GV

GV Management Company, LLC, established in 2009 as the venture capital arm of Alphabet Inc., specializes in investments across various stages, including seed, early, and late-stage funding. Based in Mountain View, California, with additional offices in Boston, New York, Seattle, Cambridge, and London, GV focuses on sectors such as life sciences, healthcare, artificial intelligence, robotics, transportation, cybersecurity, and agriculture. The firm has invested in over 300 companies, aiming to drive innovation and improve lives. GV seeks to make investments of up to $50 million, while offering early-stage startups funding of up to $250,000, typically taking minority stakes in these companies. Through its extensive network, GV provides startups with unique access to technology and talent, enhancing their potential for success.

Karim Faris

General Partner

Crystal Huang

Partner

Rick Klau

Partner

David Krane

Managing Partner

Daniel Lynch

Executive Venture Partner

David P. Schenkein

General Partner

KJ Sidberry

Principal

Krishna Yeshwant

General Partner

Sangeen Zeb

General Partner

Past deals in ASIC

AMP Robotics

Series C in 2023
AMP Robotics Corporation specializes in designing and manufacturing robotic systems for material recovery facilities and recycling operations, focusing on automating the identification, sorting, and processing of complex waste streams. The company's flagship product, AMP Cortex, utilizes advanced robotics and computer vision technology to efficiently pick and sort recyclable materials, significantly lowering sorting costs. Additionally, AMP Neuron, a software solution, captures and analyzes material data to identify features in a manner similar to human perception. By leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, AMP Robotics enhances recycling processes for various waste types, including municipal solid waste and e-waste. The modular design of its systems allows for easy integration into existing infrastructure, minimizing disruption and capital investment. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Louisville, Colorado, AMP Robotics has formed strategic partnerships to further its mission of improving recycling rates and economic recovery of recyclables.

Veza

Venture Round in 2022
Cookie.AI is a stealth-mode startup based in the Silicon Valley / Bay Area. We are building SaaS based security products in a dynamic and fast moving world of cybersecurity with ideas rooted in the era of privacy for the cloud. We are well-funded and backed by top-tier VCs and CEOs as angel investors. The founders are serial entrepreneurs who have experience in the full 0-to-1 journey with a successful exit with an acquisition. We are looking for founding engineers (summer interns also welcome!) with strong interests in security / cloud-native systems / identity / SaaS.

Resistant AI

Series A in 2021
Resistant AI protects the machine learning system from adversarial manipulation and advanced fraud. We believe that responsible and systematic adoption of machine learning techniques can profoundly improve our lives. Our mission is to accompany our customers on this way and to ensure that the risks related to machine learning and AI adoption are responsibly detected, managed and resolved.

Altana AI

Series A in 2021
Altana AI specializes in developing artificial intelligence software solutions focused on enhancing global trade. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, the company leverages comprehensive global economic data to provide visibility across borders and improve risk management for governments, enterprises, and financial institutions. Altana's offerings include AI-based data fusion and decision support tools, centered around the Altana Trade Knowledge Graph. This innovative platform delivers a real-time overview of transactions, ownership, movements, cyber activity, and associated risks within the global trade network. By facilitating better data-driven insights, Altana aims to make trade safer, more efficient, and more profitable for its clients, including regulators, businesses, financial service providers, and logistics companies.

Lightmatter

Series B in 2021
Lightmatter, Inc. is an artificial intelligence (AI) hardware company based in Boston, Massachusetts, that specializes in integrated optical technology to develop advanced computing processors. Founded in 2017, the company has created a silicon chip that utilizes light signals for processing, offering a new approach to AI computation. This technology accelerates critical operations in deep neural networks by employing programmable photonic elements alongside traditional transistors, enhancing the speed and efficiency of data processing while minimizing power consumption. Lightmatter's innovations aim to improve various AI applications, including image recognition and natural language processing, contributing to the advancement of next-generation AI-powered computing solutions.

AMP Robotics

Series B in 2021
AMP Robotics Corporation specializes in designing and manufacturing robotic systems for material recovery facilities and recycling operations, focusing on automating the identification, sorting, and processing of complex waste streams. The company's flagship product, AMP Cortex, utilizes advanced robotics and computer vision technology to efficiently pick and sort recyclable materials, significantly lowering sorting costs. Additionally, AMP Neuron, a software solution, captures and analyzes material data to identify features in a manner similar to human perception. By leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, AMP Robotics enhances recycling processes for various waste types, including municipal solid waste and e-waste. The modular design of its systems allows for easy integration into existing infrastructure, minimizing disruption and capital investment. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Louisville, Colorado, AMP Robotics has formed strategic partnerships to further its mission of improving recycling rates and economic recovery of recyclables.

Ionic Security

Series E in 2019
Ionic Security, a data security platform, provides access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption, and policy management. Ionic Security (formerly Social Fortress) enables the use of cloud services by protecting sensitive data anywhere it travels and wherever it resides, whether on the corporate network, in the cloud or on mobile devices. The first unified data security platform of its kind, Ionic Security takes a comprehensive approach to secure data in today’s borderless enterprise by providing access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption, and policy management, without proxies or gateways or changes in user behavior. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and is backed by leading venture firms such as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, TechOperators, and ff VC as well as industry experts Christopher Klaus, Ken Levine, Phil Dunkelberger, and Dr. Paul Judge.

Lightmatter

Series A in 2019
Lightmatter, Inc. is an artificial intelligence (AI) hardware company based in Boston, Massachusetts, that specializes in integrated optical technology to develop advanced computing processors. Founded in 2017, the company has created a silicon chip that utilizes light signals for processing, offering a new approach to AI computation. This technology accelerates critical operations in deep neural networks by employing programmable photonic elements alongside traditional transistors, enhancing the speed and efficiency of data processing while minimizing power consumption. Lightmatter's innovations aim to improve various AI applications, including image recognition and natural language processing, contributing to the advancement of next-generation AI-powered computing solutions.

Arcus Biosciences

Series C in 2017
Arcus Biosciences is biotech company founded on a vision of creating new cancer therapeutics through the utilization of emerging insights in immunology. Arcus was formed in 2015 by a group of seasoned researchers from the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries and is located in the San Francisco bay area, in the heart of the world’s largest biotechnology research hub.

Acalvio Technologies

Venture Round in 2016
Acalvio provides Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) solutions to detect, engage and respond to malicious activity inside the perimeter. The solutions are anchored on patented innovations in Deception and Data Science. This enables a DevOps approach to ATD, enabling ease of deployment, monitoring and management. Acalvio enriches its threat intelligence by data obtained from internal and partner ecosystems, enabling customers to benefit from defense in depth, reduce false positives, and derive actionable intelligence for remediation.

Arcus Biosciences

Series B in 2016
Arcus Biosciences is biotech company founded on a vision of creating new cancer therapeutics through the utilization of emerging insights in immunology. Arcus was formed in 2015 by a group of seasoned researchers from the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries and is located in the San Francisco bay area, in the heart of the world’s largest biotechnology research hub.

Acalvio Technologies

Series B in 2016
Acalvio provides Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) solutions to detect, engage and respond to malicious activity inside the perimeter. The solutions are anchored on patented innovations in Deception and Data Science. This enables a DevOps approach to ATD, enabling ease of deployment, monitoring and management. Acalvio enriches its threat intelligence by data obtained from internal and partner ecosystems, enabling customers to benefit from defense in depth, reduce false positives, and derive actionable intelligence for remediation.

Ionic Security

Series D in 2016
Ionic Security, a data security platform, provides access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption, and policy management. Ionic Security (formerly Social Fortress) enables the use of cloud services by protecting sensitive data anywhere it travels and wherever it resides, whether on the corporate network, in the cloud or on mobile devices. The first unified data security platform of its kind, Ionic Security takes a comprehensive approach to secure data in today’s borderless enterprise by providing access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption, and policy management, without proxies or gateways or changes in user behavior. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and is backed by leading venture firms such as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, TechOperators, and ff VC as well as industry experts Christopher Klaus, Ken Levine, Phil Dunkelberger, and Dr. Paul Judge.

Ionic Security

Series C in 2015
Ionic Security, a data security platform, provides access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption, and policy management. Ionic Security (formerly Social Fortress) enables the use of cloud services by protecting sensitive data anywhere it travels and wherever it resides, whether on the corporate network, in the cloud or on mobile devices. The first unified data security platform of its kind, Ionic Security takes a comprehensive approach to secure data in today’s borderless enterprise by providing access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption, and policy management, without proxies or gateways or changes in user behavior. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and is backed by leading venture firms such as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, TechOperators, and ff VC as well as industry experts Christopher Klaus, Ken Levine, Phil Dunkelberger, and Dr. Paul Judge.

LedgerX

Series A in 2014
LedgerX LLC operates an online institutional derivatives exchange platform specifically for digital currencies. Founded in 2013 and based in Vail, Colorado, the company has sought registration with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to function as a swap execution facility and derivatives clearing organization. Formerly known as NYBX INC, LedgerX is focused on providing a regulated environment for trading digital currency futures and options. The platform features physical settlement of contracts, block trading, and algorithmic trading, enabling both individual traders and institutions to transact in cryptocurrencies efficiently. As a subsidiary of NYBX LLC, LedgerX is positioned to enhance the trading landscape for digital assets.

Ionic Security

Series B in 2014
Ionic Security, a data security platform, provides access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption, and policy management. Ionic Security (formerly Social Fortress) enables the use of cloud services by protecting sensitive data anywhere it travels and wherever it resides, whether on the corporate network, in the cloud or on mobile devices. The first unified data security platform of its kind, Ionic Security takes a comprehensive approach to secure data in today’s borderless enterprise by providing access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption, and policy management, without proxies or gateways or changes in user behavior. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and is backed by leading venture firms such as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, TechOperators, and ff VC as well as industry experts Christopher Klaus, Ken Levine, Phil Dunkelberger, and Dr. Paul Judge.

Ionic Security

Series A in 2012
Ionic Security, a data security platform, provides access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption, and policy management. Ionic Security (formerly Social Fortress) enables the use of cloud services by protecting sensitive data anywhere it travels and wherever it resides, whether on the corporate network, in the cloud or on mobile devices. The first unified data security platform of its kind, Ionic Security takes a comprehensive approach to secure data in today’s borderless enterprise by providing access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption, and policy management, without proxies or gateways or changes in user behavior. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and is backed by leading venture firms such as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, TechOperators, and ff VC as well as industry experts Christopher Klaus, Ken Levine, Phil Dunkelberger, and Dr. Paul Judge.