The story of Kleiner Perkins

Silicon Valley venture capital firm.

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Kleiner Perkins. Silicon Valley venture capital firm.

1980 –

John Doerr worked at Kleiner Perkins. General Partner.

Jun 1996

Kleiner Perkins invested in Amazon. Series A preferred stock, $8M.

569,396 Series A preferred shares at $14.05, about $8.0 million, through two Kleiner Perkins funds.

Jun 1999

Kleiner Perkins invested in Google. Co-led a $25 million round with Sequoia Capital.

30 Jun 2004

Kleiner Perkins owns a stake in Google. 8.7%, 21,043,711 shares, as of 30 Jun 2004.

Before the 2004 IPO; percent of Class B common stock.

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