article_snippet: Google was an early backer of the San Francisco-based firm, investing $258 million (£170 million) in the controversial ride-sharing service through Google venture capital arm in August 2013.
article_snippet: David Drummond, Google’s chief legal officer and senior vice president of corporate development, then joined the Uber board of directors.
article_snippet: Google was an early backer of the San Francisco-based firm, investing $258 million (£170 million) in the controversial ride-sharing service through Google venture capital arm in August 2013.
article_snippet: David Drummond, Google’s chief legal officer and senior vice president of corporate development, then joined the Uber board of directors.
article_snippet: Investors involved in that financing have valued the 6-year-old company at about $40 billion (£26 billion).