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1654:"Mary Meeker Makes First Investment Out of Bond Capital"
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1855:"The Funded: Kleiner Perkins, TCV raise big new funds"
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1568:Coile, Zachary (13 November 2007).
1455:Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure
1131:Kleiner Perkins Offices at KPCB.com
756:. Its investment of $ 8 million in
693:. Some current investments include
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2344:, Josh Constine, published 6/2019
2211:Primack, Dan (25 February 2014).
2163:Lawsky, David (14 October 2009).
1823:"Kleiner Perkins is splitting up"
1793:Elder, Jeff (10 September 2015).
1677:: Kleiner Perkins, published 2019
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1051:"Executive Joins Kleiner Perkins"
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1511:Primack, Dan (16 April 2012).
985:. New York City, United States
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2310:Konish, Lorie (30 May 2019).
1744:Elder, Jeff (28 March 2015).
1177:Rivlin, Gary (13 July 2005).
870:List of venture capital firms
862:San Francisco Bay Area portal
752:and profited from Netscape's
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3104:List of private equity firms
2861:Business Development Company
2189:Rao, Leena (21 April 2015).
1715:Roy, Jessica (22 May 2012).
1281:Richtel, Matt (1 May 2008).
1118:: Kleiner Perkins, 5/23/2019
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1881:, Polina Marinova, 2/1/2019
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1751:The Wall Street Journal
1575:San Francisco Chronicle
1397:VC: An American History
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294:The Wall Street Journal
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2133:"75 Power Players".
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