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Google Ventures will now bear the "best" European start-up.
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Some media already evoked this for a moment: Google is interested in ecosystem European startup. This time, it's official. In a blog post, the Mountain View company announced the launch of a new Google Ventures investment fund to "support the next generation of European entrepreneurs" .
The first background will amount to $ 100 million, which is relatively small compared to the VC qu'investissent already installed in Europe. Nevertheless, it would be an "initial background", suggesting that more money will come in as and when.
"Our goal is simple: we want to invest in the best ideas of the best European entrepreneurs and help give life to these ideas," said Bill Maris, Managing Partner at Google Ventures, in the blog post.
If Google Ventures invested primarily in Silicon Valley, this property can be interpreted as a good indicator for the economy startup in the Old Continent. After all, in recent years, it was a large pool. We could cite Parrot, Spotify, SoundCloud and many others, who managed to make a name internationally in their respective fields.
Since its inception in 2009, Google Venture has invested in many startups working in various fields such as health, mobile technology or the cloud. His biggest hit was an investment of $ 258 million in the company VTC Uber, which helped develop the company $ 3 billion. This goes back to the end of 2013.