Laela Sturdy

Laela Sturdy is Managing Partner at CapitalG, Alphabet’s growth investment fund. CapitalG’s official profile credits her with investments in major technology companies including Stripe, Duolingo, Gusto, Isomorphic Labs, Lovable, UiPath, and Whatnot. She joined CapitalG shortly after its inception in 2013 after a career at Google, where she served as managing director of emerging businesses, launched and scaled several high-growth businesses, and held leadership roles on YouTube and Google Search. Earlier, she was a consultant at Bain & Company advising media, retail, CPG, and private equity clients. She holds an AB in Biochemistry from Harvard College, an MSc in Multimedia Systems from Trinity College Dublin, and an MBA from Stanford GSB. Her official profile states that she lives in San Francisco with her wife and kids.