Kleiner Perkins halo shines in the eyes of corporates.

This year, has not been the best for storied venture capital frm Kleiner Perkins Caufeld & Byers, which has faced a contested sex discrimination suit from one of its partners, Ellen Pao.

Simultaneously three of its highest-profle recent investments that have come to the public markets – late-stage investments in US-based social network Facebook and US-based daily deals company Groupon as well as a late-stage follow-on in gaming company Zynga – have not fared as well as hoped.

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