Mary Meeker

Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers

Since her days as the Internet’s most famous securities analyst, Meeker focused on discovering and understanding emerging technology trends and building relationships with entrepreneurs. She now leads Kleiner’s Digital Growth Fund. In that job, she serves on the board of Square and is actively involved in the investments in Twitter, Groupon, Legalzoom, Waze, 360buy.com, Spotify, Jawbone, One King's Lane and Trendyol. Her annual Internet Trends presentations is closely watch by industry professionals around the world.

Posts With Mary Meeker

More D10 Speakers: Ellison, Meeker, Myhrvold, Along With Pixar and Visa!

Kara Swisher in D10 on April 9 at 2:49 pm PT

Speakers? We got your D10 speakers.

News Byte

Jawbone Gets $40 Million From Deutsche Telekom, Kleiner Perkins

Lauren Goode in News on December 21, 2011 at 1:25 pm PT

Jawbone, maker of nifty audio devices and the recently recalled UP fitness wristband, has raised $40 million from Deutsche Telekom, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Yuri Milner and investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management. The new capital brings Jawbone’s funding to date close to $210 million. CEO Hosain Rahman has said that the company plans to introduce more products in the healthcare and audio markets, according to GigaOM.

Former Palm and Twitter Techie Mike Abbott Jumps From EIR at Benchmark to Kleiner Partner

Kara Swisher in News on December 1, 2011 at 11:00 am PT

Well, that didn’t last long, Mike, but maybe the food was better at 2750 Sand Hill Road than at 2480 Sand Hill Road.

OpenSky Raises $30 Million for Twitter-Inspired Shopping Site

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on October 24, 2011 at 5:59 am PT

OpenSky is e-commerce with a Twitter twist: Follow celebrities and experts to get recommendations on the latest food, fashion, design and style.

Mary Meeker: 81 Percent of Users of Top Web Sites Are Outside the U.S.

Liz Gannes in News on October 18, 2011 at 2:40 pm PT

The U.S. contributes much of tech innovation but fewer of its users, Mary Meeker said in her periodic rapid-fire macro-view of the tech industry presented today.

Look at All Those Zeros: Square Raises $100 Million at $1 Billion Valuation

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 28, 2011 at 9:42 pm PT

Square, the mobile payments provider that is trying to redefine the way consumers spend money and the way merchants charge for it, has secured $100 million in a third round of funding at a $1 billion valuation.

News Byte

Meg Whitman Joins Kleiner Perkins to Try Hand at Advising Start-Ups

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on March 29, 2011 at 1:06 pm PT

Former eBay CEO and California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman is joining the Silicon Valley venture capital giant Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Her part-time role will include acting as a strategic adviser to start-ups and evaluating investment opportunities, reports Fortune. Whitman’s hiring closely follows that of Mary Meeker, who left her job at Morgan Stanley to join Kleiner Perkins in November.

News Byte

Mary Meeker Is Not Bullish on USA Inc.

Peter Kafka in Media on February 24, 2011 at 5:35 am PT

Mary Meeker isn’t just a famed Internet analyst turned venture capitalist–she’s now doing public policy. Or at least it appears that way, based on a new, 266-page report she’s published for Kleiner Perkins on “USA Inc.” The conceit is that she’s analyzing the federal government as if it were a business, and the conclusion is not uplifting: “By the standards of any public corporation, USA Inc.’s financials are discouraging.”

Index Ventures' Danny Rimer and Mike Volpi to Open Silicon Valley Office

Kara Swisher in News on January 14, 2011 at 3:13 am PT

Two of Index Ventures’ high-profile partners–Danny Rimer and Mike Volpi–are opening a new Silicon Valley office for the Europe-based venture firm in September. The move is actually more of a return home for both men, now located in London, who had lived and worked at tech epicenter for much of their careers.

Q: Why No Twitter Board Seat for Kleiner's John Doerr? A: His Google Board Seat (Plus, Is the Star VC Looking at Spotify and Groupon Next?)

Kara Swisher in News on December 16, 2010 at 5:14 am PT

Star venture capitalist John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins paid $150 million for a stake in Twitter and all he didn’t get was a board seat. That’s due to another directorship he has at search giant Google. Maybe Doerr will get one at Spotify or Groupon, where he could be investing next.

More D10 Speakers: Ellison, Meeker, Myhrvold, Along With Pixar and Visa!

Jawbone Gets $40 Million From Deutsche Telekom, Kleiner Perkins

Former Palm and Twitter Techie Mike Abbott Jumps From EIR at Benchmark to Kleiner Partner

OpenSky Raises $30 Million for Twitter-Inspired Shopping Site

Mary Meeker: 81 Percent of Users of Top Web Sites Are Outside the U.S.

Look at All Those Zeros: Square Raises $100 Million at $1 Billion Valuation

Meg Whitman Joins Kleiner Perkins to Try Hand at Advising Start-Ups

Mary Meeker Is Not Bullish on USA Inc.

Index Ventures' Danny Rimer and Mike Volpi to Open Silicon Valley Office

Q: Why No Twitter Board Seat for Kleiner's John Doerr? A: His Google Board Seat (Plus, Is the Star VC Looking at Spotify and Groupon Next?)

Russia's DST Out of Twitter Funding Race, With Kleiner Poised to Take the Deal

Hire Like It's 1999: Kleiner's Doerr Finally Lands Meeker After 11 Years of Trying (and It's About Time)

Morgan Stanley Analyst Mary Meeker Moving To Kleiner Perkins

And the Meeker Shall Inherit the Virtual Earth (In Other Words, Mary's Annual Internet Trends Preso)

Revolution CEO Steve Case at D8: AOL Could Come Back–Look What Happened to Apple

Time to Cut AT&T Some Slack, iPhone Users?

Amazon Delivers: Revenue, Earnings in Line, Bezos MIA for Conference Call

Amazon Keeps Climbing On Strong Q1; How High Is Up?

Mobile Ads to the Rescue? Not for a While

Mary Meeker's Entire Bummer PowerPoint on Her Internet Outlook

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