GV (company)

GV Management Company, L.L.C.
FormerlyGoogle Ventures (2010–2015)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVenture capital
FoundedMarch 31, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-03-31) (as Google Ventures)[1]
FounderBill Maris (founding CEO)[2][3]
Headquarters
Key people
David Krane (CEO)
ProductsInvestments
Total assets$8 billion
Parent
Websitewww.gv.com

GV Management Company, L.L.C.[4] is a venture capital investment arm of Alphabet Inc., founded by Bill Maris,[5] that provides seed, venture, and growth stage funding to technology companies. Founded as Google Ventures in 2010, the firm has operated independently of Google, Alphabet's search and advertising division, since 2015.[6] GV invests in startup companies in a variety of fields ranging from the Internet, software, and hardware to life science, healthcare, artificial intelligence, transportation, cyber security and agriculture.[7] It has helped finance more than 300 companies that include Uber, Nest, Slack, and Flatiron Health.[8]

  1. ^ Schonfeld, Erick (2009-04-04). "The Google Ventures Cheat Sheet". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
  2. ^ Team
  3. ^ "Team | Google Ventures". March 26, 2014. Archived from the original on March 26, 2014.
  4. ^ "Delaware Corporate Entity Search". Archived from the original on September 21, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2022. (file no. 4726690)
  5. ^ Bill Maris, CEO Profile
  6. ^ "Press". GV. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  7. ^ "GV". gv.com. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  8. ^ Traitler, Helmut; Coleman, Birgit; Burbidge, Adam (2016). Food Industry R&D: A New Approach. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. p. 188. ISBN 978-1-119-08939-1.