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KPCB (more commonly "Kleiner Perkins") used to be the top VC firm in the world (at least for tech/IT/Internet; the other candidate would be Sequoia, but they're
by rdl 13y ago
KPCB (more commonly "Kleiner Perkins") used to be the top VC firm in the world (at least for tech/IT/Internet; the other candidate would be Sequoia, but they're both clearly in the top 5 in the dot com time period). They funded Amazon, Google, Genentech, Sun, etc. They basically voluntarily abdicated shortly after the Google investment and went into clean tech for some reason.
John Doerr is probably more prominent in the IT space than any of the "name" partners, though.
- mikeash 13y agoThanks for the info. I still don't get why it's HN-worthy though. I do realize that there is a certain amount of interest in the finance side of stuff here (which I don't really share, but I see it) but even there, "important VC guy makes an ass of himself on the WSJ letters page in a way that is not related to tech" hardly seems relevant.
- rdl 13y agoIf a current VC said what he said, I think that would be unquestionably relevant, given how contentious the income/wealth/etc. inequality issue is right now. There's a vastly better argument here that he's an 80 year old former-player who is saying crazy things which are relevant to the industry but not particularly relevant because he's been out of the game so long (and is potentially not in full control of his faculties, although plenty of 80 year olds are.)