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Katie Mishra

Katie Mishra

Partner at Khosla Ventures. AI, Stanford, VC-backed founder

San Francisco, California
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Joined February 2025
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Summary

Katie Mishra is an emerging leader in venture capital, currently a Partner at Khosla Ventures. She actively seeks and supports early-stage ventures that leverage AI to transform enterprise, infrastructure, and consumer experiences. khoslaventures+1
Mishra is a proven entrepreneur and founder, having co-founded Kangaroo, an AI gaming startup, directly out of Stanford. She successfully raised $3.3M in funding and led a team to develop interactive storytelling games, demonstrating her ability to innovate and execute in the startup ecosystem. linkedin+3
With a background as a Software Engineer at Meta and a Senior Product Manager at Astrocade, Katie possesses strong technical and product development skills, particularly in AI and gaming. Her experience spans both large tech companies and agile startups. khoslaventures+1
Her academic foundation in Computer Science with an AI track from Stanford University underpins her expertise in artificial intelligence and technology innovation. She also demonstrated early aptitude for writing, publishing three books by the age of 16, and founded a non-profit, Code Circle, to teach coding to middle schoolers. khoslaventures+3

Work

Education

Projects

Writing

Are You an Essentialist? Why this is Important for Entrepreneurs

September 26, 2023

An article discussing the importance of essentialism for entrepreneurs, published on LaunchX.

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Longevity in Your 20s

January 1, 2022

A Substack article discussing 'biohacking' and personal longevity strategies.

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The Storytelling Metaverse

January 1, 2020

A LinkedIn Pulse article discussing the lack of meaningful engagement with fictional characters and the potential of the storytelling metaverse.

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Gukky Tales: The Quest for the Golden Quarter

February 1, 2013

Authored a book, mentioned in a Palo Alto Online article.

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User Flows for Dummies

An article on how to create complex but not complicated products, published on her Substack.

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Published Three Books by Age 16

A detail mentioned on her LinkedIn profile, indicating early writing accomplishments.

Hobbies

Enjoys playing poker, having learned at a young age. linkedin+1

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JSJapneet Singhsaid they consider
KMKatie Mishra
to reflect the best qualities of Stanford, MIT, or Harvard alumni.

Mar 25, 2026

EDElizabeth Dormansaid
KMKatie Mishra
is known for offering particularly valuable support to early-stage founders as a VC since graduating from Stanford.

Mar 15, 2026

EKEvgeniya Kubryaksaid they've seen
KMKatie Mishra
make a big impact as a product manager at a seed or Series A company.

Oct 15, 2025