GV introduction
A well-known venture capital fund in the United States, formerly Google Ventures, a subsidiary of Alphabet, is also Alphabet's most prolific venture capital fund. Alphabet has three investment funds, and Google itself will also participate in a small amount of investment, so Alphabet has four investment entities: GV, Google Ventures; CapitalG, a growth equity fund that mainly invests in mid-to-late projects; A fund focused on investment in the field of artificial intelligence; Google itself, as the earliest entity engaged in early-stage investment, focuses more on industrial integration. Like GV, its investment fields are relatively rich. GV was founded in March 2009 by Google's co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and was led by Bill Maris, who was a little-known neurologist in Silicon Valley at the time. In the early days of its establishment, Google Ventures was not favored by entrepreneurs. It was questioned that its purpose was to help Google obtain data. However, the facts have proved that in less than half a year since its establishment, Google Ventures has become the most active venture capital fund in the United States, and has now become a hottest VC in the world. The key lies in the investment philosophy that GV has made clear from the very beginning - to support innovation, rather than laying out the layout for Google's development through investment. When it was created, it adhered to two conditions: first, Google Ventures operates as an independent department, and investment decisions are not subject to Google's constraints; second, Google Ventures does not invest because of Google's strategic interests. In addition, there is a certain confidentiality clause between GV and Google, and Google has no right to ask about the strategy or technical details of the invested companies, so entrepreneurs do not need to worry about their ideas being stolen. The interests of GV are the same as those of entrepreneurs. GV focuses on those bold and forward-looking ideas and is committed to providing financial support for them. GV, which makes these ideas a reality, is more like a dream factory.