Bezos Expeditions

Family Office Venture Capital Est. 2003

Also known as BE.

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USD 100B
Estimated FUM
Type
Family Office
HQ
Mercer Island, WA, United States
Founded
2003
Focus
Climate / Industrial Tech

About

Bezos Expeditions is the family office of Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon. Bezos Expeditions invests in businesses at the seed, early and later stages, and looks at a large variety of sectors. Some of the large-scale investments and projects Bezos Expeditions has managed includes Blue Origin (space), Washington Post, Bezos Day One Fund and Bezos Family Foundation (impact investments), the 10,000 year clock, and a number of other portfolio companies including AirBnB, Uber and Stack Overflow

Strategies

Venture Capital
Breadth not publicly established
Growth Equity
Breadth not publicly established
Public Equity
Breadth not publicly established

Investment Focus

Investment size
USD 500K - USD 100M

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

Focus Areas
Stages
Growth Public / Listed Seed Series A Series B
Domains
Agriculture Consumer Education Financial Services Healthcare Industrial Media Real Assets Resources Technology
Focus
Climate / Industrial Tech
Investment Geographies
Primary Markets
United States
Coverage
Global
Regions
North America

Coverage is a guide only.

Location

Headquarters
Mercer Island, WA, United States
Office Presence
1 country
United States
1 known office
Mercer Island, WA, United States (HQ)

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