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Khosla Impact

North America, California, United States, Menlo Park

Description

Investing in market-based solutions to economic development in emerging and frontier markets

Investor Profile

Khosla Impact has made 23 investments, with 0 in the past 12 months and 22% as lead.

Stage Focus

  • Series A (48%)
  • Series Unknown (17%)
  • Series C (13%)
  • Series B (9%)
  • Pre Seed (4%)
  • Seed (4%)
  • Series D (4%)

Country Focus

  • United States (35%)
  • India (30%)
  • Kenya (17%)
  • United Kingdom (13%)
  • Singapore (4%)

Industry Focus

  • Financial Services
  • Finance
  • Apps
  • Energy
  • Solar
  • Information Technology
  • Fintech
  • Renewable Energy
  • Software
  • Electrical Distribution
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Who does Khosla Impact frequently co-invest with?

Quona Capital
Quona Capital
North America, District of Columbia, United States, Washington
Co-Investments: 3
CRE Venture Capital
CRE Venture Capital
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 2
500 Global
500 Global
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 2
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
North America, Texas, United States, Austin
Co-Investments: 2
DOEN Participaties
DOEN Participaties
Europe, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands, Amsterdam
Co-Investments: 2
MacKinnon, Bennett & Company
MacKinnon, Bennett & Company
North America, Quebec, Canada, Montréal
Co-Investments: 2
Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric
Europe, Ile-de-France, France, Rueil-malmaison
Co-Investments: 2
Bamboo Capital Partners
Bamboo Capital Partners
Europe, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Co-Investments: 2
Better Ventures
Better Ventures
North America, California, United States, Oakland
Co-Investments: 2
Omidyar Network
Omidyar Network
North America, California, United States, Redwood City
Co-Investments: 5

Which angels does Khosla Impact often collaborate with?

KM
Kevin Mahaffey
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
Kris Gopalakrishnan
Kris Gopalakrishnan
Asia, Karnataka, India, Bengaluru
Shared Deals: 1
BS
Biz Stone
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
Saurabh Nanavati
Saurabh Nanavati
Asia, Maharashtra, India, Mumbai
Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by Khosla Impact?

Neogrowth

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

NeoGrowth is a non-deposit, NBFC registered with RBI that provides short-term business loans to merchants.

Business DevelopmentFinanceFinancial ServicesMarket Research
Series DDec 15, 2022
Amount Raised: $36,206,503
Smile ID (formerly Smile Identity)

Oakland, California, United States

Africa's leading identity verification solution, remotely verify IDs in seconds while staying compliant and preventing fraud at scale.

AppsFinancial ServicesFraud DetectionIdentity ManagementInformation TechnologySaaSSoftware
Series AJul 8, 2021
Amount Raised: $7,000,000
iMerit

San Jose, California, United States

iMerit provides AI data solutions across computer vision and natural language processing for AI developers.

AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Computer VisionCrowdsourcingCustomer ServiceData Collection and LabelingImage RecognitionMachine LearningNatural Language Processing
Series BFeb 18, 2020
Amount Raised: $20,000,000
Smile ID (formerly Smile Identity)

Oakland, California, United States

Africa's leading identity verification solution, remotely verify IDs in seconds while staying compliant and preventing fraud at scale.

AppsFinancial ServicesFraud DetectionIdentity ManagementInformation TechnologySaaSSoftware
Pre SeedMay 1, 2017
Bboxx

London, England, United Kingdom

Bboxx manufactures plug and play solar systems.

Electrical DistributionEnergyEnergy ManagementRenewable EnergySolar
Series CAug 30, 2016
Amount Raised: $20,000,000
Neogrowth

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

NeoGrowth is a non-deposit, NBFC registered with RBI that provides short-term business loans to merchants.

Business DevelopmentFinanceFinancial ServicesMarket Research
Series CJul 4, 2016
Amount Raised: $35,000,000
Branch International

San Francisco, California, United States

Branch offers mobile financial services across emerging markets to spur human potential.

AppsFinanceFinancial ServicesFinTech
Series AMar 30, 2016
Amount Raised: $9,200,000
SunFunder

Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya

SunFunder is a fund manager and intermediary for solar energy investments.

Asset ManagementEnergyFinanceFinancial ServicesSolar
Series BDec 22, 2015
Amount Raised: $3,800,000
Bboxx

London, England, United Kingdom

Bboxx manufactures plug and play solar systems.

Electrical DistributionEnergyEnergy ManagementRenewable EnergySolar
Series UnknownDec 18, 2015
Amount Raised: $15,000,000
iMerit

San Jose, California, United States

iMerit provides AI data solutions across computer vision and natural language processing for AI developers.

AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Computer VisionCrowdsourcingCustomer ServiceData Collection and LabelingImage RecognitionMachine LearningNatural Language Processing
Series AOct 21, 2015
Amount Raised: $3,500,000
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