The financial valuation of any company—any deal, any enterprise—is prominent in Bee Partners’ thoughts as we consider, plan, and proceed with investment decisions. But what’s less understood is how much of our thinking is driven by a set of other values we hold deeply. We express these values in both business and human terms on … Read more
It never gets old. Every year, I attend several college graduation events. And yes, there’s a certain sameness to them – flip the tassel, “Pomp and Circumstance,” and mortarboards in the air, not necessarily in that order – but I swear they never get old. There’s really nothing like the convergence of those two powerful … Read more
We are thrilled to announce that Tim Smith has joined us here at Bee Partners! We have known Tim for years through our mutual connection into UC Berkeley’s SkyDeck accelerator program, and we’ve been impressed with the quality of advisory services that he’s provided to earliest-stage teams. With an experience set packed with founder war stories, and a … Read more
When you have a $50mm fund with a ‘Seed-stage mandate’ and you’re out there searching for opportunities to deploy capital visibly and quickly, it’s easy to rely upon shortcut ways of finding fundable opportunities. After all, we think that’s a pretty big fund for Seed-stage investing. Some of those short-cuts come through accelerator demo days … Read more
After working with Garrett Goldberg every day now for over a year, we are thrilled to finally introduce him to the Bee Partners family. His bio and LinkedIn profile are here. Read on to learn why we enjoy working with this guy! What were your expectations when you joined Bee Partners? Coming back to the Bay Area from … Read more
Today, TubeMogul priced on the NASDAQ, listed under the ticker: TUBE! I feel honored to have been invited to the celebration, and nearly choked up when Brett & John invited me to the podium for a group shot. Brett Wilson (co-founder & CEO), Michael Berolzheimer (1st investor) & John Hughes (co-founder & President of Products) By going public, … Read more
After much debate, Bee Partners has opened its AngelList Syndicate and will experiment with this exciting new tool available to both investors as well as entrepreneurs. Here at Bee Partners, we take the concept of ‘Investor’ very seriously, and personal responsibility is an attribute that we look for in the founders we invest with. For us, that responsibility … Read more
Yep, I personally reply to every email I get from a founder. While I’m not quite ready to pledge a response time to those emails, I will take responsibility for having a public email address. The quality and thoughtfulness of a response will vary, for sure, but here are some ideas for you as … Read more
Today, Bee Partners lost a friend and partner. After a year+ long battle with cancer, Hansoo Lee died today. I knew Hansoo as a founder first, and a friend second. We met in early 2009 while he was a student at Haas, sharing an affiliation with the Haas Venture Fellows, a group of students eager … Read more
I hope to add more ‘Bee Partners Pledge’ blog posts over the year, but I’ll start with a lingering frustration with other VC websites: “Bee Partners will show every company that it ever invests in on its portfolio page, both past and present.” You’d be surprised how many portfolio pages have been sanitized by … Read more