Aditya Naganath
Partner·Kleiner Perkins
Bio
Professional summary
Aditya Naganath is a Partner at Kleiner Perkins. His official Kleiner Perkins profile lists partnered companies across enterprise AI and infrastructure, including Anthropic, Glean, Materialize, Together.ai, Bun, Profound, Traversal, Wisdom AI and Maxima. Public event and profile sources state that he joined Kleiner Perkins’ investment team in 2022 with a focus on artificial intelligence, enterprise software applications, infrastructure and security. Those sources also describe prior roles at Google, Palantir, Twitter and Nextdoor, giving him a technical and product background relevant to AI infrastructure and enterprise software founders. His official profile also notes cities lived including Mumbai, Hong Kong, New York, London and the Bay Area.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
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Thesis
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Lead with a technically rigorous AI or enterprise software thesis, especially where infrastructure, security or workflow adoption creates defensibility. The pitch should show why the product matters to technical buyers and how it can expand into a broader enterprise platform.
Partneralization hooks
- 1Reference his work with enterprise AI companies such as Glean, Together.ai, Anthropic or Materialize.
- 2Connect the pitch to AI infrastructure, security or enterprise application depth.
- 3Mention his prior technical and product roles at Palantir, Google, Twitter or Nextdoor if relevant to the founder’s background.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Official Kleiner Perkins profile lists 2025 partnered companies including Profound, Traversal and Wisdom AI.
A November 2025 public interview focused on AI, infrastructure and security.
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