Keith Rabois
VCManaging Director, Khosla Ventures
PayPal Mafia operator turned top-tier seed investor
Background
Keith Rabois is a Managing Director at Khosla Ventures, which he rejoined in January 2024 after five years as a General Partner at Founders Fund. He is a veteran of the PayPal Mafia, having served as EVP at PayPal, VP at LinkedIn, and COO at Square (now Block). He co-founded Opendoor in 2014, the online real estate marketplace, and took it public via SPAC in 2020. As an investor, Rabois led first institutional rounds in DoorDash, Affirm, and Faire at Khosla Ventures in his prior stint, and led investments in Ramp and Trade Republic at Founders Fund. He has consistently appeared on the Forbes Midas List and is known for his contrarian, thesis-driven approach to backing transformative companies. He also made early personal investments in YouTube, Airbnb, Palantir, Lyft, Eventbrite, and Stripe.
Investment Thesis
Contrarian, thesis-driven investing in transformative companies that redesign broken markets; backs founders who combine strong operational instincts with outsized ambition across fintech, consumer, and enterprise.
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Based in: San Francisco, California (North America)