Betaworks
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Betaworks is a product-focused, seed-stage venture capital fund and venture studio based in New York City. Founded in 2008 by John Borthwick, Betaworks operates a unique hybrid investor/builder model that combines venture capital investment with an in-house product development studio. The firm has invested in over 150 companies and built successful products from the ground up including Giphy, Dots, Bitly, and Tweetdeck. Betaworks is thematic by design, focusing on AI/ML technologies across various subcategories including NLP, computer vision, media synthesis, voice and audio interfaces, copilot systems, agents, and both vertical and horizontal AI applications. The firm immerses itself in bleeding-edge technologies and works closely with founders to understand new user behaviors. Since 2016, Betaworks has operated Camp, a cohort-based investment and product development program that goes deep on tech modalities and themes. The firm positions itself as investing in new consumer behaviors and trends powered by frontier technologies, often being among the first institutional investors. Betaworks believes in placing what is human at the core of what they build and aims to create technology that augments human workflows, creativity, and collaboration.
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