David Krane
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David Krane is a venture capitalist best known as the CEO and managing partner of Google Ventures (GV), where he leads the firm’s investment strategy in technology startups.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Krane canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7930851 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Krane Context triple: [Google Ventures, keyPerson, David Krane]
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A.
David Eigenberg
David Eigenberg is an American actor best known for his role as Steve Brady in the Sex and the City franchise and as Christopher Herrmann on the television series Chicago Fire.
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B.
Michael Klein
Michael Klein is the father of Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein.
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C.
Johnny Gandelsman
Johnny Gandelsman is a Grammy-winning violinist and producer known for his work with ensembles like Brooklyn Rider and the Silk Road Ensemble, as well as for his innovative solo projects.
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D.
Josh Kesselman
Josh Kesselman is a film and television producer best known for his work as an executive producer on projects such as the series "The Great."
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E.
Jack Kruschen
Jack Kruschen was a Canadian-born character actor known for his prolific work in film, television, and radio, including an Oscar-nominated role in "The Apartment" (1960).
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Krane Target entity description: David Krane is a venture capitalist best known as the CEO and managing partner of Google Ventures (GV), where he leads the firm’s investment strategy in technology startups.
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A.
David Eigenberg
David Eigenberg is an American actor best known for his role as Steve Brady in the Sex and the City franchise and as Christopher Herrmann on the television series Chicago Fire.
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B.
Michael Klein
Michael Klein is the father of Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein.
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C.
Johnny Gandelsman
Johnny Gandelsman is a Grammy-winning violinist and producer known for his work with ensembles like Brooklyn Rider and the Silk Road Ensemble, as well as for his innovative solo projects.
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D.
Josh Kesselman
Josh Kesselman is a film and television producer best known for his work as an executive producer on projects such as the series "The Great."
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E.
Jack Kruschen
Jack Kruschen was a Canadian-born character actor known for his prolific work in film, television, and radio, including an Oscar-nominated role in "The Apartment" (1960).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | venture capitalist ⓘ |
| affiliation |
GV
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Google Ventures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaOfExpertise |
startup ecosystems
ⓘ
technology investing ⓘ venture capital strategy ⓘ |
| associatedWithBrand |
GV
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Google NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| businessModelFocus |
early-stage technology companies
ⓘ
growth-stage technology companies ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| employer |
GV
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Google Ventures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
startup investing
ⓘ
technology startups ⓘ venture capital ⓘ |
| hasLeadershipRoleIn | GV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
finance
ⓘ
technology ⓘ venture capital ⓘ |
| investmentFocus |
innovation-driven companies
ⓘ
startups ⓘ technology sector ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leadership at GV
ⓘ
technology startup investments ⓘ |
| notableActivity |
backing technology entrepreneurs
ⓘ
supporting early-stage innovation ⓘ |
| notableRole | leader of GV investment strategy ⓘ |
| occupation |
CEO
ⓘ
managing partner ⓘ venture capitalist ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
CEO of GV
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
managing partner of GV ⓘ |
| roleAtGV |
leads firm operations
ⓘ
oversees investment strategy ⓘ |
| sectorFocus |
internet companies
ⓘ
software startups ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| strategicResponsibility |
guiding portfolio strategy at GV
ⓘ
setting GV investment priorities ⓘ |
| typeOfLeader |
investment leader
ⓘ
technology-focused investor ⓘ |
| worksAt | GV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: David Krane Description of subject: David Krane is a venture capitalist best known as the CEO and managing partner of Google Ventures (GV), where he leads the firm’s investment strategy in technology startups.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.