Vinod Khosla
Founder · Khosla Ventures
Check $1M–$50M
SEED
SERIES A
SERIES B_PLUS
AI
Climate
Bio
Healthtech
Fintech
Investment thesis
I look for zero-billion-dollar markets and contrarian founders. Willing to fund 'just on the borderline of impossible' if the team is exceptional. Big markets, hard tech, and AI by default.
Communication style
Big-picture, optimistic, will go deep on technical or scientific detail. Will challenge the team's ability to execute at scale.
Red flags
- •Conservative market sizing
- •Founder who wants to optimize, not transform
- •No technical depth when required
Signature questions
- 1.What would make this a $100B company?
- 2.What would have to be true for this to be 10x bigger than you think?
- 3.Why is now different from 5 years ago?
- 4.What's the 10-year technical roadmap?
Selected portfolio
Stripe
DoorDash
Instacart
Affirm
Okta
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