After Leaving Google, Bill Maris Is Set to Open New Fund -<br />By MICHAEL J. de la MERCEDMAY 16, 2017<br />SAN FRANCISCO — Bill Maris surprised many people in August when he decided to step down from GV, the<br />huge venture capital fund associated with Google — and left many wondering what he would do next.<br />I just wanted to do it at a different scale.”<br />It is the latest career move for Mr. Maris, who began his career at the Swedish investment<br />firm Investor AB before founding a web hosting company that he later sold.<br />“People sometimes make the mistake of judging funds by size.”<br />Mr. Maris ultimately decided that he wanted to return to venture capital, at what has become Section 32.<br />At GV, Mr. Maris took pride in building what he has said was a real venture firm within the confines of a huge corporation.<br />“I left GV and knew that I wanted to start a fund of my own,” he said in a telephone interview.
