Kleiner Perkins

4 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jun 10, 2016 by Ben Williamson · said 21 times in 15 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Everything said about Kleiner Perkins, oldest first

Jun 10, 2016 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Yo Shirt was Kleiner Perkins' first seed-stage investment
“We were the first seed stage investment that they ever made. And we were, you know, very happy to have them in the deal.”
Ben Williamson Jun 10, 2016 ▶ 3:16 This App is Redefining On Demand Apparel Commerce with 3m Downlaods and $3m+ In Sales, EP 273: Ben Williamson
Apr 23, 2017 negative
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McGinnis: Top VCs only syndicate their lesser deals to outside angels
“And my view is if Kleiner is in this deal, I mean, I I'm honored to look at it. It's really nice, but they probably are showing it to me cause it's not one of their best ones. Because if it were that great, they'd take the whole thing themselves or they'd get,…”
Patrick McGinnis Apr 23, 2017 ▶ 10:27 638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis
May 13, 2020 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Rippling had roughly 300% net revenue retention during its Kleiner Perkins round
“When we raised our last financing round from Kleiner, it was around 300%, which was something, you know, abnormal.”
Prasanna Sankar May 13, 2020 ▶ 19:55 1754 Parker Conrad Gave Rippling CTO 40%, Kept 60%, 2,000 Customers "$36m ARR Not Far Off"
Jun 8, 2021
Assertion Partly supported
Khan: Loom raised nearly $14M in venture capital led by Kleiner Perkins
“We raised just under fourteen million dollars in total. It was a pre-seed, a seed, and then our series A was most recently led by Kleiner Perkins partner Ilya Fushman, who comes from a background at, from Dropbox.”
Shahid Khan Jun 8, 2021 ▶ 11:34 Throwback: Before Loom Was Worth $1.5b, Founder Describes Paywall Launch
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