Khosla Ventures

Vinod Khosla's venture firm exemplifies r-selection investing—placing many high-risk bets on transformative technologies with the expectation that most will fail but survivors will reshape industries. The firm's willingness to fund 'impossible' ventures in clean energy, synthetic biology, and AI creates a portfolio strategy more like spawning salmon than careful cultivation. Where traditional VCs seek predictable returns, Khosla embraces variance as a feature.