Portfolio Companies

Congratulations to Identify3D on Closing a Multi-Million Dollar Seed Round

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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

Our Investments in Market Networks and a Congrats to Knowde

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We’re thrilled to announce our investment in Knowde, a market network for chemicals and ingredients. By enabling chemists and other researchers to intelligently search in the course of new product development, Knowde reinvents the discovery process and marketplace experience for both chemical producers and consumers. We led the round, with participation from Refactor Capital, 8VC, FJ … Read more

Embroker Launches First Digital Brokerage for Business Insurance

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We are honored to announce the launch of our portfolio company Embroker’s insurance platform technology. The insurance industry has failed to conform to the ever-evolving modern world. Embroker has recognized the opportunity for innovation in the currently inefficient insurance landscape. Today, Embroker launches its free platform that allows businesses to effectively manage risk. The company has partnered … Read more

Our Investment in SnapTravel & the Rise of the ‘Stackless Interface’

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By Garrett Goldberg and Shantanu Mittal Written by Garrett Goldberg & Shantanu Mittal When we consider enterprise investment opportunities at Bee Partners, we often consider how the particular software or technology “stack” lays out in the given vertical, and then ask ourselves if we are adding, removing, or consolidating levels in this stack.  Jamming another … Read more

Our Investment in Node.io: Resource Magnetism Yielding Great Product

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Bee Partners is pleased to announce our investment in Node.io after 2 years in stealth, during which the team has built an intuitive data intelligence layer that reorganizes the web in a personalized fashion. We often talk about Founders at the earliest stages needing to be resource magnets, and Node founder Falon Fatemi embodies this trait. … Read more

Our Investment In StatMuse: A Path Less Traveled

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Today, we’re announcing our investment in StatMuse and congratulating them on their Series A fundraise.  Through our initial conversations with Eli and Adam, we became convinced of the value that transparency and natural language access would bring to large datasets.  After all, what good is data if its insights can never be unlocked by those … Read more

Our Investment in Embroker: Bringing Transparency to the Insurance Industry

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 Bee Partners is pleased to announce our investment in Embroker, our first insurance related investment to date. Seven million businesses in the United States all share one risk in common: each could be wiped out by a disaster or lawsuit without the right insurance coverage.  The $1 trillion domestic insurance industry protects our economic system by … Read more

Introducing BuildingConnected: Announces Major Partnership and Capital Raise

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Today, Bee Partners is pleased to announce our investment in BuildingConnected.The pre-construction phase (i.e. bidding and aggregating documents) has always been a jungle of calls, faxes, deliveries and a proverbial mountain range of paperwork, both in the form of atoms and bytes.  Bidding a job with 5 sub-contractors on up to 25 different disciplines is a logistical … Read more

Congratulations Neighborly — $5.5M Seed Round

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Neighborly: The Community Investment MarketplaceCongratulations on their $5.5m seed round! Passion is at the heart of every one of our startups – it’s an attribute we aim to identify in every first meeting with a Founder.  After Jase Wilson first presented his vision for a reimagined municipal-bond marketplace, we needed little convincing about his personal passion for community … Read more

Phonio Helps Charities, VIPs and Kids Everywhere Connect with Their Fans

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We are pleased to formally announce our investment in Phonio.  Imagine if a global charity, financial advisor, or musician could pick up a phone and call all of their followers, all around the world, at a moment’s notice – this is what Phonio has created.  By facilitating large-scale communication with voice, through actual mobile phone calls, … Read more