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Founded by Bill Maris in 2009.1
The group was founded as Google Ventures on March 31, 2009, with an initial $100 million capital commitment, by Bill Maris who also became its first CEO. In 2012, that commitment was raised to $300 million annually, and the fund has $2 billion under management. In 2014, the group announced $125 million to invest in promising European startups, with the European operations led by Tom Hulme since 2014.
By 2014, it had invested in companies such as Shape Security. In December 2015, the company was renamed GV and introduced a new logo.
As of 2016, GV has been less active as a seed investor, instead shifting its attention to more mature companies.
In 2020, GV promoted Terri Burns from principal to the firm’s first black female partner. Since 2023, GV has had a focus on investing in AI native startups led by Michael McBride who joined from Gitlab and has invested in startups including Vercel, Lightmatter, Harvey, OpenEvidence, Synthesia and Attio. As of 2026, GV Europe reported that approximately 80% of its new investments were in AI or AI-native companies. It had invested more than $1 billion in European startups, with notable investments including Neuralink and Q.ai, the latter of which was acquired by Apple.
In 2026, GV participated as an existing investor in Stipple Bio's oversubscribed $100 million Series A financing, a precision oncology company focused on developing targeted cancer therapies.
From Wikipedia’s article on GV (company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4