Google Ventures

2021: Investing in a chip developer to connect the brain to a Neuralink computer

At the end of July 2021, Neuralink announced the attraction of $205 million in investments as part of a round of financing led by Dubai venture capital company Vy Capital and Google Ventures. The assessment of the startup based on the results of the transaction is not disclosed. More details here.

2014: A quarter of Google's investment goes into the corporate sector

In mid-December 2014, it became known where the venture fund Google Ventures invests funds. About one quarter of the investment division of the Internet giant invests in the corporate sector.^[1]

In 2014, $425 million was spent from Google Ventures to finance 282 companies representing various areas of activity - from alternative energy and medicine to automotive services. European startups received $125 million.

Google also reported that in 2014, 16 companies left the management of the fund by placing shares on the stock exchange or joining another company. In particular, this happened with Nest, Divide, Mitro, Loom and Luvocracy.

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A quarter of Google's investment goes to the corporate sector

Approximately 24% of Google Ventures investments benefited online security software developers, data storage and analysis, as well as other promising enterprises that promote enterprise-level solutions, including those focused on working with information.

Most of all (36%) was invested in startups in the field of health and biological sciences. So, in May 2014, Google Ventures launched a round of funding for Flatiron Health, a platform developer with constantly updating cancer information for patients and doctors. This startup raised $130 million. In addition, the money from the fund was received by DNAnexus (a search archive of DNA information) and Foundation Medicine (a service for analyzing the nature of tumors).

The share of Google Ventures investments in mobile technologies amounted to 27% in 2014. Accordingly, 8% and 5% of the total investment of the venture fund were received by companies somehow related to consumer and commercial products. In total, Google Ventures runs about $1.6 billion.

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