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I read that Google Capital rather than Google Ventures lead the round. Could someone explain to me how these two bodies differ and what the significance would b
by hkmurakami 12y ago
I read that Google Capital rather than Google Ventures lead the round. Could someone explain to me how these two bodies differ and what the significance would be?
- edawerd 12y agoGoogle Capital and Google Ventures are two different investments arms of Google. Google Ventures focuses a lot more on early stage companies (and makes many investments throughout the year), while Google Capital focus on later, growth stage companies. Google Capital tends to only do a few large investments each year. In ZenPayroll's case, we were honored to have strong interest from both GCap and GV, so they both invested, with GCap leading.
- hkmurakami 12y agoAh thanks for the insight. I know that GV is a separate entity from Google proper with a chinese wall in place between the corporate mothership and itself. Is this the case with GC as well?