Bloomberg Beta

Venture capital firm
San Francisco, California, USAFounded 2013$450M AUMwww.bloombergbeta.comSee connections →

Early-stage venture capital firm capitalized by Bloomberg managing $450M across diverse technology sectors.

At a glance

Bloomberg Beta appears in 4 funding rounds tracked by ValueAddVC since 2026. Its most frequent sector in these rounds is Enterprise Software, and its most recent tracked deal was Clay's $115M Series D round (Sep 9, 2026). It co-invests most often with Andreessen Horowitz. ValueAddVC also tracks 4 funds managed by Bloomberg Beta.

Strategy

Stages
SeedSeries A
Sectors
Technology
Geographies
USASan Francisco, California, USA
Check size
$25K - $1M

Recent changes

  1. Sep 9, 2026Invested in Clay (Series D, $115M) Business Wire
  2. Sep 5, 2026Stages updated: Seed, Series A bloombergbeta.com
  3. Aug 17, 2026Invested in Smack Technologies (Series B, $61M) Yahoo Finance
  4. Aug 13, 2026Invested in Vals AI (Series A, $40M) Tech Funding News
  5. Aug 12, 2026Invested in Skan AI (Series C, $63M) VentureBeat
Earlier changes (4)
  1. Jan 1, 2025New fund: Bloomberg Beta Fund V ($75M) Value Add VC funds tracker
  2. Jan 1, 2019New fund: Bloomberg Beta Fund III ($75M) Value Add VC funds tracker
  3. Jan 1, 2016New fund: Bloomberg Beta Fund II ($75M) Value Add VC funds tracker
  4. Jan 1, 2013New fund: Bloomberg Beta Fund I ($75M) Value Add VC funds tracker

Funds

4
FundVintageSizeStrategySource
Bloomberg Beta Fund V2025$75MFlagship
As of 2025Value Add VC funds tracker
Bloomberg Beta Fund III2019$75MFlagship
As of 2019Value Add VC funds tracker
Bloomberg Beta Fund II2016$75MFlagship
As of 2016Value Add VC funds tracker
Bloomberg Beta Fund I2013$75MFlagship
As of 2013Value Add VC funds tracker

Portfolio

4 total

Recent Investment Activity

4

Track record: led 0 and participated in 4 of 4 tracked venture rounds · 4 in the last 12 months

Sector / Stage Activity

By sector (portfolio)
Enterprise SaaS
2 · 50%
Defense
1 · 25%
AI infra
1 · 25%
By stage (tracked rounds)
Series D
1 · 25%
Series B
1 · 25%
Series A
1 · 25%
Series C
1 · 25%

Co-Investors

12

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Value Add Research

Latest Pulse

  1. Honeyjar's AI Wants to Run Your PR DepartmentA new AI platform wants to automate the busywork of corporate communications, from drafting pitches to tracking media coverage.→
  2. Clay Closes $115M Series D At $7.1BClay's AI go-to-market platform closed a $115 million Series D at a $7.1 billion valuation led by Wellington, confirming the $7 billion pre-money mark reported as a rumor eleven days earlier.→
  3. Smack Technologies Raises $61M for Battlefield AISmack Technologies raised a $61 million Series B led by Costanoa Ventures and First In, bringing total funding past $90 million, months after the Pentagon labeled Anthropic a "supply-chain risk" and sent military branches scrambling for alternative AI vendors.→
  4. Vals AI Raises $40M to Grade AI ModelsSan Francisco-based Vals AI raised a $40 million Series A led by a16z at a $400 million valuation, building independent benchmarks that test frontier AI models on real professional tasks rather than academic leaderboards.→
  5. Skan AI Raises $63M Betting Work-Observation Is the Missing LayerSkan AI raised a $63 million Series C co-led by Cathay Innovation and Dell Technologies Capital to expand a platform mapping how employees actually work, arguing AI agents fail from missing context, not weak models.→

Bloomberg Beta FAQ

How large are Bloomberg Beta's funds?

Bloomberg Beta funds Value Add tracks include Bloomberg Beta Fund V ($75M, 2025); Bloomberg Beta Fund III ($75M, 2019); Bloomberg Beta Fund II ($75M, 2016); Bloomberg Beta Fund I ($75M, 2013), out of 4 Bloomberg Beta funds tracked in total.

What companies has Bloomberg Beta invested in?

Bloomberg Beta's portfolio includes Clay, Smack Technologies, Vals AI, Skan AI.

Who does Bloomberg Beta co-invest with most?

In the rounds Value Add tracks, Bloomberg Beta most often invests alongside Andreessen Horowitz (2 shared deals), 8VC (1 shared deal), Boldstart Ventures (1 shared deal), BoxGroup (1 shared deal), CapitalG (1 shared deal).

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