Google corporate development VP David Lawee will soon move from leading Google’s mergers and acquisitions over to leading a new Google late-stage venture group, according to a report from Reuters.
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Reuters said the new late-stage investment group hasn’t been finalized and it “might operate separately from Google Ventures.”
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Lawee has an interesting history and sold four companies as an entrepreneur before working for Google. In May, he told us his advice on how to get acquired by Google. At another conference, Lawee said that two-thirds of Google’s acquisitions had been successful.
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