GV (Google Ventures)

Snapshot

Founded: 2009
HQ: Mountain View, CA + London
Parent: Alphabet
Stage: Multi-stage (seed → late-stage)
Cap-table conflict status: Verified clean across all 8 Init Intelligence competitors as of 2026-05-05.

Lead deal partners

Partner	Why fit	Recent thesis-aligned bets
Karim Faris (GP, Bay Area)	Leads enterprise software, big data, security. Veza (Dec 2025) “securing human and AI access” directly relevant to AI ITSM IAM surface.	Veza, Push Security, Cohesity, Egnyte, Altana AI, FullStory
Tom Hulme (MP, Head of Europe)	Public thesis: “real opportunity is applying AI to specific workflows” — exactly the AI ITSM wedge. 79% of GV Europe’s 2025 capital went to AI; commitments doubled $500 M \to$ 1.2B.	SolveAI ($50M lead), Synthesia, Lawhive, Buena
Sangeen Zeb (GP, Bay Area)	AI + enterprise + fintech. Co-invested Sierra $950M Series E with Tiger Global. Boards: Harvey, OpenEvidence, Vercel.	Harvey, OpenEvidence, Vercel, Thinking Machines, Hebbia, Sierra

Secondary: Crystal Huang (GP, SaaS+AI infra; led DualEntry $90M Series A, Roboflow, Mechanical Orchard, Translucent AI). Could be a viable Series A lead alternative.

Stage fit

Series A capable: yes — actively leading. Led Sublime Security $11 MS er i es A, co - l e d L a w hi v e$ 40M, led SolveAI $50 M, G V + [[e n t i t i es / a cce l ∣ A cce l]] l e d M ec hani c a lO rc ha r d$ 50M Series B, GV led DualEntry $90M Series A. Best Tier-C Series A lead capacity behind M12.
Series B+ capable: yes — full multi-stage; >$13B AUM, 15-year track record.

Notes

Tom Hulme’s stated thesis: “the real opportunity is applying AI to specific workflows.” Karim Faris leads enterprise software, big data, security (security/IAM angle).
~50% of 2025 GV investments in AI; ~80% in GV Europe.
Distribution/co-sell surface: Google Workspace + Gmail + Chat; Google Cloud / Vertex AI / Agentspace; Gemini Enterprise + Agentspace as a horizontal copilot.