GV (Google Ventures)
San Francisco, CA · Invests in US; UK; Europe; MENA · Website
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GV backs innovative founders moving the world forward, operating on long time horizons and dealing in decades, not rounds. Since 2023, GV has accelerated its focus on AI-native companies across infrastructure, applications, healthcare, and developer tools — with approximately 80% of new European investments now in AI.
Likely not a fit for
No focus restrictions stated, but GV avoids very early pre-product pre-team bets without strong founder signal. Geographic bias toward US, Europe, and Israel.
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Leads or follows
- Typical decision
- ~1 month
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $13B
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
25 contacts on file
Portfolio
Hebbia is a leading AI platform for finance that specializes in complex, multi-step financial queries, providing tools for financial and legal research.
OpenEvidence is the leading medical information platform that serves as an AI copilot for doctors, helping them make high-stakes decisions at the point of care. It aggregates and synthesizes clinical findings and multimedia content from reputable medical journals and organizations.
SambaNova Systems provides Dataflow-as-a-Service, a subscription-based service that delivers pre-trained and pre-optimized machine learning models to enterprises, enabling them to leverage AI and ML without the need for extensive in-house expertise.
A fast, scalable Gen AI inference platform that powers advanced AI workloads with unparalleled performance, offering deployment options in cloud environments.
Lightmatter is a pioneering company in the field of photonic computing, developing the world's first 3D-stacked silicon photonics engine. Their Passage™ platform connects thousands to millions of processors at the speed of light, addressing critical data bottlenecks and enhancing efficiency for advanced AI and high-performance computing workloads.
StackBlitz is a collaborative, browser-based IDE designed for web developers, providing instant development environments and support for various programming languages. It aims to improve developer experience and streamline the contribution process for design systems.
We make dev tools that help product engineers build successful products.
Snorkel AI specializes in programmatic data development for frontier AI, providing expert-curated datasets and custom AI systems to enhance model performance and address complex data challenges.
Deepset is a leader in custom AI solutions, providing advanced technologies for solving complex challenges across various industries. Their products include the Haystack framework, which enables the development of AI agents and intelligent document processing.
Insitro is a drug discovery company that leverages machine learning and large-scale data to develop new medicines more efficiently. They focus on understanding complex biological systems to create transformative therapies in areas such as metabolism, oncology, and neuroscience.
Isomorphic Labs is advancing drug discovery through AI, building on the AlphaFold system to create predictive and generative models that accelerate scientific discovery.
Aspen Neuroscience is dedicated to developing and delivering iPSC-derived autologous cell replacement therapies for patients with high unmet medical need, beginning with Parkinson’s disease.
Recent activity
- Jan 2026
Synthesia
Series E · Lead
- Sep 2025
Vercel
Series F · Participated
- Aug 2025
Attio
Series B · Lead
- Jan 2025
Synthesia
Series D · Participated
- Jul 2024
Harvey
Series C · Lead
GV (Google Ventures) in the news
Crunchbase News
GV’s Dave Munichiello On Qualcomm’s Modular Purchase, The Firm's 10x Return And The Shift In AI Software
2 months ago
STT Info
Nebex Raises $30M Seed Round Led by GV to Build Market Infrastructure for the Global Space Economy
2 months ago
Business Wire
Nebex Raises $30M Seed Round Led by GV to Build Market Infrastructure for the Global Space Economy
2 months ago
Tech Funding News
GV makes its first-ever French startup bet in MokN with $15M to stop identity theft before it happens
3 months ago
EU-Startups
MokN raises €12.9 million to combat credential theft as GV makes its first investment in a French startup
3 months ago
FinSMEs
Flick Raises $6M Seed Funding
3 months ago
Business Wire
Flick Raises $6M Seed Round to Redefine How AI Films Are Created
3 months ago
Crunchbase News
How This GV Investor Looks For The Next Stripe And Other ‘Compounding’ Startups In Fintech And AI
6 months ago
GeekWire
Harbor Health acquires Seattle dementia care startup Rippl
6 months ago
Pulse 2.0
Midi Health: $100 Million Series D At Over $1 Billion Valuation Raised For Women’s Telehealth Platform
7 months ago
BioSpace
EpiBiologics Closes $107M Series B to Advance Pipeline of Novel Bispecific Antibodies to Selectively Degrade Extracellular Protein Targets in Oncology and Immunology
8 months ago
Fierce Biotech
Fierce Biotech Fundraising Tracker '25: Atavistik adds $120M; Syneron Bio secures new funds
8 months ago
Via Satellite
EnduroSat Raises Another $100M, With Backing from Google Ventures
10 months ago
The Pharma Letter
Pelage Pharmaceuticals
10 months ago
BioSpace
Pelage Pharmaceuticals Announces $120 Million Series B Financing to Advance Regenerative Medicine Treatments for Hair Loss
10 months ago
citybiz
DualEntry Raises $90 Million Series A From Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, and GV (Google Ventures)
11 months ago
PR Newswire
DualEntry raises a $90 million Series A from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, and GV (Google Ventures)
11 months ago
Reuters
AI startup DualEntry raises $90 million to deepen ERP market push
11 months ago
Carnegie Mellon University
Candice Morgan
Sep 2025
Fortune
Exclusive: Blue Water Autonomy raises GV-led $50 million Series A to build unmanned ships
Aug 2025
Fierce Healthcare
Fierce Fundraising Tracker—Sirona Medical picks up $42M
Dec 2024
Wealth Solutions Report
Wealth.com Closes $30 Million Funding Round Led By GV (Google Ventures)
Sep 2024
MobiHealthNews
State of digital health investment, part 8: Google Ventures
Aug 2024
PR Newswire
STATUSPRO ANNOUNCES $20M SERIES A ROUND LED BY GV (GOOGLE VENTURES) TO CONTINUE TO DISRUPT AND REVOLUTIONIZE SPORTS THROUGH XR
Feb 2024
The Business Journals
GV leads investment in Boston fertility startup
Jan 2024
Business San Diego
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