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Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early stage companies in the Internet, computing, mobile, silicon technology and clean technology sectors that was founded by Vinod Khosla.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bloomberg Businessweek Profile )〕 The firm is based in Menlo Park, California, and manages approximately $1.3 billion of investor capital as well as earlier funds funded by Khosla. ==History== The firm was founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla, a former general partner of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The firm's first two investment vehicles were funded with Khosla's own personal capital and were not open to institutional investors. In March 2009, Pierre Lamond became General Partner. In December 2009, Khosla completed fundraising for two new funds, to invest in cleantech and information technology start-ups. Khosla Ventures Fund III secured $1 billion of investor commitments to invest in traditional early stage and growth stage companies. Khosla also raised $300 million for Khosla Seed, which will invest in higher-risk opportunities and science experiments.〔(Khosla Ventures piles up $1 billion for green tech ). cnet news, September 1, 2009〕 The firm has invested in bio-refineries for energy and bioplastics, solar, wind, battery, engines, LED, HVAC efficiency and other environmentally friendly technologies.〔(Venture Firm’s ‘Green’ Funds Top $1 Billion ). ''New York Times'', August 31, 2009〕 The company focuses on technology risk based investing in very large markets. Some companies funded by Khosla Ventures include: Tapingo, Academia.edu, Amyris, Bloom Energy, DB Networks, EcoMotors, GreatPoint Energy, Panzura, SeaMicro, Cogenra Solar, Snip.it, Relcy and Thync. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Relcy Is Building A PageRank-Style Mobile App Search Engine With $9M From Khosla And Sequoia )〕 , Khosla Ventures is one of the five largest and most active investors in the space sector, which has had over of private capital invested in it since 2005.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Khosla Ventures」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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