After Google folded its companies under Alphabet, one of those units was Google Capital. It recently rebranded as CapitalG. Here are a few of the brands it has backed. For the full list, see capitalg.com/companies.
1. Airbnb
Airbnb is a marketplace where people rent out homes or spare rooms for short stays, an alternative to hotels. Sign up at Airbnb.com.tr to book a place or list your own when it would otherwise sit empty.
Besides often costing less than a chain hotel, it is a way to stay closer to local culture: a lived-in apartment usually beats the same corporate lobby in every city, and the home-like comfort is part of the appeal.
2. Snapchat
Snapchat is one of the most talked-about mobile apps, also known as the app people install, fail to get, and delete. You capture 1 to 10 second photos or videos and can post them to a 24-hour story. Everything is timed and then removed by the system.
3. SurveyMonkey
SurveyMonkey is a web tool for online surveys: customer feedback, market research, event planning, and more. It is easy enough for anyone to build questionnaires with custom questions or items from its question bank.
4. Glassdoor
Co-founded by Expedia and Zillow co-founder Rich Barton, Glassdoor has since 2007 given candidates first-hand views of workplaces. Employees anonymously share how big employers run hiring, plus role pros and cons and salary ranges.
5. Freshdesk
Freshdesk, founded in 2009, sells customer-support software used by hundreds of companies including Honda, UNICEF, and Cisco, across several products.
6. Duolingo
Duolingo is a playful language app built so more people can learn a bit of another tongue. It will not make you sound native, but it can get you through greetings and urgent chats. The interface is simple, and it covers 23 languages.
7. Cloudflare
Cloudflare packages proxy-style speed and security for websites. Visitors hit its edge first for security checks and cache hits before traffic reaches your origin.
