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Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Xv, LLC
Fundmanaged by Kleiner Perkins
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
HarvestFundraising status unknownADV: Venture Capital Fund
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
7 additional principals, 3 additional placement agents
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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Nothing material in the last 365 days. Last change: 18 May 2012, Latest Form D filed on 18 May 2012: no amount sold reported of $525M offered. A Form D amount is what was sold at the filing, never a final close.
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Amounts, each with its basis
- Vintage
- 2013basis: adv first reported
- Target
- unknownnot announced
- First close
- unknownnever inferred from a Form D
- Final close
- unknownonly from an announcement or an LP disclosure
- Announced size
- unknown
- Form D offering
- $525Mwhat may be sold, not what was raised; file 021-178478, sworn by the adviser or filed under this vehicle
- Form D sold
- $0as of the filing of May 18, 2012
- First sale
- unknown
- Reported GAV
- $351Mon the Form ADV filed Mar 31, 2026; the fund's assets, never its size or dry powder
- Owners (ADV)
- 206
- Reported on ADV
- Apr 1, 2013 to Mar 31, 2026
Fundraising evidence
What counts as raisingA Form D offering is permission to sell, not a fund in market; an amount sold is never a close; an evergreen offering amended every year is not a raise.Unknown
latest Form D 2012-05-18, older than 15 months (fr-1)
evidence dated May 18, 2012.
Lifecycle
Harvest
Lifecycle
vintage over 7 years, still reported
age years: 13first sale: n/avintage year: 2013adv gav as of: Mar 31, 2026vintage basis: ADV first reportedform d sold: $0form d offering: $525Mform d latest filed at: May 18, 2012
The fund's own reporting through time
15 Form ADV filings
| Filed | Type | Gross asset value | Owners | Min. investment | Adviser-owned | Audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2013 | Venture Capital Fund | $516M | 195 | 2% | yes | ||
| Mar 25, 2014 | Venture Capital Fund | $536M | 196 | 2% | yes | ||
| Jun 12, 2014 | Venture Capital Fund | $536M | 196 | 2% | yes | ||
| Mar 27, 2015 | Venture Capital Fund | $765M | 196 | 3% | yes | ||
| Mar 29, 2016 | Venture Capital Fund | $607M | 197 | 3% | yes | ||
| Mar 30, 2017 | Venture Capital Fund | $568M | 198 | 3% | yes | ||
| Mar 29, 2018 | Venture Capital Fund | $600M | 201 | 3% | yes | ||
| Mar 27, 2019 | Venture Capital Fund | $514M | 201 | 2% | yes | ||
| Mar 27, 2020 | Venture Capital Fund | $645M | 203 | 3% | yes | ||
| Mar 31, 2021 | Venture Capital Fund | $699M | 225 | 3% | yes | ||
| Jan 12, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $699M | 225 | 3% | yes | ||
| Mar 31, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.0B | 203 | 3% | yes | ||
| Mar 31, 2023 | Venture Capital Fund | $668M | 203 | 3% | yes | ||
| Mar 29, 2024 | Venture Capital Fund | $319M | 204 | 3% | yes | ||
| Mar 31, 2026 | Venture Capital Fund | $351M | 206 | 3% |
Principals and agents
10 principals on Form D, 0 placement agents
- L. John Doerr Executive Officer
- Randy John Komisar Executive Officer
- Amol E. Deshpande Executive Officer
Service providers
6 named on Form ADV Schedule D and Form D
- AuditorKPMG · SAN FRANCISCO, California, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 31, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- CustodianJPMorgan · NEW YORK, New York, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 31, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- CustodianMorgan Stanley · NEW YORK CITY, New York, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 31, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
Limited partners and their reported performance
Whose numbers these areEach row is the LP’s own number: its cash flows and its valuation policy as of its reporting date, not the fund’s. Net IRR is printed only when the LP prints one. The vintage is the LP’s definition (CalPERS: year of its first cash flow; WSIB: year of its initial investment).0 public LP reports
No public LP has reported this vehicle. The LP tape is read from public pension disclosures (see Limited partners); a fund appears here only when an LP’s report names it.
Known LPs and allocators
What these amounts and dates areA commitment date prints only when the source printed one; otherwise the row carries the date of the report that listed it. A foundation’s 990-PF line is a holding at fair value on its return, never a commitment.0 relationships, public pensions and the allocator graph, each counted once
No allocator names this vehicle in a public disclosure DFX holds: pension reports, foundation 990-PF returns or endowment disclosures.
Investments attributed to this vehicle
0
No investment attributed to this vehicle. The firm’s investments sit on the firm; a fund gets one only when a source names the vehicle.
Timeline
3 events
- Mar 31, 2022Auditor changed: KPMG replaced PwC, first reported on the Form ADV filed March 31, 2022 (previous filing January 12, 2022)Auditor changed Fact Form ADV
- Apr 1, 2013Fund 1972 first reported on Form ADV by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $515,873,171Fund first reported on Form ADV Fact Form ADV
- May 18, 2012Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers XV, LLC filed Form D: no sales yet of $525,000,000, Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact Form D
Evidence
15 observations
Every observation on this vehicle
- Entity type: Limited Liability Company May 18, 2012 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund May 18, 2012 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund May 18, 2012 Fact Form D
- Amendment: false May 18, 2012 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Not Applicable May 18, 2012 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears May 18, 2012 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware May 18, 2012 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $0 May 18, 2012 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $525M May 18, 2012 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06, 3C, 3C.7 May 18, 2012 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 0 May 18, 2012 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 May 18, 2012 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled May 18, 2012 Fact Form D
- Office address: May 18, 2012 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2012 May 18, 2012 Fact Form D
Relationships across DFX
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Across the graphs
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Xv, LLC is the same institution as 1 record in RIA and Wealth.
RIA and Wealth1
The joined record opens with the product, beside every other relationship on this page.
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Record history
1 dated event on the change ledger, latest event first
- Form D filed2012-05-18source on record
The ledger records every merge, rename and reclassification this record went through and the dated filings observed on it, so the identity on this page can be traced to the records it was built from. The ledger's own sentences name other records, so they show with the names.