Kleiner Perkins

Kleiner Perkins Chairman John Doerr, with a net worth of $7.9 billion, backed Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. Doerr contributed $510,000 to the Harris Victory Fund and $832,600 to the Biden Action Fund. Kleiner Perkins announced an $825 million fund (KP21) in 2024 dedicated to early-stage Seed and Series A investments, maintaining active investment activity with 38 new investments in 12 months as of October 2026.

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Kleiner Perkins' Fellows program has maintained 50/50 gender parity for over 5 years. In 2018, the program achieved 70% minority students and 15% underrepresented minorities; in 2019 it reached 75% minority students. The firm partners with HBCUs, Hispanic-serving Institutions, and organizations like ColorStack to increase diversity. The approximately 70-person annual cohort embeds at KP-backed companies including Figma, Faire, Rippling and Aurora Innovation.