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CapitalG

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HOMEPAGE CapitalG is Alphabet’s independent growth fund. (https://capitalg.com)
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CapitalG is Alphabet’s independent growth fund.

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We invest our capital and expertise to help remarkable entrepreneurs, leading transformational companies, accelerate the growth of their businesses.

H1 CapitalG is Alphabet’s independent growth fund
H2 A singular focus on your success
H2 $7 billion in assets under management
H2 16 IPOs and 11 M&A exits
H2 3500 Googlers have advised 4500 portfolio employees
H2 Growth is more than a stage; it’s a state of mind.
H2 Your partner in growth
H2 The companies we work with
H2 News & Insights
H6 Leading OpenRouter’s Series B
H6 Introducing the CapitalG 2026 Advisory Board
H6 Duna: The Business Identity Network
H6 Bedrock Robotics: Autonomy for the Built World
H6 Celebrating CapitalG's Newest General Partners: Jill Chase and Alex Nichols
H6 Lovable: Software Built for the 99%
H6 Verkada: The Operating System for the Physical World
H6 Physical Intelligence: Bringing AI Into the Physical World
H6 Celero: Bringing Coherence to AI-Scale Networking
H6 WSJ: Investing in AI, The View From One Big Investor
H6 Tripling Down On Whatnot: Taking Live Commerce Mainstream
H6 Base Power: Scaling the Grid
H6 Baseten: The Foundation for Production AI
H6 Clay: The Go-To-Market Platform for the AI Era
H6 Tebi: The Operating System for Hospitality & Retail
H6 nEye: Illuminating AI Datacenter Networking
H6 Partnering with Pennylane
H6 Expert Guidance for Growth: Introducing CapitalG’s 2025 Advisory Board
H6 Celebrating CapitalG’s Newest General Partner, James Luo
H6 NinjaOne: Empowering Modern IT Teams
H6 Motif: A Revolution in Building Design
H6 Reflections on 2024–and a Peek at What Lies Ahead
H6 Dreamer: The Operating System for AI Agents
H6 Odoo: Rebundling Application Software
H6 Farther: Ushering in a New Era of Wealth Management
H6 From an Ironman Triathlete to the World Series of Poker: Meet CapitalG’s Investment VPs
H6 100 Top Women in Finance: Blazing New Trails in the Markets, the Economy, and Industry
H6 Monzo: Making Money Work for Everyone
H6 DTEX: Powering Your Trusted Workforce
H6 CapitalG’s Next Generation: Alex Nichols, Mo Jomaa, and Jane Alexander
H6 2024 Predictions: Reflecting Back and Looking Ahead
H6 What to Know About Hiring in Tech Right Now, According to CapitalG's Lauren Illovsky
H6 CapitalG’s Laela Sturdy Is Paving the Way for Women Leaders in VC
H6 AlphaSense: The Emerging Leader in AI-Enabled Market Intelligence
H6 Meet CapitalG’s 2023 Advisory Board
H6 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The World of Data Is Changing
H6 Google’s CapitalG Names Laela Sturdy as New Leader
H6 Magic: Reimagining Software Engineering with AI
H6 Looking Forward: CapitalG 2023 Predictions
H6 Fulfilling Alphabet’s $100 Million Commitment To Black-Led VCs–and Economic Opportunity For All
H6 Doubling Down on Whatnot: Making Online Shopping Fun and Social
HEADING_REPEATED_BODY Partnering for growth (https://capitalg.com/insights/your-partner-for-growth/)
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Partnering for growth

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Partnering for growth

H2 Partnering for growth
H2 Go-to-market
H2 More Insights
H3 Unlocking access to unparalleled expertise
H3 How CrowdStrike’s inside sales team began in an unlikely home: the CapitalG office
H3 Product & Engineering
H3 People & Talent
H6 Duna: The Business Identity Network
H6 Bedrock Robotics: Autonomy for the Built World
H6 Lovable: Software Built for the 99%
H6 Verkada: The Operating System for the Physical World
H6 Physical Intelligence: Bringing AI Into the Physical World
H6 Celero: Bringing Coherence to AI-Scale Networking
H6 WSJ: Investing in AI, The View From One Big Investor
H6 Tripling Down On Whatnot: Taking Live Commerce Mainstream
H6 Base Power: Scaling the Grid
H6 Baseten: The Foundation for Production AI
H6 Clay: The Go-To-Market Platform for the AI Era
H6 Tebi: The Operating System for Hospitality & Retail
H6 nEye: Illuminating AI Datacenter Networking
H6 Partnering with Pennylane
H6 Expert Guidance for Growth: Introducing CapitalG’s 2025 Advisory Board
H6 Celebrating CapitalG’s Newest General Partner, James Luo
H6 NinjaOne: Empowering Modern IT Teams
H6 Motif: A Revolution in Building Design
H6 Reflections on 2024–and a Peek at What Lies Ahead
H6 Dreamer: The Operating System for AI Agents
H6 Odoo: Rebundling Application Software
H6 Farther: Ushering in a New Era of Wealth Management
H6 From an Ironman Triathlete to the World Series of Poker: Meet CapitalG’s Investment VPs
H6 Introducing the CapitalG 2024 Advisory Board
H6 100 Top Women in Finance: Blazing New Trails in the Markets, the Economy, and Industry
H6 Monzo: Making Money Work for Everyone
H6 DTEX: Powering Your Trusted Workforce
H6 CapitalG’s Next Generation: Alex Nichols, Mo Jomaa, and Jane Alexander
H6 2024 Predictions: Reflecting Back and Looking Ahead
H6 What to Know About Hiring in Tech Right Now, According to CapitalG's Lauren Illovsky
H6 Heart and Hustle: A Conversation with Managing Partner Laela Sturdy
H6 CapitalG’s Laela Sturdy Is Paving the Way for Women Leaders in VC
H6 AlphaSense: The Emerging Leader in AI-Enabled Market Intelligence
H6 Meet CapitalG’s 2023 Advisory Board
H6 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The World of Data Is Changing
H6 A New Era of Leadership for CapitalG
H6 Google’s CapitalG Names Laela Sturdy as New Leader
H6 Magic: Reimagining Software Engineering with AI
H6 Meet CapitalG’s Newest Partners: Jill Chase and Chengpeng Mou
H6 Looking Forward: CapitalG 2023 Predictions
H6 Fulfilling Alphabet’s $100 Million Commitment To Black-Led VCs–and Economic Opportunity For All
H6 Doubling Down on Whatnot: Making Online Shopping Fun and Social
H6 Introducing CapitalG’s 2022 Go-to-Market Advisory Board
H6 Mentorship: Building Talent and Unlocking Company Growth
H6 How Lauren Illovsky’s Matchmaking Strengthens Talent Networks
H6 How venture capital can close the racial wealth gap
H6 Investing in What Matters: Funding Underserved Entrepreneurs
H6 Salt Security: Protecting the Growing API Ecosystem
H6 Promoting the Next Generation
H6 Fireblocks: The Gatekeeper Unlocking Institutional Access to Crypto
H6 Looking Forward: CapitalG’s 2022 Predictions
H6 Doubling Down on Expel: Still Defending Customers from Cyber Criminals
H6 Ensuring Growth Stage Success: Roundtable with Google Cloud
H6 Back in the Office and Covid-safe: Five Things to Know
H6 DCG: Building Web 3.0's Leading Financial Services Company
H6 B2B Fintech’s Next Wave: Opportunities and Trends
H6 Google Cloud's Adam Berlew on AI for Enterprise
H6 Freshworks: Making History and Delighting Customers
H6 Whatnot: Ecommerce + Entertainment and Social
H6 How Financial Services Startups Can Create Trust
H6 Google Cloud VP Carlos Granda: Reimagining Customer Success
H6 How CapitalG Supports Investments Post-Money
H6 Inclusive Hiring: Advice From Unqork, Netflix, Anaplan & More
H6 Duolingo: From Early Monetization to IPO and Beyond
H6 How Stripe Manages Remote & Hybrid Work and Culture
H6 Google Cloud's Ulku Rowe Sees a Bright Future for Financial Services
H6 What Laela Sturdy Learned on Her Path to VC
H6 Congratulations to Robinhood, the Company That Created a New Generation of Investors
H6 Full Truck Alliance: Revolutionizing China’s Massive Logistics Sector
H6 How Duolingo Does Business Continuity Planning
H6 Dr. Carole Robin: How Leaders Can Build Meaningful Connections
H6 Meet CapitalG's 2021 Go-To-Market Advisory Board
H6 How Jill Greenberg Used Data for Her Path Into VC
H6 Derek Zanutto: The Rise of Data Lakes
H6 UiPath: Accelerating Human Achievement
H6 Mantl: Turbocharging Banks into the Digital Age
H6 Our Investment in Notarize: Trust in Every Transaction
H6 Our Investment in Cloud Security: Meet Orca
H6 The Digital Identity Process is Broken. ID.me Will Fix It.
H6 Strive Health: Improving Outcomes for Unmanaged Kidney Disease
H6 Why Zero Trust is the Future for Corporate Security
H6 How Our General Counsel Helps to Shape VC Diversity Push
H6 CrowdStrike’s Former CMO Johanna Flower on Scaling, Brand-Building
H6 Pricing: The Most Under-Appreciated Lever For Growth
H6 Webflow: Empowering Everyone To Build For The Web
H6 Making Financial Data Useful: The Power of MX
H6 CapitalG 2021 Predictions
H6 Redefining Travel: The Vision Behind Airbnb’s Growth
H6 Three Cheers for FanDuel
H6 Raising Capital: A Conversation with Derek Zanutto on 20 Min VC
H6 Q&A with Royal Hansen, Google’s VP of Security and CapitalG Advisor
H6 No-Code Applications Are Shaking Up the Enterprise
H6 DNC Hacks, Growth VC and the World’s Highest Concentration of PhDs
H6 Next Insurance: Empowering Small Businesses With The Insurance They Need To Survive And Thrive
H6 Partnering for growth
H6 No Code Will Define The Next Generation Of Software
H6 Expel – Defending Enterprises from Cyber Criminals and Overused Buzzwords
H6 Bringing the legal industry into the digital age: How Everlaw is advancing ediscovery and the search for truth
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CapitalG is Alphabet’s independent growth fund.

H1 Focused on tomorrow
NAV_HEADER_HEADING_REPEATED_BODY About us (https://capitalg.com/about/)
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CapitalG is Alphabet’s independent growth fund.

H1 World-class IT decision maker network
H2 G is for Google — and Growth
H2 Value delivered
H2 Go-to-market
H2 Product & Engineering
H2 People & Talent
H2 Guiding beliefs
H2 A relentless focus on entrepreneurs
H2 Better never stops
H2 No one of us is better than all of us
H2 We’re all owners
H3 $10 million in incremental pipeline revenue in year 1 on average
H3 2700 portfolio employees trained in ML, engineering mentorship and management
H3 Hire and train well, learn best practices, and create HR/People processes that scale
H3 01
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H3 04
H4 Derek Zanutto
H4 Gene Frantz
H4 Laela Sturdy
H4 Jesse Wedler
H4 Patrick Collision
H4 John Collison
H4 Brian Chesky
H4 George Kurtz
H4 Ali Ghodsi
H4 Jay Chaudhry
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HOMEPAGE (https://capitalg.com) CapitalG is Alphabet’s independent growth fund.
[H1] CapitalG is Alphabet’s independent growth fund
SCROLLCapitalG invests capital and expertise to help remarkable leaders accelerate the growth of their businesses.
We focus on growth-stage companies, leveraging in-house operators and Google advisors to guide entrepreneurs through the shift from start-up to scale-up.
[H2] A singular focus on your success
We invest heavily in each company’s success, fueling them with recurring, significant capital and consistent, hands-on operational and strategic support.
[H2] $7 billion in assets under management
Resources to help you grow, with typical investments of $50-200 million per company
[H2] 16 IPOs and 11 M&A exits
Laser focused on each company’s success–with the track record to prove it
[H2] 3500 Googlers have advised 4500 portfolio employees
Hands-on go-to-market, people & talent, and product & engineering support, often producing multimillion-dollar value within the first year
[H2] Growth is more than a stage; it’s a state of mind.
We seek to dramatically accelerate and amplify each company’s success.We helped Duolingo develop its successful monetization model and scale its marketing channels, Credit Karma refresh its HR operations, and Gusto revamp its payment system. We even incubated CrowdStrike’s inside sales team. We help consumer companies expand their marketing channels, and we help enterprise companies build sales pipelines with qualified leads generating an average of $10 million in incremental pipeline revenue per company within the first year alone.
[IMG: Numerous companies in which CapitalG has invested, such as CrowdStrike, Duolingo, Freshworks, Airbnb, and UiPath, have achieved major exits such as IPOs.]
Unmatched growth experienceWe’ve had front row seats to Google’s growth story—as well as Stripe’s, Airbnb’s, Databricks', CrowdStrike's, Zscaler's and more. We leverage our deep experience with growth-stage companies and our special access to Google’s insights and expertise to support entrepreneurs through the step change into growth.
[IMG: CapitalG general partners Gene Frantz, Laela Sturdy and Derek Zanutto stand near the CapitalG logo wall in the company]
Dedicated operational supportCapitalG was founded to share the lessons learned from Google’s scaling journey—and that of our portfolio—with the next generation of transformative companies. Our dedicated in-house operators and extensive networks of senior Google advisors and go-to-market experts deliver high-touch value to companies and their teams. About us
[H2] Your partner in growth
We direct our support for maximum impact. Immediately following each new investment, dedicated account leads begin establishing tailor-made connections and programming designed to accelerate each company’s growth.Typical engagements include business model development, qualified customer introductions, executive or technical recruiting support, security reviews, marketing channel revamps, and leadership and engineering training. Some engagements involve a few sessions with Google experts, while others span many months. We work with companies as long as it takes to help them achieve success. Learn more
[H2] The companies we work with
CapitalG partners with a small number of transformational consumer and enterprise tech companies making the step change into growth. Investment areas include enterprise infrastructure, security, and data; fintech; and consumer services and marketplaces. IPO IPO IPO IPO IPO IPO IPO IPO View companies
[H2] News & Insights
[IMG: OpenRouter Listing Image]
[H6] Leading OpenRouter’s Series B
Jane Alexander, Mo Jomaa, Judy Tsai, Lani Adedoyin26 May 2026
[IMG: CapitalG 2026 Advisory Board]
[H6] Introducing the CapitalG 2026 Advisory Board
CapitalG03 Mar 2026
[IMG: CapitalG invests in Duna, a fintech transforming how businesses verify their identity.]
[H6] Duna: The Business Identity Network
Alex Nichols and Miriam Finnemore05 Feb 2026
[IMG: CapitalG invests in Bedrock Robotics, which is building the future of autonomous construction.]
[H6] Bedrock Robotics: Autonomy for the Built World
Derek Zanutto, Conner Lovely, Alex Tran04 Feb 2026
[IMG: Alex Nichols and Jill Chase were promoted to General Partner at CapitalG.]
[H6] Celebrating CapitalG's Newest General Partners: Jill Chase and Alex Nichols
Laela Sturdy and Wendy Alexander21 Jan 2026
[IMG: CapitalG invests in Lovable, a software creation platform that enables anyone to build production-ready applications just by chatting with AI.]
[H6] Lovable: Software Built for the 99%
Laela Sturdy, Mo Jomaa, and Alice Yang18 Dec 2025
[IMG: Filip Kaliszan is Founder and CEO of physical security company Verkada]
[H6] Verkada: The Operating System for the Physical World
Derek Zanutto, Mo Jomaa, Conner Lovely, and Alice Yang03 Dec 2025
[IMG: Physical Intelligence: Bringing AI Into the Physical World]
[H6] Physical Intelligence: Bringing AI Into the Physical World
Jill Chase & Manmeet Gujral20 Nov 2025
[IMG: Celero: Bringing Coherence to AI-Scale Networking]
[H6] Celero: Bringing Coherence to AI-Scale Networking
James Luo, Jamie Rosen, & Melody Li 17 Nov 2025
[IMG: CapitalG’s Laela Sturdy on where she’s putting her money, and why investing in AI startups requires a “strong stomach”]
[H6] WSJ: Investing in AI, The View From One Big Investor
Wall Street Journal10 Nov 2025
[IMG: Our Investment in Whatnot: Fusing Ecommerce with Entertainment and Social]
[H6] Tripling Down On Whatnot: Taking Live Commerce Mainstream
Laela Sturdy, Alex Nichols, and Miriam Finnemore28 Oct 2025
[IMG: CapitalG invested in Base Power, a first-of-its-kind energy company powering America with reliable and affordable electricity.]
[H6] Base Power: Scaling the Grid
Alex Nichols and Miriam Finnemore08 Oct 2025
[IMG: Baseten: The Foundation for Production AI]
[H6] Baseten: The Foundation for Production AI
Jill Chase & Manmeet Gujral05 Sep 2025
[IMG: Clay: The Go-To-Market Platform for the AI Era]
[H6] Clay: The Go-To-Market Platform for the AI Era
Jane Alexander & Will Noddings05 Aug 2025
[IMG: CapitalG invested in Tebi, an all-in-one financial operating system for independent hospitality businesses, founded by Arnout Schuijff and Rob Vonk.]
[H6] Tebi: The Operating System for Hospitality & Retail
Alex Nichols & Miriam Finnemore10 Jun 2025
[IMG: nEye: Illuminating AI Datacenter Networking]
[H6] nEye: Illuminating AI Datacenter Networking
James Luo, Jamie Rosen, & Melody Li10 Apr 2025
[IMG: Partnering with Pennylane]
[H6] Partnering with Pennylane
Jane Alexander, Miriam Finnemore, & Will Noddings07 Apr 2025
[IMG: 2025-advisory-board]
[H6] Expert Guidance for Growth: Introducing CapitalG’s 2025 Advisory Board
CapitalG17 Mar 2025
[IMG: Celebrating CapitalG’s Newest General Partner, James Luo]
[H6] Celebrating CapitalG’s Newest General Partner, James Luo
Laela Sturdy & Wendy Alexander10 Mar 2025
[IMG: Alphabet growth fund CapitalG invested in endpoint management leader NinjaOne]
[H6] NinjaOne: Empowering Modern IT Teams
Derek Zanutto, Mo Jomaa, & Judy Tsai24 Feb 2025
[IMG: CapitalG led the Series A in Motif, a company on a mission to bring 21st-century design tools to 21st-century buildings.]
[H6] Motif: A Revolution in Building Design
Jill Chase, Manmeet Gujral, & Lin Zhu30 Jan 2025
[IMG: CapitalG partners James Luo, Jill Chase, Mo Jomaa, Alex Nichols and Jane Alexander share their predictions for 2025.]
[H6] Reflections on 2024–and a Peek at What Lies Ahead
CapitalG16 Dec 2024
[IMG: CapitalG partner Jill Chase is pictured with /dev/agents co-founder and CEO David Singleton]
[H6] Dreamer: The Operating System for AI Agents
Jill Chase, Manmeet Gujral, & Lin Zhu 26 Nov 2024
[IMG: CapitalG invested in Odoo, a leading integrated business solutions provider which offers a comprehensive, modular suite that meets the specific needs of every business. Odoo is led by founder and CEO Fabien Pinckaers.]
[H6] Odoo: Rebundling Application Software
Alex Nichols and Miriam Finnemore20 Nov 2024
[IMG: CapitalG invested in Farther, the nation’s leading technology-centric wealth management firm. Farther is led by co-founders Taylor Matthews and Brad Genser.]
[H6] Farther: Ushering in a New Era of Wealth Management
Jesse Wedler10 Oct 2024
[IMG: Meet CapitalG’s Investment VPs]
[H6] From an Ironman Triathlete to the World Series of Poker: Meet CapitalG’s Investment VPs
CapitalG19 Aug 2024
[IMG: Laela Sturdy Managing Partner CapitalG PHOTOGRAPH BY KATIE THOMPSON]
[H6] 100 Top Women in Finance: Blazing New Trails in the Markets, the Economy, and Industry
Barron's14 Mar 2024
[IMG: listingMonzo Leadership hz]
[H6] Monzo: Making Money Work for Everyone
Gene Frantz and John Shin05 Mar 2024
[IMG: listingDTEX Leadship hz]
[H6] DTEX: Powering Your Trusted Workforce
James Luo and Jamie Rosen05 Mar 2024
[IMG: Alex Nichols Mo Jomaa and Jane Alexander are new investment partners at Alphabet growth fund CapitalG.]
[H6] CapitalG’s Next Generation: Alex Nichols, Mo Jomaa, and Jane Alexander
Laela Sturdy and Wendy Alexander07 Feb 2024
[IMG: CapitalG leaders Jill Chase Jeremiah Gordon James Luo and Lauren Illovsky predict what is to come in 2024.]
[H6] 2024 Predictions: Reflecting Back and Looking Ahead
CapitalG07 Dec 2023
[IMG: Lauren Illovsky CapitalG Talent Partner]
[H6] What to Know About Hiring in Tech Right Now, According to CapitalG's Lauren Illovsky
Fast Company29 Oct 2023
[IMG: FastC-Laela LI]
[H6] CapitalG’s Laela Sturdy Is Paving the Way for Women Leaders in VC
Fast Company13 Jun 2023
[IMG: blog AlphaSense-4840×2450]
[H6] AlphaSense: The Emerging Leader in AI-Enabled Market Intelligence
James Luo11 Apr 2023
[IMG: advisory-board-banner]
[H6] Meet CapitalG’s 2023 Advisory Board
CapitalG29 Mar 2023
[IMG: VentureB-Derek LI]
[H6] The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The World of Data Is Changing
Derek Zanutto04 Mar 2023
[IMG: LaelaSturdy CapitalG 2022 AJPHOTOGRAPHER(1)]
[H6] Google’s CapitalG Names Laela Sturdy as New Leader
Bloomberg01 Mar 2023
[IMG: Magic Eric Seb 1]
[H6] Magic: Reimagining Software Engineering with AI
Jill Chase and Manmeet Gujral06 Feb 2023
[IMG: Hero listing image]
[H6] Looking Forward: CapitalG 2023 Predictions
CapitalG15 Dec 2022
[IMG: Cap-G-Blog-Asset-v2 2x]
[H6] Fulfilling Alphabet’s $100 Million Commitment To Black-Led VCs–and Economic Opportunity For All
Jeremiah Gordon and Jackson Georges, Jr08 Sep 2022
[IMG: Whatnot Founders]
[H6] Doubling Down on Whatnot: Making Online Shopping Fun and Social
Laela Sturdy and Alex Nichols21 Jul 2022 Read all
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SUB-PAGE (https://capitalg.com/insights/your-partner-for-growth/) Partnering for growth
[IMG: Partnering for growth]
15 Sep 2020
[H2] Partnering for growth
CapitalG was founded in 2013 to help remarkable growth-stage companies realize their potential. While many VC firms help startups on their journey to product-market fit, we focus on what happens next: scale. Specifically, our objective is to support companies in their crucial shift from start-up to scale-up. We achieve this by unlocking access to the talent, passion and strategic expertise of Google and Alphabet’s technology and product leaders, combining that unparalleled access with 7 years of front row seats to the incredible growth journeys of our portfolio companies, as well as our own experience as investors, operators and entrepreneurs.
[H3] Unlocking access to unparalleled expertise
The CapitalG approach is focused and deliberate. Through our laser-like focus on growth, we’ve learned that growth stage companies typically face similar challenges in the areas of: Go-To-Market, Product & Engineering and People & Talent. We deliver meaningful value in these areas by:
Providing unparalleled access to Google & Alphabet’s most talented and most experienced technology and product leadersDelivering highly personalized, custom-tailored support from our dedicated in-house team with expertise across marketing, business development and data scienceEnrolling portfolio company employees of every level in structured training programs, ranging from machine learning to security and engineering mentorshipActively sharing learning experiences across our network of hyper growth companies with whom we’ve been so privileged to partner
Yet, even though many companies’ growth stage challenges may be similar, we never take a formulaic approach. We design customized plans to provide optimal support to the companies we invest in, from 1:1 advising with industry leaders to carefully curated events, key partner and customer introductions and customized strategic engagements. And since we only invest in a few companies each year, every investment gets our full attention.
We set out to support companies in a way that no other investment firm can, and while every investment partnership is unique, here is how we frequently add value:
[H2] Go-to-market
Growth stage companies have achieved product-market fit and are scaling their abilities in sales, marketing, operations and customer care. They’re shifting practically overnight from 10 sales reps to 100, or expanding from one company to ten, or diversifying from the one marketing channel that works to many. That’s why we help companies:
Optimize and scale marketing by connecting them to experts within our firm or across Google in areas like pricing and SEO, SEM, content marketing and attribution.Expand their sales pipelines through our active CXO network, by co-hosting highly targeted events with prospective leads and by connecting portfolio companies with Google cross-sector teams. We also sometimes help them create new sales functions and operational processes altogether.Develop and navigate relationships across Google, both as a customer and as a partner, sometimes resulting in 6–8 figure deals.
[H3] How CrowdStrike’s inside sales team began in an unlikely home: the CapitalG office
CapitalG led CrowdStrike’s Series C investment in 2015. Back then, their sales team was small — consisting of about a dozen reps. To help CrowdStrike scale, CapitalG actually incubated their first inside-sales team; our office was their office, where we made customer introductions and co-hosted highly curated CISO events
[H3] Product & Engineering
Growth stage companies quickly learn that what worked when they were startups will break as they grow. World-class dev ops, tools and security are all key to running any product truly at scale. That’s why we help companies:
Scale their infrastructure & security. Security is often not built into products during the start-up phase, but it becomes absolutely critical to companies on the cusp of growth. CapitalG designed a program with Google’s world-class security team to help portfolio companies quickly assess and prioritize their key potential vulnerabilities.Train their teams in machine learning. Every technology company in the world struggles to find enough AI/ML talent to meet their needs, so we help our portfolio companies develop them in-house. CapitalG has partnered with Google’s unparallelled AI/ML teams to develop and run structured training programs for nearly 1200 portfolio employees — including the entire Duolingo technical organization.Accelerate their product roadmaps. Whatever the technical challenge, we’re here to help in a highly personalized way. When Aye Finance and Credit Karma needed to deploy machine learning to make key operating decisions, we helped hire and interview their nascent data science teams.
How Gusto overhauled their payments platform while simultaneously processing billions in transactions
As Gusto expanded, it needed to dramatically revamp its payments system while concurrently processing billions in transactions. The changes required were immensely complex not only technically but also from a regulatory, operations and financial risk management perspective. The CapitalG growth team assisted with every stage of the transition, arranging for financial analysts, risk operations pros, a regulator-turned-compliance expert and the engineer who built the software architecture for all payments across Google to advise Gusto.
[H3] People & Talent
As companies scale, it’s the people who make all the difference. While many VCs provide connections to executive talent (and we do that, too), what’s really differentiated about CapitalG is how we help companies think of people and talent as a system, leveraging Google’s world-renowned leadership and wealth of data-driven knowledge in the field of people operations. CapitalG helps companies take a thoughtful approach to attracting, motivating and retaining their talent, helping them develop high-trust, high-performing cultures, craft fair and balanced performance review systems and develop effective, well-regarded managers. Specific areas of engagement tend to include:
HR process management. It’s critical for companies to establish HR/people operations processes as they scale. Google’s HR advisors provide data-backed advice on compensation and benefits, goal-setting and performance reviews, and operational processes such as expansion into new offices and norm-setting around distributed work.
Learning & development. The best companies hire incredible managers but also develop talent from within. We provide training programs and resources for new and experienced managers, with a special emphasis on engineering management and mentorship. We’ve facilitated the mentorship of more than 180 engineering managers to-date.
Talent acquisition. We help our founders and CEOs recruit all-star executives. That means helping them crystalize their needs, then helping them find and vet candidates, and supporting both the candidates and the portfolio companies through the hiring process. We also help companies develop strong employer brands, making it easier to attract and retain strong talent at every level.
DEI. We advise our portfolio companies on their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategies, leveraging both our in-house talent bench in this area, as well as Google’s.
How Credit Karma scaled its people operations to accommodate 5X employee growth
When Credit Karma was scaling from 200 to over 1000 employees, CapitalG helped them revamp their performance review, goal-selling and compensation systems; select locations for new offices; build out new manager training and leadership development programs; and beef up their engineering recruiting by connecting them with employer branding experts and actively engaging in the hiring of their first data science team.
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SUB-PAGE · THIN (https://capitalg.com/portfolio/) Companies
[H1] Focused on tomorrow
We focus where we can have the biggest impact, allowing us to offer unparalleled, tailor-made advice and engagement. Across consumer and enterprise, we support transformational companies to make the step change into growth, from our initial investment all the way through to IPO. All Consumer Enterprise IPO IPO IPO IPO IPO IPO IPO Acquired IPO Acquired IPO Acquired Acquired Acquired Acquired IPO Acquired Acquired Acquired IPO IPO IPO Acquired Acquired Acquired IPO IPO IPO Acquired Acquired
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SUB-PAGE (https://capitalg.com/about/) About us
[H2] G is for Google — and Growth
CapitalG was founded a decade ago to empower entrepreneurs with Alphabet and Google’s unparalleled expertise in growth.
We are privileged to share the lessons learned from helping to scale Google, Stripe, Airbnb, CrowdStrike, Databricks, and Zscaler with the next wave of generational tech companies–perhaps including yours.
Alphabet is our sole LP and provides patient, long-term capital. As an independent growth fund, our priorities align with our entrepreneurs. CapitalG companies have achieved
product-market fit and are ready to scale. We maintain a small, concentrated portfolio so every company receives substantial capital and hands-on support.
[IMG: CapitalG partners Derek Zanutto, Gene Frantz, Laela Sturdy, and Jesse Wedler]
[H4] Derek Zanutto
General Partner
[H4] Gene Frantz
General Partner
[H4] Laela Sturdy
Managing Partner
[H4] Jesse Wedler
General Partner
[IMG: Patrick Collison Co-Founder and CEO and John Collison Co-Founder and President Stripe]
[H4] Patrick Collision
Co-Founder and CEO
[H4] John Collison
Co-Founder and President
[IMG: Brian Chesky Co-Founder and CEO Airbnb]
[H4] Brian Chesky
Co-Founder and CEO
[IMG: George Kurtz Co-Founder and CEO CrowdStrike]
[H4] George Kurtz
Co-Founder and CEO
[IMG: Ali Ghodsi Co-Founder and CEO Databricks]
[H4] Ali Ghodsi
Co-Founder and CEO
[IMG: Jay Chaudhry Founder CEO and Chairman Zscaler]
[H4] Jay Chaudhry
CEO, Chairman and Founder
[H2] Value delivered
[H3]
CapitalG helps transform founders’ audacious visions into scaled reality. Over 3500 Googlers have advised 4500 portfolio employees via custom-designed engagements supported by dedicated account leads, senior Google advisors, and go-to-market experts.
[H2] Go-to-market
[H2]
CapitalG helps companies improve and scale their sales and marketing capabilities, build qualified sales pipelines, expand distribution channels and partners, and develop and activate their brands.
[H3] $10 million in incremental pipeline revenue in year 1 on average
[H1] World-class IT decision maker network
Our networks, advisors’ networks, and Google's network of Global 2000 IT decision makers deliver highly qualified, warm introductions to potential channel partners and multimillion-dollar customer accounts.
[H1] Product and co-selling opportunities
We facilitate enterprise sales co-selling arrangements, unlock joint marketing dollars, and open doors to exclusive IT buyer events.
[H1] Fast-tracked Google Ads support
Receive prioritized support from Google, fast-tracked relationships with all of the leading digital marketing platforms, and special pricing with premiere agencies.
[H1] Digital marketing assistance
Optimize existing channels, and identify new levers for growth via search engine optimization (SEO), growth marketing, measurement strategy, brand marketing, and creative development for emerging social media platforms.
[H1] Monetization and expansion strategy
Optimize pricing and determine new markets or categories to enter, new products and services to launch, or companies to acquire.
[IMG: Bob Meese CRO Duolingo]
[IMG: Felix Van der Meale CEO & Founder Collibra]
[IMG: Bobby Patrick CMO UiPath]
"I didn’t expect this level of support from an investor. CapitalG helped us end-to-end, from thinking about strategy and business models to deep dives with pricing experts. Their help has provided clear, tangible value to our decision making."— Bob Meese, CROCapitalG brought to the table a unique access and network. They helped us win major new enterprise deals, navigate a partnership with Google Cloud, and really accelerate our go-to-market.— Felix Van der Meale, CEO & Founder“CapitalG provided a B2B Marketing advisor who met with us over 30 times to help our team connect their strategy to execution and advance their approach to digital marketing. This helped us both drive pipeline and improve our communications.”— Bobby Patrick, CMO
[H2] Product & Engineering
[H2]
We help you harden your security vulnerabilities, increase engineering productivity, build out new data science and ML functions, decide whether to buy or build new functionality, and hire precisely the right technical resources.
[H3] 2700 portfolio employees trained in ML, engineering mentorship and management
[H1] Technical advising
Receive expert advice on scaling infrastructure, product roadmaps, AI and ML integration strategies, developer tooling, cloud migration and more.
[H1] Mentorship programs
Learn from senior Googlers how to design high-impact engineering organizations, improve engineering and developer productivity, and navigate your career.
[H1] Machine learning training
Over 1,200 portfolio engineers and data scientists have received the world-class ML and AI training previously only available to Google engineers.
[H1] Security hardening
Nearly half of our portfolio companies have jumped at the chance to have dozens of Google’s top security experts help them identify vulnerabilities and adopt leading-edge security best practices.
[IMG: Edward Kim CTO & Co-Founder Gusto]
[IMG: Gary Hoberman Founder & CEO Unqork]
[IMG: Cat Fletcher VP of Engineering Expel]
“They really have carte blanche within Google to find that one person and have that one person solve our problems. They actually bring a lot more to the table other than money.”— Edward Kim, CTO & Co-Founder"CapitalG is an invaluable partner. They provide customer introductions, 1:1 advising with product and engineering leaders, and incredible machine learning & engineering mentorship programs. We feel lucky to have them by our side."— Gary Hoberman, Founder & CEO"The mentoring program helped foster cross-team collaboration, scaling the team without compromising the culture."— Cat Fletcher, VP of Engineering
[H2] People & Talent
[H2]
People lie at the heart of every successful organization, but the challenges of building a positive culture, setting high yet inclusive bars for hiring, and engaging and developing teams increase significantly as companies grow.
[H3] Hire and train well, learn best practices, and create HR/People processes that scale
[H1] Organizational planning, development and design
Lean into strengths, build new capabilities, and create repeatable processes that replicate success in organizational design, people operations, and leadership best practices.
[H1] Executive and technical recruiting support
Receive advice on when to work with recruiters, coaching through the offer process, and executive and board member referrals via our networks and advisor networks. We also facilitate interviews in areas like data science and ML.
[H1] C-level forums and executive peer networks
Recurring small group workshops and speaker series provide a safe space for leaders to share strategies and address common issues with like-minded peers and world-renowned experts. Topics include business continuity planning and prioritization, macroeconomics, the future of work, and more.
[IMG: David Merkel Founder and CEO Expel]
[IMG: Ryan Graciano CTO and Co- Founder Credit Karma]
[IMG: Joy Sybesma Chief People Officer Dataiku]
“There is no question about how invaluable our partnership with CapitalG has been. We got way more out of the relationship than we were expecting. The go-to-market and people initiatives across Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity, Talent, and CPO support especially stand out.”— David Merkel, Founder and CEO"We told CapitalG, 'We need to figure out office space, hiring, retention, operations, and management.' They brought in Google experts for each request. The work we’ve done with them on this has been hugely valuable."— Ryan Graciano, CTO and Co-Founder“CapitalG runs a bi-weekly people leaders forum. It’s one of the few meetings I commit to and look forward to attending regularly. Discussing strategies for hiring, compensation, DEI, and employee engagement with fellow leaders is invaluable.”— Joy Sybesma, Chief People Officer
[H2] Guiding beliefs
Our beliefs lie at the core of every action we take as we partner with companies throughout their growth journeys.
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[H3] 03
[H3] 04
[H2] A relentless focus on entrepreneurs
We’re not here to just write checks. We work vigorously to earn and keep our partners' trust. Making the connections that move mountains. Playing the role of coach in the good times — and providing calm counsel when there are challenges.
[H2] Better never stops
We were born with a ‘healthy disregard for the impossible’.
We want to earn outsized returns by staying a step ahead of everyone else. We can only do that by taking initiative, being unafraid to challenge the status quo — never losing that restless feeling that drives us to always push for better.
[H2] No one of us is better than all of us
Everyone is here for a reason. There’s no reserve team. No optional attendees. It’s our unique combination of different backgrounds, skills, talent and perspectives that makes us stronger.
[H2] We’re all owners
Each and every action makes a difference. Whether it’s going that extra inch or doing something for no other reason than it needs doing. Our smallest actions and gestures often have outsized impact on our biggest goals.*Based on Q1-3 2022 data collected from 8 enterprise software companies recently working with CapitalG
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🛡️ Trust Signals — reviews, proof links, trust-theatre flag (Trust & Proof)
31Review mentions (all pages)
0External proof links (all pages)
PageReviewsProof links
/ (home) 14 0
/insights/your-partner-for-growth/ 17 0
/portfolio/ 0 0
/about/ 0 0
🔗 Identity & Technical Layer — schema JSON-LD: identity chains, entity gaps (Identity & Authority)
Homepage — no schema detected (entity gap)
/insights/your-partner-for-growth/ — no schema detected (entity gap)
/portfolio/ — no schema detected (entity gap)
/about/ — no schema detected (entity gap)

Your Diagnosis

Before revealing the machine’s verdict, predict the BS score for each signal. Higher = more BS (more fluff, less verifiable substance). Drag each slider, then submit to compare your judgment against the engine.

Information Density 0 / 30
Read the Narrative & headings: do hard facts (prices, dates, numbers) outweigh fluff power-words?
Semantic Coherence 0 / 20
Compare the homepage promise against the sub-page reality. Do they hold the same line?
Trust & Proof 0 / 20
Weigh review mentions against actual external proof links. Claims without verification = theatre.
Commodity Fingerprint 0 / 15
Check headings & narrative against the industry clichés in the setup above.
Identity & Authority 0 / 15
Inspect the schema: is there real Organization/Person identity with sameAs links, or gaps?
Your predicted BS score 0 / 100
💡 Stuck? Reveal the heuristic lens — how the deterministic page-auditor reads each signal (no AI, pure pattern rules)

These are the structural rules a local, deterministic auditor applies — the same lens you can use to judge each signal. They describe what to look for, not this company’s result.

Information Density

Classify each sentence as substantive or hollow. Grounding markers — numbers, currencies, dates, technical units, named entities — outweigh marketing adjectives. When fluff sits right next to hard evidence, the fluff is forgiven.

Semantic Alignment

Pull the main entities out of the H1, then check whether they actually recur through the body. A page that announces one thing and then talks about another drifts. Headings with no real sentences underneath read as pseudo-substance.

Trust & Proof

Count trust words (review, testimonial, rating, verified) against real outbound proof links (Google, Trustpilot, Clutch, G2, Yelp). Lots of trust language with zero verification links is trust theatre. Unlinked logo galleries count against it.

Commodity Fingerprint

Look at how much sentence length varies. Natural writing varies its rhythm; templated or mass-produced copy is statistically uniform. Very low variation reads as commodity content — unless unique named entities break the pattern.

Identity & Authority

Inspect the JSON-LD. Is there an Organization or Person schema, and does it carry sameAs links to real external profiles (LinkedIn, socials)? Missing schema or no identity declaration signals an anonymous entity.

Want to apply this lens yourself? The free BS Indicator Chrome extension runs these heuristic checks live on any page. Bear in mind it is a single-page, deterministic tool — it relies only on pattern rules for the page in front of it and does not perform the cross-page semantic correlation this audit uses, so its readout is a starting lens, not the full verdict.

B
BS Level
Financial Services, Banking & Insurance
41.6 Avg BS

Based on 988 businesses audited.

BS Detector

Financial Services, Banking & Insurance BS: CapitalG (capitalg.com)

https://capitalg.com 📍 Industry: Financial Services, Banking & Insurance
18 BS / 100

CapitalG delivers a masterclass in high-authority signaling, leveraging the Alphabet brand to provide concrete substance where most VC firms offer only generic ‘partnership’ platitudes. The BS score is driven only by stale data footnotes and a lack of structured schema, not by a lack of real-world evidence. This is a rare example of a website where the claims are actually smaller than the demonstrated outcomes.

Info Density Power-words vs. Substance ratio.
6
20% BS
Semantic Coherence Homepage promise vs. Sub-page reality.
0
0% BS
Trust & Proof Verifiable evidence vs. Trust Theatre.
7
35% BS
Commodity Fingerprint Detection of industry clichés/templates.
3
20% BS
Identity & Authority Expert verifiability & Schema depth.
2
13% BS

Refresh the performance data footnote—the 2022 data is now stale and should be updated with 2025 or 2026 metrics to maintain credibility. Implement Organization and Person schema to formally link the General Partners to their external credentials and social profiles. Consolidate the repetitive mentions of ‘Alphabet’s expertise’ across the sub-pages to reduce concept saturation. Convert the internal testimonials into a verified proof path by linking to the LinkedIn profiles of the quoted executives.

CapitalG is Alphabet’s independent growth fund, which fits the Financial Services category, specifically within private equity and venture capital. The content confirms this classification by focusing on assets under management (AUM), IPOs, M&A exits, and Series B/C investment stages.

“The BS score of 18 is primarily driven by Trust Theatre flags (reviews without verification links) and Identity/Authority gaps (missing schema). Information Density is exceptionally high, but received a slight penalty for stale evidence dates (2020-2022). Semantic Coherence was perfect, receiving 0 points of BS for its high alignment across all pages.”

Verified Analysis Date: June 20, 2026 © 1EuroSEO Independent Evaluator — Non-Sponsored Result