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
28
Current Fund Size
$8B

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Joe Kraus's Investments On Record (22)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Synapticure
SeedFeb 2022$6M
$41M
Co-investors: Adam Seabrook (B Capital Group), Ronald Conway Sr. (SV Angel), Ron Conway (SV Angel), Jeff Huber (Triatomic Capital), David Hodgson (General Atlantic), Adam Koppel (Bain Capital Life Sciences), Ben Silbermann
Vartana
SeedJan 2022$7M
$46M
Co-investors: Patrick Salyer (Mayfield), Bipul Sinha (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Nakul Mandan (Audacious Ventures), Somrat Niyogi (Recall Capital), Vivek Patel
Spatial
SeedOct 2018$8M
$47M
Co-investors: Garrett Camp (Expa), Mark Pincus, Mike Krieger, Sundeep Madra, Jevon MacDonald, Joi Ito, Balaji Srinivasan, Tim Jurka
StockX
Series BSep 2018$44M
$580M
Co-investors: Roger Lee (Battery Ventures), Griffin Schroeder (Tiger Global Management), Ron Conway (SV Angel), Ronald Conway Sr. (SV Angel), Scooter Braun (TQ Ventures), Brad Gerstner (Altimeter Capital), Jared Middleman (Dragoneer Investment Group), Ted Leonsis (Revolution), Karlie Kloss (Klossy), Shana Fisher (Third Kind Ventures), Jonathon Triest (Ludlow Ventures), Steve Aoki, Marc Benioff, Mark Wahlberg
Peerspace
Series BJul 2018$16M
$18M
Co-investors: Charlie Songhurst
Lime
Series CJul 2018$340M
$950M
Co-investors: Jeff Jordan (Andreessen Horowitz), Lan Xuezhao (Basis Set Ventures), Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Dovey Wan (Primitive Ventures), Chris Moreno (Infinite Niches), Paul Asel (Nokia Growth Partners), Sarah Smith (Sarah Smith Fund), Niall Wass (Atomico), Josh Mohrer, Gabriel Jarrosson, Ed Baker, Rashaun Williams, Ding Zhou
Modsy
Series BDec 2017$23M
Series AFeb 2016$8M
$71M
Co-investors: Seth Berman (Susa Ventures), Cindy Padnos (Illuminate Ventures), Sharon Vosmek (Astia), Courtney Robinson (AVP (Advance Venture Partners)), Tina Hoang-To (Kin Ventures), Pascal Levensohn (Dolby Family Ventures), Joanne Wilson (Gotham Gal Ventures)
Flock Freight
Series AOct 2017$18M
$18M
Co-investors: Julian Counihan

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.