Khosla Ventures

Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage, bold, and high-impact technology investments across a wide range of industries. The firm is known for making contrarian bets on exceptional entrepreneurs who are tackling large, complex problems through technology-based economic disruption. Rather than pursuing incremental improvements, the firm actively seeks out companies with proprietary technological advantages, innovative business models, and the potential to fundamentally reshape entire markets and industries. Khosla Ventures invests across multiple sectors, including consumer technology, enterprise software, fintech, frontier technologies such as manufacturing and logistics, medtech and diagnostics, digital health, therapeutics, and sustainability and climate tech. The firm has a particular emphasis on artificial intelligence, recognizing its transformative potential across numerous economic models and aspects of daily life. Portfolio companies span a broad spectrum of innovation, from AI-driven health systems and genomics to rocket technology, financial software, and next-generation energy solutions. Notable investments include Nutanix, Rocket Lab, Guardant Health, QuantumScape, LanzaTech, OpenAI, Ramp, Sword Health, and Replit, among others. The firm distinguishes itself through a hands-on partnership approach, offering extensive operating resources and strategic guidance while allowing founders the autonomy to execute their vision. Khosla Ventures is particularly well-suited for founders building ambitious, large-scale companies rather than those seeking early exits. The firm prides itself on standing by its portfolio companies through difficult periods, pushing them toward greatness while maintaining deep engagement with the underlying technical and business risks. With a track record spanning more than two decades, Khosla Ventures has established itself as a leading force in deep tech and frontier technology investing, backing companies that have collectively achieved significant milestones across healthcare, space, energy, and enterprise software.