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FORTUNE.COM // MAY.1.19
KLEINER
PERKINS
A FALLEN
EMPIRE
Once the very embodiment of Silicon Valley venture
capital, the storied firm has suffered a two-decade
losing streak. It missed the era’s hottest companies,
took a disastrous detour into renewable energy, and
failed to groom its next-generation leadership. Can it
ever regain the old Kleiner magic? By Polina Marinova
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