Kleiner Perkins

Founded in 1972, Kleiner Perkins is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. It specializes in investing in early-stage, growth, and incubation companies across various sectors including technology, healthcare, life sciences, and consumer goods. The firm partners with founders from inception to IPO, supporting them to maximize the potential of their ideas.

Leigh Marie Braswell

Partner

Annie Case

Partner

Josh Coyne

Partner

Joshua Coyne

Partner

Monica Desai Weiss

Principal

Past deals in Messaging

Leanplum

Series D in 2020
Leanplum Inc. is a mobile marketing platform that specializes in enhancing engagement for brands through a unified, multichannel approach. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York, London, Bulgaria, and Amsterdam, Leanplum enables businesses to optimize their mobile applications and marketing efforts. The platform offers a range of services including messaging, automation, app editing, personalization, A/B testing, and analytics, allowing product teams to conduct real-time optimization tests and analyze results effectively. Renowned global brands such as Tinder, Grab, Tesco, and Zynga utilize Leanplum to orchestrate integrated campaigns that foster customer loyalty and drive growth. By transforming data into actionable insights, Leanplum helps companies understand user needs, delivering relevant experiences that enhance brand engagement and establish long-term customer relationships.

IRL

Series A in 2019
IRL is a social messaging application founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, California. The app facilitates event discovery and planning, enabling users to manage their social calendars effectively. It allows individuals to follow friends, join interest-based groups, and engage in chats. Users can create groups centered around their interests, fostering connections with like-minded individuals and enhancing existing relationships. The platform supports event creation, allowing users to invite group members and plan activities easily. Additionally, IRL integrates local public events and enables users to follow sports teams, musicians, celebrities, and local venues, streamlining the process of sending and receiving invitations to social gatherings.

Sike Insights

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Sike Insights is using AI to help remote teams work better together. Our first product, Kona, is a Slackbot that helps remote teams understand each other better. It analyzes the way remote teammates communicate in Slack public channels, and provides insights on how best to interact with them. Our beta customers include Glassdoor, Typeform, Buffer, Imperfect Foods and more. For more information, check out sikeinsights.com!

Intercom

Series D in 2018
Founded in 2011, Intercom provides a customer communication platform for businesses to engage with customers personally at scale. Its platform offers tools like Acquire (live chat), Engage (targeted messaging), Learn (customer feedback), and Support (in-app assistance) across web, iOS, and Android applications.

Leanplum

Series D in 2017
Leanplum Inc. is a mobile marketing platform that specializes in enhancing engagement for brands through a unified, multichannel approach. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York, London, Bulgaria, and Amsterdam, Leanplum enables businesses to optimize their mobile applications and marketing efforts. The platform offers a range of services including messaging, automation, app editing, personalization, A/B testing, and analytics, allowing product teams to conduct real-time optimization tests and analyze results effectively. Renowned global brands such as Tinder, Grab, Tesco, and Zynga utilize Leanplum to orchestrate integrated campaigns that foster customer loyalty and drive growth. By transforming data into actionable insights, Leanplum helps companies understand user needs, delivering relevant experiences that enhance brand engagement and establish long-term customer relationships.

Tribe

Seed Round in 2017
Tribe App, Inc. is a company that develops a mobile video messaging application, allowing users to engage in live multiplayer interactions with up to eight friends simultaneously. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the platform enables users to connect effortlessly via video chat, text, and voice messages, without the need for an account. In addition to facilitating real-time communication, Tribe offers features for photo and content sharing, enhancing the interactive experience among users. The application is designed to simplify social connections by allowing users to create and send invite links to friends, promoting seamless engagement.

Leanplum

Series C in 2016
Leanplum Inc. is a mobile marketing platform that specializes in enhancing engagement for brands through a unified, multichannel approach. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York, London, Bulgaria, and Amsterdam, Leanplum enables businesses to optimize their mobile applications and marketing efforts. The platform offers a range of services including messaging, automation, app editing, personalization, A/B testing, and analytics, allowing product teams to conduct real-time optimization tests and analyze results effectively. Renowned global brands such as Tinder, Grab, Tesco, and Zynga utilize Leanplum to orchestrate integrated campaigns that foster customer loyalty and drive growth. By transforming data into actionable insights, Leanplum helps companies understand user needs, delivering relevant experiences that enhance brand engagement and establish long-term customer relationships.

Chime

Seed Round in 2015
Chime is a mobile communication application designed to facilitate video conversations among friends, family, and small groups. The platform allows users to create "Chimes," which are video conversations where participants can contribute throughout the day, resulting in a rich, collective narrative. This feature not only serves as a means of real-time communication but also acts as a lasting memory of shared experiences. By combining the simplicity of mobile communication with the personal touch of face-to-face interaction, Chime provides users with a private channel to engage and connect with loved ones through video chats, enhancing the intimacy of their conversations.

Leanplum

Series B in 2015
Leanplum Inc. is a mobile marketing platform that specializes in enhancing engagement for brands through a unified, multichannel approach. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York, London, Bulgaria, and Amsterdam, Leanplum enables businesses to optimize their mobile applications and marketing efforts. The platform offers a range of services including messaging, automation, app editing, personalization, A/B testing, and analytics, allowing product teams to conduct real-time optimization tests and analyze results effectively. Renowned global brands such as Tinder, Grab, Tesco, and Zynga utilize Leanplum to orchestrate integrated campaigns that foster customer loyalty and drive growth. By transforming data into actionable insights, Leanplum helps companies understand user needs, delivering relevant experiences that enhance brand engagement and establish long-term customer relationships.

Shyp

Series B in 2015
Shyp, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that offers a mobile application designed to simplify shipping needs. Founded in 2013, Shyp allows users to take photos of items they wish to ship and request a pickup. The service includes picking up the items, packing them, and sending them to any destination globally. Shyp connects with major carriers such as USPS, FedEx, and UPS, automatically determining the most efficient shipping option for each delivery. The platform provides features for selecting packaging, shipping insurance, and customizable pickup schedules, making the shipping process seamless for users.

Slack

Series E in 2015
Slack operates a cloud-based communication and collaboration platform for teams, enabling users to exchange messages, share files, integrate with business tools, and increase efficiency.

Snap

Series D in 2014
Snap Inc. is a United States technology and social media company best known for Snapchat, a multimedia messaging app that enables users to send ephemeral photos and videos, share Stories, and access augmented reality features. The company also offers Camera, Chat, Memories, Discover, and Snap Map to enhance communication and content discovery, and has produced Spectacles, a line of wearable camera hardware. Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Snap Inc. was founded in 2010 and focuses on camera-based experiences that blend messaging, AR effects, and interactive media for a global audience.

Slack

Series D in 2014
Slack operates a cloud-based communication and collaboration platform for teams, enabling users to exchange messages, share files, integrate with business tools, and increase efficiency.

Remind

Series C in 2014
Remind is a communication platform established in 2011 that focuses on enhancing student success through improved engagement among educators, families, and school administrators. The application serves as a real-time messaging tool designed to bridge communication gaps in primary education, allowing teachers, parents, students, and administrators in K-12 schools to interact effectively. Remind facilitates the scheduling of reminders and coordination of school-related activities, thereby streamlining communication and supporting educational outcomes. The company has attracted investment from notable firms such as First Round Capital, GSV, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, and Social Capital.

Secret

Series A in 2014
Secret offers an online platform that enables users to share their personal secrets with other users anonymously. It owns and operates a mobile application that helps users to share and connect with friends. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Remind

Series B in 2014
Remind is a communication platform established in 2011 that focuses on enhancing student success through improved engagement among educators, families, and school administrators. The application serves as a real-time messaging tool designed to bridge communication gaps in primary education, allowing teachers, parents, students, and administrators in K-12 schools to interact effectively. Remind facilitates the scheduling of reminders and coordination of school-related activities, thereby streamlining communication and supporting educational outcomes. The company has attracted investment from notable firms such as First Round Capital, GSV, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, and Social Capital.

Path

Series C in 2014
Path is a mobile photo-sharing and messaging service designed to foster personal social networks with a limit of up to 150 contacts. The platform allows users to capture and share significant life moments with close friends and family, emphasizing simplicity, quality, and privacy. Path enables group messaging and facilitates the importation of photos and graphics to various social networks. The company aims to enhance personal connections through its user-friendly interface and features, reflecting the belief that mobile technology can transform social interactions.

Secret

Seed Round in 2013
Secret offers an online platform that enables users to share their personal secrets with other users anonymously. It owns and operates a mobile application that helps users to share and connect with friends. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Leo

Seed Round in 2013
Leo is the fastest and easiest way to share moments of your life with family and friends. Connect with your favorite people through short-lived photos, videos and texts, captured in the moment. Messages disappear a few seconds after viewing them.

Emu Messenger

Seed Round in 2013
Emu is texting with a built-in assistant. Schedule lunches, share your location, and set reminders — as easily as sending a photo. It’s texting, for grown-ups. Created by veterans of Siri, Apple, Google, TechCrunch, and Yahoo! Messenger, Emu is a messaging product for iPhone that uses artificial intelligence — machine learning and natural language processing — to understand messages, then magically adds relevant information to help you schedule a lunch, reserve a table, buy movie tickets, or share your location in real time. Emu (http://emu.is) was founded in 2012 by Gummi Hafsteinsson (formerly VP Product Siri, previously at Apple and Google), Dave Feldman (previously with AOL/TechCrunch and Yahoo!), and an experienced team of mobile and machine-learning engineers. The company has received seed funding of $1.5M to date from Kleiner Perkins, TriplePoint Capital, Menlo Ventures, DFJ, and additional angel investors. See our Founder Bios for more information on the founding team.

Path

Series B in 2012
Path is a mobile photo-sharing and messaging service designed to foster personal social networks with a limit of up to 150 contacts. The platform allows users to capture and share significant life moments with close friends and family, emphasizing simplicity, quality, and privacy. Path enables group messaging and facilitates the importation of photos and graphics to various social networks. The company aims to enhance personal connections through its user-friendly interface and features, reflecting the belief that mobile technology can transform social interactions.

Pinger

Venture Round in 2012
Pinger, Inc. is a mobile application developer based in San Jose, California, founded in 2005. The company specializes in communication tools, offering products such as Sideline and Textfree, which provide services including voicemail, text messaging, and picture messaging. Pinger's applications are designed for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, and Android users worldwide, enabling free texting and talking. With a focus on creating consumer-friendly products that enhance communication, Pinger has garnered millions of downloads and continues to innovate within the mobile communication space.

Cooliris

Series C in 2011
Cooliris, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2006 by Austin Shoemaker and Soujanya Bhumkar. The company specializes in creating visually immersive media and communication experiences for mobile and web consumers. Its product offerings include BeamIt, a visual messaging application available on Android and iOS platforms, and the Gallery app. Cooliris allows users to capture and share photos and videos at events, enhancing their ability to communicate and engage with others through visual content. As of November 21, 2014, Cooliris operates as a subsidiary of Altaba Inc.

Path

Series A in 2011
Path is a mobile photo-sharing and messaging service designed to foster personal social networks with a limit of up to 150 contacts. The platform allows users to capture and share significant life moments with close friends and family, emphasizing simplicity, quality, and privacy. Path enables group messaging and facilitates the importation of photos and graphics to various social networks. The company aims to enhance personal connections through its user-friendly interface and features, reflecting the belief that mobile technology can transform social interactions.

Cooliris

Series B in 2009
Cooliris, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2006 by Austin Shoemaker and Soujanya Bhumkar. The company specializes in creating visually immersive media and communication experiences for mobile and web consumers. Its product offerings include BeamIt, a visual messaging application available on Android and iOS platforms, and the Gallery app. Cooliris allows users to capture and share photos and videos at events, enhancing their ability to communicate and engage with others through visual content. As of November 21, 2014, Cooliris operates as a subsidiary of Altaba Inc.

Pelago

Series B in 2008
Pelago, founded in 2006 by former Amazon executives, focuses on harnessing the convergence of location awareness, information accessibility, and social interaction to foster innovation in personal storytelling. Its primary product, Whrrl v2.0, launched in March 2009, is a mobile and web application that allows users to capture and share their life experiences in real-time through story formats, integrating location data, photos, and text updates. Users have control over their privacy settings and can share stories across various platforms, including Facebook and Twitter. Whrrl v2.0 supports collaborative storytelling, enabling multiple users to contribute to a single narrative from different devices. The platform accommodates participation through various means, including SMS, email, and Wi-Fi-enabled digital cameras, ensuring broad accessibility. Each story is assigned a unique URL for easy sharing, and users can edit their contributions on the Whrrl website after the experience. Through these features, Pelago aims to eliminate barriers to inspiration, information, and human connection.

Cooliris

Series A in 2007
Cooliris, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2006 by Austin Shoemaker and Soujanya Bhumkar. The company specializes in creating visually immersive media and communication experiences for mobile and web consumers. Its product offerings include BeamIt, a visual messaging application available on Android and iOS platforms, and the Gallery app. Cooliris allows users to capture and share photos and videos at events, enhancing their ability to communicate and engage with others through visual content. As of November 21, 2014, Cooliris operates as a subsidiary of Altaba Inc.

Pinger

Series B in 2006
Pinger, Inc. is a mobile application developer based in San Jose, California, founded in 2005. The company specializes in communication tools, offering products such as Sideline and Textfree, which provide services including voicemail, text messaging, and picture messaging. Pinger's applications are designed for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, and Android users worldwide, enabling free texting and talking. With a focus on creating consumer-friendly products that enhance communication, Pinger has garnered millions of downloads and continues to innovate within the mobile communication space.

Pelago

Series A in 2006
Pelago, founded in 2006 by former Amazon executives, focuses on harnessing the convergence of location awareness, information accessibility, and social interaction to foster innovation in personal storytelling. Its primary product, Whrrl v2.0, launched in March 2009, is a mobile and web application that allows users to capture and share their life experiences in real-time through story formats, integrating location data, photos, and text updates. Users have control over their privacy settings and can share stories across various platforms, including Facebook and Twitter. Whrrl v2.0 supports collaborative storytelling, enabling multiple users to contribute to a single narrative from different devices. The platform accommodates participation through various means, including SMS, email, and Wi-Fi-enabled digital cameras, ensuring broad accessibility. Each story is assigned a unique URL for easy sharing, and users can edit their contributions on the Whrrl website after the experience. Through these features, Pelago aims to eliminate barriers to inspiration, information, and human connection.

Snapvine

Series A in 2006
Snapvine is a provider of voice and mobility solutions that enables users to leave voicemails online. The process involves contacting a central Snapvine number and entering a specific code to direct the message to the intended recipient, or alternatively, using a microphone connected to a computer. The voicemails can be shared through simple embeddable widgets, allowing for either public access, where anyone can listen to the messages, or private access, restricted to the intended recipient. This service has gained popularity on social networks, particularly among artists and celebrities, facilitating communication with their fans.

Visible Path

Series B in 2006
Visible Path is a provider of online business networking solutions that enables individuals and organizations to map and manage their professional social networks. Unlike traditional platforms, Visible Path emphasizes the strength of relationships over mere contact volume, allowing users to create more meaningful connections. The company utilizes a Microsoft Outlook plugin to track interactions, such as emails and meetings, to assess the relationship strength between contacts. This approach aims to build a network of contacts that are relevant and engaged, reducing the prevalence of unproductive connections. Although currently reliant on Outlook for data, Visible Path is exploring additional methods to enhance relationship tracking, including analyzing phone calls and instant messages. The company also fosters collaborations with various organizations, including D&B and Salesforce.com, to expand its capabilities and improve user access to valuable business connections.

Pinger

Series A in 2005
Pinger, Inc. is a mobile application developer based in San Jose, California, founded in 2005. The company specializes in communication tools, offering products such as Sideline and Textfree, which provide services including voicemail, text messaging, and picture messaging. Pinger's applications are designed for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, and Android users worldwide, enabling free texting and talking. With a focus on creating consumer-friendly products that enhance communication, Pinger has garnered millions of downloads and continues to innovate within the mobile communication space.

Kodiak Networks

Series B in 2005
Kodiak Networks provides mobile solutions designed for wireless operators, focusing on community and group-based communications. The company offers a robust portfolio known as the Kodiak Connected Portfolio, which includes an integrated suite of mobile applications and user interfaces compatible with various devices. This portfolio is built on the Kodiak Real Time Exchange (RTX), a flexible, standards-based platform that supports multiple generations of IMS-compliant technologies and can scale from independent operators to multinational carriers utilizing 2G, 3G, 4G, and LTE networks. Key features of Kodiak's offerings include mobile conferencing, messaging, presence and contact management, and broadband push-to-talk services, enabling carriers to deliver innovative mobile voice solutions to their customers.

Visible Path

Series A in 2004
Visible Path is a provider of online business networking solutions that enables individuals and organizations to map and manage their professional social networks. Unlike traditional platforms, Visible Path emphasizes the strength of relationships over mere contact volume, allowing users to create more meaningful connections. The company utilizes a Microsoft Outlook plugin to track interactions, such as emails and meetings, to assess the relationship strength between contacts. This approach aims to build a network of contacts that are relevant and engaged, reducing the prevalence of unproductive connections. Although currently reliant on Outlook for data, Visible Path is exploring additional methods to enhance relationship tracking, including analyzing phone calls and instant messages. The company also fosters collaborations with various organizations, including D&B and Salesforce.com, to expand its capabilities and improve user access to valuable business connections.

Omniva Policy Systems

Series B in 2003
Omniva Policy Systems specializes in secure messaging solutions designed to enhance the safety of email communications within businesses. The company's flagship product, Omniva Policy Manager, enables organizations to centrally manage and protect their email distribution, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards while reducing the costs associated with email discovery and retrieval. This innovative solution allows for the secure exchange of confidential communications beyond corporate boundaries, accommodating various email systems without necessitating special software or additional steps for external recipients. By automating email protection at the gateway based on established corporate policies, Omniva empowers enterprises to maintain control over their email communications while mitigating legal risks related to unmanaged email archives.
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