GV (Google Ventures) — 2018 Investments

Beam Therapeutics develops gene-editing medicines, particularly base editors and precision genome editing technologies, to create lifelong cures for patients with serious genetic diseases.

BiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesCambridge, US

DRDavid R. Liu(Founder)inJKJ. Keith Joung(Founder)inFZFeng Zhang(Founder)DRDavid R. Liu, Ph.D.(Founder and Inventor)JKJ. Keith Joung, M.D., Ph.D.(Founder and Inventor)FZFeng Zhang, Ph.D.(Founder and Inventor)

Co-investorsARARCH Venture PartnersDRDreamers VCEIEight Roads VenturesF-F-Prime CapitalFOForesite CapitalHOHongShan Capital Group+2 more

Helicons develops a peptide-based therapeutic platform designed to target intracellular proteins previously considered undruggable by combining the specificity of antibodies with the cell-penetrating properties of small molecules.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechMedical Devices

MMMathai Mammen(CEO, President and Chairman)in

Co-investorsARARCH Venture PartnersCACatalio Capital Management, LPFOForesite CapitalFRFrazier Life SciencesGEGeneral CatalystHBHBM Healthcare Investments+9 more

Anomali is a cybersecurity platform that combines a unified security data lake, threat intelligence, and agentic AI to help security teams detect, investigate, and respond to cyber threats.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareRedwood City, US

HNHugh Njemanze(Founder)inAhmed RubaieinColby DeRodeff(Founder)Greg Martin(Founder)

BoardSHSteve Harrick(Director)in

Board seatKFKarim Faris· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsGAGaingelsGEGeneral CatalystINIn-Q-TelIVIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)LULumia CapitalPAPaladin Capital Group+4 more

Ambition provides a unified revenue execution platform that integrates coaching, data intelligence, and activation tools for sales teams.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechChattanooga, US

TTTravis Truett(CEO)inJHJared Houghton(Founder)inBTBrian Trautschold(COO)inKatie Rhode(Director of People)Dustin Miller(People Acquisition Manager)

BoardClint Smith(Director)

Co-investorsCHChattanooga Renaissance FundGEGen CapitalY Y CombinatorACAcequia Capital (AceCap)INInitialized CapitalNCNCN Partners+4 more

Andela connects global technologists with enterprise opportunities and serves as a platform for hiring, building AI systems, and upskilling teams.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechMarketplacesWashington, D.C., US

JJJeremy Johnson(Founder)inIAIyinoluwa Aboyeji(Founder)inNENadayar Enagesi(Founder)BNBrice Nkengsa(Founder)inICIan Carnevale(Founder)inCSChristina Sass(Founder)in

Co-investors4D4DX VenturesACAccelerate AfricaAIAir Street CapitalAMAmplo VenturesCRCRE Venture CapitalDBDBL Partners+31 more

Confluence Genetics (operating at bensonhillbio.com) is a seed innovation company that develops soybean genetics using AI-driven plant science and proprietary tools such as eMERGE Genetics and CropOS.

Durham, US

Matthew B Crisp(Executive Officer, Director)LPLee Palles(Executive Officer)inNadine Carozzi(Executive Officer)Todd C Mockler(Executive Officer)Thomas Brutnell(Executive Officer)

BoardDaniel J Broderick(Director)

Co-investorsACActivant CapitalALAlexandriaBIBioGenerator VenturesCUCultivation CapitalFAFall Line CapitalISiSelect Fund+7 more

Blavity is a digital media company producing news and content focused on Black culture, identity, and current events, serving Black millennials and Gen Z audiences.

ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSocialLos Angeles, US

MDMorgan DeBaun(President, CFO and Secretary)in

PartnerJLJohn Lyman· led

Co-investorsBABase Venture Management, Inc.COComcast VenturesKAKapor CapitalMAMaC Venture CapitalPLPlexo CapitalCRCross Culture Ventures+1 more

Blavity is a US media company that produces and curates video and editorial content for Black millennial audiences across the African diaspora.

Impact & Social GoodMedia & EntertainmentLos Angeles, US

JNJeff Nelson(Founder)inASAaron SamuelsJonathan JacksonMDMorgan DeBaun

Co-investors50500 GlobalVIVista Venture PartnersCOComcast VenturesCRCross Culture VenturesHAHarlem Capital PartnersPLPlexo Capital

BugSnag provides error monitoring, performance monitoring, and distributed tracing for mobile and web applications, helping development teams identify and resolve bugs and performance issues across their entire software stack.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

JSJames Smith(Founder)inSMSimon Maynard(Founder)in

BoardEVEric Vishria(Benchmark partner / board member)in

Co-investorsJUJude GomilaMAMatrixBEBenchmark

The company develops a 6-base sequencing platform (duet evoC) that simultaneously profiles methylation (5mC, 5hmC), genetic variants, and fragmentomics from a single cfDNA sample.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechCambridge

JMJason Mellad(Executive Officer, Director)inMartin Murphy(Director)Bobby Yerramilli-Rao(Co-founder)Somasundaram Subramaniam(Director)Timothy Rink(Director)Thomas Hulme(Director)

Co-investorsTHThird Point VenturesAHAhren Innovation CapitalNENew Science VenturesSESequoia CapitalTETemasekTHThird Point

Cohesity provides cyber resilience software that helps organizations identify and protect the minimal critical datasets and systems needed to restart operations after ransomware attacks or disasters.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Jose, US

MAMohit Aron(Founder)inSPSanjay Poonen(CEO and President)inTRTIMOTHY ROBBINS(Executive Officer)inLORENZO MONTESI(Executive Officer)inROB SALMON(Executive Officer)inSanjay Poonen (CEO)(Founder)

Co-investors3S3Spoke CapitalACAccelADAdit Ventures Management, LlcARArtis VenturesBABattery VenturesCICisco Investments+26 more

Early consumer NFT use case launched in 2017.

Mack Flavelle(Founder)

Co-investorsDADapper LabsANAndreessen HorowitzANAnimoca BrandsBABalaji SrinivasanCOCoinFundDIDigital Currency Group+10 more

New York startup building non-invasive neural interface wristbands to control computers, acquired by Facebook in 2019.

Patrick Kaifosh(Founder)Thomas Reardon(Founder)Tim Machado(Founder)

Co-investorsBRBreyer CapitalLULux CapitalMAMatrixSPSpark CapitalAMAmazon Alexa FundFOFounders Fund+2 more

CyberGRX operated a third-party cyber risk exchange for assessing and prioritizing vendor risk; acquired by ProcessUnity in 2023.

Fred Kneip(Founder)

Co-investorsALAllegisCyber CapitalBEBessemer Venture PartnersFLFlyover CapitalICICONIQMAMassMutual VenturesSCScale Venture Partners+6 more

Ethos provides online life insurance that customers can purchase entirely through a digital platform without the traditional lengthy application process.

FintechInsurTechSan Francisco, US

LWLingke Wang(Co-Founder, President; Member, Board of Directors)PCPeter Colis(Co-Founder, CEO; Chair, Board of Directors)inLWLingke W.(Founder)in

Co-investorsACAccelADAdit Ventures Management, LlcEVEvolution VC PartnersFLFlying Fish VenturesFOFounders Circle CapitalGEGeneral Catalyst+18 more

BiotechCambridge, US

JGJennifer Glennon(Executive Officer)inBalkrishan (Simba) Gill, Ph.D.(Executive Officer, Director)Duncan McHale(Executive Officer)inWDWilliam DeVaul(Executive Officer)inMark Bodmer, Ph.D.(Executive Officer)

BoardNoubar B. Afeyan, Ph.D.(Director)

Co-investorsSVSV Health InvestorsALAlexandriaFLFlagship PioneeringKAKaiser Permanente VenturesMAMayo Clinic Ventures

Evox Therapeutics develops exosome-based gene editing therapies using its ExoEdit platform, which combines exosome delivery with a proprietary CRISPR-based editor to treat severe neurodegenerative and other genetically-driven diseases.

BiotechDeep Tech

Co-investorsOROrbiMedOXOxford Science EnterprisesPAPanacea VentureCOCowen Healthcare InvestmentsREREDMILE

Fin (formerly Intercom) is an AI-powered customer agent platform that handles customer service, sales, and ecommerce interactions for over 30,000 companies.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSDublin, IE

EMEoghan McCabe(CEO and Chairman of the Board, Co-founder)inDTDes Traynor(Chief Strategy Officer & Co-founder)inCLCiaran Lee(Chief Engineer & Co-founder)inDavid Barrett(Co-founder)inPAPaul Adams(Chief Product Officer)AAArchana Agrawal(President)

Co-investorsBEBessemer Venture Partners13137 Ventures50500 GlobalACAcross Capital PartnersAMAmplo VenturesCHChemistry+21 more

Instawork is a marketplace that connects local businesses with hourly workers for short-term staffing needs.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechMarketplacesSan Francisco, US

SMSumir Meghani(CEO)inSSSaureen Shah(CTO)inMWMark Wallace(Chief Financial Officer)inDKDebarshi Kar(CTO)inKCKeith Chapman(Chief Legal Officer / General Counsel)inCHCathy Hardin(Chief Revenue Officer)in

Co-investorsAFAfore CapitalAMAmino CapitalCOCorner VenturesCRCraft VenturesFOFour Rivers GroupGRGreylock Partners+15 more

Intercom is a customer communication platform that serves businesses through a partner network of agencies, resellers, and technology integrators offering referral commissions and AI-powered implementation services.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSDublin, IE

EMEoghan McCabe(Founder)DTDes Traynor(Founder)inCiaran Lee(Founder)David Barrett(Founder)Andrew G. Vajna(Founder)

Co-investors141435 Capital3S3Spoke Capital50500 GlobalBEBessemer Venture PartnersCHChemistryCRCraft Ventures+14 more

Lime operates a shared micromobility service offering short-term rentals of electric bikes and scooters.

CleantechConsumerMarketplacesMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US

Toby Sun(Founder)inWTWayne Ting(CEO)inBrad Bao(Founder)

Co-investorsACAcurio VenturesAKAkkadian VenturesAMAmity VenturesANAndreessen HorowitzATATEL VenturesATAtomico+35 more

Miso operates a home services marketplace platform that connects customers with service providers for tasks including housekeeping and moving services.

AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesConsumerFuture of WorkMarketplacesSaaSSeoul, KR

VCVictor Ching(CEO)inPavel Terentiev(Director)Martin Mrozowski(Founder)Nicholas O'Brien(Founder)Seun Oh(Founder)Haksu Lee

Co-investorsY Y CombinatorADAddventureFUFundersClubKNKnockout CapitalSASazzeLOLocus Ventures+5 more

Mode is a business intelligence platform that enables data and business teams to collaborate on analytics and derive actionable insights from data.

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

GUGaku Ueda(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inYu-tung Kan(Executive Officer, Director)Benn Stancil(Founder)Derek Steer(Founder)Josh Ferguson(Founder)

BoardOm Malik(Director)

Co-investorsH.H.I.G. CapitalH.H.I.G. Growth PartnersVAValor Equity PartnersGLGlobal BrainTRTrue Ventures

NASDAQ: ONEM; acquired by Amazon

Tom Lee(Founder)

Co-investors3S3Spoke CapitalDADag VenturesFLFlare Capital PartnersLILifeforce CapitalLOLocus VenturesMAMaverick Ventures+9 more

Marketplace for hourly venue rentals for meetings, productions, and events

San Francisco, US

ESEric ShoupinRaymond Chammas(Executive Officer, Director)Matt Bendett(Founder)Rony Chammas(Founder)

BoardPHPaul Holland(Director)inGeorge Chammas(Director)

Co-investorsCACarthona CapitalCOConvivialité VenturesFOFoundation CapitalFUFull In PartnersGFGFR FundGLGlobal Brain+4 more

Pindrop is a cybersecurity company that delivers identity verification and deepfake detection across voice, video, and digital communications in real time.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareAtlanta, US

PJPaul Judge(Founder)inMAMustaque Ahamad(Founder)inVBVijay Balasubramaniyan(Founder)inDr. Vijay A. Balasubramaniyan(Founder)Vijay A. Balasubramaniyan(Founder)

BoardScott Weiss(Director)

Co-investorsALAllegion VenturesANAndreessen HorowitzATAtlanta Technology AngelsBLBling CapitalCACapitalGCECerity Partners Ventures+17 more

PullRequest was a marketplace and platform for on-demand code review, connecting development teams with expert reviewers who checked pull requests for quality and security issues.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareAustin, US

LALyal Avery(CEO)inBFBryan Frist(Board Member)inTyler Mann(CTO)

BoardAPAnna Patterson(Director)in

Co-investorsFIFikaFUFundersClubY Y CombinatorDEDefy PartnersFIFika VenturesFRFriale+4 more

Resolution Games is a game studio that develops virtual and mixed reality games across platforms from PC to XR, with titles including Demeo, Racket Club, Blaston, and Spatial Ops.

ConsumerGamingStockholm, SE

CECarl-Arvid Ewerbring(Founder)inTPTommy Palm(CEO)inMartin Vilcans(Founder)Paul Brady(Founder)

Co-investorsBIBitkraft Esports VenturesBOBonnier CapitalCOColopl NextMIMizMaa VenturesNOnode.vcPAPartech Ventures+7 more

RightHand Robotics develops an AI-powered robotic piece-picking platform for order fulfillment in e-commerce and supply chain operations.

AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsSomerville, US

LJLeif Jentoft(Founder)inYTYaro Tenzer(Founder)inLOLael Odhner(Founder)inYaroslav Tenzer(Executive Officer, Director)BDBrian D. Owen(CEO)in

Co-investorsMEMenlo VenturesMAMatrixPLPlayground GlobalF-F-Prime CapitalGLGlobal BrainMAManiv Mobility+3 more

Roche is a healthcare company that develops diagnostics and pharmaceuticals aimed at preventing, treating, and curing diseases.

BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechBasel, CH

TSThomas Schinecker(CEO)in

Co-investorsBIBIOSPRING PARTNERSALAllen & CompanyALAlphabetFIFirst Round CapitalSVSV Angel

Rocketrip offers software that sets personalized trip budgets using real-time travel prices, company policy, and proprietary algorithms, and rewards employees with a share of the savings when they book cheaper options.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechMarketplacesTravel & HospitalityNew York City, US

Prasad Gundumogula(Founder, Group Chairman & CEO)DRDaniel Ruch(CEO)inGTGillian Tee(Director)inOrestes Fintiklis(Executive Vice Chairman)Jesus Portillo(CEO of Latin America)Trevor Vigfusson(Chief Financial Officer)

Co-investorsMOMorgan StanleyCACanaan PartnersCOComcast VenturesY Y CombinatorBEBessemer Venture PartnersGEGenacast Ventures+4 more

Shape Security (now part of F5) provides bot defense that uses real-time behavioral analysis and platform-wide telemetry to distinguish humans, trusted AI agents, and malicious automation across web apps, mobile apps, and APIs.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareMenlo Park, US

Justin Call(Founder)Tamara MacDuff(Executive Officer)

BoardGaurav Garg(Director)Derek Smith(Founder)RRRay Rothrock(Director)Ted Schlein(Director)

Co-investorsALAllegisCyber CapitalBABaseline VenturesC5C5 CapitalEPEPIC VENTURESFOFocus Opportunity FundJEJetBlue Ventures+10 more

BiotechWatertown, US

Robert S. Langer, Sc.D.(Director)ASArmon Sharei, Ph.D.(Executive Officer, Director)ASArmon Sharei(Executive Officer, Director)Amy W. Schulman(Executive Officer, Director)Kris Elverum(Executive Officer)Howard Bernstein(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsALAlumni Ventures+N+ND CapitalILIllumina VenturesINInvusJDJDRF T1D FundQUQuark Venture Inc.+2 more

Detroit-based online resale marketplace using a bid/ask model and authentication for sneakers, streetwear, watches and electronics.

CKChris Kaufman(Founder)inDan Gilbert(Founder)Greg Schwartz(Founder)Josh Luber(Founder)

Co-investorsA.A.Capital VenturesAAAAF Management Ltd.BABattery VenturesCOCourtside VenturesFOFounders Circle CapitalGEGelt VC+15 more

Ventus AI is an enterprise automation platform offering AI agents ("AI teammates") that operate inside existing systems—desktop apps, web portals, and legacy software—without API integrations to automate complex business workflows, handling MFA, CAPTCHAs, and phone calls.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechCasa Grande, US

Maran Vedamanikam(CEO and Manager)Peter Qian(Co-founder & CEO)Vincent Lu(Co-founder & CTO)

Co-investorsSASamsung NextANAndreessen HorowitzWNWndrCoALAlexandriaBIBiotechnology Value FundCACasdin Capital+5 more

Yesware is a sales engagement platform that helps teams conduct outreach campaigns, schedule meetings, and track email engagement with buyers.

Future of WorkMarketing TechSaaSSales TechBoston, US

Patrick Cashman Andrus(Executive Officer, Promoter)MBMatthew Bellows(Co-Founder & CEO)in

BoardRich Miner(Director)BFBrad Feld(Director)inNANeeraj Agrawal(Director)inDave Girouard(Director)

Co-investorsBABattery VenturesGOGolden VenturesRIRidge VenturesFOFoundryGOGolden Venture PartnersSHShea Ventures, LLC