# Joubin Mirzadegan

> Joubin Mirzadegan is a Partner at Kleiner Perkins and CEO/co-founder of Roadrunner, the firm's first incubation since Glean. A former sandwich artisan turned elite sales operator, he scaled Palo Alto Networks' cloud business from $2M to $50M ARR in four quarters, then joined KP in 2019 to help technical founders build go-to-market machines. Along the way he launched Grit, a top-1%-worldwide podcast where he interviews the builders behind breakout companies - guests have included John Doerr, Evan Spiegel, Michelle Zatlyn, and Bret Taylor. Now he's betting his own chips on Roadrunner, an AI-native CPQ platform rebuilding enterprise quoting from the ground up.

- **Role:** Partner at Kleiner Perkins; CEO & Co-founder at Roadrunner
- **Organizations:** Kleiner Perkins, Roadrunner, Palo Alto Networks, Evident.io, Bracket Computing
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Arts, International Relations and Cultural Anthropology, UC Davis
- **Known for:** Partner at Kleiner Perkins, one of Silicon Valley's most storied venture firms, Created and hosts Grit, a top 1% podcast worldwide on company building and go-to-market, Scaled Palo Alto Networks Central Cloud business from $2M ARR to $50M+ ARR in under four quarters

## Career timeline

- **~2008** — First job as sandwich artisan at Subway
- **~2012-2014** — Manager of Account Development at Bracket Computing (acquired by VMware)
- **~2014-2017** — Manager of Commercial Sales at Evident.io (acquired by Palo Alto Networks)
- **~2017-2019** — Majors/Global District Sales Manager at Palo Alto Networks, Central US; scaled cloud business from $2M to $50M+ ARR in 4 quarters
- **2019** — Joined Kleiner Perkins as Go-to-Market Operating Partner
- **2020** — Launched Grit podcast at Kleiner Perkins
- **2022** — Episode 100 of Grit featured John Doerr
- **2024** — KP raised $2B+ fund; Joubin active in portfolio operations
- **2025** — Co-founded Roadrunner, KP's first incubation since Glean, as CEO alongside Ajay Natarajan and Eugene Shao

## Achievements

- Partner at Kleiner Perkins, one of Silicon Valley's most storied venture firms
- Created and hosts Grit, a top 1% podcast worldwide on company building and go-to-market
- Scaled Palo Alto Networks Central Cloud business from $2M ARR to $50M+ ARR in under four quarters
- Co-founded Roadrunner, Kleiner Perkins' first company incubation since Glean
- Led portfolio operating team at KP, advising dozens of breakout companies
- Built sales teams at two companies that were subsequently acquired (Bracket Computing by VMware; Evident.io by Palo Alto Networks)

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Officially announced Roadrunner, KP's first incubation since Glean, with co-founders Ajay Natarajan and Eugene Shao. Joubin became CEO.
- **2025-12** — Featured as guest on special 'Reverse Grit' episode discussing Roadrunner's AI-native CPQ vision
- **2025-12** — Interviewed Evan Spiegel of Snap on Grit, discussing AR glasses, AI, and Snap's independent journey
- **2026-02** — Grit featured Cresta CEO Ping Wu and Malwarebytes CEO Marcin Kleczynski in new episodes
- **2024-06** — Kleiner Perkins raised a $2B+ fund, with Joubin active in portfolio operations and go-to-market advising

## Links

- Website: https://roadrunner.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joubin-mirzadegan-66186854
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Joubinmir
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thrHEE-t_E0

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Last updated: 2026-05-09