A Consumer-Driven Stack Introduction The growth of the on-demand economy (from 41.5m to 56m U.S. consumers in 2018) is transforming supply chains globally like never before. Fast-moving consumer goods that once took days to arrive are now expected in hours or even minutes. Status visibility, product authenticity, and receipt optionality are no longer premium service … Read more
Some say it takes five years and twenty million dollars to train a venture capitalist. This last quarter, I crossed that five-year mark. And while I’m not sure about that $20M number (my learning curve is still vertical when it comes to fund management, board responsibilities, and relationship management; perhaps it always will be…), one thing I’ve … Read more
Bee Partners is pleased to announce our investment in Voltaiq, a team that is revolutionizing how transportation, energy storage, and electronics companies ensure performance, predictability and reliability in the battery systems that power their products. See coverage in Pitchbook, Greentech Media, and PR Newswire. Battery technology has emerged as the clear front-runner in the sustainable energy revolution. Many countries … Read more
We are grateful for our event partners and sponsors: Blockchain Capital, Blockchain at Berkeley, SkyDeck, Accel, General Catalyst, Scalar Capital, Samsung Next, CryptoParency, and Run8 Patent Group. We have big news to share: Bee Partners is hosting a series of events, the Frontier Innovation Awards 2018: Blockchain, presented by CalFounders, that will culminate in recognition at … Read more
It’s pretty great around Bee HQ these days. … We’ve got a fully engaged, enthusiastic team. The pipeline of opportunities is full of new innovation and disruption. And every single day, we do the work we love with Founders we deeply respect and learn from. And, as of last week, 60 percent of companies Bee Partners invested … Read more
At Bee Partners, we consistently favor experienced Founders with deep market insights, just as much as we consider the core business opportunity or technological defensibility. Our decision to invest in RBC Signals was motivated by the depth of knowledge of Co-Founders Christopher Richins, Olga Gershenzon, and Rani Hellerman. This global, multi-dimensional team is well respected in the … Read more
In a strong showing of grit, a quality we strive for in our Bee Founder teams, Co-Founders Stephan Thomas and Joe Inkenbrandt of Identify3D have closed a multi-million investment round led by our friends at SoftTech VC. Identify3D provides design protection, quality assurance, and data logistics for digital manufacturing computer-based 3D visualization, analytics and collaboration tools. The capital will … Read more
It’s Still Rocket Science … Introduction The NewSpace value chain has never been as exciting as it appears today. New entrants (e.g., SpaceX, RocketLabs, and Virgin Galactic) have democratized access to low Earth (LEO) and geosynchronous Earth orbits (GEO), thereby disrupting the near monopoly that federally subsidized incumbents have enjoyed for decades. Competition yields new … Read more
PREFACE The growth in drone technology to serve as an enabling tool has attracted the attention of many investors; currently the industry is valued at $127 billion. As the space becomes increasingly crowded, it is important to identify optimal investing strategies. In the following white paper, as well as in our recent TechCrunch publication, we at … Read more
NLP on the Verge of Utility Natural language processing (NLP), encompassing text- and voice based human-computer interaction (HCI), promises a new way to approach consumers and service them where they already communicate with each other… in chat. However, it is not as simple as slapping a new interface on top of old applications. The technology … Read more