Hints and tips:
...Renamed GV, it now boasts more than 400 companies in its portfolio and has some $8bn in assets under management....
...Blake Byers has stepped down as a general partner at GV, a venture capital arm of Google, to start his own firm....
...Speaking of the investment from GV, Mr Takeuchi added: “We built a relationship over a very long time. Tom Hulme [general partner at GV] and I are friends....
...The round values Lime at about $800m, or $1.1bn after including the funds raised, according to people with knowledge of the terms. Spokespeople for Lime, Alphabet and GV all declined to comment....
...Extrapolate those numbers for the rest of the year and One Medical is valued at about eight times trailing revenue. It is likely to seek a higher multiple when it lists....
...When diagnosed early, 90 per cent of patients live for at least five years, compared with just 14 per cent at an advanced stage....
...Something must be working at Google Ventures also, as assets under management has grown from $50m in 2009 to $3.5bn in 2018....
...The departure is the latest for GV since the fund was set up as a dedicated fund in 2014 to target tech investments in Europe....
...Avid Larizadeh Duggan, a general partner at GV, the venture arm of Alphabet. She was a co-founder of Boticca, a marketplace for fashion accessories....
...Kobalt reported a loss of nearly $17m in 2016 according to its last set of accounts, with revenue at $260m....
...An investors at GV told the New York Times last year that it was “the most complicated business that I’ve ever funded” because of its combination of technology, logistics, e-commerce and fresh produce....
...Gritstone scientists have analysed each one at a molecular level to provide thousands of different data points that can be fed through the sensitive computer programmes, including over one million protein...
...The above at least was my view until I emailed myself a draft copy of this column. “Good one!”, “Very funny!”, “Love it!”, came the suggestions from inside the Googleplex....
...“GV hadn’t done any other fintech investments in Europe. Google looks at us as a tool that other firms can use to globalise. The investment was all about being developer-led.”...
...Mr Maris closed the European fund at the end of last year, claiming it was more efficient for Google to make all its investments out of a single pool....
...cross-border payments being made between businesses annually, it is crucial that we continue to innovate to make international payments easier and faster,” said Gautam Jain, a transaction banking executive at...
...for the vehicle, and to be prepared to take over at any time”....
...I could only gawp at the view, as the device zoomed upwards over the trees....
...People should also be allowed to prepare ideas to avoid “production blocking”, when a preferred idea is suggested at an early stage and dominates the rest of the discussion....
...There is also the problem of communication at such vast distances. Steve Jobs urged everyone to put a “dent in the universe”....
...GV will be as adventurous as its predecessor seems to be the message....
...The reversal comes only 14 months after the fund launched at a time when it was coming under huge political pressure in Europe....
...You only need to look at Congress to see the limitations of democracy. Yes, some of our new businesses will cost jobs....
...Google Ventures, which is changing its name to GV, has backed more than 300 companies since its creation six years ago....
...At 453p, Dixons Carphone’s shares are still up 2 per cent since January....
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