# Bezos Expeditions

> Bezos Expeditions is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 123 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mercer Island, United States
- Total investments: 123
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 19%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/6658162/?pathWildcard=6658162
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/jeffbezos
- Website: http://www.bezosexpeditions.com

Bezos Expeditions is a VC fund in Mercer Island focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Bezos Expeditions manages Jeff Bezos' personal venture capital investments.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 19 | 15% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 12 | 10% |
| Internet | 11 | 9% |
| Financial Services | 10 | 8% |
| Biotechnology | 9 | 7% |

150 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 34 | 28% |
| Series A | 24 | 20% |
| Series C | 16 | 13% |
| Seed | 14 | 11% |
| Series D | 7 | 6% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 64 | 52% |
| Canada | 3 | 2% |
| Indonesia | 3 | 2% |
| Brazil | 2 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 2% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Melinda Lewison | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/melinda-lewison |
| Jeff Bezos | Founder & Investor | 101 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-bezos |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LifeMine Therapeutics | Discovering powerful new drugs from eukaryotic microbes by combining Genomics with AI and Synthetic Biology. Founded by Gregory Verdine, PhD, Rick Klausner, MD and WeiQing Zhou, MBA, LifeMine Therapeutics is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | $188M | Series E | Aug 06, 2026 |  |
| Oratomic | Oratomic develops neutral-atom quantum hardware and architectures for fault-tolerant quantum computing. The company focuses on utility-scale quantum computers that use light and atoms to implement ultra-efficient quantum error correction. Its work targets applications ranging from scientific discovery to new approaches in artificial intelligenceand complex simulation. Oratomic combines expertise in quantum error correction, neutral-atom platforms, optical engineering, and machine learning. The organization aims to make fully fault-tolerant quantum computing practical for real-world use cases. | $300M | Series A | Jul 07, 2026 |  |
| Generalist AI | Generalist AI is a robotics firm formed by a senior researcher who left Google to investigate robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) at Google Deepmind. | $400M | Series B | Jun 04, 2026 |  |
| Profluent Bio | Profluent Bio is an AI-first protein design company that designs novel, optimal proteins that bypass existing barriers in industry. | $106M | Series B | Nov 19, 2025 |  |
| Arrived Homes | Arrived Homes is a provider of rental home investment services intended to help people achieve financial independence. It allows anyone to purchase shares of rental properties and earn a passive income while the company handles everything from property acquisition to necessary improvements and management of daily operations. The platform purchasesand manages residential rental properties as well as allows its residents to co-invest in its fund. | $27M | Series B | Nov 07, 2025 |  |
| HistoSonics | HistoSonics provides the Edison Platform, which uses advanced imaging and proprietary sensing technology to deliver non-invasive, personalized treatments with precision and control, and uses the science of histotripsy and focused sound energy to generate pressures to liquify and completely destroy targeted tissues at sub-cellular levels. | $250M | Private Equity | Oct 16, 2025 |  |
| HistoSonics | HistoSonics provides the Edison Platform, which uses advanced imaging and proprietary sensing technology to deliver non-invasive, personalized treatments with precision and control, and uses the science of histotripsy and focused sound energy to generate pressures to liquify and completely destroy targeted tissues at sub-cellular levels. |  | Private Equity | Aug 07, 2025 |  |
| Toloka | Toloka AI offers a data-centric environment that supports fast and scalable AI development across the ML lifecycle with the help of human insight gathered responsibly and securely. Toloka is used by organizations in e-commerce, R&D, banking, autonomous vehicles, web services, and more. Toloka relies on a geographically diverse crowd of severalmillion registered users and state-of-the-art technologies for managing data labeling and human-in-the-loop processes. | $72M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 06, 2025 |  |
| Atlas Data Storage | Atlas Data Storage develops data storage systems utilizing synthetic DNA to encode digital information. The company offers end-to-end solutions that integrate semiconductor-based synthesis and enzyme engineering to store data in DNA strands. This approach aims to provide long-term, high-density storage options for various sectors. Atlas DataStorage's technology is designed to address the growing demand for scalable and energy-efficient data storage solutions. | $155M | Seed | May 05, 2025 |  |
| Generalist AI | Generalist AI is a robotics firm formed by a senior researcher who left Google to investigate robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) at Google Deepmind. | $140M | Seed | Mar 20, 2025 |  |

10 of 123 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Spark Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spark-capital) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [ARCH Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arch-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Madrona](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/madrona-venture-group) — VC Fund, 8 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Bezos Expeditions invest in?

Bezos Expeditions invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Internet startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 123 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Bezos Expeditions?

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### Who are the partners at Bezos Expeditions?

The team at Bezos Expeditions includes Melinda Lewison (Managing Director) and Jeff Bezos (Founder & Investor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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