While Bill Maris was the CEO of Google’s venture unit, GV, the outfit made a bet in 2013 that drew snickers: it poured $258 million into the ride-share company Uber at a roughly $3.7 billion post-money valuation.
The investment was by far GV’s biggest investment at the time. Yet while seemingly rich, the investment, driven by current GV CEO David Krane, looks brilliant in hindsight. Read More