Bloomberg Beta is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in companies making business work better, with a particular focus on the future of work, machine intelligence, and technologies reshaping how companies operate. Founded in 2013 and capitalized entirely by Bloomberg L.P. (though it invests independently), the firm runs approximately $450M across five $75M funds - its 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2022 vintages plus a first opportunity fund for follow-on investments in existing portfolio companies. Bloomberg Beta writes seed and early-stage checks (roughly $1M-$7M), leads or co-leads rounds, and is known for operating in public: its entire "operating manual," investment criteria, and full publicly announced portfolio live openly on GitHub, and it open-sources its Series Seed, SAFE, and note investment documents. The firm operates from San Francisco (140 New Montgomery St.) and New York (731 Lexington Ave.), backs founders across developer tools, infrastructure, security, AI, and enterprise software, and measures itself primarily on founder NPS.
aid: bloomberg-beta
name: Bloomberg Beta
description: >-
Bloomberg Beta is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in companies
making business work better, with a particular focus on the future of work,
machine intelligence, and technologies reshaping how companies operate. Founded
in 2013 and capitalized entirely by Bloomberg L.P. (though it invests
independently), the firm runs approximately $450M across five $75M funds - its
2013, 2016, 2019, and 2022 vintages plus a first opportunity fund for follow-on
investments in existing portfolio companies. Bloomberg Beta writes seed and
early-stage checks (roughly $1M-$7M), leads or co-leads rounds, and is known for
operating in public: its entire "operating manual," investment criteria, and full
publicly announced portfolio live openly on GitHub, and it open-sources its Series
Seed, SAFE, and note investment documents. The firm operates from San Francisco
(140 New Montgomery St.) and New York (731 Lexington Ave.), backs founders across
developer tools, infrastructure, security, AI, and enterprise software, and
measures itself primarily on founder NPS.
x-type: venture-capital
x-category: Venture Capital
image: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5019271?v=4
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
tags:
- Venture Capital
- Seed
- Early Stage
- Developer Tools
- Infrastructure
- Artificial Intelligence
- Future of Work
- Enterprise
- San Francisco
- New York
apis: []
common:
- type: Website
url: https://www.bloombergbeta.com/
- type: Website
url: https://github.com/Bloomberg-Beta/Manual
- type: Portfolio
url: https://github.com/Bloomberg-Beta/Manual/blob/main/2%20-%20In%20our%20portfolio.md
- type: Portfolio
url: portfolio/bloomberg-beta-portfolio.yml
- type: InvestmentThesis
url: https://github.com/Bloomberg-Beta/Manual/blob/main/3%20-%20Criteria%20for%20investing.md
- type: InvestmentThesis
url: https://github.com/Bloomberg-Beta/Manual/blob/main/1%20-%20Manual.md
- type: Team
url: team/bloomberg-beta-team.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
url: https://github.com/Bloomberg-Beta
- type: Pitch
url: https://bit.ly/meet-betafund
- type: Crunchbase
url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/bloomberg-beta
- type: LinkedIn
url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bloombergbeta
- type: Twitter
url: https://twitter.com/bloombergbeta
- type: News
url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomberg_Beta
- type: Features
data:
- 'Stage: Seed, Early Stage'
- 'Typical check: $1M-$7M'
- 'Sectors: developer tools, infrastructure, security, AI, future of work, enterprise software'
- 'Geography: United States (San Francisco and New York)'
- 'AUM: ~$450M across five $75M funds (self-reported)'
- 'Funds: 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022 vintages + first opportunity fund'
- 'Founded: 2013'
- 'HQ: San Francisco, CA (with New York, NY office)'
- 'Capitalized by: Bloomberg L.P. (invests independently)'
sources:
- https://github.com/Bloomberg-Beta/Manual/blob/main/1%20-%20Manual.md
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomberg_Beta
updated: '2026-07-17'
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: kin@apievangelist.com
url: https://apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
url: http://apisjson.org
- FN: Bloomberg Beta
url: https://www.bloombergbeta.com/