Investing Profile

Joe Kraus

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Venture Partner at GV
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Current Investing Position
GV (Google Ventures) Venture Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $50.0M
Sweet Spot
$25.0M
Investments On Record
29
Current Fund Size
$8B

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Joe Kraus's Investments On Record (23)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Synapticure
SeedFeb 2022$6M
$41M
Co-investors: Ron Conway (SV Angel), Krishna Yeshwant (GV (Google Ventures)), Jeff Huber (Triatomic Capital)
Vartana
SeedJan 2022$7M
$34M
Co-investors: Nakul Mandan (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Bipul Sinha (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Somrat Niyogi (Recall Capital), Vivek Patel (Hyphen Capital)
Spatial
SeedOct 2018$8M
$8M
StockX
Series BSep 2018$44M
$44M
Co-investors: David Krane (Google Ventures), Ron Conway (SV Angel), Roger Lee (Battery Ventures), Ronald Conway Sr. (NewCo), Scooter Braun (TQ Ventures), Jonathon Triest (Ludlow Ventures), Ted Leonsis (Revolution), Karlie Kloss (Klossy), Shana Fisher (Third Kind Ventures), Mark Wahlberg, Marc Benioff, Steve Aoki
Peerspace
Series BJul 2018$16M
$16M
Lime
Series CJul 2018$340M
$790M
Co-investors: Jeff Jordan (Andreessen Horowitz), Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Dovey Wan (Primitive Ventures), Chris Moreno (Xeal), Ding Zhou
Modsy
Series BDec 2017$23M
Series AFeb 2016$8M
$31M
Co-investors: Seth Berman (Susa Ventures)
Flock Freight
Series AOct 2017$18M
$18M

Joe Kraus's Experience

Partner Google Ventures2009 - 2018
Director of Product Management Google2006 - 2009
CEO JotSpot2003 - 2006
Founder DigitalConsumer.org2002 - 2005
Founder Excite.com1993 - 2000

Joe Kraus's Education

Stanford B.A.