As a general partner at GV, Erik invests across enterprise software and frontier technology, focusing on developer tools, cloud infrastructure, and machine learning. He has backed leaders like Cockroach, Bowery, and CTRL-Labs. Erik also manages GV operations in New York and leads the firm's technical team. Erik has more than a decade of technical experience as an engineering leader with expertise in building first-class teams and scaling massive systems. He gravitated to engineering and computing science early on. "I am curious about how things are made and enjoy working with deeply technical founders as they work toward building their visions." Before joining GV in 2010, Erik led the development of Google's next-generation display ad serving system. He was also a developer for Google's core infrastructure, creating a distributed file system that Google.com and Gmail rely on today.
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Launched as Google Ventures in 2009, GV originated as an independent venture capital firm for innovative founders. With Alphabet as their sole limited partner, they focus all our energy on meeting and supporting founders at the earliest stages of company-building.
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