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Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
Mountain View, United States
Countries of investment
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Europe
  • United Arab Emirates
Investment stages
  • Seed
  • Series A
  • Series B
  • Series C
  • Growth
Industries
  • Life Sciences
About
GV (Google Ventures) is the venture capital arm of Alphabet, investing across all stages and sectors with a focus on life sciences, enterprise, consumer, and frontier technology, combining capital with deep technical expertise.
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$500K
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$20M
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Investment Thesis

GV (Google Ventures), now managing over $8 billion as the venture arm of Alphabet, invests across seed to growth stages in sectors spanning technology, healthcare, AI, consumer, biotech, fintech, and more. It combines long-term capital with deep technical and operational support, offering resources spanning design, engineering, diversity, and strategy, while leveraging direct access to Alphabet’s ecosystem. The firm’s thesis revolves around empowering visionary founders through capital, mentorship, and strategic infrastructure to build transformative, scalable companies.
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Manager's Experience

GV, launched in 2009 as Google Ventures, has grown into a $10 billion-plus fund with more than 400 active portfolio companies, and its managers offer founders strong operational guidance through dedicated partners in talent, design, communications, and marketing, all reinforced by connections to Google’s broader technology ecosystem.

Team

Anika Gupta – Principal

Anthony Philippakis – General Partner

Ben Robbins – General Partner

Brendan Bulik-Sullivan – General Partner

Cathy Friedman – Executive Venture Partner

Portfolio

Stripe

GitLab

Vercel

Synthesia

StockX

Impossible Foods

Andela

ClassPass

Editas Medicine

and Beam Therapeutics

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