GV (Google Ventures)

“Hopefully, in the not-so-distant future, we can catch up and women’s health can be just health, in sync with other areas of medicine.” Mirvie CEO and co-founder Maneesh Jain shares how the provider aims to close critical knowledge gaps in women’s healthcare through its RNA platform — https://bit.ly/3D96Nno

Congratulations to the GV portfolio companies highlighted in Modern Healthcare’s Best In Business 2024! 🎉 The list highlights the suppliers, services, and partners driving innovation across the healthcare industry — including… Oula — providing pre-, during-, and post-maternity care for new mothers. Medallion — supporting organizations in simplifying provider operations. View the full list — https://bit.ly/4gvvjgD

Congratulations to the GV portfolio companies highlighted in CRN’s 10 Hottest Cloud And AI Security Startups Of 2024! The list recognizes organizations at the forefront of fortifying cloud security strategy for enterprises, including… ☁️ WitnessAI, which allows companies to build guardrails around the use of generative AI without sacrificing privacy or security. ☁️ dope.security, which provides companies with secure web gateways for employee use. Explore the full list — https://bit.ly/3ZMpkys

"Cala’s kIQ system, worn around the wrist as a smartwatch, senses a patient’s tremor signature and personalizes a stimulation pattern to counteract it, then delivers the energy non-invasively through the skin." With its latest round of funding, Cala Health aims to expand updates to its tremor-reducing modality, combatting the effects of Parkinson’s disease and other essential tremors — https://bit.ly/3BhcdMx

GV Partner Vanessa Cho took the stage at Fortune Brainstorm Design to discuss the function of GV’s Design Team across the portfolio. She acts as a coach to founders "who are looking to leverage design and user research to mitigate risk and accelerate business decisions.” https://lnkd.in/gy49yXxd

GV Partner Vidu Shanmugarajah led our continued investment in London-based Lawhive. Their next step toward the mission of making the law accessible to everyone is expanding to the US in 2025. “Our vision is to combine AI and best-in-class lawyers to reduce the time and cost of providing high-quality legal support, increasing access for millions of people who need it,” says Lawhive CEO Pierre Proner. https://lnkd.in/gqtkS2dC

Congratulations to GV’s Sherry Chao for landing on Business Insider’s Rising Stars of VC — a list highlighting the biggest up-and-coming investors in 2024 🎉 Explore the full list — https://bit.ly/3VnqL47

Congratulations to the GV portfolio companies named to Inc. Magazine’s Best In Business 2024! 💡 The list honors organizations innovating, inspiring, and operating at the very top of their sectors — including… 💡 Alethea — which combines AI with human oversight to identify misinformation within a company’s landscape, and provide effective mitigation strategies 💡Viz.ai — which fosters positive outcomes in healthcare for patients through an AI-powered platform View the full list — https://bit.ly/3D8JN7O

Learning new skills in 2025 just got a lot… simpler. Simply has launched Simply Piano on Apple Vision Pro — bringing musical education to an augmented environment and making learning the piano easier than ever. Congratulations to Yuval Kaminka, Yigal Kaminka, Roey Izkovsky, and the team at Simply on their latest achievement! https://bit.ly/3CYyRK9

GV UX Research Partner Michael Margolis joined Lenny’s Podcast to discuss his book Learn More Faster: How to find your bullseye customer and their perfect product. We are thrilled that so many startups are finding value in this one day method for identifying your target customer and value prop. As Lenny Rachitsky said, "One of the biggest mistakes founders make and product teams make is not being very clear and very narrow with their initial target market. I’ve been looking for a book and a guide to help people figure this out. This book is that.” Listen or watch for a super actionable plan, and hear what Michael has learned from working with over 300 (!) startups. https://lnkd.in/gPb8kMMq