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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.

Built from a search like: “GV (Google Ventures)-backed companies in San Francisco”

Ranked by current headcount across GV (Google Ventures)-backed companies in San Francisco. Refreshed daily.

  1. 1
    Uber· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Post-IPO debt
    • 155.6k employees
    • Founded 2009
  2. 2
    Stripe· South San Francisco, California, United States
    • Secondary
    • 14.7k employees
    • Founded 2010
  3. 3
    Docusign· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Post-IPO debt
    • 8.4k employees
    • Founded 2003
  4. 4
    Motive· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series unknown
    • 6.1k employees
    • Founded 2013
  5. 5
    One Medical· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Private equity
    • 4.4k employees
    • Founded 2007
  6. 6
    Gusto· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series A
    • 4.4k employees
    • Founded 2011
  7. 7
    GitLab· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series E
    • 3.4k employees
    • Founded 2014
  8. 8
    Slack· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Secondary
    • 3k employees
    • Founded 2009
  9. 9
    Flexport· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Convertible note
    • 2.8k employees
    • Founded 2013
  10. 10
    Lime· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Debt
    • 2.6k employees
    • Founded 2017
  11. 11
    Instawork· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series D
    • 2.3k employees
    • Founded 2016
  12. 12
    Intercom· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Debt
    • 2k employees
    • Founded 2011
  13. 13
    Turo· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Secondary
    • 1.7k employees
    • Founded 2009
  14. 14
    Checkr, Inc.· San Francisco, California, United States
    • undisclosed
    • 1.7k employees
    • Founded 2014
  15. 15
    Harness· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series E
    • 1.6k employees
    • Founded 2017
  16. 16
    Zipline· South San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series H
    • 1.6k employees
    • Founded 2014
  17. 17
    Opendoor· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Post-IPO equity
    • 1.4k employees
    • Founded 2014
  18. 18
    Plaid· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Secondary
    • 1.4k employees
    • Founded 2013
  19. 19
    Doctor On Demand· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series unknown
    • 1.3k employees
    • Founded 2013
  20. 20
    Harvey· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series G
    • 1.1k employees
    • Founded 2022
  21. 21
    Courier· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series B
    • 1.1k employees
    • Founded 2019
  22. 22
    Cribl· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Secondary
    • 1.1k employees
    • Founded 2018
  23. 23
    Cisco ThousandEyes· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series D
    • 997 employees
    • Founded 2010
  24. 24
    Nextdoor· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Post-IPO equity
    • 939 employees
    • Founded 2011
  25. 25
    Vercel· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series F
    • 879 employees
    • Founded 2015

GV (Google Ventures) portfolio companies in San Francisco

GV (Google Ventures)’s San Francisco portfolio is one of the most active recruiting pools in the market. The list above ranks GV (Google Ventures)-backed companies headquartered in San Francisco by current headcount, drawn from public LinkedIn and Crunchbase records. With 136 matching companies in our index, you can see exactly where the GV (Google Ventures) thesis has landed locally.

GV (Google Ventures) companies in San Franciscotend to attract a specific type of operator — a founder or early hire bought into both the firm’s thesis and the city’s ecosystem. That makes the engineers and designers at these companies particularly valuable signals.

Refolk lets you reach this pool. Ask for “GV (Google Ventures) companies in San Franciscohiring founding engineers” or “founders of GV (Google Ventures)-backed companies in San Francisco who left in the last year” and Refolk returns a ranked shortlist with evidence behind each match.

How this list is built

Refolk pulled companies whose disclosed Crunchbase investor list includes GV (Google Ventures) and whose HQ is in San Francisco, ranked them by current employee count, and kept those with at least 5 employees. The list refreshes once a day.

Last refreshed: Thu, 07 May 2026 08:00:04 GMT

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