VC firm
Bee Partners
Also known as BEE PARTNERS I, L.P., Bee Partners II, L.P., Bee Partners III, L.P., BEE PARTNERS IV, L.P., Bee Partners Opportunities I, L.P., BEE PARTNERS OPPORTUNITIES II, L.P.
- Investor type
- VC
- Investing status
- Activeas of 2026-09-17Source (opens in a new tab)
- Headquarters
- SAN FRANCISCO, CA, United States
- Founded
- 2011
- Assets under management
- $198MForm ADV private fund GAV, as of 2026-03-30Source (opens in a new tab)
- Latest fund size
- $42.7MSEC amount sold, as of 2021-11-04Source (opens in a new tab)
- Funds
- 6
- Check size
- We invest at pre-seed: $300K to $500K, conviction-first.Source (opens in a new tab)
- Legal name
- BEE PARTNERS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC
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About
Bee Partners backs radical technical founders at the liminal moment: before product, before revenue, before the market sees what they see.
Investment approach
- Thesis
- Michael Berolzheimer founded Bee Partners in 2011 with a thesis that machines would reshape every industry. Fifteen years later, that bet is consensus. What hasn’t changed is how we invest: conviction-first, at inception, with founders who see what the market doesn’t yet.Source (opens in a new tab)
- Investing status notes
- We invest at pre-seed: $300K to $500K, conviction-first.
Funds
- BEE PARTNERS IV, L.P.
- $42.7MVintage 2021, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- BEE PARTNERS OPPORTUNITIES II, L.P.
- Vintage 2021Main fund
- Bee Partners III, L.P.
- $40.4MVintage 2018, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- Bee Partners Opportunities I, L.P.
- Vintage 2015Main fund
- Bee Partners II, L.P.
- $28.9MVintage 2014, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- BEE PARTNERS I, L.P.
- Vintage 2011Main fund
SEC registration
- Registered adviser
- BEE PARTNERS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC
- CRD number
- 161796 (opens in a new tab)
- SEC file number
- 802-74434
- Registration
- Exempt reporting adviser
- Regulatory AUM
- $198Mas of 2026-03-30
- Private funds reported
- 6
- Principal office
- LAFAYETTE, CA, United States
- SEC CIK
- 1532841, 1625894, 1645043
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