New Gadget 2011

Google Ventures announced that it would invest in Crittercism, a SDK that provides customer support for mobile, and Astrid, a task manager app. The announcement was made by Rich Miner during the fourth annual MobileBeat conference by VentureBeat.
Miner talked about the non-existing Android fund. Kleiner Perkins has its Apple-focused iFund but Android startups are nowhere to be found. Miner said that it�s all about mobile and this is evident with its new investments, which are both mobile companies.
Miner became a partner of Google Ventures after Google acquired Android, which he co-founded. He has seen the mobile phone market grow each year. He has 25 years of experience regarding businesses in communications and interface-based applications.
He spent his early years with Google developing the Android platform and its ecosystem. Before Android, Miner was Vice President at Orange, where he supervised R&D activities in North America and was the founding principal of Orange Ventures.
Six years ago, Android was treated as a separate startup in Google. It was self-funded when Google acquired it. Miner was impressed how Google�s co-founders Larry Page, Eric Schmidt and Sergey Brin understood the mobile industry. They gave Android the right support and flexibility from the start.
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