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Kleiner Perkins portfolio in San Francisco

Sand Hill Road institution backing software, climate, and biotech. Filtered to companies headquartered in San Francisco.

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Ranked by current headcount across Kleiner Perkins-backed companies in San Francisco. Refreshed daily.

  1. 1
    Upwork· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series unknown
    • 170.5k employees
    • Founded 2015
  2. 2
    Uber· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Post-IPO debt
    • 155.6k employees
    • Founded 2009
  3. 3
    Airbnb· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Post-IPO debt
    • 69.2k employees
    • Founded 2007
  4. 4
    Instacart· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Private equity
    • 24.3k employees
    • Founded 2012
  5. 5
    Databricks· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Debt
    • 14.9k employees
    • Founded 2013
  6. 6
    Stripe· South San Francisco, California, United States
    • Secondary
    • 14.7k employees
    • Founded 2010
  7. 7
    Docusign· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Post-IPO debt
    • 8.4k employees
    • Founded 2003
  8. 8
    Rippling· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series G
    • 7.2k employees
    • Founded 2016
  9. 9
    Handshake· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series F
    • 6.3k employees
    • Founded 2014
  10. 10
    Motive· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series unknown
    • 6.1k employees
    • Founded 2013
  11. 11
    Gusto· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series A
    • 4.4k employees
    • Founded 2011
  12. 12
    Slack· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Secondary
    • 3k employees
    • Founded 2009
  13. 13
    Figma· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Post-IPO equity
    • 2.9k employees
    • Founded 2012
  14. 14
    Zynga· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Post-IPO equity
    • 2.8k employees
    • Founded 2007
  15. 15
    Intercom· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Debt
    • 2k employees
    • Founded 2011
  16. 16
    Brex· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Debt
    • 1.8k employees
    • Founded 2017
  17. 17
    Turo· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Secondary
    • 1.7k employees
    • Founded 2009
  18. 18
    LendingClub· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Post-IPO equity
    • 1.4k employees
    • Founded 2007
  19. 19
    Plaid· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Secondary
    • 1.4k employees
    • Founded 2013
  20. 20
    Harvey· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series G
    • 1.1k employees
    • Founded 2022
  21. 21
    Fast· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series B
    • 1k employees
    • Founded 2019
  22. 22
    Nextdoor· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Post-IPO equity
    • 939 employees
    • Founded 2011
  23. 23
    Modern Health· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series D
    • 900 employees
    • Founded 2017
  24. 24
    Future· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series C
    • 745 employees
    • Founded 2017
  25. 25
    Veracyte, Inc.· South San Francisco, California, United States
    • Post-IPO equity
    • 691 employees
    • Founded 2008

Kleiner Perkins portfolio companies in San Francisco

Kleiner Perkins’s San Francisco portfolio is one of the most active recruiting pools in the market. The list above ranks Kleiner Perkins-backed companies headquartered in San Francisco by current headcount, drawn from public LinkedIn and Crunchbase records. With 126 matching companies in our index, you can see exactly where the Kleiner Perkins thesis has landed locally.

Kleiner Perkins companies in San Franciscotend to attract a specific type of operator — a founder or early hire bought into both the firm’s thesis and the city’s ecosystem. That makes the engineers and designers at these companies particularly valuable signals.

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How this list is built

Refolk pulled companies whose disclosed Crunchbase investor list includes Kleiner Perkins and whose HQ is in San Francisco, ranked them by current employee count, and kept those with at least 5 employees. The list refreshes once a day.

Last refreshed: Thu, 07 May 2026 08:23:11 GMT

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