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Bloomberg Beta Fund V

Geography: United States
Stage: Seed
Fund size: $75M
Focus: SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Bloomberg Beta Fund V

Bloomberg Beta Fund V is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Early-stage founder reshaping work with tech

future of work

seed stage

Bloomberg LP backed

transparency-first

business x tech

Bullish Signals

Fund V active, $450M total AUMexternal

5 funds raised, consistent $75M sizeexternal

Opportunity fund for follow-on investmentsexternal

Open-source manual = radical transparencyexternal

Bloomberg LP = strategic backerexternal

Entire website open-sourced on GitHubwebsite

SF Associate Fellowship = pipeline accesswebsite

Alumni at Opendoor, Facebook, On Deckwebsite

Creative Commons licensed manualwebsite

Bloomberg as template: founder-led decades-oldwebsite

Invest independently, no Bloomberg preferencewebsite

Offices: SF (140 New Montgomery) + NYCwebsite

Explicitly independent investment mandate confirmedwebsite

GitHub transparency builds founder trust immediatelywebsite

Bloomberg model: transparent, founder-led at scalewebsite

Contrarian Signals

Narrow thesis: future of work onlyexternal

Bloomberg ties may limit independence perceptionexternal

SF/NY only — limited geographic reachexternal

Most roles temp — team turnover built-inwebsite

Founder Do's

Read their open-source operating manual first

Align with future-of-work themes

Value radical transparency

Embrace tech + business crossover

Treat fund as long-term partner

Founder Don'ts

Expect Bloomberg customer preference

Skip reading their public manual

Avoid later-stage only pitches

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$75M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Roy Bahat, Karin Klein, James Cham

James ChamPartner

Karin KleinPartner

Roy BahatPartner

Angela MartinPartner

Lori BerenbergPartner

Julianne FablesTeam

Beth KromanTeam

Amy TamTeam

Cate TaylorTeam

Shivon ZilisAdvisor

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