GV, previously Google Ventures - a venture fund , the investment division of Alphabet Inc. - a company providing start-up financing to technology companies. The company operates independently of Google and manages investment decisions. GV invests in start-ups in various areas, ranging from the Internet , software, and to equipment for healthcare , artificial intelligence , transportation , information security, and agriculture [1] .
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The group was created on March 31, 2009, with a registered capital of $ 100 million [2] . In 2012, this figure rose to $ 300 million per year, and $ 2 billion under the management of the fund [3] . In 2014, the group announced plans to invest in promising European startups $ 125 million [4] [5] .
GV has offices in Mountain View , San Francisco , New York , Cambridge and London .
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History
GV was founded as Google Ventures in 2009 [6] . In December 2015, the company was renamed GV and introduced a new logo. [7]
Service Model
GV was one of the first venture capital firms to use the venture capital services model. It provides a portfolio of companies with access to operational assistance after making financial investments. [8] GV experts are constantly working on design, product management , marketing , engineering and recruiting of the companies they invest in. [9]
GV has an intensive five-day design process called Design Sprint that helps start-ups solve problems quickly. [10] [11]
Notes
- ↑ GV . gv.com The appeal date is January 22, 2019.
- ↑Schonfeld, Erick (2009-04-04).
- ↑ Exclusive: Google Ventures beefs up fund size to $ 300 million a year . Reuters.
- ↑ Oscar Williams-Grut. Bill Maris interview: Google Ventures into Europe . The Independent (28 October 2014).
- ↑ Google Ventures invests in Europe .
- ↑ Press . GV . The appeal date is December 9, 2015.
- ↑ Google Ventures Launches Rebranding Initiative , PYMNTS.com (December 7, 2015). The appeal date is December 9, 2015.
- ↑ Will google disrupt venture capital? Fortune.
- ↑ Manjoo, Farhad Google's Creative Destruction . Fast Company.
- ↑ How Google Ventures does rapid prototyping 'design sprints' with its 170 startups Unsolved . VentureBeat.
- ↑ Inside A Google Ventures Design Sprint . TechCrunch.
Links
- gv.com - the official site of GV
- Google businesses based on CrunchBase