# Betaworks: portfolio, investments and team

> Betaworks is a vc firm based in United States. 251 investments on record, 11 in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/betaworks (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Betaworks

Last cheque observed Aug 2026; 251 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $1.4M, Oct 2021 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Audio/voice Media Voice

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**61%** of best year **11** **cheques in 12 months**, 251 on record

Since the last cheque **91** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$4.3M** Cheque size, as they say **$500K – $500K** Rounds led **2 of 251** Sole investor **10 rounds** Exits **39 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 79%**

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## Betaworks highlights

- 01 11 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 79% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 10 rounds, median $1.4M
- 04 39 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> Betaworks is a product-focused, seed-stage venture capital fund. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $500K – $500K as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Audio/voice Media Voice
- **Based in:** New York, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **251 appearances**

- **2026** 9 rounds
- **Aug** **[Digs](https://millionrounds.com/company/digs)** Series A · US **$25M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Sensity AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/sensity-ai)** Grant · NL **$5.6M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Neurometric](https://millionrounds.com/company/neurometric)** Pre-seed · US · AlleyWatch **$4.0M** With 8 others
- **May** **[Dessn](https://millionrounds.com/company/dessn)** TechCrunch **$6.0M** With 3 others
- **May** **[Patina](https://millionrounds.com/company/patina)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Era](https://millionrounds.com/company/era)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$9.0M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Stability AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/stability-ai)** Venture · GB **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Sandbar](https://millionrounds.com/company/sandbar)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$23M** With 5 others
- **Jan** **[Twin](https://millionrounds.com/company/twin)** Seed · US **$10M** With 3 others
- **2025** 17 rounds
- **Nov** **[OpenHands](https://millionrounds.com/company/openhands)** Series A · US **$19M** With 5 others
- **Nov** **[Digs](https://millionrounds.com/company/digs)** Seed · US **$5.0M** With 5 others
- **Sept** **[TATO](https://millionrounds.com/company/tato)** Seed · CA **$5.0M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Filament](https://millionrounds.com/company/filament)** Seed · US **$11M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Camera Intelligence](https://millionrounds.com/company/camera-intelligence)** Seed · GB **$2.0M** With 4 others
- **Aug** **[Quadratic](https://millionrounds.com/company/quadratic)** Seed · US **$5.5M** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Resolvd](https://millionrounds.com/company/resolvd)** Pre-seed · US **$1.6M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Journey Live](https://millionrounds.com/company/journey-live)** Series A · US **$8.0M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[SeeMe](https://millionrounds.com/company/seeme)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Mbodi AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/mbodi-ai)** Venture **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **May** **[Granola](https://millionrounds.com/company/granola)** Series B · US · TechCrunch **$43M** With 9 others
- **May** **[ESAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/esai)** Pre-seed · US **$250K** With 4 others
- **May** **[Sublime](https://millionrounds.com/company/sublime)** Pre-seed · US **$2.5M** With 7 others
- **Apr** **[Graze](https://millionrounds.com/company/graze)** Pre-seed · US · TechCrunch **$1.0M** *Led*
- **Apr** **[Plastic Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/plastic-labs)** Pre-seed · US · AlleyWatch **$5.3M** *Led*
- **Mar** **[Recall Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/recall-labs)** Series A · US **$30M** With 5 others
- **Mar** **[Stability AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/stability-ai)** Venture · GB **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **2024** 10 rounds
- **Nov** **[TITLES](https://millionrounds.com/company/titles)** Venture · US **$12M** With 1 other
- **Nov** **[Hopscotch Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/hopscotch-labs)** Seed · US **$3.4M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Daze](https://millionrounds.com/company/daze)** Seed · US **$5.7M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[Autoplay](https://millionrounds.com/company/autoplay)** Pre-seed · US **$2.1M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Cube Dev](https://millionrounds.com/company/cube-dev)** Series B · US **$25M** With 5 others
- **May** **[Midsummer Studios](https://millionrounds.com/company/midsummer-studios)** Seed · US **$6.0M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Jsonify](https://millionrounds.com/company/jsonify)** Pre-seed · PT **$500K** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[mbodi](https://millionrounds.com/company/mbodi)** Pre-seed · US **$500K** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Synthetaic](https://millionrounds.com/company/synthetaic)** Series B · US **$15M** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Flower Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/flower-labs)** Series A · DE **$20M** With 3 others
- **2023** 17 rounds
- **Dec** **[Kosmik](https://millionrounds.com/company/kosmik)** Seed · FR **$3.7M** With 4 others
- **Dec** **[Stardust](https://millionrounds.com/company/stardust)** Seed · US **$3.5M** With 4 others
- **Dec** **[Barnyard Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/barnyard-games)** Seed · US **$3.4M** With 2 others
- **Nov** **[Charm](https://millionrounds.com/company/charm)** Seed · US **$6.0M** With 2 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **2 named**

JB **Jens Beyrich** Attorney-in-fact i Filing they signed

RT **Richard Thoms** Officer of the Issuer's Administrative Manager i Filing they signed

We also hold **14** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**45** of 60 we have independently watched raise

[Answer](https://millionrounds.com/company/answerai)[Autoplay](https://millionrounds.com/company/autoplay)[Bitly](https://millionrounds.com/company/bitly)[Camera Intelligence](https://millionrounds.com/company/camera-intelligence)[Charm](https://millionrounds.com/company/charm)[Commsor](https://millionrounds.com/company/commsor)[Culture Genesis](https://millionrounds.com/company/culture-genesis)[Deca](https://millionrounds.com/company/deca)[Dessn](https://millionrounds.com/company/dessn)[Digs](https://millionrounds.com/company/digs)[ESAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/esai)[Filament](https://millionrounds.com/company/filament)[Flower](https://millionrounds.com/company/flower)[Get in touch](https://millionrounds.com/company/airtable)[Giphy](https://millionrounds.com/company/giphy)[Granola](https://millionrounds.com/company/granola)[Graze](https://millionrounds.com/company/graze)[Hidden Door](https://millionrounds.com/company/hidden-door)[Hopscotch Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/hopscotch-labs)[Huggingface](https://millionrounds.com/company/hugging-face)[Infinite Objects](https://millionrounds.com/company/infinite-objects)[Jsonify](https://millionrounds.com/company/jsonify)[Mbodi](https://millionrounds.com/company/mbodi)[Medallion](https://millionrounds.com/company/medallion)[Morph Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/morphlabs)[Neurometric](https://millionrounds.com/company/neurometric)[Nomic](https://millionrounds.com/company/nomic)[OpenHands](https://millionrounds.com/company/openhands)[Patina](https://millionrounds.com/company/patina)[Plastic Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/plastic-labs)[Quadratic](https://millionrounds.com/company/quadratic)[Recall Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/recall-labs)[Render](https://millionrounds.com/company/render)[Resemble AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/resemble-ai)[Rownd](https://millionrounds.com/company/rownd)[Slik Safe](https://millionrounds.com/company/slik-safe)[Softspace](https://millionrounds.com/company/soft-space)[Stability AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/stability-ai)[Sublime](https://millionrounds.com/company/sublime)[Tea](https://millionrounds.com/company/tea)[Telepath](https://millionrounds.com/company/telepath)[The Lobby](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-lobby)[Titles](https://millionrounds.com/company/titles)[Trampoline](https://millionrounds.com/company/trampoline)[XMTP](https://millionrounds.com/company/xmtp) 2389 After Aira Armilla Autobiographer BC/A Backdrop Labs Base Station Bear Bracket Bot Campus Capsule AI Common Fabric Daze Calendar Decode and 60 more

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **39 in all**

**[Squad](https://millionrounds.com/company/squad)** Bought by [Twitter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twitter) **Undisclosed** Dec 2020

**[Giphy](https://millionrounds.com/company/giphy)** Bought by [Facebook](https://millionrounds.com/fund/facebook) **$400M** May 2020

**[Socratic](https://millionrounds.com/company/socratic)** Bought by [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) **Undisclosed** Oct 2019

**[CrowdTangle](https://millionrounds.com/company/crowdtangle)** Bought by [Facebook](https://millionrounds.com/fund/facebook) **Undisclosed** Nov 2016

**[Path](https://millionrounds.com/company/path)** Bought by [Daum Kakao](https://millionrounds.com/fund/daum-kakao) **Undisclosed** May 2015

**[Covestor](https://millionrounds.com/company/covestor)** Bought by [Interactive Brokers Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interactive-brokers-group) **Undisclosed** Apr 2015

**[TOTEMS](https://millionrounds.com/company/totems)** Bought by [Stripe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stripe) **Undisclosed** Feb 2015

**[Backupify](https://millionrounds.com/company/backupify)** Bought by Datto **Undisclosed** Dec 2014

**[Torando Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/torando-labs)** Bought by BuzzFeed **Undisclosed** Oct 2014

**[OnSwipe](https://millionrounds.com/company/onswipe)** Bought by Beanstock Media **Undisclosed** Aug 2014

**[Extension Entertainment](https://millionrounds.com/company/extension-entertainment)** Bought by Rhapsody **Undisclosed** Aug 2014

**[Namo Media](https://millionrounds.com/company/namo-media)** Bought by [Twitter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twitter) **$50M** Jun 2014

**[Grand St.](https://millionrounds.com/company/grand-st)** Bought by [Etsy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/etsy) **Undisclosed** Apr 2014

**[Pickie](https://millionrounds.com/company/pickie)** Bought by RetailMeNot **Undisclosed** Apr 2014

**[Branch](https://millionrounds.com/company/branch)** Bought by [Facebook](https://millionrounds.com/fund/facebook) **$15M** Jan 2014

**[ideeli](https://millionrounds.com/company/ideeli)** Bought by [Groupon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/groupon) **$43M** Jan 2014

**[Moped](https://millionrounds.com/company/moped)** Bought by 6Wunderkinder / Wunderlist **Undisclosed** Dec 2013

**[Seesaw](https://millionrounds.com/company/seesaw)** Bought by Byliner **Undisclosed** Nov 2013

**[Piictu](https://millionrounds.com/company/piictu)** Bought by [Betaworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/betaworks) **Undisclosed** May 2013

**[Tumblr](https://millionrounds.com/company/tumblr)** Bought by [Yahoo!](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yahoo) **$1.1B** May 2013

The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

## Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

**[Piictu](https://millionrounds.com/company/piictu)** **Undisclosed** May 2013

**Instapaper** **Undisclosed** Apr 2013

**[Digg](https://millionrounds.com/company/digg)** **$500K** Jul 2012

**[Vibe](https://millionrounds.com/company/vibe)** **Undisclosed** Feb 2012

New fund on file

**$1.4M**

raised in Oct 2021

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$4.3M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.4M**

Led 2 of 251 rounds **1%**

- **Said size:** $500K – $500K
- **Sole investor:** 10 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Aug 2026
- **Exits:** 39 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *133*
- Series A said *50*
- Venture *22*
- Pre-seed said *16*
- Series B said *12*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) 50
- [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) 25
- [Lerer Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-ventures) 22
- [RRE Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rre-ventures) 22
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 20
- [Founder Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective) 18

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Betaworks. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**SV Angel** VC firm **50** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)[**BoxGroup** VC firm **25** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup)[**Lerer Ventures** VC firm **22** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-ventures)[**RRE Ventures** VC firm **22** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rre-ventures)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **20** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Founder Collective** VC firm **18** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective)[**First Round Capital** VC firm **17** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital)[**Spark Capital** VC firm **17** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital)[**David Tisch** VC firm **14** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-tisch)[**Greycroft** VC firm **14** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft)[**Lerer Hippeau** VC firm **13** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau)[**CrunchFund** VC firm **11** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crunchfund-3)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Betaworks put money into.

[**Digs** $25M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/digs)[**Dessn** $6.0M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/dessn)[**Era** $9.0M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/era)[**Stability AI** Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/stability-ai)[**Sandbar** $23M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/sandbar)[**Twin** $10M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/twin)

## On podcasts

3 episodes naming Betaworks in the title, and 4 more that mention it.

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 6 Mar 2017 · 35 min 20VC: Betaworks' John Borthwick on Why The VC Model Is So Inefficient, Why Venture Fund Cycles Are Too Short & Why Frontier Tech Could Only Have Been Disappointing Over The Last Year Mentions [Betaworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/betaworks)[Fred Wilson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fred-wilson)[Matt Ocko](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matt-ocko) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 14 Oct 2015 · 29 min 20 VC 079: BETAWORKS WEEK: East vs West Coast Investing with Peter Rojas, EIR @ Betaworks, Co-Founder @ Weblogs & Engadget With [Peter Rojas](https://millionrounds.com/person/peter-rojas-2) Mentions [Betaworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/betaworks)[Jason Calacanis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jason-calacanis)[The New York Times](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-new-york-times) *+1* Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 12 Oct 2015 · 29 min 20 VC 078: BETAWORKS WEEK: Matt Hartman, Director of Seed Investments @ Betaworks Mentions [Betaworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/betaworks)[Brad Feld](https://millionrounds.com/person/brad-feld) Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 11 Sept 2017 · 30 min 20VC: USV's Andy Weissman on The Future of The VC Industry, Why USV Does Not Vote On Investment Decisions & Why VCs Should Be Invisible Apple PodcastsShow page
- [This Much I Know](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-much-i-know) 29 Nov 2016 · 48 min Andy Weissman, Partner USV, on blockchain, network effect businesses & the evolution of social web Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 9 Sept 2016 · 28 min 20VC: Giphy's Adam Leibsohn on From Being Homeless To Founding a Multi Hundred Million Dollar Startup & The Challenges of Creating One of The World's Largest Search Engine Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 29 Apr 2016 · 25 min 20VC: Why It Is All Still About User Growth and How To Address Retention For A Consumer Social App with Mike Mignano, Co-Founder & CEO @ Anchor Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Betaworks

### What does Betaworks invest in?

Betaworks invests most often at Seed and Series A (79% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Audio/voice, Media and Voice.

### How active is Betaworks?

251 investments on record, 11 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Aug 2026.

### What has Betaworks invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Digs (Series A, Aug 2026), Sensity AI (Grant, Jul 2026) and Neurometric (Pre-seed, Jun 2026).

### How big are Betaworks's cheques?

The median round it joins is $4.3M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $500K.

### Does Betaworks lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 2 of its 251 investments on record (1%).

### Where does Betaworks invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (79%) and the United Kingdom (8%).

### Is Betaworks investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 11 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Betaworks invest alongside?

Most often SV Angel (50 rounds together), BoxGroup (25 rounds together) and Lerer Ventures (22 rounds together).

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