John Doerr
Chairman·Kleiner Perkins
Bio
Professional summary
John Doerr is Chairman of Kleiner Perkins. His official profile describes him as an engineer, venture capitalist, and author of Measure What Matters and Speed & Scale. Kleiner Perkins says he has served entrepreneurs for more than 40 years and has backed companies across enterprise, consumer, healthcare, hardtech, and climate. His listed investments include Google, Amazon, Intuit, DoorDash, Slack, OpenEvidence, Bloom Energy, QuantumScape, Watershed, and many other public or acquired companies. The firm also describes him as a pioneer of Silicon Valley’s cleantech movement who has invested in zero-emissions technologies since 2006.
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
Pitch a category-defining company with the ambition to become a generational platform, and connect the story to bold teams, measurable execution, climate impact, healthcare AI, or enterprise-scale transformation.
Partneralization hooks
- 1Reference his authorship of Measure What Matters and the operating discipline of OKRs.
- 2For climate companies, connect to his long-running commitment to zero-emissions technologies.
- 3For healthcare AI companies, reference OpenEvidence as a current listed portfolio company.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Kleiner Perkins lists OpenEvidence as a 2025 healthcare AI investment associated with John Doerr.
Kleiner Perkins published a 2025 perspective announcing its co-lead of OpenEvidence’s Series B.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Kleiner PerkinsChairmanOver 40 years - Present
Skills
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