Betaworks Ventures Fund III

About Betaworks Ventures Fund III

AI, Consumer, Voice Tech, Productivity, Tools focused fund

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Consumer Commerce

Developer Tools

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

AI-native media or software-content founders, early stage

AI x media

software x content

ambient computing

NYC tech

early-stage

Bullish Signals

Active events, strong founder communityexternal

AI x media thesis gaining momentumexternal

Live event: Software is New Medialinkedin

Ambient computing featured in programminglinkedin

Portfolio co Era raises $11Mtwitter

Portfolio co Sandbar closes $23M Series Atwitter

Multi-agent hackathon hosted at betaworkstwitter

Hardware x AI interest emergingtwitter

18yr institution, legendary NYC brandtwitter

Contrarian Signals

Niche thesis — media x software onlyexternal

Heavy RT feed — low original signaltwitter

Founder Do's

Build at software/media intersection

Think about AI-native content products

Engage with betaworks community events

Reference ambient computing angle

Explore agentic/multi-agent product angles

Founder Don'ts

Avoid pure enterprise SaaS plays

Don't skip community/ecosystem angle

No late-stage or growth rounds

Key GPs & Partners

John Borthwick

General Partner

community buildermedia-tech thinkerevent host

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$66M

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Key People

John Borthwick, Jordan Crook

John BorthwickGeneral Partner