Responsibilities include knowledge mapping and opportunity sourcing across the entire landscape of Green technologies. Building relationships with scientists and entrepreneurs throughout the US and Europe, David has helped bring many ventures through the KP investment process including due diligence, investment structuring, goal setting, and team building.

Beginning with a collaboration with KP partner Bill Joy in 2004, David has built a detailed and diverse base of Greentech knowledge across multiple energy technologies and scientific disciplines, together with a matching knowledge base of resources, markets and incumbents. Every aspect of energy, planetary resources, and emissions has been studied in detail and mapped to target recognition of disruptive order-of-magnitude and tipping-point innovations.

David's background includes ten years of technical experience in marine and shipboard engineering, and eight years building and selling a nation-wide business in Japan.

About Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

KPCB is an experienced VC team. Each of the firm's partners has hands-on experience in operating and managing companies. They've learned these lessons from over 30 years of assisting new ventures and serving in top management positions at revolutionary technology companies. They know that success is rarely a straight line, so their approach is honest and committed. And, KPCB's energy, connections, and perseverance help make things happen for our entrepreneurs and executives.

Entrepreneurs gain access to KPCB's matched portfolio of companies and associations with global business leaders. These relationships are the foundation for strategic alliances, partnership opportunities and the sharing of insights to help build new ventures faster, broader and with less risk.

Think of it as relationship and venture capital.