Gradient Ventures

Gradient Ventures is a venture capital investment arm of Alphabet, established in 2017 and based in Mountain View, California. The fund is dedicated to investing in seed-stage and early-stage startups within the information technology, artificial intelligence, and machine learning sectors. Its primary objective is to connect these early-stage companies with Google’s extensive resources and technical expertise, thereby assisting founders in overcoming the challenges associated with developing innovative technology products. By leveraging best practices in various fields such as recruiting, marketing, design, and engineering, Gradient Ventures aims to facilitate the transformation of promising ideas into successful business ventures.

Andrew Brackin

Partner

Zach Bratun-Glennon

General Partner

Donald Harrison

Managing Partner

Eylul Kayin

Partner

Emerson Kirk

Principal

Wen-Wen Lam

Partner

Clayton Petty

Investor

Shabih Rizvi

Partner

Vig Sachidananda

Investor

Siri Srinivas

Partner

Denise Teng

Investor

Past deals in Open Source

Openly

Series C in 2022
Openly Inc. is a technology-enabled insurance provider that specializes in homeowners insurance, catering to customers through independent agents. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional office in Chicago, the company leverages technology and industry expertise to deliver comprehensive insurance coverage. Openly's offerings include protection for the structure of the building, walls, roof, and attached fixtures. The company focuses on providing a simplified quoting process, aiming to enhance the overall insurance experience for its customers.

PopSQL

Series A in 2022
PopSQL Inc. is a company that specializes in developing a collaborative SQL query editing tool aimed at enhancing productivity for development teams. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, PopSQL provides a platform that allows users to write, visualize, and share SQL queries effectively. Its software enables teams to organize queries in folders, manage permissions for private or shared access, and track changes, facilitating collaborative work on data analysis. The solution is compatible with web, macOS, Windows, and Linux, making it accessible to a wide range of users. Through its innovative approach, PopSQL enhances the efficiency and collaboration of teams working with structured query language.

Flank

Seed Round in 2022
Legal OS GmbH, founded in 2017 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in creating, managing, and analyzing legally compliant and individualized contracts. The company provides a comprehensive library that facilitates collaboration on legal documents, offering tools for self-assembling contracts and automating business processes. Legal OS is designed to serve law firms and legal departments, enabling the efficient production of both simple and complex contracts. Its innovative solutions emphasize speed and compliance, making the process of generating legal documents seamless and user-friendly.

Astro

Seed Round in 2022
Astro assists web developers in building websites. Astro is an MIT-licensed open source build tool that renders directly to HTML and CSS. Astro also supports different well known frameworks such as react, preact, svelte, solid, vue, and more. Astro was established in 2019 by Fred K. Schott in San Francisco, California.

Orchest

Seed Round in 2021
Orchest Software B.V. is a cloud data science platform. The company is based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Openly

Series B in 2020
Openly Inc. is a technology-enabled insurance provider that specializes in homeowners insurance, catering to customers through independent agents. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional office in Chicago, the company leverages technology and industry expertise to deliver comprehensive insurance coverage. Openly's offerings include protection for the structure of the building, walls, roof, and attached fixtures. The company focuses on providing a simplified quoting process, aiming to enhance the overall insurance experience for its customers.

Duckly

Seed Round in 2020
Screen and code sharing platform for developers.

Openly

Series A in 2020
Openly Inc. is a technology-enabled insurance provider that specializes in homeowners insurance, catering to customers through independent agents. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional office in Chicago, the company leverages technology and industry expertise to deliver comprehensive insurance coverage. Openly's offerings include protection for the structure of the building, walls, roof, and attached fixtures. The company focuses on providing a simplified quoting process, aiming to enhance the overall insurance experience for its customers.

Openly

Seed Round in 2019
Openly Inc. is a technology-enabled insurance provider that specializes in homeowners insurance, catering to customers through independent agents. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional office in Chicago, the company leverages technology and industry expertise to deliver comprehensive insurance coverage. Openly's offerings include protection for the structure of the building, walls, roof, and attached fixtures. The company focuses on providing a simplified quoting process, aiming to enhance the overall insurance experience for its customers.

OnScale

Series A in 2019
OnScale Inc. is a company that specializes in developing on-demand scalable engineering simulation software designed to enhance research and development while minimizing costs. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, OnScale offers its Multiphysics CAE software, which supports engineers in accelerating innovation across diverse industries, including MEMS IoT, 5G, biomedicine, and autonomous vehicles. The software finds applications in areas such as MEMS, filters, sensors, nondestructive evaluation, medical devices, and sonar technology. OnScale operates on a Software as a Service (SaaS) model, providing cloud-based computer-aided engineering with a pay-as-you-go subscription pricing structure, making advanced simulation accessible to a wide range of users.
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