Betaworks

Venture Capital Est. 2007
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Type
Venture Capital
HQ
New York, NY, United States
Founded
2007

About

Betaworks is a seed and early stage investor based in New York. We invest in companies and people that are at the intersection of media and technology. We especially like conversational interfaces, spatial computing, native media, playable media, and emergent behavior in legacy systems. We are usually the first investor in our startups, and usually invest at the seed stage. We also run an accelerator camp known as Botcamp. Betaworks invests both through an external fund (first raised in 2017) and through internal resources through a Betaworks holding company.

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Capital and location details checked 2026-10-12.

Investment Focus

Investment size
USD 100K - USD 1M

Reported investment size. Actual commitments may vary by stage, ownership and follow-on participation.

Investment Stages
Stages
Seed Series A Series B
Investment Geographies
Primary Markets
United States
Coverage
Country-focused
Regions
North America

Coverage is a guide only.

Location

Headquarters
New York, NY, United States
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Office Presence
1 country
United States
1 known office
New York, NY, United States (HQ)

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