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...“We need the now and we need the new,” says John Doerr, chair of Kleiner Perkins, the venture capital firm that has been at the forefront of climate tech investment....
...Silicon Valley had already seen one software tech boom, and many hoped that clean tech would produce another one, including the prolific investor John Doerr....
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...Mr Gates’s new venture capital fund, which is backed by other leading figures from technology-related businesses, including Jack Ma of Alibaba and John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, is intended...
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...He had a great big hearty laugh and enjoyed beers and board meetings at the Old Pro [a nearby bar],” says John Doerr, the investor who steered Google’s founders towards Campbell....
...Forwarded Doerr heads towards door Venture capitalist John Doerr, 64, will step away from some management duties at his firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, to become its first chair....
...For example, John Doerr, one of the most famous venture capitalists, had a hit rate as low as 25 per cent – that is 75 per cent of his investments lost money, while 25 per cent made it really big....
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