Investing Profile

David Krane

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CEO & Managing Partner at GV
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Current Investing Position
GV (Google Ventures) Managing Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $50.0M
Sweet Spot
$25.0M
Investments On Record
34
Current Fund Size
$8B

David Krane is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

David Krane's Investments On Record (23)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Waymo
Series DFeb 2026$16B
$16B
Co-investors: Byron Deeter (Bessemer Venture Partners), David Cowan (Bessemer Venture Partners), Sameer Dholakia (Bessemer Venture Partners), Jared Middleman (Dragoneer Investment Group), Saurabh Gupta (DST Global)
Nerd Apply
SeedJan 2026$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Chris Moore (Redpoint Ventures), Laura Rippy (Alumni Ventures ), Matt Mcilwain (Madrona Ventures), Jim Feuille (Crosslink Capital), Jeff Crowe (Norwest Venture Partners), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com)
Nothing
Series CSep 2025$200M
Series CJun 2023$96M
Series AFeb 2021$15M
$450M
£5M
Co-investors: Tom Hulme (GV (Google Ventures)), Matthew Wachter (Tiger Global Management), Josh Buckley (Buckley Ventures), Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Tony Fadell (Future Shape), Adrian Cheng (K11 Concepts Limited), Ted Persson (EQT Ventures), Ryan Zurrer (Vine Ventures (vine.vc)), Casey Neistat, Liam Casey, Sebastian Ingrosso, Guillaume Roux-Romestaing, Kevin Lin
Daydream
SeedJun 2024$50M
$50M
Co-investors: Jon Callaghan (True Ventures), Kirsten Green (Forerunner Ventures), Danny Rimer (Index Ventures), Frederique Dame (GV (Google Ventures)), Fanny Surjana
Mill
Series CSep 2023$70M
Series BJan 2022
$70M
Co-investors: Carmichael Roberts (Breakthrough Energy Ventures), Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Andriy Mykhaylovskyy (Fifth Wall Ventures), Henrik Jones (Buckhill Capital), Sarah Kunst (Cleo Capital)
Kitchen United
Series CJul 2022$100M
$150M
Co-investors: Adam Ghobarah (Kinetix), Jamie Shortill (Strand Venture Partners), Sunil Paul
Yuga Labs
SeedMar 2022$450M
$450M
Co-investors: Tom Hulme (GV (Google Ventures)), Chris Lyons (Andreessen Horowitz), Rick Yang (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Chris Dixon (Andreessen Horowitz), Steve Aoki (Dim Mak), Brandon Hoffman (Sunset Ventures), Justin David Blau (Royal.io), Calvin Broadus (Hotmail), Mark Cuban (PKF The Consulting House, Dubai - UAE), Shaquille O'Neal
Neuralink
Series CJul 2021$210M
$1.2B
Co-investors: Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Michael Mignano (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Krishna Yeshwant (GV (Google Ventures)), Shaun Maguire (Sequoia Capital), Andrew Reed (Sequoia Capital), Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Jonathan MacQuitty (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Brenton Fargnoli (AlleyCorp), Robert Nelsen (ARCH Venture Partners), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Ken Howery (Unknown Ventures), Blake Byers (NewLimit), Bill Lee (Craft Ventures), Sam Altman, Shane Neman

David Krane's Experience

CEO & Managing Partner GV2016 - Present
Managing Partner Google Ventures2014 - Present
General Partner GV (Google Ventures)Present
Managing Partner GV (Google Ventures)Present
CEO & Managing Partner GV (Google Ventures)Present
Board Member MGMPresent
General Partner GVPresent
Managing Partner GVPresent
General Partner Google Ventures2010 - 2014
Director, Global Communications and Public Affairs Google2000 - 2010

David Krane's Education

Indiana University Bloomington BA Journalism, Music