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Google has lost another top player. This time, Salman Ullah, Google's director of corporate development, has departed from the search giant to found the venture firm Copper River Partners.
Ullah is an owner of the new venture firm, and has surely gained a vast amount of knowledge from his involvement with Google's own acquisition efforts. Venturebeat reports that Ullah was seen as recently as August speaking at conferences in regards to what Google seeks out in companies that it will consider for acquisition. As venture firms often fund a company and catapult it into the arms of another, larger firm, Ullah seems like a good point person for any startups that Copper River will be a part of.