# Danika Laszuk

> Danika Laszuk is a pre-seed investor at Betaworks backing Music and Artificial Intelligence. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Betaworks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betaworks)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jan 2020
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danikaclearylaszuk/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/danikadanika
- Website: https://x.com/danikadanika
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danika.laszuk

Danika Laszuk is a pre-seed investor at Betaworks in New York focused on Music and Artificial Intelligence. Danika Cleary Laszuk is based out of New York, New York and is the CEO of E.A.T__WORKS. Danika previously worked at Jawbone as a VP of Marketing. Danika Cleary Laszuk attended the Brown University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Music | 4 | 57% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 29% |
| Video | 1 | 14% |
| Content | 1 | 14% |
| Internet | 1 | 14% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Seed | 3 | 43% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Next Big Idea Club | Next Big Idea Club is a subscription book club. Their goal is to make sure that everyone has access to these transformative ideas, and to nurture a community to discuss and build upon those ideas—both with each other and directly with the authors themselves. |  | Seed | Jan 22, 2020 |  |
| Midgame | Midgame is a technology company building voice experiences and analytics for gamers and esports teams. Minfgame is a voice-enabled gaming assistant in early access for Stardew Valley |  | Seed | Jan 22, 2020 |  |
| Never Before Heard Sounds | Never Before Heard Sounds is an artist-centric AI music production house. They make newly-possible audio effects and instruments. |  | Pre-Seed |  |  |
| Scout FM | Scout FM is a hand-curated podcast radio stations personalized with the power of data and artificial intelligence. They create talk radio stations with the latest, highest quality radio shows, and podcasts, and then personalize these stations for each listener.Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, the company was founded in 2017 by Cara Meverden,Saul Carlin, and Dan McCartney. |  | Seed |  |  |
| SyncFloor | SyncFloor is a marketplace of commercial music that can be used in movies, TV shows, ads, video games and elsewhere. |  | Pre-Seed |  |  |
| Storm Audio | They are building a mobile broadcasting studio enabling creators to livestream awesome interactive audio content. Stay tuned. |  | Pre-Seed |  |  |
| Midgame | Midgame is a technology company building voice experiences and analytics for gamers and esports teams. Minfgame is a voice-enabled gaming assistant in early access for Stardew Valley |  | Pre-Seed |  |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Meyer Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/meyer-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Betaworks

VC Fund · New York, United States

Betaworks Ventures is a product-focused, seed-stage venture capital fund, having invested in more than 150 companies. We invest in new consumer behaviors and trends powered by frontier technologies, and are often amongst the first institutional investors to invest.

5 contacts available at Betaworks.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Analisa Svehaug | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/analisa-svehaug |
| Danika Laszuk | GM | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/danika-laszuk |
| John Borthwick | CEO, Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-borthwick |
| Jon Chin | Copy / Paste Specialist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jon-chin |
| Jordan Crook | Partner; Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jordan-crook |

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## FAQ

### What does Danika Laszuk invest in?

Danika Laszuk invests primarily in Music, Artificial Intelligence and Video startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Danika Laszuk last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Danika Laszuk closed in Jan 2020. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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