A Conversation With Keith Rabois - Venture In The Capital 2025

This is A 1-1 With Keith Rabois and was recorded as part of Georgetown University’s 2025 Venture In The Capital Conference. It was moderated by Drew Peterson (MSB’25). Panelists: Keith Rabois Managing Director Khosla Ventures & CEO, Openstore Keith is a Managing Director at Khosla Ventures. Keith invests across sectors and stages and brings his unparalleled experience as a world-class founder, operator, and investor to the portfolio. Based out of Miami, Florida, he also co-founded and serves as CEO of OpenStore, an e-commerce company backed by Khosla Ventures. Keith has helped build some of the largest, globally-recognized technology companies in his more than 20-year career. At Khosla Ventures, he led the first institutional investments in DoorDash, Affirm, and Faire, invested early in Stripe, and co-founded Opendoor. While a General Partner at Founders Fund, he led investments in Ramp, Trade Republic, and Aven, and before that made early personal investments in YouTube, Airbnb, Palantir, Lyft, Udemy, and Eventbrite. Keith is consistently recognized on the Forbes Midas list, ranking as high as #4 in the U.S. and #8 globally. He has served on multiple boards, including Reddit’s from 2012 to 2019, and on Yelp and Xoom’s boards, guiding them from their early stages through IPOs. Keith currently serves on the boards of Affirm, Ramp, and Faire. He started his technology career with leadership roles at PayPal, as their EVP of Business Development, Public Affairs & Policy, before joining LinkedIn as VP of Business & Corporate Development, and finally, Block (formerly known as Square), as Chief Operating Officer. Keith served as a litigator at Sullivan and Cromwell, a prominent law firm, following his clerkship for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Stanford University and earned a juris doctor degree with honors from Harvard University.