Kleiner Perkins
3 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement May 22, 2017 by Rod Canion · said 18 times in 6 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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brought up most by Chris Riccobono (10), Rod Canion (3), Guy Raz (2), Anthony Wood (2), Michael Preysman (1)
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2025 10 mentions in 1 episode
2023 1 mention in 1 episode
2022 2 mentions in 1 episode
2019 2 mentions in 1 episode
2017 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
Everything said about Kleiner Perkins, oldest first
May 22, 2017 positive
Kleiner Perkins agreed to invest in Compaq after a single morning meeting
“So we basically flew out to Silicon Valley, and we went in to meet with John Doerr, and we spent a good morning, probably three or four hours, being questioned, and sure enough, about a week later, we got a call that they were willing to invest, and so it was …”
Nov 20, 2023 positive
Preysman raised $1M from top VCs to build a Tumblr retail store
“And it was the, You know, famous SV Angel, Ron Conway. It was Kleiner Perkins putting a little bit of money. It was a whole host of different people that just said, hey, this sounds cool. Tumblr, shopping, these guys seem smart. We'll give them a shot.”
Jun 23, 2025 neutral
Riccobono: Kleiner Perkins advised UNTUCKit to fund growth with debt
“And I owned, by the way, a lot of the company, because we, when Kleiner put on eight million, they were very adamant, our main investor, to say, this company's doing well, do not dilute, like, let's just raise with debt. So we took on debt, because we had a pl…”