# Noah Knauf

> Noah Knauf is a General Partner and co-founder at BOND Capital, the San Francisco-based growth-stage venture firm he helped launch in 2019 alongside Mary Meeker, Mood Rowghani, and Juliet de Baubigny after spinning out of Kleiner Perkins. With more than two decades in finance and private equity, he brings a rare combination of Bain consulting rigor, nine years deploying $1.8 billion at Warburg Pincus, and front-row experience at one of Silicon Valley's most storied VC firms. At BOND, he leads investments in high-growth technology companies with a particular focus on healthcare, fintech, gaming, and frontier technology, serving on the boards of AKASA, Saildrone, Sidecar Health, and Sunday.

- **Role:** General Partner at BOND Capital
- **Organizations:** BOND Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Warburg Pincus, Parthenon Capital, Bain & Company
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** MBA (Arjay Miller Scholar), Stanford University Graduate School of Business, B.S.B.A. in Management Information Systems and Operations Management, University of Arizona
- **Known for:** Co-founded BOND Capital with Mary Meeker, Mood Rowghani, and Juliet de Baubigny, BOND Capital Fund I raised $1.25 billion in less than four months, BOND Capital Fund III raised $2.5 billion (April 2022)

## Career timeline

- **2001-2003** — Consultant at Bain & Company
- **2003-2005** — Associate at Parthenon Capital Partners
- **2005-2016** — Managing Director at Warburg Pincus, deploying $1.8B across 18 companies in medical technology, specialty pharma, and healthcare services
- **2016-2018** — General Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, joining Mary Meeker's digital growth practice
- **2018-present** — Co-founder and General Partner at BOND Capital, launched January 2019 after spinning out of Kleiner Perkins

## Achievements

- Co-founded BOND Capital with Mary Meeker, Mood Rowghani, and Juliet de Baubigny
- BOND Capital Fund I raised $1.25 billion in less than four months
- BOND Capital Fund III raised $2.5 billion (April 2022)
- Deployed $1.8 billion of equity capital across 18 companies at Warburg Pincus
- Led exits including Constitution Medical (acquired by Roche), Lutonix (acquired by Bard), JHP Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Par)
- Co-led formation of Helix, a partnership with Illumina for digital consumer genomics
- Named Arjay Miller Scholar at Stanford GSB (awarded to top 10% of graduating class)
- Board member at AKASA, Saildrone, Sidecar Health, Sunday, Beam Dental, Nurx, N3twork

## Latest updates

- **2022-04** — BOND Capital announced a $2.5 billion third fund, with Noah Knauf continuing as General Partner
- **2023-01** — Noah Knauf joined X (formerly Twitter), identifying himself as a crypto investor since 2016 and research partner at BOND

## Links

- Website: https://www.bondcap.com/partners/noah-knauf/
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-knauf-33020
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/noahknauf

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Last updated: 2026-05-17