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Bloomberg Beta

Bloomberg Beta, based in California, backs generalist startups at Pre-Seed and Seed, can lead rounds, and writes checks from $100k to $1m, with investments like Slack and Replit.

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Entry stagePre-seed, Seed

Check size$100K to $1M

Leads roundsYes

FocusGeneralist

Latest fundn/a

Investing team5 people1 activity update, latest Sep 27

Who you would pitch at Bloomberg Beta

5 people on the investing team, 5 of them partners who can make the call. Partners are listed first.

Karin KleinFounding PartnerShe has led investments in companies like Buddy Media and BuzzFeed, and previously worked at Bloomberg and Softbank.

Roy BahatManaging PartnerHe has held leadership roles at IGN Entertainment and News Corporation.

Amber YangPartnerFocus: machine intelligence and the future of work.

James ChamPartnerHe helped found Bloomberg Beta and has invested in companies like Weights & Biases.

Lori BerenbergPartnerFocus: future of work startups.

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Writes $100K to $1M checks. Its smallest check is larger than 5% of firms in the atlas.

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1 activity update since September, latest Sep 27.

Weekly count of activity updates. Activity is not a confirmed deal.

Before you pitch

Ownership target7-10%, 10-12%

Does not invest inWe do not invest in fintech and financial services. We do avoid, for example, e-commerce and entertainment because they tend to serve people outside their work capacity. There are also other areas that intersect with the future of work where we know too little to be confident, e.g., retail, travel, local, heavy industry, and medical services.