Bangalore: Google Ventures is a fundamentally different kind of venture capital fund. It works with portfolio companies full-time on design, recruiting, marketing, and engineering. Google Ventures also offers Startup Lab, a dedicated facility and educational program where companies can meet, learn, work, and share. With a team of 60 people, the Google Ventures fund grew to $300 million per year, funding more than 150 companies in 2012.

And for the first time ever Google Ventures has offered a breakdown of the sectors where it invested. Mobile and consumer Internet technologies were the two biggest areas of spending for Google Ventures in 2012. Here's a glance at that breakdown, with mobile and consumer Internet businesses nearly tied at the top:

Some examples of companies backed by Google Ventures include enterprise cloud storage provider Egnyte, online coupon site RetailMeNot, and digital thermostat maker Nest. Google Ventures also highlighted some of the startups that were acquired by larger companies and even other startups. A glimpse of this can be seen below.