Kevin Rose has joined tech giant Google’s venture capital firm Google Ventures as a partner, a spokesperson confirmed to VentureBeat today.
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While Rose is usually viewed as an entrepreneur, he’s also got a pretty impressive investment portfolio that includes Foursquare, Path, Twitter, Zynga, OMGPOP, Gowalla, Square, and others.
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In addition to becoming a venture partner at the firm, Rose will focus primarily on seed and early-stage investments, according to Google Ventures.
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