

Series D in 2024
Homebase is a software application that provides tools for employee scheduling, time tracking, communication, and task management. The app facilitates communication between managers and employees through messaging features, allowing for easy coordination and updates regarding shifts, tasks, and announcements. Employees can clock in and out using the app, allowing managers to track hours worked and monitor labor costs in real-time accurately.

LuzIA

Series A in 2023
Luzia has developed an AI platform that specializes in transcribing audio messages on WhatsApp. The platform features a user-friendly chatbot accessible through WhatsApp, which can respond to inquiries across diverse topics, generate text, translate languages, and create creative content. This technology empowers users to efficiently perform a variety of tasks, enhancing communication and information access within the WhatsApp environment.

Homebase

Series C in 2021
Homebase is a software application that provides tools for employee scheduling, time tracking, communication, and task management. The app facilitates communication between managers and employees through messaging features, allowing for easy coordination and updates regarding shifts, tasks, and announcements. Employees can clock in and out using the app, allowing managers to track hours worked and monitor labor costs in real-time accurately.

Kudi

Series A in 2019
KUDI is a financial service provider focused on providing access to electronic banking and financial services by leveraging conversational interfaces, natural language processing and artificial intelligence to provider faster access, frictionless experience, and ultimately boost financial inclusion in emerging markets. KUDI is enabling secured financial transactions via Facebook, Telegram, Slack and Skype. KUDI's focus is the African market with a primary focus on the Nigerian Payment ecosystem and the company does this in partnership with e-payment regulators, a leading commercial bank, and an international payment processor.

Homebase

Series B in 2018
Homebase is a software application that provides tools for employee scheduling, time tracking, communication, and task management. The app facilitates communication between managers and employees through messaging features, allowing for easy coordination and updates regarding shifts, tasks, and announcements. Employees can clock in and out using the app, allowing managers to track hours worked and monitor labor costs in real-time accurately.

Replika

Series A in 2017
Luka is a software development company based in San Francisco, California. The company created Luka app, a new messenger with AI-powered chatbots. They help you find places to eat, do web search, make plans together, pick places to eat, play trivia games and lots of other things in a messenger. In 2016 Luka launched a closed testing of Replika, a new app that allows to create a personal AI that you teach through text conversations. The app is powered by a proprietary deep learning architecture.

Mio

Seed Round in 2016
Based in Austin, Texas, Mio is the leading provider of messaging interoperability solutions. Mio Universal Channels enable intercompany collaboration by connecting users on Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Webex Teams. By enabling external contacts to chat in Universal Channels, everyone can share files, reply to threads, and edit messages—all from their tool of choice. The company, founded by Tom Hadfield and James Cundle, has raised $12m from investors including Goldcrest Capital, Eniac Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator, and Capital Factory. Ready to chat better, together? Install directly at www.m.io

Homebase

Series A in 2016
Homebase is a software application that provides tools for employee scheduling, time tracking, communication, and task management. The app facilitates communication between managers and employees through messaging features, allowing for easy coordination and updates regarding shifts, tasks, and announcements. Employees can clock in and out using the app, allowing managers to track hours worked and monitor labor costs in real-time accurately.

PullString

Series C in 2014
PullString, Inc. is an entertainment and technology company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in developing interactive applications allowing users to engage in conversation with digital and physical characters. The company's primary offering, the PullString Platform, provides a comprehensive authoring environment, artificial intelligence capabilities, and conversation analytics, catering to various industries such as entertainment, customer service, gaming, and more. This platform supports major conversational channels including Facebook Messenger, Amazon Alexa, and others, enabling the creation of engaging experiences like Call of Duty’s Lt Reyes and Hello Barbie. Founded in 2011 as ToyTalk, PullString has transformed the landscape of computer conversation through its innovative blend of design and technology, allowing organizations to collaboratively develop and publish dynamic voice applications. The company rebranded to PullString in 2016 and has secured significant funding to further its mission in the realm of conversational experiences.

RingCentral

Series D in 2011
RingCentral is a provider of cloud-based communication and collaboration solutions, offering a unified communications platform that integrates voice, messaging, video conferencing, and online meetings. The company caters to over 350,000 organizations worldwide, enabling them to streamline communication and enhance collaboration across various devices, including smartphones, tablets, and computers. Its core offerings include RingCentral Office, which combines a multi-extension phone system with voice and fax capabilities, as well as RingCentral Professional, which connects existing phone lines to provide virtual extensions. RingCentral also features Glip, a team workspace that consolidates discussions, tasks, and files, and a cloud-based contact center solution that enhances customer service. Founded in 2003 and based in Belmont, California, RingCentral aims to help businesses transition from traditional on-premises systems to modern, flexible cloud solutions. The company is supported by prominent investors and continues to focus on fostering innovation through its ventures.

GroupMe

Series B in 2011
GroupMe Inc. is a New York-based company that develops and operates a group messaging application designed to facilitate communication among users, including those without smartphones. Launched in 2010, the platform allows users to easily connect with friends, family, and coworkers through push notifications or SMS. GroupMe's services include group messaging, conference calling, and location and photo sharing, enabling seamless interaction within social networks. Since its inception, the company has experienced significant growth, processing billions of messages and expanding its team to 25 employees. Acquired by Skype Global, GroupMe operates with a degree of autonomy, maintaining an entrepreneurial culture while aiming to become a primary communications provider for a large user base.

RingCentral

Series C in 2010
RingCentral is a provider of cloud-based communication and collaboration solutions, offering a unified communications platform that integrates voice, messaging, video conferencing, and online meetings. The company caters to over 350,000 organizations worldwide, enabling them to streamline communication and enhance collaboration across various devices, including smartphones, tablets, and computers. Its core offerings include RingCentral Office, which combines a multi-extension phone system with voice and fax capabilities, as well as RingCentral Professional, which connects existing phone lines to provide virtual extensions. RingCentral also features Glip, a team workspace that consolidates discussions, tasks, and files, and a cloud-based contact center solution that enhances customer service. Founded in 2003 and based in Belmont, California, RingCentral aims to help businesses transition from traditional on-premises systems to modern, flexible cloud solutions. The company is supported by prominent investors and continues to focus on fostering innovation through its ventures.

RingCentral

Series B in 2008
RingCentral is a provider of cloud-based communication and collaboration solutions, offering a unified communications platform that integrates voice, messaging, video conferencing, and online meetings. The company caters to over 350,000 organizations worldwide, enabling them to streamline communication and enhance collaboration across various devices, including smartphones, tablets, and computers. Its core offerings include RingCentral Office, which combines a multi-extension phone system with voice and fax capabilities, as well as RingCentral Professional, which connects existing phone lines to provide virtual extensions. RingCentral also features Glip, a team workspace that consolidates discussions, tasks, and files, and a cloud-based contact center solution that enhances customer service. Founded in 2003 and based in Belmont, California, RingCentral aims to help businesses transition from traditional on-premises systems to modern, flexible cloud solutions. The company is supported by prominent investors and continues to focus on fostering innovation through its ventures.

RingCentral

Series A in 2007
RingCentral is a provider of cloud-based communication and collaboration solutions, offering a unified communications platform that integrates voice, messaging, video conferencing, and online meetings. The company caters to over 350,000 organizations worldwide, enabling them to streamline communication and enhance collaboration across various devices, including smartphones, tablets, and computers. Its core offerings include RingCentral Office, which combines a multi-extension phone system with voice and fax capabilities, as well as RingCentral Professional, which connects existing phone lines to provide virtual extensions. RingCentral also features Glip, a team workspace that consolidates discussions, tasks, and files, and a cloud-based contact center solution that enhances customer service. Founded in 2003 and based in Belmont, California, RingCentral aims to help businesses transition from traditional on-premises systems to modern, flexible cloud solutions. The company is supported by prominent investors and continues to focus on fostering innovation through its ventures.

Heysan

Seed Round in 2007
Heysan is a mobile messaging and community platform based in San Francisco, California. Founded through Y Combinator, the company initially focused on facilitating free messaging between phones and computers, effectively bridging instant messaging with SMS. Over time, it expanded its services to create a mobile community, amassing over 1 million users and generating 100 million monthly pageviews. The platform allows users to connect through various accounts, including MSN, AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, and GTalk on mobile devices. In the summer of 2007, Heysan secured seed funding from Khosla Ventures and Atomico. The company was later acquired by Good Technology in May 2009.

RingCentral

Venture Round in 2006
RingCentral is a provider of cloud-based communication and collaboration solutions, offering a unified communications platform that integrates voice, messaging, video conferencing, and online meetings. The company caters to over 350,000 organizations worldwide, enabling them to streamline communication and enhance collaboration across various devices, including smartphones, tablets, and computers. Its core offerings include RingCentral Office, which combines a multi-extension phone system with voice and fax capabilities, as well as RingCentral Professional, which connects existing phone lines to provide virtual extensions. RingCentral also features Glip, a team workspace that consolidates discussions, tasks, and files, and a cloud-based contact center solution that enhances customer service. Founded in 2003 and based in Belmont, California, RingCentral aims to help businesses transition from traditional on-premises systems to modern, flexible cloud solutions. The company is supported by prominent investors and continues to focus on fostering innovation through its ventures.
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