Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has reportedly lodged a lawsuit against leading taxi hailing app Uber for what it claims is theft of its trade secrets. That lawsuit, however, could hurt its venture arm, which invested in Uber. According to a report in Fortune, Alphabet contends one...
Google Ventures founder Bill Maris, who stepped down as CEO earlier in 2016, is launching a new venture fund and has raised slightly over $230 million. According to a report in Recode, which cited those who have seen its fundraising deck, the new fund will...
As the New Year quickly approaches, Google’s venture capital arm is taking on a new name and a new focus for its business. As The Financial Times reported Monday (Dec. 7), the VC subsidiary, whose previous investments include companies such as Nest Labs, Uber and...
Are Silicon Valley’s startups dawdling when it comes to bringing their products to the public markets and pushing for IPOs? The head of Google’s venture capital arm, Bill Maris, thinks so. He is now warning that firms are taking “way too long to go public.”...
March 07, 2017
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has reportedly lodged a lawsuit against leading taxi hailing app Uber for what it claims is theft of its trade secrets. That lawsuit, however, could hurt its venture arm, which invested in Uber. According to a report in Fortune, Alphabet contends one of Google’s high-level engineers in the self-driving car unit left […]
December 06, 2016
Google Ventures founder Bill Maris, who stepped down as CEO earlier in 2016, is launching a new venture fund and has raised slightly over $230 million. According to a report...
November 12, 2015
ClassPass is proving popular with Google Ventures, which has led a $30 million financing round for the fitness company. VentureBeat reported Wednesday (Nov. 11) that Google Ventures spearheaded the financing,...
June 26, 2015
In a Series A funding round led by Google Ventures and SoftBank Capital, London-based software-as-a-service startup Yieldify picked up $11.5 million to fuel the growth of its predictive marketing technology....
