Venture Capital Investors

Betaworks

Betaworks is a VC investing group that provides investment funds to technology-based companies.

Venture Investor Overview

Venture Investor
Betaworks
Status
Active
Investor Type
Venture Capital
Activity Level
125 transactions
Funds Raised
At least $28.3 million
Industry Focus
Artificial Intelligence
Blockchain
Consumer
Digital Media & VR & AR
EdTech
Enterprise IT
Entertainment
Internet & IoT
Mobile
Software

Contact Information

Contact
John Borthwick
Title
CEO
Mailing Address
29 Little West 12th St.
New York, NY 10014
USA
Phone
(646) 839-8575
Website
www.betaworks.com
Email Address
Not Recorded

Background Information

Overview
Betaworks is a new kind of media company accelerating businesses from a to d, and e.
Profile
Betaworks LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Betaworks Company Twitter Account
Company News
Betaworks News
Facebook
Betaworks on Facebook
YouTube
Betaworks on YouTube
Last Transaction
4/2/2024

Transaction History

Our records indicate that Betaworks invested in the VC transactions listed below. Dollar amounts are for the entire raise, which may include other investors.

Company
Date
Amount
Quadratic Growth
4/2/2024
$5,600,000
Shader
2/29/2024
$580,000
Flower Labs
2/16/2024
$20,000,000
Twin Labs
1/31/2024
$3,000,000
Digs
1/26/2024
$7,000,000
Kosmik
12/22/2023
$3,700,000
Barnyard Games
12/14/2023
$3,400,000
Vera AI
10/5/2023
$2,700,000
Wand App
8/23/2023
$4,200,000
Flower Labs
8/8/2023
$3,600,000
Ghost Message
3/15/2023
$8,000,000
Superplastic
2/15/2023
$20,000,000
Digs
2/1/2023
$7,000,000
Aura
11/22/2022
$26,000,000
Medallion.fm
5/17/2022
$9,000,000
Hugging Face
5/9/2022
$100,000,000
Ink
4/21/2022
$1,500,000
Synthetaic
3/15/2022
$13,000,000
Bubble
7/28/2021
$100,000,000
Cube Dev
7/20/2021
$15,500,000
Infinite Objects
5/31/2021
$6,000,000
Fave
5/19/2021
$2,200,000
Rec Room
3/25/2021
$100,000,000
Podsights
3/25/2021
$4,000,000
Hugging Face
3/12/2021
$40,000,000
Synthetaic
10/21/2020
$4,500,000
Cube Dev
9/30/2020
$6,200,000
Camera IQ
9/25/2020
$5,000,000
Fresh Bowl
1/23/2020
$2,100,000
Hugging Face
12/18/2019
$15,000,000
Squad
8/8/2019
$5,000,000
Superplastic
8/1/2019
$10,000,000
Journey Meditation
5/8/2019
$2,400,000
Iris Nova
12/24/2018
$15,000,000
Bunch
11/16/2018
$3,800,000
Chartbeat
7/26/2018
$7,000,000
Hugging Face
5/24/2018
$4,000,000
Guestfriend
4/24/2018
$5,000,000
Zoom.AI
4/12/2018
$3,100,000
Shine
4/4/2018
$5,000,000
Streem
3/29/2018
$2,000,000
Camera IQ
3/8/2018
$4,300,000
Molly
2/21/2018
$1,500,000
Unsplash
2/16/2018
$7,250,000
Streem
12/20/2017
$1,725,000
Roxy
11/16/2017
$2,200,000
Lunar Wireless
11/3/2017
$4,100,000
Anchor
9/29/2017
$10,000,000
8th Wall
9/2/2017
$2,400,000
Poncho
8/15/2017
$2,400,000
Gimlet Media
8/3/2017
$15,000,000
Zoom.AI
6/30/2017
$2,100,000
Me.me
5/1/2017
$1,500,000
Shine
4/19/2017
$2,500,000
Viro Media
4/14/2017
$2,500,000
Vizual.ai
3/8/2017
Unknown
Against Gravity
2/3/2017
$5,000,000
Uru
1/3/2017
$800,000
Giphy
11/2/2016
$72,000,000
Run Dexter
9/30/2016
$2,559,000
Digg
9/14/2016
Unknown
Dexter
8/19/2016
$2,300,000
Poncho
4/29/2016
$2,000,000
Superphone
3/9/2016
$1,500,000
Giphy
2/16/2016
$55,000,000
Anchor
2/11/2016
$1,600,000
Unmute
1/15/2016
$2,200,000
Slash
12/9/2015
$1,300,000
Futurefly
11/20/2015
Unknown
Sochat
10/30/2015
$2,000,000
Howdy
10/21/2015
$1,500,000
Slash
10/1/2015
$183,000
Dasher
6/12/2015
$840,000
Giphy
1/30/2015
$17,000,000
Gimlet Media
11/17/2014
$1,500,000
Bowery IO
10/22/2014
$150,000
Product Hunt
10/8/2014
$6,100,000
Product Hunt
8/22/2014
$1,000,000
Yo
7/22/2014
$1,500,000
Giphy
5/16/2014
$2,400,000
Electric Objects
5/2/2014
$1,700,000
Bloglovin
4/3/2014
$7,000,000
Medium
1/30/2014
$25,000,000
Estimote
12/10/2013
$3,100,000
Makr
11/19/2013
$865,000
URX
10/17/2013
$3,100,000
Albumatic
8/1/2013
$4,200,000
SocialFlow
4/16/2013
$10,000,000
Grand St.
4/3/2013
$1,300,000
Namo Media
3/19/2013
$1,900,000
Picturelife
11/3/2012
$4,000,000
Pickie
10/30/2012
$1,000,000
RebelMouse
10/29/2012
$2,500,000
Bloglovin
7/2/2012
$1,000,000
CasaHop
6/27/2012
$1,200,000
Checkthis
6/14/2012
$910,000
Fancy Hands
5/11/2012
$1,000,000
Couple
5/3/2012
$4,200,000
Pinwheel
2/18/2012
$7,500,000
IFTTT
12/29/2011
$1,500,000
Clipboard
11/7/2011
Unknown
Everlane
10/7/2011
$1,100,000
Piictu
9/22/2011
$750,000
ShowMe
8/17/2011
$800,000
ChallengePost
8/9/2011
$4,100,000
Embedly
6/10/2011
$450,000
LiveStar
6/1/2011
$2,000,000
ex.fm
4/20/2011
$750,000
Bloom Studio
4/11/2011
Unknown
SocialFlow
4/8/2011
$7,000,000
OnSwipe
1/13/2011
$1,000,000
OMGPOP
1/6/2011
$10,100,000
GroupMe
1/5/2011
$10,600,000
Picard
10/8/2010
$8,900,000
Chartbeat
8/31/2010
$3,000,000
GroupMe
8/26/2010
$850,000
Embedly
8/12/2010
$250,000
Trazzler
6/8/2010
$750,000
Fluidinfo
5/24/2010
$800,000
ex.fm
5/20/2010
Unknown
TweetDeck
5/20/2010
$3,000,000
gdgt
4/7/2010
$3,200,000
Backupify
2/16/2010
$900,000
Outside.in
12/7/2009
$7,000,000
UserVoice
5/18/2009
$800,000

 

Investor Contacts

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
John Borthwick
  John Borthwick LinkedIn Profile  John Borthwick Twitter Account  John Borthwick News  John Borthwick on Facebook
Investment Director
Nicholas Chirls
  Nicholas Chirls LinkedIn Profile  Nicholas Chirls Twitter Account  Nicholas Chirls News  Nicholas Chirls on Facebook
Partner
Sam Mandel
  Sam Mandel LinkedIn Profile  Sam Mandel Twitter Account  Sam Mandel News  Sam Mandel on Facebook
Partner
Andrew McLaughlin
  Andrew McLaughlin LinkedIn Profile  Andrew McLaughlin Twitter Account  Andrew McLaughlin News  Andrew McLaughlin on Facebook
Partner
Paul Murphy
  Paul Murphy LinkedIn Profile  Paul Murphy Twitter Account  Paul Murphy News  Paul Murphy on Facebook

 

Funds

Our database includes the following fund closing(s) for Betaworks. If we are missing funds, please contact us.

Fund Description
Vintage Date
Fund Amount
Digital Garage
2/14/2014
$10,000,000
Betaworks Studio
3/19/2010
$18,299,973

 

Portfolio Companies

Betaworks has invested in the companies below, according to our database records. If we are missing a portfolio company, please let us know.

Tech Company
8th Wall
Against Gravity
Albumatic
Anchor
Aura
Backupify
Barnyard Games
Bloglovin
Bloom Studio
Bowery IO
Bubble
Bunch
Camera IQ
CasaHop
ChallengePost
Chartbeat
Checkthis
Clipboard
Couple
Cube Dev
Dasher
Dexter
Digg
Digs
Electric Objects
Embedly
Estimote
Everlane
ex.fm
Fancy Hands
Fave
Flower Labs
Fluidinfo
Fresh Bowl
Futurefly
gdgt
Ghost Message
Gimlet Media
Giphy
Grand St.
GroupMe
Guestfriend
Howdy
Hugging Face
IFTTT
Infinite Objects
Ink
Iris Nova
Journey Meditation
Kosmik
LiveStar
Lunar Wireless
Makr
Me.me
Medallion.fm
Medium
Molly
Namo Media
OMGPOP
OnSwipe
Outside.in
Picard
Pickie
Picturelife
Piictu
Pinwheel
Podsights
Poncho
Product Hunt
Quadratic Growth
RebelMouse
Rec Room
Roxy
Run Dexter
Shader
Shine
ShowMe
Slash
Sochat
SocialFlow
Squad
Streem
Superphone
Superplastic
Synthetaic
Trazzler
TweetDeck
Twin Labs
Unmute
Unsplash
Uru
URX
UserVoice
Vera AI
Viro Media
Vizual.ai
Wand App
Yo
Zoom.AI

 

 

 

 

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