Investors
Khosla Ventures offers venture assistance, strategic advice and capital to entrepreneurs. The firm helps entrepreneurs extend the potential of their ideas in breakthrough scientific work in clean technology areas such as solar, battery, high efficiency engines, lighting, greener materials like cement, glass and bio-refineries for energy and bioplastics, and other environmentally friendly technologies as well as traditional venture areas like the Internet, computing, mobile and silicon technology arenas. In 2009, Khosla raised one of the largest new venture funds of the year, closing at over $1 billion. In May of 2010, Khosla announced that Tony Blair — former Prime Minister of Great Britain — had joined the firm. Vinod Khosla founded the firm in 2004 and was formerly a General Partner at Kleiner Perkins and founder of Sun Microsystems. Khosla Ventures is based in Menlo Park, California.
Lightspeed is a leading global venture capital firm that manages over $2 billion of capital commitments, having closed Lightspeed VIII, an $800 million fund, in early 2008. Over the past two decades, their investment professionals have backed more than 150 companies, many of which have gone on to become leaders in their respective industries. Investments include Blue Nile, Brocade, Calista, DoubleClick, eHealth, Growth Networks, Informatica and Riverbed Technology. Lightspeed invests in the U.S. and internationally, with investment professionals and advisors located in Silicon Valley, China, India and Israel.
