Betaworks is a startup studio that builds and invests in internet companies.
Founded in 2008, Betaworks is a company of builders. Betaworks is a network of ideas, people, capital, products and data brought together to build businesses. As builders, they seek to create a more sustainable innovation model.
Betaworks is structured as a company-- a single company that owns larger pieces of the things it has built and smaller pieces of the things it has invested in. Betaworks makes seed-stage investments in this ecosystem. To them, seed investing means "first money in." Their typical investment size is $150,000-200,000. They always invest as part of a syndicate of angels and early stage venture capital firms. They prefer investments to be early stage, heavily technology focused, and have a working (public or private) prototype.
Timeline
Funded Companies
A company offering a communications platform allows developers to quickly build features that connect to every email, calendar, and contacts provider in the world.
An online platform for podcast hosting, distribution, analytics, and monetization.
8th Wall is a software company making a platform for the creation of mobile augmented reality experiences.
People
Adam D. Smith
Investor
Adrian Aoun
Investor
Alain Bankier
Investor
Alex Kolundzija
Employee
Alia Ormut-Fleishman
Employee
Andrew Dumont
Employee
Andrew McLaughlin
Employee
Chelsea Gidden
Employee
Christian Hernandez
Investor
Christine Yom
Employee
David Shen
Advisor
David Szekely
Investor
Dominic Becotte
Investor
Eghosa Omoigui
Investor
Eliot Pierce
Employee
Eric Martineau-Fortin
Investor
Eric Paley
Investor
Eric Wiesen
Investor
Gordon Crovitz
Investor
Howard Lindzon
Investor
Jake Levine
Employee
James D Robinson
Board member
Jason Morrow
Employee
John Borthwick
Founder
John Henderson
Investor
Further reading
Betaworks Studios: The Startup Club Connecting Top-Notch Creators
Kara Stiles
Web
November 30, 2018
