Investing Profile

Ilya Fushman

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Partner at Kleiner Perkins
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Current Investing Position
Kleiner Perkins Partner
Investment Range
$2.0M - $50.0M
Sweet Spot
$25.0M
Investments On Record
71
Current Fund Size
750M

Ilya Fushman is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Ilya Fushman's Investments On Record (36)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Chai Discovery
Series CJul 2026$400M
$630M
Co-investors: Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Patrick Grady (Sequoia Capital), Elena Viboch (General Catalyst), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Greg Yap (Menlo Ventures), Annie Lamont (Oak HC/FT), Zavain Dar (Dimension Capital), Lachy Groom (Physical Intelligence), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital)
Engram
SeedJun 2026$98M
$98M
Co-investors: Shaun Maguire (Sequoia Capital), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Sarah Catanzaro (Amplify Partners), Pieter Abbeel (AIX Ventures), Leigh Marie Braswell (Kleiner Perkins), Ali Partovi (Airbnb, Convoy, Facebook, Uber, Zappos, etc), Assaf Rappaport, Jennifer Campbell, Ofir Ehrlich
Stord
Series FMay 2026$250M
Series EMay 2025$80M
Series DSep 2021$90M
Series BDec 2020$35M
Series AApr 2019$12M
$660M
Co-investors: Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Chad Byers (Susa Ventures), Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Hammad Aslam (Susa Ventures), Christopher Klaus (Cyberlaunch), Nick Bunick (NewView Capital), Karen Page (Binhai Venture Capital (Tianjin Binhai VC Investment Management Co., Ltd.)), Michael Rubin (Northpond Ventures), Max Mullen (Instacart), Thiago Olson (EVE Atlas), Thomas Noonan, Michael G. Rubin, Will Gaybrick
Mind Robotics
Series UnknownMay 2026$400M
$900M
Co-investors: Sarah Wang (Andreessen Horowitz), Sameer Gandhi (Accel Partners)
Manifest OS
Series AApr 2026$60M
$60M
Co-investors: Shawn Carolan (Menlo Ventures)
Saronic
Series DMar 2026$1.8B
$2.6B
Co-investors: Alex Moore (8VC), Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Paul Kwan (General Catalyst), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Janelle Teng (Bessemer Venture Partners), Byron Deeter (Bessemer Venture Partners), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Dorin Baniel (NightDragon), Philip Carson (Cubit Capital), Thomas Tull
Harvey
Series GMar 2026$200M
Series FOct 2025$160M
Series EOct 2025$59M
Series EJun 2025$300M
$1.2B
Co-investors: Sangeen Zeb (GV (Google Ventures)), Patrick Grady (Sequoia Capital), Anas Biad (Sequoia Capital), Ian Hathaway (Open AI Startup Fund), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Brian Halligan (Propeller VC), Saurabh Gupta (DST Global), Kris Fredrickson (Verified Capital)
Profound
Series CFeb 2026$96M
Series BAug 2025$35M
Series AJun 2025$20M
$160M
Co-investors: Anas Biad (Sequoia Capital), Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Faraz Fatemi (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Max Altman (Saga), Thomson Nguyen (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University), Ben Braverman (Saga), Scott Belsky (capitalB), Balaji Srinivasan, Karim Atiyeh, Guillermo Rauch

Ilya Fushman's Experience

Board Director Motive2025 - Present
Board Observer Harmonic2025 - Present
Board Observer NewLimit2025 - Present
Board Director Profound2025 - Present
Member Board of Directors Harvey2023 - Present
Board Director Autograph2022 - Present
Board Director Welcome2020 - Present
Board Director Inkitt | We are hiring!2019 - Present
Board Director Cameo2019 - Present
Board Observer Rippling2019 - Present
Board Director Infinitus Systems, Inc.2019 - Present
Board Director STORD2019 - Present
Board Director Plastiq2018 - Present
Board Director productboard2018 - Present
Partner Kleiner Perkins2018 - Present
Co-Founder Still Water DesignPresent
Co-Founder Calling BrandsPresent
Board Director LOOMPresent
Board Observer Mind RoboticsPresent
Co-Founder Xtripe AngelsPresent
Board Observer Saronic TechnologiesPresent
Co-Founder University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Principal University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Member, Board of Directors University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
B.S. Physics CaltechPresent
D. S. Kothari Prize in Physics CaltechPresent
NDSEG Fellow United States Department of DefensePresent
Co-Founder NewCoPresent
Director of Device Design and Data Management Array PhotonicsPresent
Principal NewCoPresent
Member, Board of Directors NewCoPresent
Member, Board of Directors YelpPresent
Advisor yahooPresent
Investor Building a Data Access and Analytics Strategy in the Open Banking EraPresent
Board Director AutoGraphPresent
Partner Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersPresent
Board Director StordPresent
Board Director InkittPresent
Board Director Loom2019 - 2023
Investor Nova Credit2016 - 2018
Board Director Culture Amp2016 - 2018
Board Observer Intercom2015 - 2018
Board Director Scratch2015 - 2018
Board Director Optimizely2015 - 2018
Board Director KeepTruckin2015 - 2018
Board Observer Slack2015 - 2018
General Partner Index Ventures2015 - 2018
Head of Product, Dropbox and Dropbox for Business Dropbox2013 - 2015
Head of Corporate and Business Development Dropbox2011 - 2013
Advisor Snip.it2011 - 2013
Member, Board of Directors Storify.com2011 - 2011
Member, Board of Directors SeatMe, Inc.2011 - 2011
Member, Board of Directors Ultora2011 - 2011
Principal Khosla Ventures2010 - 2011
Director of Device Design and Data Management Solar Junction2008 - 2010
PhD Applied Physics Stanford University2003 - 2008
M.S. Electrical Engineering Stanford University2007 - 2008
Co-Founder Cvitae.org2005 - 2008
NDSEG Fellow US Department of Defense2004 - 2007
D. S. Kothari Prize in Physics California Institute of Technology2002 - 2003
B.S. Physics California Institute of Technology1999 - 2003

Ilya Fushman's Education

Stanford University PhD MS, Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering
Caltech B.S. Physics
Stanford University PhD,MS Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering
Stanford University PhD,MS
Caltech B.S.
Stuyvesant H.S.