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 Ph.D

Operating Partner

Blignaut, Ryno

Operating Partner

Alice Brooks

Principal

Peter Buckland

General Partner and COO

Byun, Brian

Venture Partner

Catherine Casuga

Operating Partner

Jon Chu

Partner and Investor

Ece Erdagoz

Principal

Bryan Gartner

Partner

Kanu Gulati

Partner

Judy Huang

Operating Partner

Samir Kaul

Founding Partner and Managing Director

Khosla, Vinod

Managing Director

Kelly Kinnard

Operating Partner

Alexander Morgan

Partner

Arash Rebek JD

Partner, Capital Formation

Jessy Rivest

Partner and Investor

Scanlan, Leah

Operating Partner

Nikita Shamgunov

Partner

Sven Strohband Ph.D

Managing Director

Rajesh Swaminathan

Partner

David Weiden

Managing Director

Ece Wyrick

Principal and Investor

David Weiden

Founding Partner and Managing Director

Adam Coates Ph.D

Operating Partner

Kanupriya Gulati Ph.D

Partner and Investor

Past deals in Crowdfunding

Bubbles

Seed Round in 2022
Bubbles is a collaboration tool that lets's tag anything on screen and invite teammates to discuss in-context. Get excited by organic growth and viral loops, and less so by paid advertising. Are active on one or more social platforms like Medium, Twitter, Product Hunt, etc. It was founded in 2018 and is based inSan Francisco, California.

World

Funding Round in 2022
World is a company that connects users through a privacy-focused network designed for secure digital asset management. It offers a digital currency platform that emphasizes both privacy and transparency using a permissionless blockchain. The World App enables users to securely store their World ID, manage digital assets, and access various Mini Apps, promoting global connectivity and trust. Additionally, World provides an iris-scanning device that enhances digital identity security by storing biometric information, which helps discourage spammers from creating multiple accounts. This combination of secure identity management and digital currency aims to facilitate a reliable and user-friendly digital environment.

Seashell

Seed Round in 2022
Seashell is a financial services provider that focuses on delivering high and stable returns on investments through a compliance-oriented approach. By leveraging blockchain technology, Seashell offers a user-friendly platform that enables customers to earn competitive yields effortlessly. The company's innovative solutions prioritize security and flexibility, allowing individuals to save and grow their money effectively. Through its commitment to compliance and advanced technology, Seashell aims to enhance the flow of money and improve financial outcomes for its users.

Draft

Venture Round in 2021
Draft is a company that utilizes blockchain technology to create a job marketplace platform. In addition to its innovative approach to job recruitment, Draft also offers a range of marketing services, including content marketing, social media content, search engine optimization (SEO), and content writing. By combining cutting-edge technology with comprehensive marketing solutions, Draft aims to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of connecting job seekers with potential employers while helping businesses improve their online presence.

Simplified

Seed Round in 2021
Simplified is an all-in-one, AI-powered platform designed to assist teams and businesses in content creation and marketing. It enables users to design graphics, edit videos, write copy, and manage social media from a single interface, significantly streamlining the content creation process. The platform features a variety of tools, including video editing capabilities, graphic design resources, and a social media scheduler, all aimed at enhancing productivity. Users can take advantage of customizable, ready-made templates that ensure content remains consistent and aligned with brand identity. By simplifying the content creation workflow, Simplified allows clients to engage their audiences more efficiently and effectively.

Up&Up

Series B in 2021
Up&Up is a New York-based platform that facilitates fractional homeownership, providing a unique approach to renting and owning a home. Founded in 2017, the company allows renters to invest in their rental properties, enabling them to benefit from home price appreciation and accumulate ownership stakes through their rent payments. This model aims to make homeownership more accessible and flexible, allowing residents to build equity while maintaining the convenience of renting. By offering a rewarding alternative to traditional rental agreements, Up&Up helps individuals work towards their homeownership goals while also minimizing maintenance and property management costs.

Draft

Series A in 2021
Draft is a company that utilizes blockchain technology to create a job marketplace platform. In addition to its innovative approach to job recruitment, Draft also offers a range of marketing services, including content marketing, social media content, search engine optimization (SEO), and content writing. By combining cutting-edge technology with comprehensive marketing solutions, Draft aims to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of connecting job seekers with potential employers while helping businesses improve their online presence.

Up&Up

Seed Round in 2018
Up&Up is a New York-based platform that facilitates fractional homeownership, providing a unique approach to renting and owning a home. Founded in 2017, the company allows renters to invest in their rental properties, enabling them to benefit from home price appreciation and accumulate ownership stakes through their rent payments. This model aims to make homeownership more accessible and flexible, allowing residents to build equity while maintaining the convenience of renting. By offering a rewarding alternative to traditional rental agreements, Up&Up helps individuals work towards their homeownership goals while also minimizing maintenance and property management costs.

Credy

Seed Round in 2018
Credy operates as a full-stack lending company in India, providing an online platform that specializes in small-ticket personal loans and school fee financing. The platform connects creditworthy borrowers with lenders, facilitating paperless online loans. By employing a biometric ID system, Credy ensures that borrowers are genuine and verified, thereby enhancing the security of transactions. The company offers a mobile credit line tailored for specific needs, such as medical emergencies, school fees, and debt consolidation. This approach enables users to access capital at lower rates compared to traditional banks while allowing lenders to offer loans to qualified borrowers and achieve fair returns on their investments.

Affirm

Series E in 2017
Affirm is a financial technology company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in providing installment loans to consumers at the point of sale. Founded in 2012, Affirm offers a platform that allows users to make purchases from online merchants and pay for them in fixed monthly installments. This service provides a transparent alternative to traditional credit cards, as it enables consumers to see upfront what they will pay each month, without hidden fees or unexpected costs. Affirm partners with over 2,000 merchants across various sectors, including retail, travel, and personal fitness, allowing shoppers to select Affirm as a payment option at checkout. The company aims to empower consumers with honest financial products and improve accessibility in the banking industry.

Cadre

Series C in 2017
Cadre is an online marketplace established in 2014 that connects accredited investors with opportunities in commercial real estate. Founded by Ryan Williams, Josh Kushner, and Jared Kushner, the platform leverages proprietary technology and data analytics to streamline the investment process, allowing users to analyze assets quickly, identify market trends, and make informed decisions. Cadre introduces liquidity to the real estate market by enabling investors to sell their interests on a secondary marketplace, thus enhancing transparency and efficiency. The company manages various investment funds, including the Cadre Direct Access Fund, which focuses on value-added opportunities in multi-family, industrial, hospitality, and office asset classes within the United States. By utilizing data science, Cadre aims to provide an economical approach to real estate investment, helping investors diversify portfolios and mitigate risks while targeting long-term returns.

Upstart

Series C in 2017
Upstart is a lending platform founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, and Columbus, Ohio. The company utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance the credit pricing and borrowing process. Its proprietary underwriting model allows for the identification of borrowers with limited credit and employment histories by analyzing various factors such as educational background, field of study, and work experience. Upstart connects consumer loan demand to a network of AI-enabled bank partners, offering a range of financial products, including personal loans, automotive retail loans, home equity lines of credit, and small dollar loans. This approach enables partnering banks to achieve higher approval rates and lower loss rates while providing a streamlined digital lending experience for borrowers.

Affirm

Series D in 2016
Affirm is a financial technology company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in providing installment loans to consumers at the point of sale. Founded in 2012, Affirm offers a platform that allows users to make purchases from online merchants and pay for them in fixed monthly installments. This service provides a transparent alternative to traditional credit cards, as it enables consumers to see upfront what they will pay each month, without hidden fees or unexpected costs. Affirm partners with over 2,000 merchants across various sectors, including retail, travel, and personal fitness, allowing shoppers to select Affirm as a payment option at checkout. The company aims to empower consumers with honest financial products and improve accessibility in the banking industry.

Branch International

Series A in 2016
Branch delivers world-class financial services to the mobile generation. With offices in San Francisco, Lagos, Mexico City, Mumbai and Nairobi, Branch is a for-profit socially conscious company that uses the power of data science to reduce the cost of delivering financial services in emerging markets. We believe that everyone, everywhere deserves fair financial access. The rapid spread of smartphones presents an opportunity for the world's emerging middle class to access banking options and achieve financial flexibility. Branch's mission-driven team is led by founder and former CEO of Kiva.org. The company presents a rich opportunity for our team members to drive meaningful growth in rapidly evolving and changing markets. Most recently, Branch announced its Series C and has garnered more than $100M in funding with investments from leading Silicon Valley firms.

GetFiscal

Seed Round in 2016
GetFiscal is building Invoice and Cashflow management for Small Business to 'run their business' and enable timely working capital loan by connecting to strategic lender partners.

CrowdMed

Seed Round in 2015
CrowdMed, Inc. operates an online platform that utilizes prediction market technology to assist patients in diagnosing complex medical conditions. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, CrowdMed connects patients with a network of medical detectives, including licensed physicians, medical students, and other healthcare professionals, to collaboratively solve challenging medical cases. By leveraging the collective intelligence of thousands of contributors, the platform provides patients with insightful diagnostic suggestions for their unresolved symptoms. This approach not only aims to expedite the diagnostic process for individuals who have struggled with chronic health issues but also seeks to reduce healthcare costs while maintaining quality care. CrowdMed's innovative model positions it as a trusted resource for patients seeking clarity and solutions in their healthcare journeys.

Branch International

Seed Round in 2015
Branch delivers world-class financial services to the mobile generation. With offices in San Francisco, Lagos, Mexico City, Mumbai and Nairobi, Branch is a for-profit socially conscious company that uses the power of data science to reduce the cost of delivering financial services in emerging markets. We believe that everyone, everywhere deserves fair financial access. The rapid spread of smartphones presents an opportunity for the world's emerging middle class to access banking options and achieve financial flexibility. Branch's mission-driven team is led by founder and former CEO of Kiva.org. The company presents a rich opportunity for our team members to drive meaningful growth in rapidly evolving and changing markets. Most recently, Branch announced its Series C and has garnered more than $100M in funding with investments from leading Silicon Valley firms.

Fundera

Series B in 2015
Fundera, Inc. is an online marketplace based in New York that assists small business owners in comparing diverse small business loan options. Founded in 2013, the platform features a wide range of financial products, including SBA loans, term loans, equipment financing, business lines of credit, invoice financing, short-term loans, merchant cash advances, and personal loans for business purposes. Fundera aims to empower entrepreneurs by providing expert insights and tailored financial options, allowing them to make informed decisions based on their specific needs and eligibility. By leveraging proprietary technology and financial expertise, Fundera connects business owners with lenders, credit card issuers, and banks to help them secure funding at competitive rates. As of October 2020, Fundera operates as a subsidiary of NerdWallet, Inc.

Upstart

Series C in 2015
Upstart is a lending platform founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, and Columbus, Ohio. The company utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance the credit pricing and borrowing process. Its proprietary underwriting model allows for the identification of borrowers with limited credit and employment histories by analyzing various factors such as educational background, field of study, and work experience. Upstart connects consumer loan demand to a network of AI-enabled bank partners, offering a range of financial products, including personal loans, automotive retail loans, home equity lines of credit, and small dollar loans. This approach enables partnering banks to achieve higher approval rates and lower loss rates while providing a streamlined digital lending experience for borrowers.

Milaap

Venture Round in 2015
Milaap is an online crowdfunding platform that facilitates fundraising for various personal causes, including healthcare, education, sports, and disaster relief. The platform connects individuals and groups seeking financial assistance with a trusted community of donors and partners who can provide microloans or donations. Since its inception, Milaap has successfully raised nearly INR 330 crore to support over 100,000 causes, thereby impacting millions of lives across India. Medical emergencies account for a significant portion of the donations received. Milaap aims to enhance the online fundraising experience for more Indians, leveraging the growing use of social media and digital payment systems to become a preferred choice for those looking to raise funds.

Affirm

Series B in 2015
Affirm is a financial technology company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in providing installment loans to consumers at the point of sale. Founded in 2012, Affirm offers a platform that allows users to make purchases from online merchants and pay for them in fixed monthly installments. This service provides a transparent alternative to traditional credit cards, as it enables consumers to see upfront what they will pay each month, without hidden fees or unexpected costs. Affirm partners with over 2,000 merchants across various sectors, including retail, travel, and personal fitness, allowing shoppers to select Affirm as a payment option at checkout. The company aims to empower consumers with honest financial products and improve accessibility in the banking industry.

Cadre

Series A in 2015
Cadre is an online marketplace established in 2014 that connects accredited investors with opportunities in commercial real estate. Founded by Ryan Williams, Josh Kushner, and Jared Kushner, the platform leverages proprietary technology and data analytics to streamline the investment process, allowing users to analyze assets quickly, identify market trends, and make informed decisions. Cadre introduces liquidity to the real estate market by enabling investors to sell their interests on a secondary marketplace, thus enhancing transparency and efficiency. The company manages various investment funds, including the Cadre Direct Access Fund, which focuses on value-added opportunities in multi-family, industrial, hospitality, and office asset classes within the United States. By utilizing data science, Cadre aims to provide an economical approach to real estate investment, helping investors diversify portfolios and mitigate risks while targeting long-term returns.

Upstart

Series B in 2014
Upstart is a lending platform founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, and Columbus, Ohio. The company utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance the credit pricing and borrowing process. Its proprietary underwriting model allows for the identification of borrowers with limited credit and employment histories by analyzing various factors such as educational background, field of study, and work experience. Upstart connects consumer loan demand to a network of AI-enabled bank partners, offering a range of financial products, including personal loans, automotive retail loans, home equity lines of credit, and small dollar loans. This approach enables partnering banks to achieve higher approval rates and lower loss rates while providing a streamlined digital lending experience for borrowers.

Affirm

Series A in 2014
Affirm is a financial technology company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in providing installment loans to consumers at the point of sale. Founded in 2012, Affirm offers a platform that allows users to make purchases from online merchants and pay for them in fixed monthly installments. This service provides a transparent alternative to traditional credit cards, as it enables consumers to see upfront what they will pay each month, without hidden fees or unexpected costs. Affirm partners with over 2,000 merchants across various sectors, including retail, travel, and personal fitness, allowing shoppers to select Affirm as a payment option at checkout. The company aims to empower consumers with honest financial products and improve accessibility in the banking industry.

Fundera

Series A in 2014
Fundera, Inc. is an online marketplace based in New York that assists small business owners in comparing diverse small business loan options. Founded in 2013, the platform features a wide range of financial products, including SBA loans, term loans, equipment financing, business lines of credit, invoice financing, short-term loans, merchant cash advances, and personal loans for business purposes. Fundera aims to empower entrepreneurs by providing expert insights and tailored financial options, allowing them to make informed decisions based on their specific needs and eligibility. By leveraging proprietary technology and financial expertise, Fundera connects business owners with lenders, credit card issuers, and banks to help them secure funding at competitive rates. As of October 2020, Fundera operates as a subsidiary of NerdWallet, Inc.

CrowdMed

Seed Round in 2013
CrowdMed, Inc. operates an online platform that utilizes prediction market technology to assist patients in diagnosing complex medical conditions. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, CrowdMed connects patients with a network of medical detectives, including licensed physicians, medical students, and other healthcare professionals, to collaboratively solve challenging medical cases. By leveraging the collective intelligence of thousands of contributors, the platform provides patients with insightful diagnostic suggestions for their unresolved symptoms. This approach not only aims to expedite the diagnostic process for individuals who have struggled with chronic health issues but also seeks to reduce healthcare costs while maintaining quality care. CrowdMed's innovative model positions it as a trusted resource for patients seeking clarity and solutions in their healthcare journeys.

Upstart

Series A in 2013
Upstart is a lending platform founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, and Columbus, Ohio. The company utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance the credit pricing and borrowing process. Its proprietary underwriting model allows for the identification of borrowers with limited credit and employment histories by analyzing various factors such as educational background, field of study, and work experience. Upstart connects consumer loan demand to a network of AI-enabled bank partners, offering a range of financial products, including personal loans, automotive retail loans, home equity lines of credit, and small dollar loans. This approach enables partnering banks to achieve higher approval rates and lower loss rates while providing a streamlined digital lending experience for borrowers.
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