GV (company)

GV Management Company, L.L.C.
Formerly	Google Ventures (2010–2015)
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Venture capital
Founded	March 31, 2010 (as Google Ventures)
Founder	Bill Maris (founding CEO)
Headquarters	Mountain View, California; San Francisco, California; New York City, New York; Cambridge, Massachusetts; London, England;
Key people	David Krane (CEO)
Products	Investments
Total assets	$8 billion
Parent	Google (2010–2015); Alphabet Inc. (2015–present);
Website	www.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]

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^ Team
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^ Bill Maris, CEO Profile
^ "Press". GV. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
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^ 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.