2015 type subsidiary industry venture capital founded march 31 2009 ; 7 years ago 2009 03 31 as google ventures 1 founder bill maris headquarters mountain view california san francisco california new york city new york cambridge massachusetts london england united kingdom key people david krane ceo total assets 2.4 billion parent google 2009 2015 alphabet inc. 2015 present website www.gv.com gv formerly google ventures is the venture capital investment arm of alphabet inc. and provides seed venture and growth stage funding to technology companies . the firm operates independently from google and makes financially driven investment decisions . gv seeks to invest in startup companies in a variety of fields ranging from internet software and hardware to life science healthcare artificial intelligence transportation cyber security and agriculture . 2 the group was founded on march 31 2009 with a 100 million capital commitment . 1 in 2012 that commitment was raised to 300 million annually and the fund has 2 billion under management . 3 in 2014 the group announced 125 million to invest in promising european startups . 4 5 gv has offices in mountain view san francisco new york city cambridge and london . contents 1 history 2 services model 3 references 4 external links history edit logo when known as google ventures 2009 2015 gv was founded as google ventures in 2009 . 6 in december 2015 the company was renamed gv and introduced a new logo . 7 services model edit gv was one of the first venture capital firms to employ the venture capital services model . it provides portfolio companies with access to operational help after making a financial investment . 8 full time partners at gv work with portfolio companies on design and product management marketing engineering and recruiting . 9 gv has developed an intensive five day design process called a design sprint which helps startups solve problems quickly . 10 11 references edit a b schonfeld erick 2009 04 04 . the google ventures cheat sheet . techcrunch . retrieved 2009 04 15 . gv . gv.com . retrieved 16 december 2015 . exclusive google ventures beefs up fund size to 300 million a year . reuters . oscar williams grut 28 october 2014 . bill maris interview google ventures into europe . the independent . google ventures invests in europe . press . gv . retrieved 2015 12 09 . google ventures launches rebranding initiative . pymnts.com . 2015 12 07 . retrieved 2015 12 09 . will google disrupt venture capital . fortune . manjoo farhad . google s creative destruction . fast company . how google ventures does rapid prototyping design sprints with its 170 startups . venturebeat . inside a google ventures design sprint . techcrunch . external links edit official website google ventures on crunchbase v t e alphabet inc. divisions google search youtube android maps adsense capital fiber calico gv jigsaw nest labs sidewalk labs verily life sciences x people arthur d. levinson astro teller bill maris eric schmidt 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