Google Ventures Beefs Up Fund and Staff

[helix2301]

Google recently increase the cash it allocates to its venture-capital arm to up to $300 million a year from $200 million, catapulting Google Ventures into the top echelon of corporate venture-capital funds. With this increase Google Ventures will be able to invest in more later-stage financing rounds, which tend to be in the tens of millions of dollars this puts Google on the same playing field as groups like Intel's Intel Capital.

Google Ventures is beefing up their talent as well picking up Kevin Rose.

If you are a startup time to start looking at Google as an investor.