Stunning, unprecedented, chaotic…relentless. At some point, each of us at Bee Partners used those–and many other colorful–words to make sense of 2020. But, we also tested our ability to pivot quickly and effectively in order to provide the support our portfolio companies needed as we all adapted to our new reality. Perhaps surprisingly, 2020 brought a … Read more
Deeptech’s scientific and tech-innovation demands bring unique challenges for early-stage companies and their investors. Bee Partners has a long-standing interest in deeptech. We all four have a little science geek in us and we’ve witnessed through our investments the world-changing power of deeply researched and singularly applied solutions that only deeptech can provide. Our deeptech … Read more
The “robots are coming” narrative has two parallel conversations. One is a dialogue over whether or not this is a good thing. Team Bee collaborated (argued, postulated, wrote, erased, and wrote again) over several months last year to develop our core thesis, Machines Will Win on that topic. Spoiler alert: Yes, they will win, and … Read more
Moving to the Edge for Speed and Autonomy Making Decisions at the Edge WHAT IS EDGE COMPUTING? How quickly what’s new becomes commonplace. Cloud computing has been one of the biggest conduits for innovation over the past 10 years and will remain an important part of the computing infrastructure for the foreseeable future. But as … 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
In May, we posted about the various characteristics and actions we expect from Founders at the preSeed stage. We described the size of the raise needed ($250-750K) to attract talent, explore a market insight, approach product/market fit and gain conviction regarding the company’s direction. We encourage anyone wishing to meet up with us to read that post … Read more
Developing the key elements of the stack Introduction The world is abuzz — the past several years have been an exciting time for drones. From videos of drones flying cool missions inside R&D labs to marketing ploys like Amazon’s AirPrime, drones have gained the attention of consumers, enterprises and governments. The FAA expected that over … Read more