Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has its fingers in a lot of pies. Subsidiaries include self-driving car company Waymo, research and development lab ‘X’ and smart home firm Nest.
One that receives less attention is GV, formerly called Google Ventures, its venture capital investment arm founded in 2009. GV has backed about 350 companies and has £1.9 billion in funds.
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