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As General Partner at Alphabet's CapitalG, Sturdy built a portfolio spanning Stripe, CrowdStrike, UiPath, and Duolingo — companies that collectively represent tens of billions in value and have reshaped their categories from payments to cybersecurity.
Laela Sturdy is a General Partner at CapitalG, Alphabet's independent growth equity fund, leading investments in companies including Stripe, CrowdStrike, UiPath, and Duolingo.
Before CapitalG, she spent 13 years at Google in senior leadership positions, including Vice President of Ads Marketing, where she led a global team driving growth across Google's advertising products.
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