Mood Rowghani

General Partner at Bond Capital · Joined 2019

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Biography

Mood Rowghani is a general partner at Bond, which he co-founded in 2019 with Mary Meeker, Noah Knauf and Juliet de Baubigny after the group's Digital Growth team spun out of Kleiner Perkins. He joined Kleiner Perkins in 2011 from Summit Partners, where he had been a vice president, and earlier worked at Highland Capital Partners, Yahoo and McKinsey & Company. His Bond bio states that he focuses on emerging technology companies that are driving innovation at global scale, and lists active investments including Atoms, Canva, Cockroach Labs, Ironclad, Kalshi, Revolut, SpaceX and Whatnot. Bond's site lists his current board seats as Carbon Robotics, inDrive, Partiful, Passes and Substack.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

Carbon RoboticsPassesSubstackinDrivePartifulUNTUCKitFabFitFun

Board Seats

Career Timeline

2011
Joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as a partner focused on later-stage technology, coming from Summit Partners.
2018
Announced as part of the Digital Growth team spinning out of Kleiner Perkins with Mary Meeker, Noah Knauf and Juliet de Baubigny.
2019
Co-founded Bond, the independent successor to Kleiner Perkins' digital growth practice.
2024
Joined the board of Carbon Robotics when Bond led its 70 million dollar Series D.
2024
Joined the board of Passes when Bond led its 40 million dollar Series A.

Sources & References

BOND - Mood Rowghani ↗Fortune - Exclusive: Mood Rowghani joins Kleiner Perkins ↗Axios - Kleiner Perkins is splitting up ↗Business Wire - Carbon Robotics Raises $70 Million Series D Investment Round ↗Passes - Passes announces $40M Series A ↗Silicon Valley Open Doors - Mood Rowghani speaker bio ↗