The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Bond: $3.3B raised. 1 source back the record.
Funding
$3.3B
Employees
30
Overview
Global technology investment firm founded by Mary Meeker after spinning out from Kleiner Perkins in 2018. BOND (formerly Kleiner Perkins Digital Growth Fund) focuses on growth-stage investments in high-growth technology companies across the full lifecycle. Notable portfolio companies with physical-AI relevance include Saildrone (autonomous maritime drones), Applied Intuition (autonomous vehicle simulation), and UiPath (robotic process automation). The firm is also known for its annual Internet Trends and AI Trends reports.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundOther post-money
Key facts
Founder
Fund I
Fund II
Portfolio
Prior firm
Notable investments
Known for
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Partnerships
Every company Bond has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Jeff Bezos1× joint
- 2Lux Capital1× joint2 total
- 3OpenAI Robotics1× joint2 total
- 4Physical Intelligence1× joint3 total
- 5Redpoint Ventures1× joint1 total
- 6Southern Methodist University1× joint2 total
Most recent
- Physical Intelligence Funding (2024)2024-11-04with Physical Intelligenceoperating
Relationships
Current leadership (4)
- Mary Meeker General Partner & Founderreported, not verified
- Noah Knauf General Partnerreported, not verified
- Mood Rowghani General Partnerreported, not verified
- Jay Simons General Partnerreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Mary Meekercofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Bond.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Bond in third-party press
Peers
144 peers across 1 segment. Every Bond competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
service(144)
113 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 831.3520919269878) · leader Bond at 1957%
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- A&K Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aescapedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Allen Control Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Amazondirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Amity Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $3.3B
- Employees
- 30
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
2 total · 1 operating · 1 just announced
Every company Bond has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Physical Intelligence Funding (2024)2024-11-04with Physical Intelligenceoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Jeff Bezos1× joint
- 2Lux Capital1× joint2 total
- 3OpenAI Robotics1× joint2 total
- 4Physical Intelligence1× joint3 total
- 5Redpoint Ventures1× joint1 total
- 6Southern Methodist University1× joint2 total
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- technology—just announced
- Physical Intelligence Funding (2024)withPhysical Intelligence3,Jeff Bezos,Lux Capital2,Redpoint Ventures1,Thrive Capital1,OpenAI Robotics2investment2024-11-04operating
Funding rounds (2)
Bond’s 2 disclosed rounds, $3.3B in total, oldest to newest.
- Other2019-07-01
$2.0B(reported) · $10.0B post
Investors: Mary Meeker
- Other2018-10-01
$1.3B(reported) · $6.3B post
Investors: Mary Meeker, Kleiner Perkins LPs
Timeline
Every recorded move in Bond’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipPhysical Intelligence Funding (2024)
2024-11-04Physical Intelligence raised $400 million (announced Nov 4, 2024) at about a $2.4B post-money valuation to build a general-purpose AI brain for robots; led by Jeff Bezos, Thrive Capital, and Lux Capital, with participation from OpenAI, Redpoint Ventures, and Bond.
Funding roundOther funding round
2019-07-01Other raising $2000000000
Funding roundOther funding round
2018-10-01Other raising $1250000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 25, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Bond.In the press
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Heat Index
Category contender79/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Bond against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Meaningful press and media coverage across the period.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 2, 2026