Investing in Human-AI Collaboration
We empower innovation at the intersection of technology and human ingenuity.
Humans are the heartbeat of AI
Who We Are
Beat Ventures is a small check, high-value pre-seed/seed stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco. We invest in companies that use applied AI to augment and enhance human performance, especially in industries overlooked by Silicon Valley.
We don’t believe in the dogma that we’re headed towards a zero-sum game between humans and technology. Quite the opposite—our firm believes the future’s most impactful companies will combine the best of human ingenuity with AI to drive business and society forward.
Investing in Human-AI Collaboration
We empower innovation at the intersection of technology and human ingenuity.
Investment Themes
We invest in companies building AI technology that augments and enhances human abilities. The most valuable companies will combine the best of human ingenuity with AI to drive business and society forward.
Augmented Intelligence
Many overlooked industries are ripe for disruption. Our team’s experience in these industries gives us a unique edge in identifying and adding value to the best companies in these markets.
Overlooked Industries
We look for companies that eliminate barriers to entry for applied AI, making it easier, faster, and more efficient for these companies to operate and thrive in their respective markets.
Infrastructure
Portfolio
Völur is creating a more sustainable and optimized meat processing industry by combining data and AI to ensure optimal use of every animal
Truewind is using generative AI to help companies efficiently manage their finance back-office
Stack AI enables any developer to build and deploy production-ready enterprise-level large language model (LLM) applications in minutes
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"Dave’s background in mobility and Colin’s background in public policy—this business requires both of those, and their expertise has been indispensable."
Eric Owski
CEO of Treehouse
“We have 200 companies and over 30,000 active users, and we are growing as fast as we can, thanks mostly to the help of Dave and Colin, who have been really useful in that process.”
Antoni Rosinol
Co-founder of Stack AI
“Colin and Dave have been such great partners and coaches. We regularly get advice from Colin and Dave on our pitch and positioning and have gotten many valuable intros.”
Jeff Orkin
CEO of Central Casting AI