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Google Ventures is the corporate venture capital investment arm of Alphabet Inc and provides seed, venture, and growth stage funding to technology companies. The firm operates independently from Google and makes financially driven investment decisions. Google Ventures seeks to invest in startup companies in a variety of fields ranging from Internet, software, and hardware to cleantech, biotech, and health care.〔http://www.wearobo.com/2015/08/the-6-reasons-why-google-created.html〕 The group was founded on March 31, 2009, with a $100 million capital commitment.〔 In 2012, that commitment was raised to $300 million annually, and the fund has $2 billion under management.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/08/us-venture-google-cash-idUSBRE8A70MD20121108 )〕 In 2014, the group announced $125 million to invest in promising European startups. Google Ventures has offices in Mountain View, San Francisco, New York City, Cambridge, MA and London. ==Services model== Google Ventures was one of the first venture capital firms to employ the venture capital services model. It provides portfolio companies with access to operational help after making a financial investment.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/06/22/will-google-ventures-disrupt-venture-capital/ )〕 Full-time partners at Google Ventures work with portfolio companies on design and product management, marketing, engineering, and recruiting. Google Ventures has developed an intensive, five-day design process, called a Design Sprint, which helps startups solve problems quickly.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/14/how-google-venture-partners-does-rapid-prototyping-design-sprints-with-its-170-startups/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/23/inside-a-google-ventures-design-sprint/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Google Ventures」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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