On April 13th, we will be pitching to a partner from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, one of the largest and most famous venture capital firms in the world. They've been around since 1972 with headquarters on Sand Hill road, just across the street from Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, and others.
They have raised nearly $2.7 billion and know the VC industry like no one else. According to Crunchbase (
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers#/entity), more than 38% of companies that they have invested in have either gone public with an IPO or been acquired.
In 1995, Kleiner Perkins bought 17% of Amazon. In 1999 with Sequoia Capital, they bought 20% of Google. Today, 17% of Amazon is worth $73 billion and 20% of Google is worth $116 billion. There's no denying that they have the connections that we would need to take Belacam to the next level.
They've also invested in the following companies:
In 2015, Kleiner Perkins made their first investment into a Bitcoin-based startup when they invested $12.5 million in Align Commerce (now Veem.com). KPCB has also developed their own blockchain and cryptocurrency for internal use, called 'Edgecoin."
