Investing Profile

Joe Kraus

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Venture Partner at GV
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GV (Google Ventures) Venture Partner
$250K - $50.0M
$25.0M
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$8B
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Synapticure
SeedFeb 2022$6M
$47M
Co-investors: Ronald Conway Sr. (SV Angel), Adam Seabrook (B Capital Group), Ron Conway (SV Angel), Jeff Huber (Triatomic Capital), David Hodgson (General Atlantic), Adam Koppel (Bain Capital Life Sciences), Ben Silbermann
Vartana
SeedJan 2022$7M
$46M
Co-investors: Patrick Salyer (Mayfield), Bipul Sinha (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Nakul Mandan (Audacious Ventures), Somrat Niyogi (Recall Capital), Vivek Patel
Spatial
SeedOct 2018$8M
$47M
Co-investors: Garrett Camp (Expa), Mark Pincus, Sundeep Madra, Tim Jurka, Balaji Srinivasan, Mike Krieger, Jevon MacDonald, Joi Ito
StockX
Series BSep 2018$44M
$690M
Co-investors: Ron Conway (SV Angel), Ronald Conway Sr. (SV Angel), Roger Lee (Battery Ventures), Griffin Schroeder (Tiger Global Management), Ted Leonsis (Revolution), Scooter Braun (TQ Ventures), Karlie Kloss (Klossy), Shana Fisher (Third Kind Ventures), Jonathon Triest (Ludlow Ventures), Hans Tung (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Brad Gerstner (Altimeter Capital), Jared Middleman (Dragoneer Investment Group), Mark Wahlberg, Steve Aoki, Marc Benioff
Peerspace
Series BJul 2018$16M
$34M
Co-investors: Itamar Novick (Recursive Ventures), Paul Holland, Charlie Songhurst, Ran Makavy
Lime
Series CJul 2018$340M
$950M
Co-investors: Kyle Lui (DCM), Jeff Jordan (Andreessen Horowitz), Lan Xuezhao (Basis Set Ventures), Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Sarah Smith (Sarah Smith Fund), Dovey Wan (Primitive Ventures), Hans Tung (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Paul Asel (Nokia Growth Partners), Niall Wass (Atomico), Gabriel Jarrosson, Ed Baker, Ding Zhou, Josh Mohrer, Rashaun Williams
Modsy
Series BDec 2017$23M
Series AFeb 2016$8M
$71M
Co-investors: Seth Berman (Susa Ventures), Jeff Crowe (Norwest Venture Partners), Courtney Robinson (AVP (Advance Venture Partners)), Pascal Levensohn (Dolby Family Ventures), Joanne Wilson (Gotham Gal Ventures), Tina Hoang-To (Kin Ventures), Sharon Vosmek (Astia), Cindy Padnos (Illuminate Ventures)
Flock Freight
Series AOct 2017$18M
$400M
Co-investors: Chris Farmer (SignalFire), Julian Counihan
Partner Google Ventures2009 - 2018
Director of Product Management Google2006 - 2009
CEO JotSpot2003 - 2006
Founder DigitalConsumer.org2002 - 2005
Founder Excite.com1993 - 2000
Stanford B.A.