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GV, formerly Google Ventures

Founded 2009 · Mountain View, San Francisco, New York, London · Seed through growth

Alphabet is the sole limited partner, but GV operates independently and invests for financial return rather than strategic alignment with Google. Deep technical bench including dedicated life sciences partners. Originated the Design Sprint methodology.

Criteria: Enterprise software and developer tools, AI applications, life sciences and therapeutics, consumer, and frontier technology. Partner-led by sector, with warm introductions preferred.

What this means for your pitchCorrect one assumption before the meeting: GV backing does not imply Google distribution, integration or preferential treatment. If your pitch leans on that, remove it.

Assets under management reported between $7 billion and $13 billion; we state no figure.

Firm site. Checked 16 August 2026

What they are funding lately

From GV, formerly Google Ventures's own site and announcements · checked 26 August 2026 · selective, not comprehensive · verify on the firm's pages

June 2026

GV announced it led a seed round in Nebex, which is building a centralized exchange connecting buyers, suppliers, and capital markets for cross-border commercial space transactions. GV describes the company as an economic operating system for space.

Source: the firm's own page →

July 2026

GV's KJ Sidberry and David Benjamin published a thesis post arguing that multimodal AI will move computing from the uniform smartphone model to personalized intelligence embedded in everyday objects such as glasses, toys, and furniture, an area where the firm is looking at new AI-enabled hardware and interfaces.

Source: the firm's own page →

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