Khosla Impact
VC Fund
Menlo Park, United States
Khosla Impact is a VC fund in Menlo Park focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Khosla Impact's mission is to assist great entrepreneurs developing products and services for the three billion people at the bottom of the world’s economic pyramid.Khosla Impact assists high-impact entrepreneurs who open up markets, increase productivity, and improve standards of living for the bottom half of the world economy.Weinvest in world-class entrepreneurs who are passionate about solving challenging, often intractable socio-economic problems through careful application of science, technology, and design or through creative business models. We believe in experimentation and encourage this approach among our entrepreneurs. We evaluate a wide range of opportunities but are primarily focused on for-profit enterprises serving people at the bottom half of the world’s economic pyramid: low-income laborers, farmers and families, as well as small businesses in emerging markets. Given our experience, South Asia is our initial, but not exclusive, geography of focus. We welcome entrepreneurs and business plans from all countries and regions.
- Total investments:
- 25
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 24%
- Fund size:
- $30M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Khosla Impact invests in
Stages Khosla Impact invests in
Countries Khosla Impact invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $1.9M–$9.2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 7 (28%)
- FinTech 5 (20%)
- Finance 4 (16%)
- Apps 3 (12%)
- Information Technology 3 (12%)
Stage
- Series A 11 (44%)
- Seed 3 (12%)
- Funding Round 3 (12%)
- Series B 2 (8%)
- Series C 2 (8%)
Country
- India 7 (28%)
- United States 5 (20%)
- Kenya 3 (12%)
- Singapore 1 (4%)
- United Kingdom 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mark Straub
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Vinod Khosla
Founder
|
Founder | Total investments: 188 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neogrowth operates as a non-banking financial company in India. It is focused on meeting the financial needs of small businesses which sell goods and services to consumers. It offers business financing services to small- and medium-sized retail companies that sell apparel, consumer durables and electronic items, footwear and accessories,handicrafts, gifts, and optical goods as well as to restaurants, beauty salons, hotels, gymnasiums, and health diagnostic centers. NeoGrowth began its commercial operations in 2013. | $36.2M / Series D / Dec 15, 2022 | ||
| At Smile Identity they believe anyone should be able to prove their identity easily, anywhere in the world. Their team is made up of American and African engineers and financial services professionals with experience across global markets in highly regulated environments. They have built encryption, authentication and security solutions. They havedeveloped image processing technology from the chip level up. They have been part of security investigations and have pursued fraudsters.Having worked with, or for, telecoms, lenders, banks and startups, they know the challenges of building world class technology and they understand the needs of the African consumer and enterprise customer. They are backed by leading Silicon Valley & African investors and they have pan-African reach, with representation in the United States, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Rwanda. | $7M / Series A / Jul 08, 2021 | ||
| iMerit is a leading AI data solutions company providing high-quality data across computer vision, natural language processing, and content services that power machine learning and artificial intelligence applications for large enterprises. iMerit provides end-to-end data labeling technologies and solutions to Fortune 500 companies in a wide arrayof industries including agricultural AI, autonomous vehicles, commerce, geospatial, government, financial services, medical AI, and technology. iMerit is headquartered in the United States, with large CV and NLP teams in India, US, Bhutan and Europe. iMerit investors are Omidyar Network, Dell.org, Khosla Ventures, and British International Investment, visit imerit.net. Its team of more than 5,000 full-time staff includes over 50% women. Founded by Radha Basu, iMerit is based in San Jose, California. | $20M / Series B / Feb 18, 2020 | ||
| At Smile Identity they believe anyone should be able to prove their identity easily, anywhere in the world. Their team is made up of American and African engineers and financial services professionals with experience across global markets in highly regulated environments. They have built encryption, authentication and security solutions. They havedeveloped image processing technology from the chip level up. They have been part of security investigations and have pursued fraudsters.Having worked with, or for, telecoms, lenders, banks and startups, they know the challenges of building world class technology and they understand the needs of the African consumer and enterprise customer. They are backed by leading Silicon Valley & African investors and they have pan-African reach, with representation in the United States, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Rwanda. | Pre-Seed / May 01, 2017 | ||
| Numberz is a Collections automation platform that helps businesses view, track and collect their unpaid invoices. | $650K / Seed / Nov 21, 2016 | ||
| BBOXX designs, manufactures, and distributes plug and play solar systems to enhance access to energy throughout Africa. It aims to expand on this mission by creating innovative methods of distributing renewable energy to the bottom of the pyramid in developing countries. Consumers will have the ability to have a western energy experienceoff-the-grid and in rural areas. The company focuses on providing access to the fundamental need of access to electricity combined with superior customer service.BBOXX was founded in 2010 and is based in London. | $20M / Series C / Aug 30, 2016 | ||
| Neogrowth operates as a non-banking financial company in India. It is focused on meeting the financial needs of small businesses which sell goods and services to consumers. It offers business financing services to small- and medium-sized retail companies that sell apparel, consumer durables and electronic items, footwear and accessories,handicrafts, gifts, and optical goods as well as to restaurants, beauty salons, hotels, gymnasiums, and health diagnostic centers. NeoGrowth began its commercial operations in 2013. | $35M / Series C / Jul 04, 2016 | ||
| Branch delivers world-class financial services to the mobile generation. With offices in San Francisco, Lagos, Mexico City, Mumbai and Nairobi, Branch is a for-profit socially conscious company that uses the power of data science to reduce the cost of delivering financial services in emerging markets. We believe that everyone, everywhere deservesfair financial access. The rapid spread of smartphones presents an opportunity for the world's emerging middle class to access banking options and achieve financial flexibility.Branch's mission-driven team is led by founder and former CEO of Kiva.org. The company presents a rich opportunity for our team members to drive meaningful growth in rapidly evolving and changing markets. Most recently, Branch announced its Series C and has garnered more than $100M in funding with investments from leading Silicon Valley firms. | $9.2M / Series A / Mar 30, 2016 | ||
| GetFiscal is building Invoice and Cashflow management for Small Business to 'run their business' and enable timely working capital loan by connecting to strategic lender partners. | Seed / Jan 15, 2016 | ||
| SunFunder is a solar energy finance business with a mission to provide financing for solar assets in emerging economies, including inventory, working capital, construction, and structured finance loans. The company offers borrowers deep solar market expertise, and efficient due diligence process, and strong customer partnerships, whilesimultaneously providing investors with diversified, high-impact, fixed income debt offerings of emerging market solar investments.SunFunder is a well-positioned financial intermediary that has been operating since 2012. | $3.8M / Series B / Dec 22, 2015 | ||
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FAQ
What does Khosla Impact invest in?
Khosla Impact invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 25 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Khosla Impact's check size?
Khosla Impact typically joins rounds of $1.9M–$9.2M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Khosla Impact participates in.
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Who are the partners at Khosla Impact?
The team at Khosla Impact includes Mark Straub (Partner) and Vinod Khosla (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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