Vinod Khosla

KiOR BV develops bio mass catalytic technology. The company is headquartered in Hoevelaken, the Netherlands.

eSionic Corp. manufactures semiconductor parts and devices. The firm helps in solving problems at energy electronics nexus and enabling devices and systems that consume less materials, generate less waste, operate with higher reliability, use less energy, integrate seamlessly, operate more efficiently and cost less. The company was founded by Randolph H. Levine, Werner G. Kuhr, Jonathan S. Lindsey and David Bocian in and is headquartered in 1999 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Spatial Photonics, Inc. (SP) develops and manufactures innovative microdisplays for high definition, high brightness and high contrast projection displays. SP's microdisplay is designed to be scalable, allowing the company to help its customers drive down its system cost. To enable a rapid volume production ramp-up, the company has developed proprietary and patent pending innovative solutions allowing the use of standard silicon manufacturing infrastructure to fabricate microdisplays. It will be a true silicon-in and display-out business model for any of the standard semiconductor manufacturing facilities. Leading semiconductor manufacturers have signed up to partner with SP to deliver the volume production capabilities. At the heart of the microdisplay is an array of ultra-fast, reflective digital light modulators that precisely control and modulate the light intensity. The proprietary technology provides a highly competitive alternative to the Digital Micro mirror Display (DMD), High Temperature Poly-Silicon (HTPS) and Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) display technologies currently used in the booming microdisplay projection market.

iSkoot, Inc. provides mobile software and applications that aggregates access to social networks, providing customizable news feeds and consumer email services within a single application. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Transonic Combustion, Inc. provides research and development services. The company was founded by Michael C. Cheiky in 2006 and is headquartered in Camarillo, CA.

Ausra, Inc. develops solar thermal power systems. It provides Power Generation, Utility-Scale Solar and Solar-Hybrid Power Plants services. The company was founded in 2006 by David Mills, John S. O'Donnell and Peter Le Lièvre and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Range Fuels is focused on commercially producing low-carbon biofuels, including cellulosic ethanol and methanol, and clean renewable power using renewable and sustainable supplies of biomass that cannot be used for food. The company uses innovative technologies to convert biomass, such as wood chips, miscanthus, switchgrass, corn stover, sugarcane bagasse and MSW to cellulosic biofuels and clean renewable power. Range Fuels’ suite of low-carbon biofuels products can be used to displace gasoline or diesel transportation fuels, generate clean renewable energy or be used as low-carbon chemical building blocks for other products. Range Fuels' vision is to introduce the world to solutions to the pressing global problems of energy security, the environment, and the economy by providing low-carbon biofuels and clean power that are renewable, sustainable, and eco-friendly.

Hawai'i BioEnergy LLC provided research and development of renewable bioenergy projects. It developed alternative fuels to reduce Hawai‘i's energy costs, green house gas emissions and dependence on imported fossil fuels through the research and development of local renewable bioenergy projects. The company was founded in 2006 and headquartered in Honolulu, HI.

Moka5, Inc. provides next generation end-user computing solutions. It offers management, security, and enterprise enablement solutions. The company was founded by John Whaley, Ramesh U. V. Chandra, Monica Sin-Ling Lam and Constantine P. Sapuntzakis on August 22, 2005 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

MetricStream, Inc. provides enterprise-wide Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and quality management solutions. It offers risk management programs, quality management process, regulatory and industry mandated compliance, and other corporate governance initiatives. Its solutions include enterprise GRC, financial control, vendor governance, supplier audit, and social compliance. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Kovio, Inc. developed semiconductor products using printed silicon electronics and thin film technology. The company was founded by Joseph M. Jacobson and Colin Bulthaup in 2001 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Qwest Communications International, Inc. engages in the provision of broadband Internet-based data, voice, and image communications services. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Learning Health, Inc. operates as a technology industry. The company was founded by Mark Monterastelli and is headquartered in Tiburon, CA.

Caitin is a product development firm that specializes in radically improved cooling solutions and high-efficiency wind generation technologies. Natural fluid flow-and the belief that vertical flow holds the key to efficient energy usage. Its technology was developed by employing a unique set of observations about how nature manages the flow of liquids, gases, and heat. The company is funded by KV (Khosla Ventures). Founded by venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures manages a portfolio of cleantech and information technology companies. Its potential to apply natural design principles to engineer energy efficient products complements Khosla Ventures' focus on ending U.S. dependence on fossil fuels and reducing CO2 in the environment.

Avogy, Inc. provides total systems solutions for power electronics applications utilizing GaN on GaN discrete devices, modules, and systems. It focuses on developing and manufacturing vertical power semiconductor devices built in homoepitaxial GaN layers formed on bulk GaN substrates. The company was founded by Isik C. Kizilyalli in 2010 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Gamgee, Inc. provides mobile healthcare solutions. It provides 22otters, a mobile app which provides clinical health information and detailed clinical history of the patient. The company was founded by Robert J. Quinn in 2012 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

MyLikes, Inc. develops a word of mouth advertising platform that connects influencers on the web with advertisers. The company was founded by Bindu Reddy, Nick White and Arvind Sundararajan in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

EcoMotors, Inc. manufactures and develops internal combustion engines. Its products are intended for use in cars, light trucks, commercial vehicles, aerospace, marine, agriculture, auxiliary power units, generators, and other related machines. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Allen Park, MI.

Khosla Labs Pvt Ltd. focuses on solving large scale problems driven by technology and entrepreneurial zeal. Its services include Mobile Payments and Banking, adhaar applications, machine learning and data analytics and retail efficiency. The company was founded by Srikanth Nadhamuni in 2012 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.

Ghost Locomotion, Inc. develops core self-driving tech which can be used to retrofit existing cars or enhance new ones. The firm gives life back with autonomy, transforming white-knuckle commutes into extra time to work, relax, or even nap. The company was founded by John M. Hayes and Volkmar Uhlig in 2017 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

AliveCor, Inc. develops mobile heart monitoring system. It offers kardia mobile that provides people with suspected or diagnosed heart conditions, and those at risk of heart conditions. The company was founded by David E. Albert, Bruce Satchwell, and Kim Barnett and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Verayo, Inc. provides security and authentication solutions. It develops solutions based on its PUF technology to revolutionize digital authentication of products, people and machine. The company's solutions include unclonable chips, authentication software, consumer engagement, back-end data analysis enabling platforms and key generation. Verayo was founded by Thomas J Ziola and Srini Devadas in 2005 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

QuantumScape Subsidiary, Inc. engages in the provision of energy storage solutions. It focuses on the development of solid-state lithium-metal batteries for use in electric vehicles. The company was founded by Jagdeep Singh, Tim Holme, and Fritz B. Prinz in 2010 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Glydways, Inc. is a transportation company based in South San Francisco, CA. Glydways aims to revolutionize urban mobility by providing more equitable access to affordable housing, jobs, education, healthcare, and community. The company accomplishs this through their innovative approach of a closed-road, fully autonomous, high capacity personal rapid transit system. The company's customer experience is like ride hailing, but at public transit prices. Glydways is a mesh-network on-demand public transportation system that moves riders in autonomous, personal glydcars on dedicated lanes that require less space, cost radically less, and move more riders than other available options. The company was founded in 2016 by Mark Seeger, and Gokul V. Hemmady has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co. III is a blank check company. It was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded by Vinod Khosla on January 29, 2021 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co. II operates as a blank check company, which is formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded by Vinod Khosla on January 29, 2021 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co. IV operates as a blank check company. It is formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded by Vinod Khosla on February 10, 2021 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Vicarious FPC, Inc. builds a unified algorithmic architecture to achieve human-level intelligence in vision, language and motor control. Its technology automates pattern recognition and reconstruction problems in image and video search, surveillance, gaming, medical image analysis, robotics, navigation and geo-spatial image analysis. The company was founded by Dileep George and David Scott Phoenix in 2010 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

PAX Streamline is part of the PAX family of companies; each dedicated to developing energy efficient, sustainable solutions for its target market. PAX develops, licenses, and manufactures its technology to a variety of markets. PAX Streamline focuses on HVAC and refrigeration, and power generation. Founding company PAX Scientific focuses on air-handling technologies (fans and blowers) and marine hull design. The company also operates master licensee PaxFan. PAX Water Technologies, a subsidiary of PAX Scientific, markets technologies for water and wastewater management. Subsidiary PAX Mixer develops industrial mixing technologies (other than water or wastewater mixers). Launched in 2007, Streamline was spun off from PAX Scientific early in 2008 with lead funding from Khosla Ventures. Founded by influential venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures' resources come entirely from its own partners, with 100% of profits donated to charitable causes. Khosla Ventures' portfolio of renewable cleantech companies includes firms pursuing energy efficiency improvements as well as those dealing with alternative fuels. The overarching mission of the PAX family of companies, 'to apply nature's core design principles to engineer energy efficient products that enhance and sustain life on Earth,' dovetails with Khosla Ventures' focus on ending U.S. dependence on fossil fuels.

Ghost Autonomy, Inc. is a software company that provides a platform for automakers to integrate autonomy into consumer cars. Ghost Autonomy is based in Mountain View, CA. The company's breakthrough in artificial intelligence has led to the development of a software solution capable of reaching every car in the world. The company was founded in 2017 by John Hayes and Volkmar Uhlig, with John Hayes serving as the CEO since then.