Investing Profile

John Borthwick

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CEO at betaworks

betaworksventures.com/johnbor...New York, New York

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Networks John is a member of

AOL Network

93 CONNECTIONS

WarnerMedia Network

23 CONNECTIONS

Mercer Management Consulting Network

19 CONNECTIONS

Mercer Management Consulting Network

19 CONNECTIONS

Mercer Management Consulting Network

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Current Investing Position

Betaworks Ventures

Investment Range

$100K - $500K

Sweet Spot

$350K

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$50M

John Borthwick is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Media/Content (Seed)Media/Content (Series A)AI (Seed)AI (Series A)New York City Consumer Internet (Seed)Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists Consumer Internet (Series A)

John Borthwick's Investments On Record (65)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Sensity AI	Series UnknownJan 2026$2M	$2.8M
Co-investors: Keith Titan (BDMI - Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments)
Camera Intelligence	SeedSep 2025$2M	$2M
Co-investors: Andrew J Scott (7percent Ventures)
Hugging Face	Series CMay 2022$100M	$400M
Co-investors: Terrence Rohan (Index Ventures), Patrick Grady (Sequoia Capital), Sonya Huang (Sequoia Capital), Brandon Reeves (Lux Capital), Walter Kortschak (Kortschak Investments), Greg Brockman (OpenAI), David Cahn (Coatue Management), Kevin Durant (oklahoma city thunder), Lee Fixel (Addition), Ronny Conway (A Capital), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Brad Bitler (Apple), Matthew Hartman (Factorial Capital), Augusto Marietti (Flex Capital, LLC // Turbo Ventures, LLC), Richard Socher (AIX Ventures), Nicolas Steegmann (Random Walk (Mimir)), Thibaud Elziere (eFounders), Rich Kleiman (35V), Charles Zedlewski, Ronny Conway, Clement Benoit, Florian Douetteau
blockchain.art	Pre SeedMay 2021$300K	$300K
Momentum	Pre SeedJan 2019	$18M
Co-investors: Amish Jani (FirstMark Capital), Paul Grossinger (Gaingels), Elizabeth Yin (Hustle Fund), Sheila Vashee (Basis Set Ventures), Eric Tarczynski (Contrary Capital), Niv Dror (Shrug Capital), Matthew Hartman (Factorial Capital), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), Nico Wittenborn (Adjacent), Mark Cuban (PKF The Consulting House, Dubai - UAE), Eric Ries (O'Reilly Media), Ron Pragides (GTMFund), Derrick Li (Moving Capital), Ali Rosenthal (Leadout Capital), Jay Love (Instrumentl), Tihan Seale (Splash Capital), Karen King (Silver Lake Kraftwerk), Rauno Miljand (Metaplanet), Matthew Dellavedova (Athletico Ventures), Tim Kendall, Joe Greenstein, Mark Pincus, Jaan Tallinn
Vizual.ai	SeedMar 2017
Co-investors: Alan Hudson (GMG Ventures)
Giphy	Series CFeb 2016$55M Series BJan 2015$17M Series AMay 2014$2M	$150M
Co-investors: Dennis Phelps (IVP), Stuart Ellman (RRE Ventures), Thomas Loverro (IVP), Todd Chaffee (IVP), Jeremy Liew (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Paul Murphy (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Will Kohler (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout)
Dasher	SeedJun 2015$840K	$1.8M
Co-investors: Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Keith Nilsson (Xplorer Capital), Nick Beim (Venrock)

John Borthwick's Experience

Analyst - Project mnr Mercer Management ConsultingPresent

Manager / Associate Mercer Management ConsultingPresent

Manager / Associate Oliver Wyman and Co.Present

Director Product Development Mercer Management ConsultingPresent

Director Product Development Digital CityPresent

VP, New Product Development AOLPresent

SVP Technology and Corp. Alliances Time WarnerPresent

SVP Technology and Corp. Alliances WarnerMediaPresent

CEO Web PartnersPresent

CEO Mercer Management ConsultingPresent

CEO / Founder Mercer Management ConsultingPresent

CEO / Founder Total NYPresent

CEO Fotolog Inc.Present

Chief Executive Officer betaworksPresent

CEO betaworksPresent

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