We don't know that. But first let us see what is Google Ventures ?
Here is what Google Ventures in their own words
[Google Ventures seeks to discover and grow great companies - we believe in the power of entrepreneurs to do amazing things. We're studying a broad range of industries, including consumer Internet, software, hardware, clean-tech, bio-tech and health care. We invest anywhere from seed stage to mezzanine and embrace the challenge of helping young companies grow from the garage to global relevance.
Our team includes entrepreneurs, investors and innovators, along with some 20,000+ exceptional Googlers whose breadth of knowledge, experience and creativity constitute perhaps our own most valuable resource. You don't have to be a potential Google acquisition for us to want to work you; we're out to build great companies, period.]
That's a lot of tall claims !!!
Who is behind Google Ventures ?
Bill Maris is a Managing Partner of Google Ventures. Bill brings more than a decade of diverse operational, entrepreneurial and leadership experience to Google Ventures. Bill's past successes include founding Web hosting pioneer Burlee.com, which he subsequently sold to Interland, Inc., now known as Web.com. Prior to that, Bill was a portfolio manager for Stockholm, Sweden-based Investor AB, one of the world's largest industrial holding companies, where he co-managed the biotechnology and health care portfolios. Bill’s background also includes scientific research into cholinergic visual pathways, cell membrane patch clamping techniques and in-vivo neuronal cell injection at Duke University Medical Center, Department of Neurobiology. Bill is based in Mountain View, CA and received an A.B. with honors in Neuroscience from Middlebury College.
Rich Miner is a Managing Partner of Google Ventures. He has has spent the past 25 years growing businesses with innovative communications and interface-intensive applications. Rich joined Google through the acquisition of Android, a mobile platforms company that he co-founded. During his first three years at Google, he helped lead the development of the Android platform and ecosystem. Prior to Android Rich was a Vice President at Orange, where he headed the group's R&D activities in North America and also started and was a principle in Orange Ventures. He came to Orange through the acquisition of another company that he co-founded, Wildfire, which made a voice-based personal assistant. He met his founding partner at Wildfire when he helped incubate Avid Technology in his university lab. Rich is based in Boston, Massachusetts and received his doctorate in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
Where is Google Ventures located ?
Google Ventures, Mountain View:
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
United States
+1 650 253 0000
Google Ventures, Cambridge:
5 Cambridge Center, 4th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02142
United States
+1 617 575 1300
Rich Miner is a Managing Partner of Google Ventures. He has has spent the past 25 years growing businesses with innovative communications and interface-intensive applications. Rich joined Google through the acquisition of Android, a mobile platforms company that he co-founded. During his first three years at Google, he helped lead the development of the Android platform and ecosystem. Prior to Android Rich was a Vice President at Orange, where he headed the group's R&D activities in North America and also started and was a principle in Orange Ventures. He came to Orange through the acquisition of another company that he co-founded, Wildfire, which made a voice-based personal assistant. He met his founding partner at Wildfire when he helped incubate Avid Technology in his university lab. Rich is based in Boston, Massachusetts and received his doctorate in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
Where is Google Ventures located ?
Google Ventures, Mountain View:
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
United States
+1 650 253 0000
Google Ventures, Cambridge:
5 Cambridge Center, 4th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02142
United States
+1 617 575 1300
What is the focus of the fund?
Google Ventures is broadly interested in startups in industries including consumer Internet, software, hardware, clean-tech, bio-tech, health care and others. First and foremost, we're looking for entrepreneurs who are tackling problems in creative and innovative ways. As a venture fund, however, we're also looking for investments with the potential for significant financial return.How much capital does Google Ventures invest?
We're able to invest amounts ranging from seed funding to tens of millions of dollars, depending on the stage of the opportunity and the company's need for capital.Does Google Ventures co-invest with other venture firms?
Yes, we welcome the opportunity to co-invest along with outstanding venture or strategic partners.How involved is Google Ventures with its portfolio companies?
We believe that our active involvement will help to create value, so we look to work with management teams to maximize the impact of our investment and their technology or innovation.Does Google Ventures require a commercial arrangement with Google in order to make an investment?
Not at all. We make our investment decisions independent of a company's relationship (or lack thereof) with Google. We don't require our portfolio companies to work with Google in any special way, although we certainly think there is a lot to be gained by doing so. Our goal is to invest in the most promising and interesting entrepreneurial opportunities, and to build great companies, period.Will other groups within Google still be making their own investments?
Google Ventures is Google's primary vehicle for venture-style investments.Is Google Ventures simply a strategic vehicle to make future acquisitions easier?
No, it isn't. Acquisitions by Google of portfolio companies are possible, but this is not the goal or focus of our investment activities. Our focus is building great companies and generating long term financial return.Will you require your portfolio companies to use Google products?
No. We will, of course, provide whatever support is necessary to help our portfolio companies grow, but this support won't necessarily involve any strategic placement of Google products or parallel commercial agreements.So check it out it might come useful to some Indians somewhere.
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