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Google Ventures

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Google Ventures was founded in March 2009.

Google Ventures is broadly interested in startups in industries including consumer Internet, software, hardware, clean-tech, bio-tech, health care and others.

They invest amounts ranging from seed funding to tens of millions of dollars, depending on the stage of the opportunity and the company’s need for capital.

Milestones

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  Google Ventures invested in Adimab. (1/22/10)
  Posted 1/22/10 at 4:28pm
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  Google Ventures invested in SCVNGR. (1/11/10)
  Posted 12/24/09 at 11:36am
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  Google Ventures invested in Silver Spring Networks. (12/15/09)
  Posted 12/15/09 at 9:24pm
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  Google Ventures invested in EnglishCentral. (10/2/09)
  Posted 10/9/09 at 6:42am
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  Google Ventures invested in VigLink. (6/09)
  Posted 1/12/10 at 12:19am
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  Google Ventures invested in Pixazza. (3/24/09)
  Posted 2/19/09 at 12:11pm
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  Google Ventures invested in AltaRock Energy. (8/08)
  Posted 7/1/09 at 11:52am
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  Google Ventures invested in Brightsource Energy. (6/27/08)
  Posted 5/28/09 at 2:19pm
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  Google Ventures invested in eSolar. (4/21/08)
  Posted 4/22/08 at 1:18pm

Investments

Videos

Sources

1. Adimab, Inc.: Series D $8.2M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
2. Geo-Gamer Scvngr Tracks Down $4M From Google Ventures, Highland (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
3. Silver Spring Networks Raises Another $100M (earth2tech.com) [edit]
4. Google Ventures Invests In English Language Learning Startup EnglishCentral (paidcontent.org) [edit]
5. Citation Needed [add]
6. Pixazza Raises $5.75 Million In First Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
7. earth2tech.com [edit]
8. Google joins in $115M investment into solar thermal company, BrightSource (venturebeat.com) [edit]
9. eSolar, Google-Backed Startup, Picks Up Steam, $130 Million (huffingtonpost.com) [edit]