Khosla Ventures

Khosla Ventures was founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla, co-founder and first CEO of Sun Microsystems and a former general partner at Kleiner Perkins. The firm now manages approximately $16bn in assets and has a reputation for backing technically ambitious, scientifically grounded companies that other investors regard as too speculative. Its portfolio spans artificial intelligence, climate, energy, consumer technology, fintech, and frontier sectors. Landmark investments include an early stake in OpenAI, Rocket Lab, Impossible Foods, DoorDash, Square, and Affirm.

Khosla Ventures participated as a returning investor in Mach Industries' $300m Series c of June 2026, joining co-leads Infinite Capital and Ribbit Capital alongside Sequoia Capital and Bedrock. The round, valuing Mach at $1.8bn, was Khosla's continued commitment to a defence-tech company whose vertical integration strategy mirrors the kind of hardware-grounded ambition the firm has historically backed in energy and space sectors. Khosla's presence signals that the round had credibility beyond specialist defence-tech circles.