Comments on: EEStor Interview: Kleiner Perkins Owns 20% or So

By: Vinod Khosla: “Somewhat Skeptical” of EEStor

Vinod Khosla: “Somewhat Skeptical” of EEStor — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:05:31 +0000

[...] the green-leaning venture capitalists at Kleiner Perkins look like they own about 20 percent of buzzy energy storage firm EEStor, Vinod Khosla — an affiliated partner at Kleiner and head of [...]

By: EEStor CEO: ZENN Will Get Ultracapacitors by End of Year : Gas 2.0

EEStor CEO: ZENN Will Get Ultracapacitors by End of Year : Gas 2.0 — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:59:47 +0000

[...] Perkins, the venture capital firm who originally invested in EEStor but then started backing away from their relationship almost immediately, apparently owns 20 some percent of the [...]

By: Katie Fehrenbacher

Katie Fehrenbacher — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:27:40 +0000

@Mike, thanks. I think even though they have a link to an article that mentions EEStor in it, it's still weird they dont have it mentioned in their portfolio.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:02:59 +0000

This document on Kleiner Perkins website acknowledges the investment!

http://www.kpcb.com/files/Fortune_article.pdf

By: Stefan

Stefan — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:52:18 +0000

Avoiding VC money apparently is the best way to maximize the reword. VCs are spoiled and not flexible to make custom adjustments to ensure high motivation for individuals taking risk in high tech start ups. I'm glad that these guys are not f..ed by VC and will have what they deserved.