{"id":1900,"date":"2014-02-20T17:29:14","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T11:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/?p=1900"},"modified":"2014-02-20T17:29:14","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T11:59:14","slug":"google-unleashes-google-capital-targets-startups-growth-phase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/google-unleashes-google-capital-targets-startups-growth-phase\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Unleashes Google Capital\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u009dTargets Only Startups in Growth Phase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sqsq.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1901 aligncenter\" title=\"Google Unleashes Google Capital\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u009dTargets Only Startups in Growth Phase \" alt=\"Google Unleashes Google Capital\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u009dTargets Only Startups in Growth Phase \" src=\"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sqsq.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>After the unprecedented success of Google Ventures, Google\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s innovative endeavor to invest in startups and acquire companies, the major internet giant has launched Google Capital amid speculations.<\/p>\n<p>Google Capital will invest in startups in their growth phase unlike Google Ventures, which only invested in companies in their initial stages.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cWe\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ll be looking to invest in companies solely as they hit their growth phase. That means finding companies that have already built a solid foundation and are really ready to expand their business in big ways,\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d stated Google in its blog.<\/p>\n<p>SurveyMonkey, Lending Club, and Renaissance Learning are few leading firms among others that are being invested by Google Capital.<\/p>\n<p>All such companies will have an access to Google\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s technology and leaders.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cWhile many investors may contribute money and advice to the companies they support, Google Capital is going beyond that and tapping into our greatest assets: our people,\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d companies under Google Capital venture stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/121.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1903 aligncenter\" title=\"Will Google Capital Be a Welcomed Addition for Existing Startups?\" alt=\"Will Google Capital Be a Welcomed Addition for Existing Startups?\" src=\"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/121.png\" width=\"728\" height=\"308\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Talking about the Google Capital, many other companies said, \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cwe\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2re excited about what we\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2re doing today\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u009dbut even more excited to see what happens in the years to come.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Google also announced its two-day workshop in Banglore, India recently to create Android applications in local languages.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cThe next 300 million Internet users in India won\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t use English. That\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s why we\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2re working on enabling the Internet in Indian languages, which is the key to driving growth,\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d Rajan Anandan, Google managing director, said during an event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the unprecedented success of Google Ventures, Google\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s innovative endeavor to invest in startups and acquire companies, the major internet giant has launched Google Capital amid speculations. Google Capital will invest in startups in their growth phase unlike Google Ventures, which only invested in companies in their initial stages. \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cWe\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ll be looking to invest in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}