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Investment thesis

Launched as Google Ventures in 2009, GV is an independent venture capital firm with Alphabet as its sole limited partner. The firm's mission is to back 'innovative founders moving the world forward,' operating on long time horizons and dealing in 'decades, not rounds.' GV invests from seed to growth stages across technology and life sciences — including AI/ML, enterprise software, developer tools, cybersecurity, consumer, and healthcare — supporting 400+ active portfolio companies across North America, Europe, and Israel with over $13 billion in assets under management. GV emphasizes that success requires the right mindset, the right team, the right product, and the right long-term partner. The firm leverages its unique position within the Alphabet ecosystem to provide portfolio companies with access to Google's people, products, and global network, while investing independently with full fiduciary responsibility. Since 2023, GV has accelerated its focus on AI-native companies across infrastructure, applications, healthcare, and developer tools.

Notable quotes

“The easy problems have mostly been solved. We're left with complex, long-term challenges that demand strong collaboration and creative thinking.”

David Krane · GV team page / gv.com

“We're long-term investors and we have this flexibility to invest at any stage throughout a company's life, even after their IPO.”

David Krane · TechCrunch StrictlyVC event, San Francisco · 2024-12-25

“We're investing hundreds of millions of dollars in companies driven by AI. We're doing it at many different levels of the stack. But I think right now we have more questions than answers — and I think that's generally true of folks who are deeply curious and trying to learn as much as they can about a new space.”

Dave Munichiello · GV Podcast S4E8 — 'Investing in AI's Future'

Team

Anthony Philippakis

General Partner

Bio/PharmaHealthtechAI/ML

Dave Munichiello

Managing Partner

AI/MLDevtoolsEnterpriseB2B SaaS

David Krane

CEO & Managing Partner

ConsumerAI/ML

Karim Faris

General Partner

EnterpriseB2B SaaSAI/ML

Krishna Yeshwant

Managing Partner

HealthtechBio/Pharma

Tom Hulme

Managing Partner

AI/MLB2B SaaSDeep Tech

Recent investments

CompanyRoundSizeDate
SynthesiaSeries E$200m2026-01
HarveySeries C—2024
CriblSeries E$319m2024
OpenEvidenceSeries B—2024
VercelSeries E—2024
UberSeries B—2013
SlackSeries B—2015
GitLabSeries D—2019
ModularSeed$30m2022
Isomorphic LabsSeries A—2023

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