GV

GV Management Company, LLC, formerly known as Google Ventures, serves as the venture capital arm of Alphabet Inc., established in 2009 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with additional offices in Boston, New York, Cambridge, and London. The firm specializes in growth capital investments across various stages, including seed, early, mid, and late stages, focusing on sectors such as life sciences, healthcare, artificial intelligence, robotics, cyber security, and agriculture. GV has invested in over 300 companies, seeking to support startups that aim to innovate and transform industries. The firm typically invests up to $50 million, with smaller amounts allocated to early-stage ventures. GV provides its portfolio companies with exceptional support by connecting them with Google's resources and talent, leveraging a team of experts in engineering, design, science, and marketing to enhance their growth potential.

Karthik Ardhanareeswaran

Principal

Brian Bendett

Partner

Scott Biller

Venture Partner

Brendan Bulik-Sullivan

General Partner

A Marty Cannon

Founder and Managing Member

Sherry Chao

Principal

Tyson Clark

General Partner

Frederique Dame

Partner

Scott Davis

Venture Partner

Karim Faris

General Partner

Catherine J. Friedman

Executive Venture Partner

Cathy Friedman

Venture Partner

Anika Gupta

Principal

Han Hua

Principal

Crystal Huang

Partner

Tom Hulme

General Partner and Head of Europe

Rosana Kapeller

Investor

John Lyman

Partner

Michael Margolis

Partner

Laura Melahn

Partner

Dave Munichiello

Managing Partner

Erik Nordlander

General Partner

Sridhar Ramaswamy

Venture Partner

Leena Rao

Content Partner

David Reshef

Venture Partner

Ben Robbins

General Partner

Issi Rozen

Venture Partner

Elena Sakach

Investment Partner

Luna Schmid

Partner

Vidu Shanmugarajah

Partner

M.G. Siegler

General Partner

Graham Spencer

Managing Partner

Jon Stritar

Partner

Andy Wheeler

General Partner

Jeremy Whelchel

Partner

Sangeen Zeb

General Partner

Past deals in Infrastructure

Jetpack

Seed Round in 2023
Jetpack creates scalable cloud backend software for engineers to help them with coding and cloud services. The platform develops software that builds scalable web backends for the cloud and creates images and configurations directly from annotated python code.

Modular

Seed Round in 2022
Modular is an AI software development platform aimed at simplifying the creation and deployment of artificial intelligence applications. The platform integrates various popular frameworks through common interfaces, enhancing usability and flexibility while ensuring compatibility across diverse hardware backends and cloud environments. This approach allows developers to adopt the tools seamlessly into their existing workflows without the need for extensive code modifications. By focusing on production-quality infrastructure and a straightforward user experience, Modular enables developers to save time and increase their productivity, ultimately streamlining the development process from edge to datacenter.

Graft

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Graft is a cloud-native platform that uses AI techniques to unlock the value of text, images, video, audio, and graphs. There is no requirement for machine learning skills, no need to hire a team, and no infrastructure to build or maintain.

Voltron Data

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of an open-source platform designed to build bridges across the data analytics ecosystem. The company's platform connects data, hardware, and developers and builds multi-language across platform tools for accelerated data interchange and in-memory processing, enabling developers, data scientists, and data engineers to improve the toolchains and interoperability standards for data access, preparation, cleaning, analytics, and feature engineering.

Voltron Data

Series A in 2022
Developer of an open-source platform designed to build bridges across the data analytics ecosystem. The company's platform connects data, hardware, and developers and builds multi-language across platform tools for accelerated data interchange and in-memory processing, enabling developers, data scientists, and data engineers to improve the toolchains and interoperability standards for data access, preparation, cleaning, analytics, and feature engineering.

Upbound

Series B in 2021
Upbound, Inc. is a technology company based in Seattle, Washington, that specializes in providing a multi-cloud platform which allows organizations to manage and optimize services across various public and private cloud environments. Founded in 2017, Upbound offers solutions that enable automation, cost optimization, and policy enforcement, facilitating scalable deployments and application management. Its platform empowers organizations to treat multiple disparate cloud environments as a single cohesive unit, enhancing efficiency and reducing operational costs while ensuring portability and failover capabilities.

Vercel

Series D in 2021
Vercel Inc. is a cloud platform that specializes in on-demand deployment, hosting, and sharing services for frontend applications. Founded in 2015 and based in Walnut, California, the company provides automated deployment solutions integrated with GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab, allowing projects to be deployed seamlessly from pull requests and merge requests. Vercel's platform is designed to enhance the development and deployment experience for frontend teams by hosting static websites and serverless functions that align with the Jamstack deployment model. This model ensures that web pages are pre-rendered and can be efficiently served by a content delivery network, delivering optimal performance for developers. Vercel was formerly known as ZEIT, Inc. before rebranding in April 2020.

Instawork

Series C in 2021
Instawork operates an online job marketplace designed to connect hospitality businesses with qualified workers. The platform automates the recruitment process, allowing businesses to fill job shifts on demand while enabling professionals to choose work that fits their schedules. By streamlining traditional recruiting methods, Instawork creates economic opportunities for both local businesses and workers. The company is rapidly expanding its reach across the United States, focusing on meeting the evolving needs of the hospitality sector.

Vercel

Series C in 2021
Vercel Inc. is a cloud platform that specializes in on-demand deployment, hosting, and sharing services for frontend applications. Founded in 2015 and based in Walnut, California, the company provides automated deployment solutions integrated with GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab, allowing projects to be deployed seamlessly from pull requests and merge requests. Vercel's platform is designed to enhance the development and deployment experience for frontend teams by hosting static websites and serverless functions that align with the Jamstack deployment model. This model ensures that web pages are pre-rendered and can be efficiently served by a content delivery network, delivering optimal performance for developers. Vercel was formerly known as ZEIT, Inc. before rebranding in April 2020.

nPlan

Series A in 2021
nPlan Limited specializes in developing artificial intelligence-based software for construction project management. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in London, the company employs machine learning technology to enhance schedule reliability by analyzing past project performances. Its software identifies risks by detecting inconsistencies in task execution patterns and offers recommendations to mitigate these issues. Additionally, nPlan provides statistical insights into risk attribution for individual activities, helping project managers make informed decisions for future construction endeavors.

Vercel

Series B in 2020
Vercel Inc. is a cloud platform that specializes in on-demand deployment, hosting, and sharing services for frontend applications. Founded in 2015 and based in Walnut, California, the company provides automated deployment solutions integrated with GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab, allowing projects to be deployed seamlessly from pull requests and merge requests. Vercel's platform is designed to enhance the development and deployment experience for frontend teams by hosting static websites and serverless functions that align with the Jamstack deployment model. This model ensures that web pages are pre-rendered and can be efficiently served by a content delivery network, delivering optimal performance for developers. Vercel was formerly known as ZEIT, Inc. before rebranding in April 2020.

Weaveworks

Venture Round in 2020
Weaveworks Limited is a software company founded in 2014, based in London with an additional office in San Francisco. The company specializes in developing open-source software that simplifies the operation of Kubernetes workloads and enhances the management of containerized applications. Its key products include Weave Net, which provides a portable software-defined networking solution; Weave Scope, enabling real-time visualization and interaction with distributed applications; Weave Flux, which automates request routing to facilitate microservices; and Weave Cloud, a Software-as-a-Service platform that supports DevOps teams in connecting, monitoring, and deploying containers and microservices. Weaveworks is recognized for its contributions to various open-source projects and aims to streamline the development and deployment processes for developers and operations teams, ultimately accelerating the delivery of cloud-native applications while minimizing operational complexity.

Alkira

Series B in 2020
Alkira, Inc. is a network cloud company that offers an end-to-end networking platform designed for hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Founded in 2018 and based in San Jose, California, Alkira provides its services through a pay-as-you-go model, allowing customers to connect their local systems and cloud workloads to the Alkira Cloud Exchange Points. The platform enables on-demand activation of security and other services that can auto-scale based on utilization. Alkira's Network Cloud solution allows businesses to easily create and manage their network infrastructure using an intuitive digital design canvas, facilitating rapid deployment. The company serves a diverse clientele, including Fortune-100 enterprises and leading managed service providers, by delivering integrated network and security services along with operational visibility and governance.

Alkira

Series A in 2020
Alkira, Inc. is a network cloud company that offers an end-to-end networking platform designed for hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Founded in 2018 and based in San Jose, California, Alkira provides its services through a pay-as-you-go model, allowing customers to connect their local systems and cloud workloads to the Alkira Cloud Exchange Points. The platform enables on-demand activation of security and other services that can auto-scale based on utilization. Alkira's Network Cloud solution allows businesses to easily create and manage their network infrastructure using an intuitive digital design canvas, facilitating rapid deployment. The company serves a diverse clientele, including Fortune-100 enterprises and leading managed service providers, by delivering integrated network and security services along with operational visibility and governance.

Instawork

Series B in 2019
Instawork operates an online job marketplace designed to connect hospitality businesses with qualified workers. The platform automates the recruitment process, allowing businesses to fill job shifts on demand while enabling professionals to choose work that fits their schedules. By streamlining traditional recruiting methods, Instawork creates economic opportunities for both local businesses and workers. The company is rapidly expanding its reach across the United States, focusing on meeting the evolving needs of the hospitality sector.

Harness

Series B in 2019
Harness, Inc. is a technology company that offers a Continuous Delivery-as-a-Service platform designed to simplify the process of deploying code from artifact to production. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, Harness utilizes machine learning to automate the continuous delivery process, thereby enhancing efficiency and security for engineering and DevOps teams. Its platform features a variety of tools including a pipeline builder, workflow wizard, continuous verification, automated rollback, secrets management, audit trails, and real-time delivery analytics. This comprehensive approach aims to streamline application releases while providing robust protection against deployment failures.

Buoyant

Venture Round in 2019
Buoyant, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2015 by former Twitter infrastructure engineers. The company specializes in developing open-source software, particularly through its flagship product, Linkerd, which is an open-source network proxy designed to function as a service mesh. A service mesh enables efficient management, control, and monitoring of service-to-service communication within cloud-native applications. Buoyant's offerings aim to enhance the speed, security, and reliability of applications, supporting various hosting activities such as web hosting and application service provisioning. The company is well-funded and has garnered backing from prominent investors, striving to provide robust capabilities to organizations seeking to improve their application infrastructure.

Upbound

Series A in 2018
Upbound, Inc. is a technology company based in Seattle, Washington, that specializes in providing a multi-cloud platform which allows organizations to manage and optimize services across various public and private cloud environments. Founded in 2017, Upbound offers solutions that enable automation, cost optimization, and policy enforcement, facilitating scalable deployments and application management. Its platform empowers organizations to treat multiple disparate cloud environments as a single cohesive unit, enhancing efficiency and reducing operational costs while ensuring portability and failover capabilities.

Storj

Seed Round in 2017
Storj Labs Inc. operates a decentralized cloud storage platform that provides secure and cost-effective data storage solutions for developers, businesses, and consumers. Founded in 2015 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, the company utilizes cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to create a robust cloud environment. By enabling users to rent out their unused hard drive space, Storj capitalizes on the vast supply of underutilized resources, making it possible to deliver cloud storage at a significantly lower cost compared to traditional data centers. The platform enhances security and privacy by distributing data across a decentralized network, effectively eliminating single points of failure and allowing clients to access their files without needing the corresponding private encryption key.

Weaveworks

Series B in 2016
Weaveworks Limited is a software company founded in 2014, based in London with an additional office in San Francisco. The company specializes in developing open-source software that simplifies the operation of Kubernetes workloads and enhances the management of containerized applications. Its key products include Weave Net, which provides a portable software-defined networking solution; Weave Scope, enabling real-time visualization and interaction with distributed applications; Weave Flux, which automates request routing to facilitate microservices; and Weave Cloud, a Software-as-a-Service platform that supports DevOps teams in connecting, monitoring, and deploying containers and microservices. Weaveworks is recognized for its contributions to various open-source projects and aims to streamline the development and deployment processes for developers and operations teams, ultimately accelerating the delivery of cloud-native applications while minimizing operational complexity.

CoreOS

Series B in 2016
CoreOS, Inc. specializes in developing open source projects for Linux containers and providing security software solutions. The company offers Tectonic, a comprehensive platform that enhances Kubernetes with enterprise features for efficient container orchestration. CoreOS also provides Quay, a private image registry for building, storing, and distributing containers, along with CoreOS, a security tool for managing Linux applications. Additionally, it features CoreUpdate, a tool designed for managing rolling updates of applications. CoreOS maintains several significant open source projects, including CoreOS Linux, etcd, and rkt, contributing to the infrastructure needs of modern distributed systems. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an office in New York City and a development hub in Berlin, CoreOS operates as a subsidiary of Red Hat, Inc.

Skyport Systems

Series C in 2016
Skyport Systems specializes in developing Hyper-Secured Infrastructure (HSI) designed to protect mission-critical IT and corporate assets. The company offers an integrated solution known as the SkySecure System, which combines engineered hardware, software, and service components into a single turn-key system. This platform ensures continuous protection and integrity verification for application workloads, consolidating compute, virtualization, networking, and storage without compromising security or performance. By simplifying and securing enterprise IT infrastructure, Skyport Systems enables organizations to streamline operations, saving time and resources while empowering application owners with greater control over their infrastructure.

Cliqr

Series C in 2015
CliQr Technologies, Inc. develops a single platform for modeling, deploying, and managing applications across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. It offers CliQr CloudCenter, an application-defined management platform that provides infrastructure resources and deploys application components and data across datacenter, private, and public cloud environments. The also provides solutions for application migration, IT-as-a-Service, capacity augmentation, DevOps automation, and service providers. It offers its solutions through reseller partners worldwide. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in San Jose, California. As of April 15, 2016, CliQr Technologies, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Insieme Networks, Inc.

CoreOS

Series A in 2015
CoreOS, Inc. specializes in developing open source projects for Linux containers and providing security software solutions. The company offers Tectonic, a comprehensive platform that enhances Kubernetes with enterprise features for efficient container orchestration. CoreOS also provides Quay, a private image registry for building, storing, and distributing containers, along with CoreOS, a security tool for managing Linux applications. Additionally, it features CoreUpdate, a tool designed for managing rolling updates of applications. CoreOS maintains several significant open source projects, including CoreOS Linux, etcd, and rkt, contributing to the infrastructure needs of modern distributed systems. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an office in New York City and a development hub in Berlin, CoreOS operates as a subsidiary of Red Hat, Inc.

Bowery

Seed Round in 2014
Bowery makes web development easier. Bowery aims to save programmers time-intensive, repetitive tasks such as setting up coding environments so they more quickly begin working. Although virtualization software enables developers to skip some steps by mirroring developer environments of a team across multiple desktops.

Cliqr

Series B in 2014
CliQr Technologies, Inc. develops a single platform for modeling, deploying, and managing applications across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. It offers CliQr CloudCenter, an application-defined management platform that provides infrastructure resources and deploys application components and data across datacenter, private, and public cloud environments. The also provides solutions for application migration, IT-as-a-Service, capacity augmentation, DevOps automation, and service providers. It offers its solutions through reseller partners worldwide. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in San Jose, California. As of April 15, 2016, CliQr Technologies, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Insieme Networks, Inc.

Cliqr

Series A in 2012
CliQr Technologies, Inc. develops a single platform for modeling, deploying, and managing applications across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. It offers CliQr CloudCenter, an application-defined management platform that provides infrastructure resources and deploys application components and data across datacenter, private, and public cloud environments. The also provides solutions for application migration, IT-as-a-Service, capacity augmentation, DevOps automation, and service providers. It offers its solutions through reseller partners worldwide. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in San Jose, California. As of April 15, 2016, CliQr Technologies, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Insieme Networks, Inc.

Puppet

Series C in 2011
Puppet Labs Limited specializes in developing solutions for the software delivery cycle, focusing on infrastructure automation to enhance operational efficiency. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in London, the company offers a suite of products, including Puppet Remediate and Puppet Enterprise, which facilitate compliance, automate tasks, and support modern continuous delivery practices. Puppet's platform enables organizations to manage their infrastructure effectively, whether on-premises or in the cloud, and is designed to address challenges in application delivery, configuration management, and security. With over 40,000 clients, including a significant portion of the Global 5000, Puppet promotes business continuity, cost optimization, and the adoption of DevOps practices through its open-source and commercial solutions. Additionally, the company provides training, certification, support, custom consulting, and implementation services to further assist its clients in leveraging their automation capabilities.
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