Graham Spencer
InvestorGeneral Partner at GV (Google Ventures)
Palo Alto, California
Writes $250K – $50M checks · typically $25M
About
Graham Spencer, a managing partner, combines first-cycle internet operating experience—co-founding/CTO of Excite.com—with a part-time CTO role at Synapticure and trusteeship at the Santa Fe Institute, merging building and complexity-science insight.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningBiotechConsumerEnterprise SoftwareHealthtech
Experience
- Santa Fe InstituteTrusteecurrent2003 — present
- GVManaging Partner2017 — 2022
- GVGeneral partner2010 — 2017
- GoogleEngineering director2006 — 2011
- JotSpotFounder and CTO2003 — 2006
- Excite@HomeCTO of Excite.com1998 — 1999
- ExciteFounder and CTO1993 — 1998
Education
- Stanford UniversityBS, MS, Computer Science1989 — 1994
Skills & more
Big Data8Distributed Systems11Machine Learning1Scalability8Software Engineering3Artificial Intelligence2Entrepreneurship2Cloud Computing2Start-ups1Mobile Applications1Hadoop2Apache1
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Colleagues at GV (Google Ventures)
Andrew Wheeler
General Partner at GV (Google Ventures)
Anika Gupta
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Anika Gupta Vatsa
Principal at GV (Google Ventures)
Anthony Philippakis
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Ben Robbins
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Braden Kowitz
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Bradley Horowitz
Investor at Wisdom Ventures
Brendan Bulik-Sullivan
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
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Andrew WheelerScout
General Partner at GV (Google Ventures)
Anika GuptaScout
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Anthony PhilippakisScout
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Ben RobbinsScout
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Braden KowitzScout
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Brendan Bulik-SullivanScout
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Brian BendettScout
Partner at GV (Google Ventures)
Cathy FriedmanScout
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Crystal HuangScout
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Dan LynchScout
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Dave MunichielloScout
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
David KraneScout
CEO & Managing Partner at GV (Google Ventures)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Graham Spencer work?
- Graham Spencer is General Partner at GV (Google Ventures).
- What does Graham Spencer invest in?
- Graham Spencer invests in AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Consumer, Enterprise Software, Healthtech.
- What check size does Graham Spencer write?
- Graham Spencer typically writes checks of $250K – $50M.
Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Santa Fe Institute6
Also worked at GV57
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