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Roy Bahat

Roy Bahat

Head of Bloomberg Beta·Bloomberg Beta

San Francisco, California, United States

Bio

Professional summary

Roy Bahat leads Bloomberg Beta, an early-stage venture capital firm backed by Bloomberg. His Brookings profile describes the firm as focused on startups that make work better and notes its early focus on the future of work and artificial intelligence. The same profile lists portfolio examples including MasterClass, Lambda Labs, Slack, Flexport, Codecademy, and Textio. He is also affiliated with Brookings Metro as a nonresident senior fellow.

Investment focus

Stage, sector, and overall fit

Stage

early-stageseed

Sector

future of workartificial intelligenceworkplace technology

Thesis

startups making work betterfuture of workartificial intelligence

Notable companies

Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed

MasterClassLambda LabsSlackFlexportCodecademyTextio

How to approach

Framing and angles for outreach

Pitch framing

Relevant for founders building AI or workflow products that measurably improve how people and businesses work.

Personalization hooks

  1. 1Reference Bloomberg Beta's long-running future-of-work and AI thesis.
  2. 2Connect the product narrative to making work more productive, humane, or effective.

Recent signals

What the partner has said or done recently

  • Brookings profile lists him as a nonresident senior fellow in Brookings Metro.

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

  • Bloomberg BetaHead of Bloomberg Beta / PartnerPresent
  • IGN EntertainmentPresident

Education

  • Stuyvesant High SchoolDegree

Skills

Future of workAI policyVenture investingWritingPodcasting

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James Cham

Partner

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James Cham is a partner at Bloomberg Beta focused on data-centric and machine-learning-related companies.

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Karin Klein

Karin Klein

Founding Partner

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Karin Klein is a New York-based founding partner at Bloomberg Beta, Bloomberg's seed-stage venture fund focused on technology that makes work better.

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LB

Lori Berenberg

Investor

Bloomberg Beta

Pre-seed and seed investor at Bloomberg Beta in NYC.

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Roy E. Bahat

Roy E. Bahat

Head of Bloomberg Beta

Bloomberg Beta

Head of Bloomberg Beta, focused on AI and the future of work.

Artificial intelligenceAutomationFuture of workMachine intelligenceProductivity toolsWorkforce policy