Muzzammil Zaveri has departed venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) to join Gradient Ventures, the artificial intelligence investment arm of internet technology provider Google, Axios has reported.
Zaveri has taken a partner role at Gradient, according to the latter’s website. He came to KPCB in 2015 and worked as an investor focusing on consumer and enterprise deals.
During his time at KPCB, Zaveri led investments in BuddyBuild, the app testing platform acquired by Apple in January this year, web analytics technology provider FullStory and customer interaction platform UJet among others.
Zaveri had previously been an investor at China-headquartered internet group Tencent’s Silicon Valley investment hub, working on investments in companies such as Vurb, the contextualised search app developer bought by social media company Snap for $110m in 2016.
Gradient Ventures was launched by Google in July 2017 to invest in early-stage developers of technologies such as augmented and virtual reality, deep learning and machine learning.
The fund operates independently from its parent and has built a six-strong portfolio, most recently participating in a $14m series A round for AllyO, the creator of an AI-infused recruitment platform.
– Photo of Muzzammil Zaveri courtesy of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.