GV

aid: gv
name: GV
description: >-
  GV (formerly Google Ventures) is the venture capital arm of Alphabet, founded in 2009 by Bill Maris and
  headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area with additional offices in New York, Cambridge, and London.
  With Alphabet as its sole limited partner, GV operates with the reliability of a single LP, the autonomy of
  a traditional venture firm, and deep technical expertise, investing from seed through growth stage across
  technology and life sciences. Its focus areas span AI, enterprise, consumer, frontier tech, and life
  sciences, with a heavy recent emphasis on the AI frontier, from applications and developer tools to
  infrastructure and healthcare. GV manages over $13 billion in assets and supports roughly 400 active
  portfolio companies across North America, Europe, and Israel. The firm has backed notable companies
  including Uber, Slack, GitLab, Nest, Flatiron Health, Lemonade, Vercel, Isomorphic Labs, and insitro,
  with a track record of more than 80 IPOs and 230+ M&A exits.
image: https://www.gv.com/favicon.png
x-type: venture-capital
x-category: Venture Capital
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
tags:
  - Venture Capital
  - Seed
  - Series A
  - Growth Equity
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - Life Sciences
  - Enterprise
  - Consumer
  - Developer Tools
  - Infrastructure
  - Healthcare
  - Frontier Tech
  - North America
apis: []
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.gv.com/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: https://www.gv.com/portfolio
  - type: Portfolio
    url: portfolio/gv-portfolio.yml
  - type: Team
    url: https://www.gv.com/team?team=investing-team
  - type: Team
    url: team/gv-team.yml
  - type: InvestmentThesis
    url: https://www.gv.com/about
  - type: News
    url: https://www.gv.com/news
  - type: News
    url: https://www.gv.com/press
  - type: Jobs
    url: https://jobs.gv.com
  - type: Crunchbase
    url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/google-ventures
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gvteam/
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://www.twitter.com/gvteam
  - type: Features
    data:
      - "Stage: Seed, Venture (Series A+), Growth"
      - "Sectors: AI, Enterprise, Consumer, Frontier Tech, Life Sciences"
      - "Geography: North America, Europe, Israel"
      - "AUM: $13B+ (self-reported)"
      - "Portfolio: ~400 active portfolio companies"
      - "Limited Partner: Alphabet (sole LP)"
      - "Exits: 80+ IPOs, 230+ M&A"
      - "Founded: 2009"
      - "HQ: San Francisco Bay Area (offices in New York, Cambridge, London)"
    sources:
      - https://www.gv.com/about
      - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GV_(company)
    updated: '2026-07-17'
maintainers:
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    email: info@apievangelist.com
    url: https://apievangelist.com
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  - FN: GV
    url: https://www.gv.com/