GV (Google Ventures)

Venture Capital

Venture capital arm of Alphabet, investing in life science, healthcare, AI, robotics, transportation, and enterprise companies.

Profile

Headquarters
Mountain View, US
Investments
18
Companies
10

Capital

Total Deployed
$885M
Lead Rounds
4
Website
www.gv.com

Portfolio

10 companies
Slack $1.4B
Acquired San Francisco, US

Workplace messaging and collaboration platform that transformed business communication. Originally built as an internal tool at Tiny Speck during development of the game Glitch, then pivoted to become the fastest-growing enterprise software company in history.

Plaid $1.3B
Private San Francisco, US

Fintech infrastructure company that builds data connectivity tools to power the apps in people's financial lives, providing APIs to connect applications with users' bank accounts.

Toast $900M
Public Boston, US

Cloud-based restaurant management platform providing point-of-sale, digital ordering, payroll, and team management solutions. Serves over 120,000 restaurant locations across the US. Founded in Boston in 2012, Toast went public in September 2021.

Ripple $794M
Private San Francisco, US

Enterprise blockchain company providing global financial settlement solutions. Its technology, including the XRP Ledger and RippleNet, enables real-time cross-border payments for financial institutions. One of the most prominent companies in cryptocurrency and decentralized finance.

Gusto $706M
Private San Francisco, US

Cloud-based payroll, benefits, and HR platform for small and medium businesses, serving over 400,000 companies. Originally launched as ZenPayroll in 2012 before rebranding to Gusto in 2015.

Checkr $679M
Private San Francisco, US

AI-powered background check platform that modernizes the hiring process for companies of all sizes, serving over 100,000 customers including Uber, DoorDash, and Instacart.

Segment $282M
Acquired San Francisco, US

Customer data infrastructure platform that collects, cleans, and routes customer data to hundreds of analytics, marketing, and data warehouse tools through a single API. Founded by four MIT students as part of Y Combinator S11.

Optimizely $251M
Acquired San Francisco, US

Digital experience optimization platform providing A/B testing, experimentation, and personalization tools for websites, mobile apps, and connected devices. Co-founded by two former Google product managers who worked on the Obama 2008 campaign's digital optimization. Acquired by Episerver (now Optimizely) in 2020.

Panorama Education $92M
Private Boston, United States

Panorama Education is a K-12 data analytics platform that helps school districts collect and act on survey data about social-emotional learning, school climate, and student outcomes. Trusted by 2,000+ districts serving 15 million students across all 50 states, the company provides research-backed surveys and analytics tools for educators.

Clever $43M
Acquired San Francisco, US

Single sign-on platform for K-12 education giving students, teachers, and staff secure access to digital learning applications through one personalized portal. Built a standardized API enabling school data systems to sync with edtech applications automatically. Used by 89,000 schools and 65% of U.S. K-12 districts.

Investment data is compiled from multiple independent sources including company announcements, press coverage, and regulatory filings. While we strive for accuracy, amounts and dates may reflect reported figures at time of announcement.