GV (Google Ventures) portfolio in San Francisco

Alphabet's venture arm investing across enterprise, consumer, life sciences, and AI. Filtered to companies headquartered in San Francisco.

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Gusto· San Francisco, California, United States
Gusto has been growing the small business economy with technology and heart for more than a decade. Launched in 2012 as ZenPayroll, today Gusto serves more than 500,000 businesses nationwide. Each year we process tens of billions of dollars of payroll and provide employee benefits—like health insurance and 401(k) accounts—while helping companies create incredible work places.Through one refreshingly easy, integrated platform, we automate and simplify your payroll, benefits, and HR, all while providing expert support. You and your employees will get the peace of mind you need to do your best work.We offer:▪️ Automated Tax Filing▪️ Comprehensive HR & Benefits▪️ Contractor Support▪️ Integrations & Employee Self-Service▪️ And so much moreWe started Gusto with a simple belief: small businesses are the backbone of the American economy. And they deserve a partner that is committed to making their life better.
- Secondary
- 10.9k employees
- Founded 2011
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Plaid· San Francisco, California, United States
Plaid is a data network that powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. Plaid works with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, and Betterment, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid’s network covers more than 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company was founded in 2013 by Zach Perret and William Hockey.
- Secondary
- 10.3k employees
- Founded 2013
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Medium· San Francisco, California, United States
At Medium, we believe in the power of words — and we’re on a mission to bring the world’s expertise to life through memorable storytelling. Our platform rewards great writing and puts power back in the hands of readers. Medium’s subscription model means we rely on our members, not ads. We’re looking for teammates who are inspired by our mission, who are deeply thoughtful and empathetic, and who are passionate about the future of online publishing. Sound like you? Keep reading!
- Series unknown
- 9.8k employees
- Founded 2011
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Docusign· San Francisco, California, United States
Docusign brings agreements to life. Over 1.8 million customers and more than a billion people in over 180 countries use Docusign solutions to accelerate the process of doing business and simplify people’s lives. With intelligent agreement management, Docusign unleashes business critical data that is trapped inside of documents. Until now, these were disconnected from business systems of record, costing businesses time, money, and opportunity. Using Docusign IAM, companies can create, commit, and manage agreements with solutions created by the #1 company in e-signature and contract lifecycle management (CLM).
- Post-IPO debt
- 8.5k employees
- Founded 2003
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Motive· San Francisco, California, United States
Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. We serve nearly 100,000 customers, across a wide range of industries including construction, field service, energy, trucking and logistics, and the public sector, among others.Please visit gomotive.com or email us at feedback@gomotive.com for more info.
- Private equity
- 6.4k employees
- Founded 2013

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GitLab· San Francisco, California, United States
GitLab is the Intelligent Orchestration Platform where software teams and their AI agents stay in flow to amplify their capacity for innovation. Together, they automate repetitive tasks to plan, build, secure, test, deploy and maintain software. With GitLab, software teams spend less time on coordination overhead and more time on the next big idea.GitLab Duo Agent Platform provides AI agents that automate tasks across the software lifecycle. Agents handle code generation, security analysis, code review, CI/CD troubleshooting, and custom workflows — while teams maintain control through enterprise governance.Build what's next with us. Explore open roles and join our talent community: https://about.gitlab.com/jobs/
- Series E
- 3.4k employees
- Founded 2014
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One Medical· San Francisco, California, United States
One Medical challenges the notion that delivering high-quality, accessible health care is unachievable and prohibitively expensive. In fact, we’re working to prove that just the opposite is possible — a system where quality care is affordable and available to everyone.To bring this vision to life, we rely on people-centered design, smart application of technology, and a team of talented primary care providers who have the time and tools to make the right decisions. The integration of these elements allows us to offer a seamless experience that not only saves our patients time and money but also leads to better health outcomes and happier lives.
- Private equity
- 3.4k employees
- Founded 2007
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Lime· San Francisco, California, United States
Lime is the world's largest shared electric vehicle company. We’re on a mission to build a future where transportation is shared, affordable and carbon-free. Our electric bikes and scooters have powered 400+ million rides in 250+ cities on 5 continents, replacing an estimated 100+ million car trips. Named a Time 100 Most Influential Company and Fast Company Brand That Matters, we achieved a fully profitable year in 2022, becoming the first in our industry to reach this milestone.
- Debt
- 2.8k employees
- Founded 2017
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Instawork· San Francisco, California, United States
At Instawork, we’re driven by our vision to create economic opportunity for local businesses and skilled hourly professionals in communities around the world. Our accomplished and dedicated team is passionate about our mission and committed to creating products that bring together businesses and skilled hourly workers together in a meaningful way.
- Series D
- 2.7k employees
- Founded 2016
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Slack· San Francisco, California, United States
Slack is on a mission to make people's working lives simpler, more pleasant and more productive. It is the productivity platform for customer companies that improves performance by empowering everyone with no-code automation, making search and knowledge sharing seamless, and keeping teams connected and engaged as they move work forward together. As part of Salesforce, Slack is deeply integrated into the Salesforce Customer 360, supercharging productivity across sales, service and marketing teams. To learn more and get started with Slack for free, visit slack.com or connect with us @SlackHQ.Ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace where we learn from each other is core to Slack’s values. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer and a pleasant and supportive place to work.Come do the best work of your life here at Slack.
- Secondary
- 2.6k employees
- Founded 2009

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GV (Google Ventures) portfolio companies in San Francisco

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