We are thrilled to announce that Jed Dean has joined Bee Partners as a Venture Partner, marking a pivotal step forward in our mission to support the growth and success for inception-stage startups. With his deep expertise in AI, biotech, and go-to-market strategies, Jed will play a critical role in driving value for our portfolio companies.

The Bee Partners Venture Program

At Bee Partners, we believe venture investing goes beyond capital—it's about fostering lasting relationships that empower startups through all stages of growth. Our Venture Partner program is designed to connect experienced professionals with founders to provide operational, technical, and strategic support.

Jed’s addition to the team perfectly aligns with our vision of long-term collaboration. He will source new investment opportunities, guide due diligence, and identify emerging trends that shape the future of technology and opportunity. His insights at the intersection of AI and SynBio will be instrumental in scaling our portfolio companies in competitive industries and specifically within our Biological Machines Vector.

Jed brings a wealth of experience from both operational and technical roles, with a strong focus on early-stage investments in transformative sectors. He was Founder at Zymergen and developed technology at Amyris. Notably, his collaboration with us has already resulted in promising opportunities like N-ERGY, expanding our reach into new areas.

A Partnership for Innovation and Growth

Jed’s expertise strengthens our ability to invest in and support disruptive companies. His focus on AI-bio convergence and biotech innovation will enhance our capacity to drive meaningful impact.

We’re excited to work alongside Jed as we explore new opportunities, support our founders, and shape the future of technology and Biological Machines. Welcome aboard, Jed—let’s build something extraordinary together!

About Bee Partners

We are at the outset of a decades-long supercycle of AI-enabled machines that will drive evermore affordable and accessible software, hardware and biology.  This supercycle is persistent and rapidly evolving, and favors adaptive, technical and bold founders.  This is what we’re looking for. 

Bee Partners invests at the pre-seed, providing deep tech exposure for our LPs.  We invest pre-product and pre-revenue in 8-10 companies per year, offering Founders both $500k-$1.5M in funding as well as deep partnership with our network in exchange for meaningful ownership. In doing so, we underwrite every position to return the fund.  Bee’s partnership model is built on integrity and trust with our Founders, delivering value from day one in the form of strategic introductions to customers, future partners and employees and capital sources.

Bee Partners model has led its pre-seed portfolio to a 60% matriculation rate to Series A with more than $2B in follow-on capital from the world’s top VCs.