Joubin Mirzadegan
Partner·Kleiner Perkins
Bio
Professional summary
Joubin Mirzadegan is a Partner at Kleiner Perkins. His official profile says he leads the portfolio operating team and has helped founders and teams build and scale go-to-market organizations since joining the firm in 2019. He is also CEO and co-founder of Roadrunner, described by Kleiner Perkins as the firm’s first incubation since Glean. Before Kleiner Perkins, he built substantial parts of the sales teams at Evident.io and Bracket Computing, both of which were later acquired. He also created and hosts Grit, a podcast focused on building and scaling major companies.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
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Sector
Thesis
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Approach with a founder problem around scaling revenue, enterprise sales, GTM motion or AI-native tooling for complex commercial workflows. He is likely most relevant when a founder needs operational help turning technical product strength into a repeatable enterprise go-to-market engine.
Partneralization hooks
- 1Reference his role leading Kleiner Perkins’ portfolio operating team.
- 2Mention Grit if your pitch involves lessons from scaling category-defining companies.
- 3For sales-tech or CPQ-adjacent products, connect the pitch to Roadrunner and AI-native enterprise quoting.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Official Kleiner Perkins profile identifies him as CEO and co-founder of Roadrunner, the firm’s first incubation since Glean.
Roadrunner’s team page describes him as CEO and co-founder and notes his background building sales organizations through acquisitions.
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