A side-by-side comparison of two AI investors: Kleiner Perkins (Power Score 81/100) and TCV (Power Score 81/100), both ranked among the most active firms tracked in this category.
| Kleiner Perkins | TCV | |
|---|---|---|
| Power Score™ | 81/100 | 81/100 |
| Assets Managed | $21B+ | ~$24B raised since inception |
| Founded | 1972 | 1995 |
| Headquarters | Menlo Park, CA | Menlo Park, CA |
| Sectors | Enterprise Software, Consumer Internet, Healthcare, AI, Deep Tech, Industrial Tech, Fintech | Consumer Internet, SaaS, Fintech, Media, Cybersecurity, AI, Deep Tech |
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 →TCV was founded in 1995 by Jay Hoag and Rick Kimball as the original crossover investor - the first firm to invest in both public and private technology companies from the same fund, a structure the 'Crossover' in its original name (Technology Crossover Ventures) still reflects. That willingness to follow winners across the private-to-public transition, rather than exiting at IPO, is what produced Jay Hoag's three-decade board seat at Netflix, which he joined in 1999 when TCV owned roughly 43% of the company pre-IPO. The firm has since invested more than $17 billion across 350-plus technology companies worldwide, supporting more than 145 IPOs and strategic acquisitions including Facebook, Airbnb, Spotify, Zillow, and Expedia, and now manages approximately $24 billion.
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