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Betaworks

VC
New York, NYWebsite

Betaworks is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Other. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.0M checks and has 4 portfolio companies in our records.

Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $1.0M

AUM

$160M

Portfolio

4+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Venture studio and seed investor backing software startups early, often with strong product/community angles.

How Betaworks invests

Betaworks is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other.

Betaworks typically writes checks of $100K–$1.0M per investment, backed by approximately $160M in assets under management.

Betaworks has backed 4 companies in our records, including Giphy, Kickstarter, Tumblr.

Meet the Team

KR

Kelly Rasmussen

Operations Manager

JC

Jon Chin

Data Entry Specialist

AS

Analisa Svehaug

Program Director

JB

John Borthwick

Chief Executive Officer

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Portfolio Companies (4)

Other

GI

Giphy

Media platform
KI

Kickstarter

Marketplace
TU

Tumblr

Social
GI

Giphy, Inc. (CIK 0001571719)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Betaworks

How to pitch Betaworks
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.0M check.
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Kelly Rasmussen, Operations Manager.
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