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Beat Ventures
Venture capitalSan Francisco · 3 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Beat Ventures centers its investment approach on artificial intelligence applied to established, traditional ('boring') legacy industries. The firm's public thesis page emphasizes backing AI-driven solutions that modernize sectors historically slow to adopt new technology.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 31, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 19 of 24 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×16Enterprise Software ×11SaaS ×7Developer Tools ×5Advanced Manufacturing ×2Cloud Computing ×2Data & Infrastructure ×2Energy ×2
HQs:United States×16India×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 14 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×32 founders×73 founders×34+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 23 founders with education data
Georgia Institute of Technology ×3University of Southern California ×3Columbia Business School ×2Dartmouth College ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 21 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×12Engineering ×8Business & Management ×3
Where their founders worked beforefrom 25 founders with career history
Google ×4LinkedIn ×3HappyRobot ×2Harvard Business School ×2Meta ×2Qualcomm ×2VMware ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
4 founders hold a PhD · 5 hold an MBA (of 25 with degree data)
Investments · 24 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 32022 · 22021 · 32020 · 19 dated
Bitpart builds an AI engine and SDK for creating interactive game worlds, letting designers, writers, and animators author characters that converse and interact via its Coppola authoring tool and AI Director without needing programmers.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsGamingMethuen, US
Sarah Rudzki(Co-founder & CPO)inDr. Jeff Orkin(Co-founder & CEO)
Co-investorsConvergeCrane Venture PartnersThe E14 FundTIRTA Ventures
Bolo AI builds an AI copilot for asset intelligence that lets energy company engineers query complex asset performance data in plain language and receive traceable insights.
AI & Machine LearningEnergyEnterprise SoftwareBengaluru, IN
Diti Sood(Founder)inLalit Jain(Founder)in
Co-investorsAnalog VenturesThe MBA FundTrue VenturesBenchstrength Partners
Codag compresses infrastructure logs into concise text patterns so AI agents can debug faster and more efficiently.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Michael Zhou(Founder)in
Co-investorsPioneerVela PartnersY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzDoomers Media LLCLyra Capital Pty Ltd+3 more
Eragon offers an AI-powered, context-aware workspace that connects data, people, and processes to support business decision-making.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Josh Sirota(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesMento vcRoo CapitalSoma CapitalArray Ventures Management LlcAxiom Partners+2 more
Fishtail provides supply chain financing for freight forwarders and shippers, leveraging advanced underwriting to assess shipment risks and offer capital solutions at competitive rates.
FintechLogistics & Supply ChainWellesley, US
Nikolaos Papageorgiou(Executive Officer, Director)Marc Albert Held(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsRackhouse Venture Management LpService Provider CapitalRackhouse Venture CapitalThursday Ventures
Flai is an AI communications platform that handles incoming calls, SMS, and email for automotive dealerships, answering customer inquiries, scheduling appointments, and qualifying leads 24/7.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningMobility & TransportationSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Ari Polakof(Founder)inJuan Alzugaray(Founder)inAlen Polakof(Founder)in
Co-investorsAntigravity CapitalFirst Round CapitalPioneerY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzBatch Ventures+6 more
Hirevue provides AI-powered screening interviews for enterprise recruiting, designed to automate high-volume candidate shortlisting while maintaining human oversight and compliance.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSanta Monica, US
Scott Christopher Parish(Executive Officer, Director)Joel Daniel Young(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsBAM VenturesGSV VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)SemperVirens Venture CapitalTechstars
A platform connecting people seeking career and business guidance with experienced mentors from top companies.
EdTechMarketplacesLos Angeles, US
Rune Hauge(Founder)inBenjamin Balazs(Founder)in
Co-investorsDG Daiwa VenturesKube VCStudio VCY CombinatorFW CapitalGeneral Catalyst+3 more
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Middleware is a cloud observability platform that integrates logs, traces, and metrics to help organizations identify and resolve infrastructure issues rapidly.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Laduram Vishnoi(Founder)in
Co-investorsBegin CapitalOlive Tree CapitalTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)Y Combinator8VCAndreessen Horowitz+7 more
New Gen builds an AI-native commerce platform that turns online stores into experiences for both shoppers and their AI agents, generating tailored content, interfaces, and insights from a retailer's product data.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail Tech
Co-investorsDesigner FundHawk Hill VenturesScript Capital
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Nexxa builds AI agents that capture a company's decision logic, institutional knowledge, and operational judgment, then execute tasks by writing directly into the company's systems of record.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSunnyvale, US
Philipp Wehn(Founder)inDavid (DH) Huang(Founder)inNegeen Sonya Kohyarin
Co-investorsAugment VenturesConstruct CapitalUntapped VenturesPropeller VC
Operant AI provides a runtime defense platform that protects cloud and AI applications across infrastructure and APIs through continuous discovery, detection, and defense capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Vrajesh(Co-Founder and CEO)inPriyanka(Co-Founder and CTO)inAshley(Co-founder and COO)inPriyanka Tembey(Co-Founder and CTO)inVrajesh B(Founder)Vrajesh Bhavsar(Co-Founder and CEO)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesFelicis VenturesSINEWAVE VENTURESTwo Culture CapitalCalm VenturesGaingels+2 more
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Oxen.ai provides a platform for creating and managing digital assets, including videos and images, with integrated generative AI capabilities and model fine-tuning for visual style customization.
AI & Machine LearningCreator Economy
Co-investorsAbstraction CapitalPebblebedRackhouse Venture Management LpRitual CapitalUncork Capital
Poka Labs provides AI agents that automate commercial operations for industrial B2B companies, including pricing, quoting, and guided selling by ingesting and learning from existing business data and processes.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Andrew Bass(Founder)inMalay Shah(Founder)in
Co-investorsPioneerThe MBA FundTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzGraduate Syndicate 2022+4 more
Sidepilot builds AI agents that handle appointment booking, payment updates and cancellations for gyms and fitness studios.
Nikhil Desai(CTO)inRune Hauge(CEO)in
Co-investorsSNÖ VenturesStudio VC
StackAI is a platform for building and orchestrating AI agents with enterprise-grade security and governance controls.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Toni Rosinol(Co-Founder & CEO)inBernard Aceituno(Founder)in
Co-investorsEpakon CapitalGradient VenturesLobby CapitalSoma CapitalY CombinatorAgrolimen Ventures+3 more
Theo Ai is an AI platform for litigation defense that consolidates an enterprise legal team's cases, documents, risk reserves, and billing into a single searchable system, pulling data from tools like Microsoft, Google, Workday, and Salesforce.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSPalo Alto, US
Patrick Ip(Co-founder and CEO)inTiago Luchini(Co-founder and CTO)in
BoardAaron Samuels(Director)in
Co-investorsCollide CapitalFour Acres CapitalNextView VenturesNVP CapitalSignal Peak VenturesElectric Capital+2 more
Treehouse is an electrical contractor that combines skilled trades with software to deliver electrification projects such as home electrification and decarbonization installations.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyMarketplacesSan Francisco, US
Arthur Switalski(Founder)inEric Owski(Founder)inJeremy Lwanga(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAssurant VenturesGreat Oaks Venture CapitalGutter CapitalID VenturesMassMutual Ventures+4 more
Truewind automates transaction coding, reconciliation, and close management for accounting teams by converting bank statements and workpapers into GL-ready journal entries and audit-ready schedules.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Alex Lee(Founder)inTennison Chan(Cofounder CTO)inTennison C(Founder)in
Co-investorsFellowsMyAsiaVCPathlight VenturesRho VenturesScrum VenturesSoma Capital+7 more
Völur uses AI and data analytics to optimize meat production, helping producers increase yield, cut emissions, and make better operational and planning decisions across the meat value chain.
Advanced ManufacturingAgTechAI & Machine LearningFoodTechPalo Alto, US
Adrian Diaz(Executive Officer)David Moriano(Executive Officer)Thomas Parsli(Executive Officer)Robert Ekrem(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardHoman Yuen(Director)
Co-investorsSerra Ventures
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Athenic AIClockworkDropverseSafe
Exits · 1
1 acquisitionsStackAIacq. by Asana
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesStackAI · techcrunch.com · May 28, 2026
Eragon · techcrunch.com · Mar 18, 2026
Theo Ai · thesaasnews.com · Nov 17, 2025
Flai · techcrunch.com · Oct 3, 2025
Middleware · ycombinator.com · Jun 25, 2025
Bolo AI · finsmes.com · Jun 11, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Beat Ventures made?
- Beat Ventures has 24 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What sectors does Beat Ventures focus on?
- Beat Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning.
- Where is Beat Ventures located?
- Beat Ventures is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Who does Beat Ventures co-invest with?
- Beat Ventures most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Abstraction Capital, Rackhouse Venture Management Lp, among 54 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamHow many checks should founders expect in their pre-seed round? | Dave Anderson (GP @ Beat Ventures)
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Co-investors · 9
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Soma Capital is a venture capital firm that backs founders building category-defining technology companies, emphasizing close, early relationships with ambitious entrepreneurs.
Fin Capital is an investment firm that backs B2B technology companies serving the financial services industry across the full company lifecycle.
NextView Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that works closely with founders, providing hands-on support to help build companies from inception to scale.
Scrum Ventures is an early-stage venture firm and investment platform that backs industry-changing startups across various industries in the U.S. and Japan, helping them scale globally through its network and Japanese corporate partners.
Construct Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs founders rebuilding foundational industries such as manufacturing, logistics, defense, and energy.
Hike Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco and Tokyo that invests in AI startups across North America, focusing on founders with proprietary, operational data not available on the public internet.
Plug and Play is an innovation platform that connects corporations, governments, startups, investors, and universities, running accelerator programs and venture investing across more than 25 vertical industries.
Firms observed investing alongside Beat Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Beat Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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