Alphabet is the parent company of GV, a venture company, Verily, a scientific research company, and X, a research and development company.
Alphabet Inc. . Some of its subsidiaries include Google , Calico , GV , CapitalG , Verily , Waymo , X , and Google Fiber . GV , formerly Google Ventures , is the venture capital investment arm of Alphabet Inc. and provides seed , venture , and growth stage funding to technology companies . A subsidiary , subsidiary company or daughter company is a company that is owned or controlled by another company , which is called the parent company , parent , or holding company . Verily ( formerly Google Life Sciences ) is Alphabet Inc. 's research organization devoted to the study of life sciences . X , an American semi-secret research-and-development facility founded by Google in January 2010 as Google X , operates as a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. .