Google Ventures announces a $100 million investment fund for European startups
Google has confirmed that it is launching a European arm of its Google Ventures VC fund, following media speculation_last week. The company's_European fund will be $100 million and will aim to "invest_in the best ideas from the best European entrepreneurs, and help them bring those ideas to life". The company has an initial_team of_five general partners in_its European office in London, which the Financial Times reports includes Google Europe exec Eze Vidra,_entrepreneur Tom Hulme, angel investor Peter Read, Code.org UK head_Avid Larizadeh, and — perhaps surprisingly — former TechCrunch writer and existing Google Ventures partner MG Siegler. The team will...
