CapitalG

Investor - Venture Capital

Overview

CapitalG invests in late growth-stage technology companies for profit. They are owned by Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company.

Country: United States

Founded: 2013

Headquarters: Mountain View, CA

Investment Strategy

Geography

  • North America
  • Asia

Sector Focus

  • Marketplace Lending
  • RegTech
  • Payments and Remittances
  • Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
  • Data and Analytics
  • Real Estate

Investment Stage

  • Later Stage Venture
  • Growth Stage
  • Series B
  • Series C
  • Series D

Summary

CapitalG invests in late growth-stage technology companies primarily in the US and Asia.  They were previously known as Google Capital and they are still a company of Alphabet, Inc.  Their goal is to make return-driven investments in leading companies around the world and help entrepreneurs rapidly grow their businesses.  Their connection to Google is a key asset because they can call on experts from Google’s offices around the world to help their portfolio companies grow.  CapitalG’s functional expertise enables them to unlock key revenue drivers and cost savings for their companies as they accelerate their growth journey.

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Investments

Date

Name

Size

Round

Co-Investors

Sector

Country

November 2016

Stripe

$150m

Series D

General Catalyst Partners & Sequoia Capital

Payments and Remittances

United States

August 2016

MapR Technologies

$50m

Venture

  Australia Government Future Fund

Data and Analytics

United States

August 2016

Pindrop

$80.8m

Series C

  Andreessen Horowitz

RegTech

United States

February 2016

Oscar

$400m

Private Equity

  Fidelity Investments

InsureTech

United States

December 2015

Gusto

$75m

Series B

  General Catalyst Partners

Infrastructure and Enterprise Software

United States

September 2015

Zscaler

$25m

Series D

RegTech

United States

September 2015

Oscar

$32.5m

Venture

InsureTech

United States

August 2015

Zscaler

$85m

Series D

  TPG Growth

RegTech

United States

July 2015

CrowdStrike

$100m

Series C

  Accel Partners

Infrastructure and Enterprise Software

United States

April 2015

Gusto

$60m

Series B

  Alimeter Capital

Infrastructure and Enterprise Software

United States

January 2015

CommonFloor

$15m

Series F

David Lawee

Real Estate

India

September 2014

Credit Karma

$75m

Series C

  David Lawee

Data and Analytics

United States

June 2014

MapR Technologies

$80m

Series D

  Gene Frantz

Data and Analytics

United States

March 2014

Credit Karma

$85m

Series C

  David Lawee

Data and Analytics

United States

March 2014

Ten-X

$50m

Venture

David Lawee

Real Estate

United States

May 2013

Lending Club

$125m

Private Equity

  David Lawee

Marketplace Lending

United States

Key Employees

David Lawee
Partner

Laela Sturdy
Partner

Gene Frantz
Partner

Gretchen Howard
Partner