William Maris
Oprichter bij Section 32 LLC
Profiel
Bill Maris is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist and technology executive.
He is the founder of S32, a venture capital fund investing at the frontiers of technology and healthcare.
Bill’s investments have to date resulted in over 150 exits and more than 50 companies that have grown to over $1B in value.
Bill is the founder and former CEO of Google Ventures, the venture capital arm of Alphabet, Inc. (Google’s parent company).
Bill was also Alphabet’s Vice President of Special Projects.
Bill worked closely with the Google founders, helped incubate and launch Google X, Waymo, and Verily, and led global investment activities for Google and Alphabet.
During his tenure at Google, Bill was involved with the panoply of cutting-edge technologies and projects, ranging from cybersecurity to cloud infrastructure, aviation, renewable energy, and robotics.
While at Google, Bill founded Calico, a multi-billion dollar company focused on understanding the biology that controls aging and lifespan.
Bill was a board member of Nest and recruited the CEOs of Verily, Chronicle, and Calico.
Bill previously founded one of the world’s first web-hosting companies, and worked at Sweden’s Investor AB.
Bill also assisted entrepreneur David Green in the transfer of a novel hydrophobic acrylic lens to treat and cure cataract blindness in the developing world to Aurolab.
That lens has since helped prevent or cure cataract blindness in more than 50 million people worldwide.
Bill has a degree in neuroscience from Middlebury College, and his background includes research at the Duke University School of Medicine, Department of Neurobiology.
Actieve functies van William Maris
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Nest Labs, Inc.
 Nest Labs, Inc. Electronic ComponentsElectronic Technology Nest Labs, Inc. transforms the household thermostat into a digital assistant that reduces energy consumption. Its Nest learning ihermostat learns human behaviors and preferences, automatically adjusting the temperature so customer can stay comfortable while saving energy and money. The firm's learning thermostat can be networked via Wi-Fi, so customer can program it from an iOS or Android device. The company was founded by Anthony Fadell and Matt Rogers in May 2010 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Directeur/Bestuurslid | - |
Section 32 LLC
 Section 32 LLC Investment ManagersFinance Section 32 LLC (Section 32) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Bill Maris. The firm is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. | Oprichter | - |
Eerdere bekende functies van William Maris
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Celularity, Inc. (United States)
 Celularity, Inc. (United States) Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Celularity, Inc. engages in biotechnology company. The firm focuses on the study of placenta. The company was founded in Robert Joseph Hariri Gordon and Peter H. Diamandis in 2016 and is headquartered in Florham Park, NJ. | Directeur/Bestuurslid | - |
Stockholm Å.W. AB
 Stockholm Å.W. AB Financial ConglomeratesFinance Part of Carnegie Holding AB, Stockholm Å.W. Stockholm Å.W. AB is based in Stockholm, Sweden. AB is a Swedish company that provides investment services. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Adimab LLC
 Adimab LLC BiotechnologyHealth Technology Adimab LLC provides human therapeutic antibodies. The firm has discovered antibodies for a wide variety of therapeutic targets within many disease areas, including oncology, immunomodulation, inflammation, neuroscience and pain, cardiovascular and metabolic disease and infectious disease. The company was founded in 2007 by Tillman Gerngross, Dane Wittrup and Errik Anderson and is headquartered in Lebanon, NH. | Directeur/Bestuurslid | - |
Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies
 Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies Investment ManagersFinance Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (Vermont Center Emerging) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by John Evans. The firm is headquartered in Burlington, Vermont. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
GV Management Co. LLC
 GV Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance GV Management Co LLC (Google Ventures) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Google LLC founded in 2009 by Bill Maris. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California with an additional office in San Francisco, Boston, New York and London. | Oprichter | - |
Opleiding van William Maris
| Middlebury College | Undergraduate Degree |
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Adimab LLC
Adimab LLC BiotechnologyHealth Technology Adimab LLC provides human therapeutic antibodies. The firm has discovered antibodies for a wide variety of therapeutic targets within many disease areas, including oncology, immunomodulation, inflammation, neuroscience and pain, cardiovascular and metabolic disease and infectious disease. The company was founded in 2007 by Tillman Gerngross, Dane Wittrup and Errik Anderson and is headquartered in Lebanon, NH. | Health Technology |
GV Management Co. LLC
GV Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance GV Management Co LLC (Google Ventures) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Google LLC founded in 2009 by Bill Maris. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California with an additional office in San Francisco, Boston, New York and London. | Finance |
Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies
Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies Investment ManagersFinance Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (Vermont Center Emerging) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by John Evans. The firm is headquartered in Burlington, Vermont. | Finance |
Stockholm Å.W. AB
Stockholm Å.W. AB Financial ConglomeratesFinance Part of Carnegie Holding AB, Stockholm Å.W. Stockholm Å.W. AB is based in Stockholm, Sweden. AB is a Swedish company that provides investment services. | Finance |
Nest Labs, Inc.
Nest Labs, Inc. Electronic ComponentsElectronic Technology Nest Labs, Inc. transforms the household thermostat into a digital assistant that reduces energy consumption. Its Nest learning ihermostat learns human behaviors and preferences, automatically adjusting the temperature so customer can stay comfortable while saving energy and money. The firm's learning thermostat can be networked via Wi-Fi, so customer can program it from an iOS or Android device. The company was founded by Anthony Fadell and Matt Rogers in May 2010 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Electronic Technology |
Section 32 LLC
Section 32 LLC Investment ManagersFinance Section 32 LLC (Section 32) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Bill Maris. The firm is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. | Finance |
Celularity, Inc. (United States)
Celularity, Inc. (United States) Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Celularity, Inc. engages in biotechnology company. The firm focuses on the study of placenta. The company was founded in Robert Joseph Hariri Gordon and Peter H. Diamandis in 2016 and is headquartered in Florham Park, NJ. | Commercial Services |
