Kleiner Perkins

Kleiner Perkins is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 1972. The firm specializes in investing in early-stage, growth, and incubation companies across a range of industries, including business products, consumer services, financial services, healthcare, information technology, and life sciences. Kleiner Perkins partners with entrepreneurs from the inception of their ideas through to their initial public offerings, aiming to maximize the potential of innovative concepts. The firm has a global investment focus, engaging with founders in the United States, Canada, the Middle East, the United Kingdom, and Mainland China. It is recognized for its strategic support of bold ideas and its commitment to fostering growth in various sectors.

Brook Byers

Co-Founder

Annie Case

Partner

Nadia Cochinwala

Investor

Kevin Compton

Partner

Josh Coyne

Partner

Joshua Coyne

Partner and Investor

John Doerr

Chairman and Partner

Ilya Fushman

Partner

Al Gore

Senior Partner

Wen Hsieh

Partner

Haomiao Huang

Investor

Floyd Kvamme

Partner Emeriti

Jerry Liang

Vice President

Bucky Moore

Partner

Aditya Naganath

Principal

Lucas Oliveira

Investor

Lucas Oliveira

Investor

Colin Powell

Strategic Limited Partner

Ev Randle

Partner

Everett Randle

Partner

Beth Seidenberg

General Partner

James Tang

Vice President, China

Jimmy Wei

Venture Partner, China

Jason Zhao

Partner

Mamoon Hamid

Partner

Past deals in Speech Recognition

Agara

Seed Round in 2017
Agara Labs, based in Bengaluru, India, is a technology company that specializes in automating customer support operations for large enterprises. Founded in 2017, Agara has developed an autonomous voice conversation agent capable of managing customer support calls without human intervention. This system processes multi-format data, including text, audio, and images, from various communication channels such as emails, chats, phone calls, and social media in real time. By generating predictions in the form of classification labels, intents, and responses, Agara's solution enhances customer experience while significantly reducing support costs. Targeting sectors such as financial services, consumer products, and retail, the company's technology allows enterprises to effectively address customer queries and feedback, simulating the capabilities of a human agent.
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