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 Supply Chain Management

Chainguard

Series D in 2025
Chainguard specializes in enhancing software supply chain security. It offers hardened container images rebuilt continuously from source with built-in cryptographic signatures, SBOMs, and SLSA provenance. Additionally, Chainguard provides secure Java dependencies through its Chainguard Libraries. The company actively contributes to open-source projects, demonstrating its commitment to the community.

YouPinMei

Series A in 2024
YouPinMei operates a cross-border e-commerce platform that connects offline community stores and distributors with global markets. It aims to introduce high-quality international products to Chinese consumers while also promoting Chinese products worldwide. The platform integrates distribution, retail, logistics, and warehousing to meet diverse consumer needs.

YouPinMei

Seed Round in 2023
YouPinMei operates a cross-border e-commerce platform that connects offline community stores and distributors with global markets. It aims to introduce high-quality international products to Chinese consumers while also promoting Chinese products worldwide. The platform integrates distribution, retail, logistics, and warehousing to meet diverse consumer needs.

Stord

Series D in 2022
Stord develops a cloud-based software platform for managing warehousing and distribution services. Its platform enables clients to oversee product flow across multiple warehouses on one dashboard, facilitating on-demand scaling and optimizing inventory and orders globally.

Dexterity

Series B in 2021
Dexterity Inc develops robot dexterity solutions for logistics, warehousing, and supply chain applications. The company offers a robotics as a service model that enables businesses to integrate robotics into their operations. Its flagship DexR is a two-armed robot designed for tasks such as truck loading and material handling, equipped with machine vision and force sensing. The company combines artificial intelligence, software, and hardware in a platform to deliver high productivity, precision, and safety in industrial environments, allowing clients to delegate repetitive tasks to robots and augment human potential.

Stord

Series D in 2021
Stord develops a cloud-based software platform for managing warehousing and distribution services. Its platform enables clients to oversee product flow across multiple warehouses on one dashboard, facilitating on-demand scaling and optimizing inventory and orders globally.

Interos

Series C in 2021
Founded in 2005, Interos Inc. specializes in supply chain risk management, offering a platform that aggregates and analyzes large datasets to identify relationships, patterns, and correlations. This enables clients to assess, monitor, and mitigate risks across their extended business ecosystems, including supply chains, partnerships, and alliances.

Stord

Series B in 2020
Stord develops a cloud-based software platform for managing warehousing and distribution services. Its platform enables clients to oversee product flow across multiple warehouses on one dashboard, facilitating on-demand scaling and optimizing inventory and orders globally.

Dexterity

Series A in 2020
Dexterity Inc develops robot dexterity solutions for logistics, warehousing, and supply chain applications. The company offers a robotics as a service model that enables businesses to integrate robotics into their operations. Its flagship DexR is a two-armed robot designed for tasks such as truck loading and material handling, equipped with machine vision and force sensing. The company combines artificial intelligence, software, and hardware in a platform to deliver high productivity, precision, and safety in industrial environments, allowing clients to delegate repetitive tasks to robots and augment human potential.

Interos

Series B in 2020
Founded in 2005, Interos Inc. specializes in supply chain risk management, offering a platform that aggregates and analyzes large datasets to identify relationships, patterns, and correlations. This enables clients to assess, monitor, and mitigate risks across their extended business ecosystems, including supply chains, partnerships, and alliances.

Stord

Series A in 2019
Stord develops a cloud-based software platform for managing warehousing and distribution services. Its platform enables clients to oversee product flow across multiple warehouses on one dashboard, facilitating on-demand scaling and optimizing inventory and orders globally.

Interos

Series A in 2019
Founded in 2005, Interos Inc. specializes in supply chain risk management, offering a platform that aggregates and analyzes large datasets to identify relationships, patterns, and correlations. This enables clients to assess, monitor, and mitigate risks across their extended business ecosystems, including supply chains, partnerships, and alliances.

Optoro

Series D in 2016
Optoro, Inc. is a provider of a reverse logistics platform that specializes in managing distressed inventory for retailers, manufacturers, and third-party providers. Founded in 2004 and based in Washington, D.C., with an additional location in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, the company offers asset recovery solutions that include direct-to-consumer remarketing of customer returns, overstock, discontinued products, and refurbished items through various online channels. Optoro's software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform features a returns management system that manages the entire returns lifecycle, from initiation to resale, integrating customer-facing channels with back-end operational systems. The company also provides inventory management services, which encompass warehousing, fulfillment, inspection, testing, and eco-friendly disposal, as well as asset maximization services that utilize data analytics for multi-channel remarketing and reporting. With a focus on enhancing recovery and minimizing environmental waste, Optoro serves clients both in the United States and internationally.

Optoro

Series C in 2014
Optoro, Inc. is a provider of a reverse logistics platform that specializes in managing distressed inventory for retailers, manufacturers, and third-party providers. Founded in 2004 and based in Washington, D.C., with an additional location in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, the company offers asset recovery solutions that include direct-to-consumer remarketing of customer returns, overstock, discontinued products, and refurbished items through various online channels. Optoro's software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform features a returns management system that manages the entire returns lifecycle, from initiation to resale, integrating customer-facing channels with back-end operational systems. The company also provides inventory management services, which encompass warehousing, fulfillment, inspection, testing, and eco-friendly disposal, as well as asset maximization services that utilize data analytics for multi-channel remarketing and reporting. With a focus on enhancing recovery and minimizing environmental waste, Optoro serves clients both in the United States and internationally.

Sinbad's supply chain

Venture Round in 2014
Sinbad's supply chain (辛巴达供应链/爱的蜜吻) provides supply chain management services for small and medium-sized businesses. Its portfolio of services includes raw material purchasing, flexible and small batch production, mass customization, integrative storage delivery of the checked products, supply chain financing, and more. Based on many years of service for Rose Madame, Pigeon, Dilin, and other Japanese brands, the flexible supply chain of Sindbad develops production supply chain service which specially serves for domestic clothing e-business. It changes traditional apparel supply chain into internet-enabled business, and provides flexible production services for clothing retailers and whole sale enterprises.

Bluesight

Seed Round in 2012
Bluesight operates as a healthcare technology company specializing in supply chain optimization for pharmaceuticals. It offers Medication Intelligence solutions that provide real-time analytics across the entire medication lifecycle, enhancing efficiency, reducing risks, and improving patient safety within hospitals. The core product is an inventory management platform that automates pharmacy kit processing and medication tracking, replacing manual processes to increase operational efficiency and medication visibility.

Guangzhou CK1

Series A in 2011
Guangzhou CK1 (出口易) provides M2C supply and marketing platform and logistics solutions for transnational business. It is focused on providing customers with the whole logistic services of small package, special line, expressage, overseas warehousing, order management, goods source distribution, and pre-sales and after-sales service. Guangzhou CK1 has built five overseas warehouses in Britain, America, Australia, Germany, and Hong Kong, and 7 processing centers have been set up in 7 domestic cities such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Shanghai.

Ketera Technologies

Series E in 2007
Ketera Technologies is a provider of advanced spend management solutions designed to enhance the buying and selling processes for businesses. The company operates the Ketera Network, which integrates an enterprise-class platform with a vibrant community of 250,000 business buyers and suppliers. This network has facilitated transactions exceeding $4 billion and fosters collaboration to optimize procurement outcomes. Ketera's offerings include comprehensive features such as sourcing, contract management, procurement, invoicing, and spend analytics, which streamline the source-to-pay process for organizations. Additionally, the platform provides supplier discovery and marketing tools, helping suppliers expand their business while assisting buyers in identifying optimal suppliers. With network-level analytics, Ketera enables both buyers and suppliers to benchmark their performance and refine their strategies. By delivering significant cost savings for buyers and creating new opportunities for suppliers, Ketera Technologies positions itself as a leader in the next generation of business applications.

Evant

Series C in 2004
Evant is a provider of advanced planning and merchandise management solutions designed for multi-channel retailers. Founded in 1994 by a team of industry experts, including Stanford professor Dr. Hau Lee, the company initially focused on solving critical distribution problems for manufacturers, wholesale distributors, and retailers. Over the years, Evant has developed sophisticated forecasting, replenishment, and merchandising software that integrates various business functions, including purchasing, pricing, promotions, and inventory management. This comprehensive approach allows clients to manage demand and supply variability effectively, ultimately enhancing operational efficiency and profitability. Evant's commitment to integrity, quality, and service has positioned it as a valuable long-term partner for its customers, helping them achieve significant cost reductions and improved service levels. With a strong track record of delivering measurable business improvements, Evant continues to lead the industry in demand chain science and technology applications.

Ketera Technologies

Series C in 2004
Ketera Technologies is a provider of advanced spend management solutions designed to enhance the buying and selling processes for businesses. The company operates the Ketera Network, which integrates an enterprise-class platform with a vibrant community of 250,000 business buyers and suppliers. This network has facilitated transactions exceeding $4 billion and fosters collaboration to optimize procurement outcomes. Ketera's offerings include comprehensive features such as sourcing, contract management, procurement, invoicing, and spend analytics, which streamline the source-to-pay process for organizations. Additionally, the platform provides supplier discovery and marketing tools, helping suppliers expand their business while assisting buyers in identifying optimal suppliers. With network-level analytics, Ketera enables both buyers and suppliers to benchmark their performance and refine their strategies. By delivering significant cost savings for buyers and creating new opportunities for suppliers, Ketera Technologies positions itself as a leader in the next generation of business applications.

Ketera Technologies

Series B in 2003
Ketera Technologies is a provider of advanced spend management solutions designed to enhance the buying and selling processes for businesses. The company operates the Ketera Network, which integrates an enterprise-class platform with a vibrant community of 250,000 business buyers and suppliers. This network has facilitated transactions exceeding $4 billion and fosters collaboration to optimize procurement outcomes. Ketera's offerings include comprehensive features such as sourcing, contract management, procurement, invoicing, and spend analytics, which streamline the source-to-pay process for organizations. Additionally, the platform provides supplier discovery and marketing tools, helping suppliers expand their business while assisting buyers in identifying optimal suppliers. With network-level analytics, Ketera enables both buyers and suppliers to benchmark their performance and refine their strategies. By delivering significant cost savings for buyers and creating new opportunities for suppliers, Ketera Technologies positions itself as a leader in the next generation of business applications.

PowerMarket

Series B in 2001
PowerMarket develops software that helps companies to buy the materials used in their own end-products.

Icarian

Venture Round in 2000
Icarian is a workforce management solutions provider based in Sunnyvale, California. The company focuses on helping organizations strategically build and manage their workforce to enhance competitiveness and employee development. Icarian offers an internet-based solution that automates and streamlines the entire workforce lifecycle, allowing businesses to plan, acquire, deploy, and develop their personnel efficiently. By leveraging online technology, Icarian aligns workforce plans with business goals, significantly improving hiring costs and overall productivity.

PowerMarket

Series A in 2000
PowerMarket develops software that helps companies to buy the materials used in their own end-products.

Stord

Stord develops a cloud-based software platform for managing warehousing and distribution services. Its platform enables clients to oversee product flow across multiple warehouses on one dashboard, facilitating on-demand scaling and optimizing inventory and orders globally.
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