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Google Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 884 cheques on record.

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Deploying nowCorporate VC

Pre-seedSeedSeries AAIHealthcareDev_tools

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87%of best year75cheques in 12 months, 884 on record
Since the last cheque10days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$38MRounds led33 of 884Sole investor34 roundsExits54 from the portfolioMostly inUnited States, 76%
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Google Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    75 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series A: 51% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 34 rounds, median $20M

  4. 04

    54 exits from the portfolio

What they do

We've backed 50+ companies building the next generation of AI-native applicationsFrom their own website
Type
Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
Sectors
AIHealthcareDev_tools
Based in
Mountain View, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first884 appearances

  1. 2026

    61 rounds

  2. Oct
    Flapping AirplanesSeries A · US · Google News search$1.0BWith 13 others
  3. Oct
    BlacksmithSeries C · US · Bharat Fast$66MWith 4 others
  4. Oct
    OMass TherapeuticsSeries C · GB · Jefferson Life Sciences$310MWith 12 others
  5. Oct
    AllaraGrowth · US · AlleyWatch$30MWith 3 others
  6. Oct
    ArmadinSeries B · US · Leap Ventures$256MWith 9 others
  7. Sept
    MetaviewSeries C · GB · Seedcamp$60MWith 6 others
  8. Sept
    EnduroSatGrowth · BG · The Recursive$205MWith 11 others
  9. Sept
    Distance TechnologiesVenture · FI$11MWith 1 other
  10. Sept
    Snorkel AIGrowth · US · Blumberg Capital$350MWith 18 others
  11. Aug
    BlacksmithSeries B · US · TechCrunch$45MWith 2 others
  12. Jul
    WonderGrowth · US · AlleyWatch$650MWith 9 others
  13. Jul
    NebexSeed · US · TechStartups$30MLed
  14. Jul
    Oxford Science EnterprisesVenture · GB$19MWith 2 others
  15. Jun
    OdysseySeries B · US · Crunchbase News$310MWith 11 others
  16. Jun
    FlourishGrowth · US · Ventureburn$500MLed
  17. Jun
    ContralineSeries B · Ventureburn$93MWith 9 others
  18. Jun
    IDEAYA BiosciencesUS$345MWith 3 others
  19. May
    Nectar SocialSeries A · US · TechCrunch$30MWith 8 others
  20. May
    Isomorphic LabsSeries B · GB · TechStartups$2.1BWith 8 others
  21. May
    SierraSeries E · US · Crunchbase News$950MLed
  22. May
    MOTHER.TechSeed · US · AlleyWatch$15MLed
  23. May
    BlacksmithVenture · US$10MWith 1 other
  24. May
    Editas MedicineUS$125MWith 3 others
  25. May
    Sana BiotechnologyUS$69MWith 4 others
  26. May
    CircuitHubSeries A · US$9.7MWith 1 other
  27. May
    Relay TherapeuticsUS$275MWith 3 others
  28. May
    Flick.artVenture · USUndisclosedWith 4 others
  29. May
    MoknSeries A · FR$15MWith 2 others
  30. May
    Mother GamesSeed · US$15MWith 3 others
  31. May
    SignosVenture · US$20MWith 3 others
  32. Apr
    Fathom TherapeuticsSeries A · US · AlleyWatch$47MWith 8 others
  33. Apr
    OmniSeries C · US · Ventureburn$120MWith 6 others
  34. Apr
    Wealth.comSeries B · US · TechStartups$65MWith 10 others
  35. Apr
    Stipple BioSeries A · US$100MWith 1 other
  36. Apr
    RecursiveSeries A · GB$650MWith 4 others
  37. Mar
    TranslucentSeries A · US · AlleyWatch$27MLed
  38. Mar
    RoxUS · TechCrunchUndisclosedWith 3 others
  39. Mar
    ArmadinSeed · TechCrunch$190MWith 6 others
  40. Mar
    SolveAISeries A · GB · Ventureburn$45MLed
  41. Mar
    SiftSeries B · US$42MWith 2 others

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 76 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.

Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed54 in all

CoreOSBought by Redhat$250MJan 2018
AltspaceVRBought by MicrosoftUndisclosedOct 2017
Urban EnginesBought by GoogleUndisclosedSept 2016
HomeAwayBought by Expedia$3.9BNov 2015
Objective LogisticsBought by Bit9UndisclosedJun 2015
PredilyticsBought by WelltokUndisclosedMay 2015
tenXerBought by Twitter$50MApr 2015
StitchBought by SugarCRMUndisclosedMar 2015
FitStarBought by Fitbit$18MMar 2015
Foundation MedicineBought by RocheUndisclosedJan 2015
ScanBought by Snapchat$50MDec 2014
SmartererBought by Pluralsight$75MNov 2014
MessageMeBought by Yahoo!$30MOct 2014
UbersenseBought by HudlUndisclosedSept 2014
LuminateBought by Yahoo!UndisclosedSept 2014
Space MonkeyBought by VivintUndisclosedAug 2014
OoyalaBought by Telstra$270MAug 2014
Schematic LabsBought by RhapsodyUndisclosedAug 2014
MitroBought by TwitterUndisclosedJul 2014
LuvocracyBought by WalmartLabsUndisclosedJul 2014

The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Google Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Andreessen HorowitzVC firm60rounds togetherKleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersVC firm57rounds togetherSV AngelVC firm57rounds togetherY CombinatorAccelerator54rounds togetherAccelVC firm40rounds togetherNew Enterprise AssociatesVC firm40rounds togetherGeneral CatalystVC firm39rounds togetherFirst Round CapitalVC firm35rounds togetherSequoia CapitalVC firm35rounds together500 GlobalAngel34rounds togetherBoxGroupVC firm31rounds togetherGreylockVC firm31rounds together

Recently backed

The latest companies Google Ventures put money into.

Flapping Airplanes$1.0B · Oct 2026Blacksmith$66M · Oct 2026OMass Therapeutics$310M · Oct 2026Allara$30M · Oct 2026EnduroSat$205M · Sept 2026Distance Technologies$11M · Sept 2026

On podcasts

5 episodes naming Google Ventures in the title, and 4 more that mention it.

Mentioned in

Quick answers about Google Ventures

What does Google Ventures invest in?

Google Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (51% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI, Healthcare and Dev_tools.

How active is Google Ventures?

884 investments on record, 75 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 33. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

What has Google Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Flapping Airplanes (Series A, Oct 2026), Blacksmith (Series C, Oct 2026) and OMass Therapeutics (Series C, Oct 2026).

How big are Google Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $38M.

Does Google Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 33 of its 884 investments on record (4%).

Where does Google Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (76%) and the United Kingdom (16%).

Is Google Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 75 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Google Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Andreessen Horowitz (60 rounds together), Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (57 rounds together) and SV Angel (57 rounds together).

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