Rich Miner, a general partner at GV when it was founded as Google Ventures in 2009, is moving down to venture partner so he can work on a new edtech venture within the company.
Rich Miner, general partner at GV, the corporate venturing unit formerly known as Google Ventures, is stepping down to work on an education initiative for parent company Alphabet, Fortune reported yesterday.
Miner had been a GP at GV since 2009 when the unit was formed, having joined Google when it acquired Android, the mobile operating system he had co-founded, four years earlier. He was also helped to launch telecom firm Orange’s corporate venturing unit, Orange Ventures, as principal.
The GP…
