Meet with Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers

Thurs. March 8, 2012 | 10:00am-2:00pm, Palo Alto

Agenda
10:00am - 10:30am:  Registration & Networking
10:30am - 11:30am:  Presentation and Q&A
11:30am - 2:00pm:    One-on-One Meetings*
*Apply by submitting your executive summary

Venue
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304

Overview
Seed
KPCB’s seed investments empower entrepreneurs to create novel new businesses by coupling initial capital with access to our proven team of company builders. KPCB seed investments typically range from $100,000 to $1 million.

Early
KPCB’s early-stage investments recognize a great new company in the making. KPCB supports vision and passion with a team of partners who are some of the most business-savvy people around. Investments at this stage typically range from $1 million to $10 million to help your business achieve its goals.

Growth
Our growth-stage investments provide ramp-up funding for innovators who have shown solid market potential. KPCB looks to partner with breakout companies on the fast track to success, typically investing between $10 million to $75 million to help accelerate business momentum. Join us for a one-hour presentation on how entrepreneurs and startups can work directly with KPCB and become part of their dynamic portfolio.

Apply

If you would like a one-on-one meeting with KPCB please apply by sending your executive summary to events@environmentalcluster.org. You will be notified by the EBC if you were chosen for a meeting. Once chosen, you may bring 1-3 members of your team to the meeting based upon the pricing below. For EBC Clients, this service is FREE. To become an EBC Client please contact events@environmentalcluster.org. 

- Application fee: FREE
- For one member of your team: $75
- For two members of your team: $100
- For three members of your team: $175

Speakers

Brook Porter
Brook Porter joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 2010 as a partner on the greentech team. His focus is on innovative low-carbon solutions to transportation, chemicals and power generation, as well as on energy storage. Before joining KPCB, Brook had worked in renewable energy for more than a decade, during which time he co-founded multiple companies. His most recent role was as chief operating officer of Primafuel, a biofuel technology company recognized by the World Economic Forum in 2008 as a technology pioneer.

Wen Ksieh
Wen Hsieh is a partner with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers U.S. He is also a Managing Partner of KPCB China and leads the Greentech practice there. Since joining the firm in 2006, he has focused on early-stage investments and incubations in green technologies, such as energy storage, fuel cells, renewable fuels and chemicals, and solar PV, as well as disruptive semiconductor innovations. Wen works closely with the teams at Alta Devices, Amprius, Bloom Energy, Crossbar, Mcube, PVNext, Solexel, Spatial Photonics and SuVolta as a board director or observer

David Wells
David Wells joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 2006 as a partner in the firm’s greentech practice. David builds relationships with scientists, entrepreneurs and technologists, creating knowledge maps and sourcing investment opportunities across the entire greentech landscape with a focus on disruptive order-of-magnitude and tipping-point innovations in the physical sciences. He has helped bring many ventures through the KPCB investment process, including due diligence, investment structuring, team building and goal setting for companies including Aquion Energy, FloDesign Wind Turbine, Modular Wind Energy, Primus Power, Siluria Technologies, Solidia Technologies and several ventures still in stealth stage.