Mamoon Hamid is a Partner at Kleiner Perkins. He has been an early investor in and served on the boards of some of the most innovative software companies of recent times including Slack, Figma, Rippling, Glean and Box. Prior to joining Kleiner Perkins, Mamoon was a Co-founder and General Partner at Social Capital. He started his venture career in 2005 at U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) where he eventually became Partner. Mamoon came to Silicon Valley in 1997 to join Xilinx, a Kleiner Perkins company, where he spent six years, initially as an engineer and later in product and marketing roles.
We covered:
- Comparing innovation cycles
- AI’s $60 trillion opportunity
- The future of robotics
- Reigniting a storied firm
- Investing in Box, Slack, and Figma
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Intro
(0:29) The dot-com bubble
(7:12) Web 2.0 and cloud
(16:03) Early days of mobile
(17:51) AI’s $60 trillion opportunity
(21:48) Where to invest in AI
(28:39) The future of robotics
(32:35) Reigniting a storied firm
(41:36) Growing vs recruiting talent
(46:42) Win rate aspirations
(49:16) Investing in Box, Slack, and Figma
(54:36) Assessing founders
(57:14) Kleiner Perkins’ strategy
(1:00:52) Family and faith
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More on Kleiner Perkins and Mamoon:
https://www.kleinerperkins.com/
https://x.com/mamoonha
More on Alt Capital and Jack:
https://www.altcap.com/
https://x.com/jaltma
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