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Generation Investment Management and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Create International Alliance to
Accelerate Global Climate Solutions
Al Gore Joins KPCB as Partner and John Doerr Joins Generation’s Advisory Board
MENLO PARK, California, and LONDON, United Kingdom 12 November, 2007
–– Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (“KPCB”) and Generation
Investment Management (“Generation”) today announced a global
collaboration to find, fund and accelerate green business, technology
and policy solutions with the greatest potential to help solve the
current climate crisis. The partnership will provide funding and global
business-building expertise to a range of businesses, both public and
private, and to entrepreneurs. As a result of the collaboration, the
chairman and co-founder of Generation, former Vice President of the
United States Al Gore, will join KPCB as a Partner. KPCB will co-locate their European operations at Generation’s offices in London. John Doerr, Partner at KPCB, will join Generation’s Advisory Board.
Mr. Gore said, “This alliance brings together world-class business
talent to focus on solving the climate crisis. Together, we have a
working understanding of this urgent, multi-dimensional challenge and
are resolved to help business and government leaders accelerate the
development of sustainable solutions.”
The KPCB and Generation alliance represents a landmark alignment of
resources to effect global change to protect the environment. It
combines the research expertise of both organizations with a track
record of successful investments in public and private companies, from
early stage to large capitalization business. It aligns the convening
power of Mr. Gore, the KPCB Greentech Innovation Network and the
Generation Advisory Board towards a common goal. In addition, KPCB’s
presence in Asia and the U.S., combined with Generation’s presence in
the U.S., Europe and Australia, will support global scale solutions.
"KPCB celebrates 35 years of fueling innovation this year,” said Mr.
Doerr. “But today marks a turning point for climate entrepreneurs
around the world. Generation and our new Partner Al Gore will help
innovators and entrepreneurs accelerate their business, technology and
policy solutions for the most critical problem of our time."
KPCB will continue to invest in startup venture capital; Generation
will continue to invest in global public equities. The two teams will
collaborate on opportunities spanning sectors such as renewable energy
technologies, building efficiency, cleaner fossil energy, sustainable
agriculture and carbon markets.
Generation co-founder and Managing Partner David Blood said, “There
is a significant gap between the capital needed and the capital
currently deployed to create enduring solutions to the climate crisis.
To address this financing gap will require the efforts of many players,
including entrepreneurial ventures, multinational businesses,
governments, multilaterals and investors. The collaboration between
Generation and KPCB brings together unique capabilities and networks to
identify opportunities across this spectrum. We are thrilled to work
with such an excellent partner. Investing in scalable solutions now is
critical for the future of the planet.”
Mr. Gore also announced that as part of the agreement between the
two firms, 100 percent of his salary as a Partner at KPCB will be
donated directly to the Alliance for Climate Protection—the
non-partisan foundation he chairs that focuses on accelerating policy
solutions to the climate crisis.
Notes to Editors:
About Generation Investment Management
Generation Investment Management LLP
is dedicated to long-term investing, integrated sustainability
research, and client alignment. It is an independent, private,
owner-managed partnership established in 2004 and with offices in
London and Washington, D.C. Generation aims to buy high quality
companies at attractive prices that will deliver superior long-term
investment returns. Sustainability research plays an important role in
forming its views on the quality of the business, the quality of
management and valuation. Its performance fees align its interests with
that of its clients by being based on long term performance. The
company is chaired by former Vice President of the United States and
Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Al Gore, whilst its Managing Partner is David
Blood, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Generation
Investment Management LLP is authorized and regulated in the United
Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority.
About KPCB
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
is leading the venture community to invest in and accelerate Green
technology solutions and policy innovations. The firm has been active
in Greentech initiatives since 1999. KPCB has committed more than $200
million to ventures across the globe that offer green technology
products and services, such as better biofuels, renewable energy
generation, cleaner transportation, improved energy storage, and higher
energy efficiency technologies. More than half the firm’s investing
professionals are involved in Greentech investments. These include John
Denniston, John Doerr, Juliet Flint, Wen Hsieh, Bill Joy, Randy
Komisar, Joe Lacob, Ray Lane, Aileen Lee, Ajit Nazre, Ellen Pao, Ted
Schlein, Trae Vassallo and David Wells in the U.S., and Tina Ju,
Forrest Zhong and Joe Zhou in China. www.kpcb.com/greentech Since its
founding in 1972, KPCB has backed entrepreneurs in over 475 ventures,
including AOL, Align Technology, Amazon.com, Citrix, Compaq Computer,
Electronic Arts, Genentech, Genomic Health, Google, IDEC
Pharmaceuticals, Intuit, Juniper Networks, Netscape, Lotus, LSI Logic,
Sun Microsystems, Symantec, Verisign and Xilinx. More than 150 of the
firm's portfolio companies have gone public. Many other ventures have
achieved success through mergers and acquisitions. The firm has offices
in Menlo Park, California, Beijing, China and Shanghai, China.
