Ilya Fushman

Ilya Fushman

Partner

Education Ph.D. in Applied Physics and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. B.S. in Physics from Caltech
Languages Russian, German
Prior Experience General Partner at Index Ventures, Head of Product, Dropbox for Business, Dropbox, Principal at Khosla Ventures, Director of Technology at Solar Junction

Ilya Fushman is a partner at Kleiner Perkins. He invests in early and growth stage companies across enterprise software, financial services and consumer software. He has invested in and sits on the boards of companies including Rippling, Motive, Stord, Productboard, Loom, Cameo, and has previously backed companies such as Slack and Intercom. Prior to Kleiner Perkins, he was a general partner at Index Ventures, and previously led Dropbox’s product organization. Ilya holds a PhD in Applied Physics and MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford and a BS in Physics from Caltech.

Investment focus areas

— Enterprise software

— Consumer technology

— Fintech

— AI

Current

Alumni

Slack (Acquired by Salesforce)

Prior

CoverWallet (Acquired by AON)

Automating the physical economy

Motive was founded with a clear mission to empower the businesses that fuel our physical economy.

Rippling: The system of record for employee data

We believe that Rippling is a generational company, and the team is executing together better than we could have imagined.

Truv: Modernizing access to credit

Truv has built a platform that allows consumers to pull their employment data and give financial service providers access to it in order to better assess their credit and unlock access to products.

Autograph: Bringing the power and possibilities created by web3 to the mainstream

Technology has created new ways for fans to engage with their icons. Autograph is building a cornerstone platform to power these magical experiences on web3.

Announcing KP 20 & KP Select II

We’re excited to announce KP20, $800 million for our twentieth early stage venture fund, and $1 billion for our second select fund for high inflection investments, KP Select II. With these two new funds we are excited to start backing the next 50 years of history-making founders.

Announcing Kleiner Perkins Select

Announcing Kleiner Perkins Select ー a new $750M fund that extends our core investment strategy to focus on high inflection investments in enterprise, consumer, hardtech, fintech, and healthcare companies.

Hatch: What SMBs need to grow

Hatch provides accessible, transparent and fair solutions that small businesses need to start out and grow. We’re excited to have been privy to Hatch’s formation in our offices and to support them from Seed to Series A.

Taking healthcare to Infinitus and Beyond

We’re excited to continue our journey and join Infinitus’ Series A. You’ll know they’ve succeeded when you never have to make another call for your healthcare.

Welcome to the future of virtual events

Welcome is delivering breathtaking, high quality virtual events and experiences to keep us connected. We’re excited to lead Welcome’s Series A and partner with the team on their mission to provide access to those who wouldn’t otherwise have it.

Making the most out of physical space is a matter of density

Density is powering the future of how we measure and manage physical space, and there hasn't been a more critical moment in our history to get this right.

A clear path to successful teams

People are at the heart of great organizations. Pathlight is empowering individuals and teams perform at their best, and helping organizations harness the creativity of their people.

Announcing KP19

We're excited to announce our nineteenth venture fund, KP19! -- $700M to focus on early-stage investments. Our mission remains the same — to be the first call for founders who want to change the world and make history.

The future of credit is global

With modern technology and growing amounts of data, the future of credit reaches far beyond today's infrastructure. We're excited to pa...

Silicon Valley Business Journal

What Ilya Fushman says people get wrong about Kleiner Perkins, and whether a growth fund is in its future

Silicon Valley Business Journal

The New Guard at Kleiner Perkins

Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, the firm that helped to establish Sand Hill Road as a global venture capital hub over the past five decades, is going “Back to the Future" with a slate of new leaders and a stronger focus on what it does best.

Churchill Club Honors Slack as Game Changer of the Year

Ilya Fushman interviews award recipient — Slack CFO, Allen Shim

Ilya Fushman Quora Feed

Working with Inkitt to write the next chapter

With the ubiquity of mobile devices, modern software tools, and the connected nature of our world, it’s now possible to reinvent storytelling and empower talent from all walks of life to reach a global audience.

Checking In With Kleiner Perkins As It "Goes Back To The Future"

There was a time when Kleiner Perkins, an early investor in Google and Amazon, let its portfolio do the talking. But times have changed, and the well-known firm, with a fresh $600 million early-stage fund, is looking to open a "new chapter" aimed at going "back to the future."

The value of dust

DUST Identity is building a physical and digital platform for secure, low-cost, un-forgeable tracking of goods.

A.I. Uses Expected to Expand as U.S. Consumers Warm Up to Trading Data for Convenience

Artificial intelligence is a hot investment for venture capital firms. And as the use of the technology expands, some investors expect consumers to...

11 Big Ideas From SV's Most Storied Investment Firm

Cameo - captivating hearts and minds

Every so often you find an idea that is so creative and differentiated that it captures your heart and mind. That's how we felt about Cameo...

Slack: it's where work happens

Communication is fundamental to human beings. Yet it's rare that a company changes how we connect and work together, much less how we delight one another. (With emoji or otherwise). Slack has somehow managed to do just that. It's made work more fun for millions of people.

Welcome Pillar

The platform that helps graduates manage student debt has raised $5.5M in Seed funding.

Welcome Future

Future, the $5 a day personal coaching platform, today announced $8.5M in Series A funding.

As An Investor, What Do You Look For In A Management Team?

What Are The Most Promising Areas Of Tech Investing Right Now?

Welcome STORD

We're thrilled to partner with the STORD team to reshape how goods move across the globe.

Welcome Rippling

Businesses are built by people whose time should be spent on developing products and interacting with customers.

Slack off. Send videos instead with $11M-funded Loom

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many emails can you replace with a video?

Productboard raises further $10M for its product management system

Productboard, the San Francisco and Prague-based startup that offers product management software, has raised $10 million in further funding, adding to its Series A in July last year. The round is led by Index Ventures, and sees Index General Partner Jan Hammer joining the board.

Back to the future

We're thrilled to announce that we've raised Kleiner Perkins' 18th venture fund to focus on early stage investing.

Robinhood launches checking and savings with an almost unheard-of 3% interest rate

Robinhood is getting into more traditional consumer banking with the launch of a new checking and savings account.

Plastiq Empowering SMBs With Better Bill Payment

Kleiner Perkins is thrilled to lead Plastiq’s $27 million Series C round of funding. Welcome, Plastiq, to the Kleiner Perkins family!

DUST Identity Emerges From Stealth to Protect Device Supply Chain

Boston, MA-based start-up firm DUST Identity has emerged from stealth with $2.3 million seed funding led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from New Science Ventures, Angular Ventures, and Castle Island Ventures. It was founded in 2018 by Ophir Gaathon (CEO), Jonathan Hodges (VP engineering) and Dirk Englund (board member).

A pickaxe for the AI gold rush, Labelbox sells training data software

Today, Labelbox is emerging from six months in stealth with a $3.9 million seed round led by Kleiner Perkins and joined by First Round and Google’s Gradient Ventures.

Former Dropbox exec Ilya Fushman is joining Kleiner Perkins from Index Ventures

Ilya Fushman, a former Dropbox executive most recently at Index Ventures, is joining Kleiner Perkins as a general partner and managing member, the firm said today.

Current

Alumni

Slack (Acquired by Salesforce)

Prior

CoverWallet (Acquired by AON)