Bloomberg Beta

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
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
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/