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    Betaworks

    New York, New York, United StatesFounded 2008

    Betaworks is a New York City-based startup studio and seed-stage venture capital fund that invests in and builds early-stage companies, with a current focus on AI and augmentative technologies. Since 2008, it has invested in more than 150 companies including Rec Room, Hugging Face, and Stability AI.

    Deal activity increased 100% year-over-year (4 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (49% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $10.0M (across 114 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    96

    Fund Size

    $66M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    4

    Team

    John Borthwick

    John Borthwick

    Managing Partner

    Jon Chin

    Jon Chin

    Operating Partner

    Jordan Crook

    Jordan Crook

    Partner

    Analisa Svehaug

    Analisa Svehaug

    Director

    Lauren Olson

    Lauren Olson

    Fund Operations Manager

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    123 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Neurometric logoNeurometricPre-Seed$4MJun 2026
    SSolayaPre-Seed$2MFeb 2026
    ESAI logoESAIUnknown$3MJan 2026
    Dessn logoDessnPre-Seed$6MJan 2026
    NNeurometric AIPre-Seed$4MJan 2026
    Nora logoNoraSeed—Nov 2025
    FILAMENT logoFILAMENTSeed—Sep 2025
    Camera Intelligence logoCamera IntelligenceSeed—Sep 2025
    Plastic Labs logoPlastic LabsPre-Seed$5.3MJan 2025
    Graze.social logoGraze.socialPre-Seed$1MJan 2025
    Camera Intelligence logoCamera IntelligenceSeed—Jan 2025
    Granola logoGranolaSeries A$20MOct 2024
    OpenHands logoOpenHandsSeed$5MSep 2024
    AAll Hands AiSeed$5MSep 2024
    All Hands logoAll HandsSeed$5MSep 2024
    Synthetaic logoSynthetaicSeries B$3.5MFeb 2024
    Twin Labs logoTwin LabsPre-Seed$3MFeb 2024
    Sandbar logoSandbarPre-Seed$3MJan 2024
    Sandbar logoSandbarPre-Seed$3MJan 2024
    FFlower LabsSeries A$20MJan 2024
    All Hands logoAll HandsSeed$5MJan 2024
    Kosmik logoKosmikSeed$3.7MDec 2023
    Wand logoWandSeed$4.2MAug 2023
    Flower logoFlowerPre-Seed$3.6MAug 2023
    Nomic AI logoNomic AISeries A$17MJul 2023
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    Last updated: 20 October 2026