Bee Partners invests $500k-$1.5M in inception-stage deep tech startups, focusing on transformative AI-driven innovation.

Joined November 2011
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"๐—œ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑโ€”๐—œ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ด." Thatโ€™s how Juan from @ReshapeAutomate describes the moment he decided to leave comfort behind and become a founder. With a head full of ideas and deep conviction around reinventing manufacturing, Juan reached out to someone he trusted @kiranoodleman . The result? A bold new company reshaping the future of industrial operations from the ground up. ๐ŸŽฅ In this clip, Juan shares how Reshape began: โœ”๏ธ The leap into entrepreneurship โœ”๏ธ The moment manufacturing became the mission โœ”๏ธ Why trusted early conversations make all the difference Bee Partners is proud to have been there from Day 1. Watch the full story below ๐Ÿ‘‡ #StartupJourney #FoundersFirst #DeepTech #ManufacturingInnovation #BeePartners #VC #EarlyStageStartups #Reshape #IndustrialInnovation
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When you're building something hard, the people you build it with matter even more. Juan knew from experience that Bee Partners wouldnโ€™t just show up for the wins, theyโ€™d be there when things got uncertain. That kind of partnership is rare in venture. Itโ€™s also why Bee Partners was at the top of his list when starting @ReshapeAutomate. Watch as he shares what makes the right investor relationship a competitive advantage. #AI #Robotics #DeepTech #VentureCapital #BeePartners #StartupJourney #FounderInsight
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๐Ÿค– ๐—”๐—œ-๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐˜€. ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—œ: ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ? Itโ€™s a question more founders and investors are asking as the AI landscape evolves. In this clip from Pathfinders, Super.com co-founder @henrythe9ths breaks it down: โ€ข AI-native = startups that are AI-first across the entire stack โ€” from product to growth to people โ€ข Foundational AI = deep tech companies building models or infrastructure-level AI systems Both are valuable. But understanding the distinction matters when building or backing the next wave of AI companies. ๐ŸŽง Full episode here: beepartners.vc/pathfinders-eโ€ฆ #AI #Pathfinders #DeepTech #StartupStrategy #AINative #FoundationalAI #Innovation
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๐Ÿ’ก Fundraising isn't a transaction. It's a strategic decision that shapes your companyโ€™s future. The right investor does more than write a check: โœ… Understands your space โœ… Supports your growth โœ… Challenges you to lead at the next level Orita.ai CEO Aaron Schwartz recently shared a sharp reminder for early-stage founders: focus on alignment first. Build a business that attracts strong partners, then filter based on shared values and strategic fit. At Bee Partners, we back founders who treat capital as a partnership, not just a deal. #VentureCapital #FounderAdvice #FundraisingStrategy #StartupGrowth #EarlyStageVC #BeePartners
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๐ŸŽ‰ Todayโ€™s the day: @tari has launched its L1 mainnet after over 2,800 days of development. Tari is not just another protocol. Itโ€™s a new category in blockchainโ€”an attention machine where users act as operators, not just passive participants. Highlights from todayโ€™s launch: ๐Ÿ”น Sub-2-minute onboarding ๐Ÿ”น Designed to scale to 1M concurrent miners ๐Ÿ”น Operators invest real time and capital (5 hours daily, on average) ๐Ÿ”น Strong existing user baseโ€”30% run $2.5K rigs Bee Partners backed Tari for its deep understanding of UX, economic incentives, and systems design. Today, the network goes live and the ecosystem begins. ๐Ÿ‘ Congrats to @NaveenSpark and @fluffypony for driving this vision forward. See it in action โ†’ universe.tari.com #Blockchain #CryptoLaunch #Web3Ecosystem #Tari #BeePartners #DecentralizedTech #Startups #MainnetLaunch

6 May 2025
After 2,863 days of work, Tari Mainnet is now LIVE! Download Tari Universe to mine precious $XTM now tari.com Mainnet details and important updates ๐Ÿ‘‡
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โ“ ๐—œ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป-๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜€? Not quite, according to Super.com co-founder @henrythe9ths. In this episode of Pathfinders, Henry shares with @kiranoodleman what still stands between todayโ€™s AI-native startups and a truly solo billion-dollar outcome: โ€ข AI agents are improving, but they aren't autonomous leaders โ€ข Systems and org structure remain essential โ€ข Human teams still drive creativity, collaboration, and execution The tools are advancing fast. But strategy, design, and human insight still make the difference. ๐ŸŽง Watch the full episode: beepartners.vc/pathfinders-eโ€ฆ #AI #Pathfinders #StartupStrategy #FutureOfWork #Innovation #SeedStrapping
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๐Ÿš€ Deep tech isnโ€™t just about building brilliant solutions. Itโ€™s about solving the right problems, fast. In this clip, @arattml, co-founder of @Tensorstax, shares how staying close to the customer isnโ€™t just helpfulโ€”itโ€™s essential. When you're working on technical challenges that have never been solved before, speed and clarity matter. Rapid iteration and tight feedback loops aren't just nice to have. Theyโ€™re the foundation of a working product. The approach: โœ”๏ธ Build fast โœ”๏ธ Validate with real-world problems โœ”๏ธ Tie every success directly to the customer need For TensorStax, the customer problem isnโ€™t just the starting point. Itโ€™s the benchmark for whether each technical breakthrough matters. ๐Ÿ‘‡ Watch Aria unpack their deep tech go-to-market mindset. #DeepTech #AIStartups #FounderInsights #CustomerDrivenInnovation #TechLeadership #BeePartners #VC #Startups #ProductDevelopment #Tensorstax
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๐Ÿš€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ-๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—”๐—œ-๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ In the latest episode of Pathfinders, @KiraNoodleman sits down with @henrythe9ths, co-founder of Super.com and an experienced operator at the intersection of AI and entrepreneurship, to explore the rise of AI-native startups and the power of "seed-strapping." ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€: โ€ข ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ-๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ: How founders can maximize early traction and capital efficiency. โ€ข ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œ-๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ: Why AI-native startups are uniquely positioned to disrupt traditional industries. โ€ข ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ: Balancing product, timing, and funding in a fast-moving AI landscape. ๐ŸŽง Dive into Henry's insights on building resilient, AI-powered companies here: beepartners.vc/pathfinders-eโ€ฆ #AI #Pathfinders #Innovation #SeedStrapping #Entrepreneurship
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๐Ÿš€ Portfolio spotlight: @SourcetableApp just supercharged spreadsheets. With AI-powered Web Search, Python integrations, and tools like Selenium and BeautifulSoup, users can now scrape, search, and sync data without leaving the sheet. Innovation in action: ๐Ÿ”— blog.sourcetable.com/web-seaโ€ฆ #AI #data #automation #SaaS #startups #BeePartners #portfolio
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๐Ÿšจ Google Just Changed SEO Forever: What Founders Need to Know About the Rise of AI Overviews @Googleโ€™s AI Overviews are reshaping how content is surfaced and summarized. Startups can't afford to treat SEO as an afterthought โ€” this isnโ€™t just another algorithm update. Itโ€™s a paradigm shift in how information is found, interpreted, and ranked. ๐Ÿ“Š In a new piece from @BeePartners' @_austingrisham, he breaks down how AI-generated summaries are changing the game and what founders and operators can do to keep their content visible and competitive. ๐Ÿ” From schema markup to language specificity, this guide outlines actionable strategies to optimize for AI-first search results. If you're building in a digital-first world, this is a must-read. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Full article: beepartners.vc/optimizing-yoโ€ฆ #GoogleAI #AIOverviews #SEO #StartupGrowth #SearchEngineOptimization #ContentStrategy #Founders #BeePartners #VentureCapital #AI

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๐Ÿš€ From PhD to pioneering nuclear innovation. When Madhu Ravichandran realized that publishing papers wasnโ€™t enough, she set out to build real-world impactโ€”and nergyai.com was born. By applying cutting-edge science and AI to materials development, N-ERGY is transforming the future of nuclear and space industries. This is how research turns into revolution. โฌ‡๏ธ Watch Madhu share what sparked the journey. #DeepTech #AI #NuclearInnovation #SpaceTech #WomenInSTEM #FoundersJourney #BeePortfolio #VC #MaterialsScience
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Join super.com or @knowde as they grow their teams. Apply now or share with your networks! ๐Ÿ‘‡ VP, Engineering (Remote): jobs.lever.co/super-com/b679โ€ฆ Senior DevOps Engineer (Remote): job-boards.greenhouse.io/knoโ€ฆ Check out the other 100 roles from 36 companies on our job board: jobs.beepartners.vc/jobs #hiring #jobalert #startups #engineering #design

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Most first-time founders overthink fundraising. And theyโ€™re looking for answers in all the wrong places. The hot takes. The VC blogs. The threads. But real fundraising success comes down to three things: โœ… A clear, sizable market โœ… A team that can execute โœ… Unshakable conviction in the problem youโ€™re solving When those elements are in placeโ€”and paired with real tractionโ€”capital follows. ๐Ÿ“น In this clip, Anand Kulkarni, founder of @crowdbotics, shares what actually matters when raising your first round. #FounderAdvice #StartupFundraising #EarlyStageStartups #SeedStage #VentureCapital #TechFounders #BeePartners #Crowdbotics #BuildToSolve #StartupGrowth #ConvictionMatters
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A 10,000x leap in AI inference? Thatโ€™s the kind of ambition the future demands. In his latest piece, Bee Partners Venture Partner David Pitmanโ€”an expert in AI/ML systems and explainable AIโ€”explores a bold vision: what if AI became not just smarter but abundantly accessible and always helpful? Achieving that requires rethinking todayโ€™s inference engines from the ground up. As David notes, unlocking truly ubiquitous AI means reimagining performance at a radically different scaleโ€”not 10x, not 100xโ€ฆ but 10,000x. This is the kind of technical inflection point Bee Partners gets excited about, where foundational innovation opens the door to entirely new categories of startups. ๐Ÿง  Read the full piece: edave.substack.com/p/abundanโ€ฆ #AI #ExplainableAI #DeepTech #FrontierTech #Startups #MachineLearning #Inference #FutureOfAI #VentureCapital #BeePartners

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๐Ÿš€ From the birth of the web to the launch of the iPhone, Ken Kocienda has been at the forefront of every major tech shift. Now, heโ€™s setting his sights on the next frontier: AI. With @infactory_ai, Ken is channeling decades of experience into building tools that redefine how humans interact with information and technology. This is more than innovationโ€”it's a mission to unlock AIโ€™s benefits for everyone. At Bee Partners, we back founders who donโ€™t just follow the futureโ€”they shape it. ๐ŸŽฅ Watch Ken share whatโ€™s fueling his latest chapter. #AI #Founders #Innovation #FutureOfWork #BeePartners #VentureCapital #ArtificialIntelligence #HumanCenteredAI #StartupBuilders #infactory
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2025 will be the year companies stop asking โ€œWhat can AI do?โ€ and start asking โ€œWhat are our AI agents doing right now?โ€ AI adoption is no longer about experimentationโ€”it's about deployment, trust, and management. In a compelling interview with Wayfound.ai CEO and founder at @tmamut, the case for AI Agent Management becomes clear: โœ… AI agents are reshaping customer experiences โœ… Teams are evolving into multi-sapien workforcesโ€”humans AI โœ… IT and business leaders must become the โ€œnew HRโ€ for their digital workers The path to closing the $4-6T AI adoption gap? Trust. And that trust starts with visibility, supervision, and real-time remediationโ€”the foundations of Wayfoundโ€™s AI agent management platform. ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ Watch the full conversation here: youtube.com/watch?v=0J_RyURWโ€ฆ #AI #AIAgents #AIManagement #FutureOfWork #EnterpriseAI #LLMs #Innovation #Wayfound #BeePartners

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๐Ÿค– What happens when cutting-edge motion planning meets real-world factory needs? @RapidRoboticcs, one of our portfolio companies, just unlocked a major milestone by integrating @PickNikRobotics' MoveIt Pro into their dual-arm industrial humanoid, the Rapid 3PRO. The result? A versatile, AI-enabled robot that fast-tracks automation with minimal engineering lift. With MoveIt Pro, Rapid was able to: โœ… Accelerate product deployment โœ… Adapt to changing environments in real time โœ… Reduce development time from years to weeks Weโ€™re proud to back the Rapid team as they redefine whatโ€™s possible in robotic multi-tasking. The future of industrial automation is hereโ€”and it's moving fast. ๐Ÿ“– Read the full case study by PickNik Robotics: picknik.ai/case-study-rapid-โ€ฆ #BeePortfolio #DeepTech #IndustrialAutomation #AI #Robotics #StartupInnovation
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Early-stage founders donโ€™t just need capital โ€” they need clarity. In the middle of a fundraise, Aria Attar, founder of @Tensorstax, was navigating the usual noise: competing advice, shifting priorities, and high-stakes decisions. Thatโ€™s where Bee Partners stepped in. โšก๏ธ Immediate alignment ๐Ÿงญ Clearer direction ๐Ÿ“ˆ Support that compounds over time In this short video, Aria shares how working with Bee brought clarity at a critical momentโ€”and why that continues to shape the path forward. ๐ŸŽฅ Worth the 60 seconds. #VentureCapital #SeedStage #EarlyStageStartups #AIStartups #ClarityMatters #DeepTech #StartupSupport #BeePartners #Tensorstax
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๐Ÿš€ Scaling AI isnโ€™t just about the tech โ€” itโ€™s about the teams, tools, and trust behind it. As enterprises push AI from prototype to production, a new set of challenges is emerging โ€” from role specialization and observability to managing performance across AI systems. Our latest blog breaks down the evolving org structures, best practices, and founder insights behind operationalizing AI in the real world:๐Ÿ‘‡ beepartners.vc/architecting-โ€ฆ One example: Wayfound.ai, a Bee-backed company helping enterprises manage the performance layer of AI agents โ€” ensuring control, governance, and transparency as these agents move into customer-facing workflows. ๐Ÿ” Itโ€™s this kind of infrastructure-first thinking that sets founders like @tmamut apart โ€” and why weโ€™re proud to back those building not just with AI, but for scale. #AI #EnterpriseAI #AIInfrastructure #Wayfound #BeePartners #GenAI #Startups #TechLeadership #Founders #ScalingAI

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Join @warptechco or super.com as they grow their teams. Apply now or share with your networks! ๐Ÿ‘‡ Webflow Designer (Remote): linkedin.com/jobs/view/41964โ€ฆ Intermediate Full Stack Software Engineer (Remote): jobs.lever.co/super-com/24c3โ€ฆ Check out the other 100 roles from 36 companies on our job board: jobs.beepartners.vc/jobs #hiring #jobalert #startups #engineering

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