Does Google have a VC fund for early-stage companies? John Battelle said so yesterday, and then posted a subsequent update saying sources inside the company deny it. So, which is it?
The correct answer: Yes, of course Google does. It’s just that rather than buying some of the equity of early-stage, pre-revenue companies, in typical venture fashion, Google’s always buys all the equity. It is a de facto and targeted form of financing for many companies, albeit narrowly available, but let’s still call it what it is: venture capital.
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