We’re entrepreneurs first.
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Bill Maris
President and Managing Partner
Bill founded GV in 2009. The fund supports over 250 portfolio companies and has approximately $1.5 billion under management. His investments include Nest, Uber, Adimab, and The Climate Corporation.
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David Krane
Managing Partner
David was Google employee #84, responsible for building the brand and managing strategic communications. His investments include Uber, Nest, Urban Engines, and CircleUp.
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Rich Miner
General Partner
Rich co-founded Android and is a pioneer in the mobile space. He leads Google Ventures’ East Coast investment team. His investments include Enterproid, MessageMe, CustomMade, and HubSpot.
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Joe Kraus
General Partner
Joe founded Excite and JotSpot. He played a key role in creating GV’s operational model in 2009. His investments include Kabam, TuneIn, Pocket, and Clean Power Finance.
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Krishna Yeshwant
General Partner
Krishna is a physician, programmer, and serial entrepreneur. His investments include One Medical Group, Foundation Medicine, Predilytics, and Flatiron Health.
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Karim Faris
General Partner
Karim leads GV’s investments in enterprise software, data analytics, and security. His investments include DocuSign, Duo Security, RetailMeNot, and OnDeck Capital.
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MG Siegler
General Partner
MG focuses on early-stage investing in mobile and new technologies. He is currently based in London. His investments include Jaunt, URX, Secret, and Spring.
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Andy Wheeler
General Partner
Andy is an expert in wireless and embedded technology. He co-founded Ember and was an early employee at Zipcar. His investments include Airware and Play-i.
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Blake Byers
General Partner
Blake has a Ph.D. in bioengineering. He helped start Womply and Transcriptic. His investments include LendUp, Rani Therapeutics, Ionic Security, and BackOps.
Europe
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Tom Hulme
General Partner
Tom is an experienced entrepreneur and angel investor. He was design director at IDEO where he launched OpenIDEO and OIEngine.
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Avid Larizadeh
General Partner
Avid founded Boticca, a global marketplace for fashion accessories. She is a developer, product manager, founder, and investor.
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Peter Read
General Partner
Peter is an active investor and advisor in London, Stockholm, Berlin, and the U.S. He was president of Nielsen Entertainment in Los Angeles.
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Eze Vidra
General Partner
Eze launched Campus London and led Google for Entrepreneurs in Europe. He brings operational experience as a PM and community leader.
Investing
We work with the general partners to find and invest in innovative, promising startups.
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Scott Davis
VENTURE PARTNER
Scott is a post-doctoral fellow at Dartmouth, developing cancer imaging techniques.
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Chris Hutchins
Partner
Chris led business development for Milk and SimpleGeo, and founded LaidOffCamp.
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Dave Munichiello
Partner
Dave helped grow Kiva Systems to ultimately sell to Amazon for $775 million.
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Anthony Philippakis
VENTURE PARTNER
Anthony researches cardiology and medical genetics at Harvard Medical School.
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Kevin Rose
Venture Partner
Kevin is the co-founder of North. He also founded Digg, Revision3, and Milk.
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Shanna Tellerman
PARTNER
Shanna founded Wild Pockets (acquired by Autodesk) and led Autodesk's cloud platform.
Entrepreneurs in Residence
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Steve Chen
Entrepreneur in Residence
Steve Chen was the co-founder and chief technology officer of YouTube.
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Marc Hemeon
Entrepreneur in Residence
Marc founded fflick. His background is in designing consumer apps.
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Chikai Ohazama
Entrepreneur in Residence
Chikai co-founded Keyhole, which was acquired by Google in 2004 and became Google Earth.
Design
We help our portfolio companies use design to be more successful.
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Daniel Burka
Design Partner
Daniel founded Milk and Silverorange, and led design for Digg and Tiny Speck.
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Jake Knapp
Design Partner
Jake created GV’s design sprint process. He was a designer at Google, Microsoft, and Oakley.
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Braden Kowitz
Design Partner
Braden was GV’s first designer. He led design for Gmail and Google Apps.
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Michael Margolis
UX Research Partner
Michael has over 20 years of research experience, including Gmail and Walmart.com.
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John Zeratsky
Design Partner
John is a designer and writer. He worked on YouTube, Google AdWords, and FeedBurner.
Product
We advise portfolio companies on product management and organize GV’s workshops.
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Recruiting
We help our portfolio companies build scalable hiring practices.
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Marketing & PR
We help our portfolio companies tell their story.
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Graham Hancock
FILMMAKER
Graham leads all video production for GV, including Kevin Rose’s Foundation series.
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Mandy Kakavas
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
Mandy advises startups on media relations. Previously, she was with OutCast.
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Laura Melahn
Marketing Partner
Laura creates marketing strategies and campaigns. She worked on Google Search.
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Jodi Olson
COMMUNICATIONS PARTNER
Jodi helps companies tell their story. Previously, she led communications for Twitter.
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Phoebe Peronto
Marketing Manager
Phoebe is a marketing manager for Google Ventures, helping create…
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Leena Rao
Content Partner
Leena Rao is a partner leading content at Google Ventures.…
Engineering
We provide Google-scale engineering expertise to our portfolio companies.
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Reuben Antman
ENGINEERING PARTNER
Reuben was an engineer at YouTube, Google, and Jotspot (acquired by Google).
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Choongsoon Bae
ENGINEERING PARTNER
Choongsoon tackled Google's toughest data problems. He has a Ph.D. in statistics.
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Adam Ghobarah
ENGINEERING PARTNER
Adam led a world-class team of statisticians at Google. He has a Ph.D. in statistics.
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Erik Nordlander
ENGINEERING PARTNER
Erik built advertising systems and core infrastructure at Google. He is based in NYC.
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Graham Spencer
GENERAL PARTNER
Graham founded Excite and Jotspot (acquired by Google). He leads GV engineering.
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Jon Stritar
ENGINEERING PARTNER
Jon was an engineer for Google Chrome and Google Calendar. He is based in NYC.
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Tom Zhang
Engineering Partner
Tom is a statistician and data scientist at Google Ventures.…
Global Outreach
We work to empower startup communities globally. Learn more
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Bridgette Beam
GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP MANAGER
Bridgette is a global entrepreneurship manager working to further Google’s…
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Kaili Emmrich
Head of Marketing, Google for Entrepreneurs
Kaili leads marketing for Google for Entrepreneurs. She focuses on…
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Nicole Froker
Global Ops & Partner Management Lead
Nicole joined Google Ventures in 2011. Prior to Google, Nicole…
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Mary Grove
DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP OUTREACH
Mary Grove is director of Global Entrepreneurship Outreach where she…
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John Lyman
HEAD OF PARTNERSHIPS
John leads partnerships for the Google for Entrepreneurs team, where…
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Daniel Navarro
Global Entrepreneurship Marketing Manager
Daniel is on the Google for Entrepreneurs marketing team, where…
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Connor Swenson
Administrative Assistant
Connor is an administrative assistant for Google for Entrepreneurs, focused…
Operations
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Nathan Amchan
Senior Financial Analyst
Nathan is a senior financial analyst at Google Ventures. He…
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Laura Boychenko
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Laura joined the Google Ventures team after working as executive…
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Kimmy Brock
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Kimmy Brock joined Google Ventures in June 2011. She has…
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Kim Burr
Finance Manager
Kim Burr is a finance manager at Google Ventures and…
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Daphne Chang
LEGAL COUNSEL
Daphne M. Chang is legal counsel at Google Ventures. Prior…
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Jonathan Faerber
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Jonathan is the Chief Financial Officer at Google Ventures and…
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Tracie Henson Rotter
OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS SPECIALIST
Tracie focuses on operations and programs at Google Ventures. Prior…
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Jennifer Kercher
GENERAL COUNSEL
Jennifer Kercher is general counsel of Google Ventures. Jennifer joined…
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Evalynne Lee
Administrative Assistant
Evalynne joined Google Ventures in April of 2014 and has…
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Danielle Lewis
Administrative Assistant
Danielle joined Google Ventures in April 2014. Prior to joining…
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Lindsey Mauldin
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Lindsey joined Google Ventures in November 2012 and has been…
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Christina Nyberg
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Christina joined Google Ventures in September 2011. Prior to joining…
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Robin Teng
Finance Manager
Robin is a finance manager at Google Ventures and works…
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Paige Tracy
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Paige joined Google Ventures in October 2013 and has been…
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Elizabeth Zeratsky
LEGAL COUNSEL
Elizabeth is legal counsel at Google Ventures. Prior to joining…
Advisors to GV
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Wesley Chan
ADVISOR TO GOOGLE VENTURES
Wesley developed a number of Google’s earliest products.
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Shernaz Daver
ADVISOR TO GOOGLE VENTURES
Shernaz is a leading marketing, business, and communications consultant. She…
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Chris DiBona
ADVISOR TO GOOGLE VENTURES
Chris DiBona is the director of open source for Google.…
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Don Dodge
ADVISOR TO GOOGLE VENTURES
Don Dodge is a developer advocate at Google, helping developers…
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Tony Fagan
ADVISOR TO GOOGLE VENTURES
Tony is the director of a quantitative research team at…
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Ben Fried
ADVISOR TO GOOGLE VENTURES
Ben is Google’s Chief Information Officer, overseeing the company’s global…
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Georges Harik
ADVISOR TO GOOGLE VENTURES
Georges Harik, one of Google’s first 10 employees, held the…
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Bernardo Hernandez
ADVISOR TO GOOGLE VENTURES
Bernardo Hernandez is vice president of product management at Yahoo,…
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David Konerding
ADVISOR TO GOOGLE VENTURES
David Konerding is a software engineer at Google Inc. working…
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Rick Needham
ADVISOR TO GOOGLE VENTURES
Rick has worked at Google since 2008 and is currently…
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Peter Norvig
ADVISOR TO GOOGLE VENTURES
Peter Norvig is a fellow of the American Association for…
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Sam Schillace
ADVISOR TO GOOGLE VENTURES
Sam Schillace is one of the founders of Writely, which…
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Stephan Somogyi
Advisor to Google Ventures
Stephan Somogyi works in security and privacy product management at…
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Michael T Jones
ADVISOR TO GOOGLE VENTURES
Michael Jones is Google’s chief technology advocate, charged with advancing…
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Hal Varian
ADVISOR TO GOOGLE VENTURES
Hal R. Varian is the chief economist at Google. Since…