A side-by-side comparison of two AI investors: Kleiner Perkins (Power Score 81/100) and Ribbit Capital (Power Score 80/100), both ranked among the most active firms tracked in this category.
| Kleiner Perkins | Ribbit Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| Power Score™ | 81/100 | 80/100 |
| Assets Managed | $21B+ | $20.78B (RAUM, Form ADV 2026) |
| Founded | 1972 | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Menlo Park, CA | Palo Alto, CA |
| Sectors | Enterprise Software, Consumer Internet, Healthcare, AI, Deep Tech, Industrial Tech, Fintech | Fintech, Crypto, Consumer Internet, AI, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Enterprise Software |
Kleiner Perkins was founded in 1972 by Eugene Kleiner, a Fairchild Semiconductor co-founder, and Tom Perkins, a former Hewlett-Packard executive with degrees from MIT and Harvard. Joined shortly after by Frank Caufield and Brook Byers, the firm built its name on backing category-defining technology companies from their earliest days, including Genentech, Sun Microsystems, Netscape, Amazon, and Google. The firm's 1999 investment in Google alongside Sequoia Capital - writing what was then its largest check ever - remains one of the most celebrated bets in venture capital history.
View full Kleiner Perkins profile →Micky Malka founded Ribbit Capital in 2012 after a career spent building brokerages and banks rather than software companies - he helped build Patagon.com, which Santander acquired in 2000, then co-founded Banco Lemon, later acquired by Banco do Brasil. That regulated-finance operating background, rather than a conventional Silicon Valley career arc, is what made Ribbit the premier financial-services specialist in venture capital, backing category leaders globally from a first $100 million fund in 2013. The firm's public messaging has since broadened well past 'fintech' into global commerce, money movement, identity, data, energy, AI, and wealth management, but the through-line is unchanged: Coinbase, Nubank, and Robinhood are all Ribbit bets, and its March 2026 Form ADV reports approximately $20.78 billion in regulatory assets under management.
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