Clean tech, health tech and “bleeding edge” computing have been the investment themes of Vinod Khosla’s venture capital firm since he set it up in Silicon Valley in 2004. After his own success in building the computer hardware and chip group Sun Microsystems in the 1980s, followed by 18 years at VC firm Kleiner Perkins, he became one of the earliest backers of the first wave of US solar start-ups — suffering losses when China disrupted the economics of the market.
自從維諾德?科斯拉(Vinod Khosla) 2004年在硅谷成立風險投資公司以來,清潔技術、健康技術和“前沿”計算一直是該公司的投資主題。上世紀80年代,他成功創立了計算機硬件和芯片集團太陽微系統(Sun Microsystems),隨后又在風投公司凱鵬華盈(Kleiner Perkins)工作了18年。在那之后,他成為了第一波美國太陽能初創企業的最早支持者之一——當中國顛覆了這個市場的經濟時,這些企業遭受了損失。