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What does Google invest in?
Google invests most often at Series A and Series B (41% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Advertising, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence.
Google highlights
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30 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series A and Series B: 41% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 23 rounds, median $50M
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17 exits from the portfolio
What they do
- Type
- Accelerator (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries B
- Sectors
- AdvertisingAnalyticsArtificial Intelligence
- Based in
- Mountain View, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first153 appearances
- 2026
25 rounds
- Sept
- Sept
- Aug
- Jul
- Jul
- Jul
- Jun
- Jun
- Jun
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- May
- Apr
- Mar
- Mar
- Mar
- Mar
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- Jan
- Jan
- Jan
- 2025
29 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- Nov
- Nov
- Nov
- Oct
- Oct
- Oct
- Sept
- Aug
- Jul
- May
- May
- May
- Apr
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
We hold 99 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
5+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed17 in all
Avere SystemsBought by MicrosoftUndisclosedJan 2018
AOLBought by Verizon Communications$4.4BMay 2015
Renaissance LearningBought by Hellman & Friedman$1.1BMar 2014
Makani PowerBought by Google[x]UndisclosedMay 2013
Current Communications GroupBought by OrmazabalUndisclosedMar 2013
ClearwireBought by Sprint Nextel$2.2BDec 2012
SolarCityListedUndisclosedDec 2012
ActacellBought by Contour Energy SystemsUndisclosedSept 2012
NavigenicsBought by Life TechnologiesUndisclosedJul 2012
ZyngaListedUndisclosedDec 2011
BrightSource EnergyListedUndisclosedApr 2011
Tesla MotorsListed$1.0BJul 2010
AOLListedUndisclosedDec 2009
BaiduListedUndisclosedAug 2005
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.
Companies it bought
Acquisitions by the firm itself
PlayspaceUndisclosedSept 2021
DysonicsUndisclosedApr 2021
ProvinoUndisclosedFeb 2021
FitbitUndisclosedJan 2021
DataformUndisclosedDec 2020
NeverwareUndisclosedDec 2020
ActifioUndisclosedDec 2020
StratozoneUndisclosedAug 2020
North$180MJun 2020
Cornerstone Technology B.V.UndisclosedFeb 2020
Pointy$163MJan 2020
AppSheetUndisclosedJan 2020