Gil Beyda
Founder & Managing Partner @ Genacast Ventures
New York, United States
Gil Beyda is a seed investor at Genacast Ventures in New York focused on Software and SaaS. Gil Beyda - Founder & Managing Partner @ Genacast Ventures
- Total investments:
- 25
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 40%
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Industries Gil Beyda invests in
Stages Gil Beyda invests in
Countries Gil Beyda invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 5 (20%)
- SaaS 3 (12%)
- Analytics 3 (12%)
- Advertising 3 (12%)
- Cyber Security 3 (12%)
Stage
- Seed 11 (44%)
- Series A 5 (20%)
- Series B 3 (12%)
- Series C 1 (4%)
- Funding Round 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Zapata Quantum
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Zapata Computing is a quantum software company that offers computing solutions for industrial and commercial use. It provides hardware-agnostic solutions for simulation, optimization, and machine learning applications in chemistry, finance, logistics, pharmaceuticals, engineering, and materials.Zapata Computing is a spun out of Harvard Universitylaunched by a group of Harvard scientists, including Alán Aspuru-Guzik.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | $38M / Series B / Nov 19, 2020 | |
Blockdaemon
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Blockdaemon is a blockchain deployment facilitator that manages nodes and payment rails for blockchain networks. Their solution is fully portable, it allows its user to switch networks and chains with the click of a button, so they don't have to worry about picking the perfect network configuration from day one. They support the blockchaindeveloper ecosystem with best-of-breed dev-ops advice. Blockdaemon was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. | $5.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 12, 2020 | |
Confetti
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Find & book corporate events and activities that match you company's culture, goals and budget. Simple Booking. Fun Guaranteed. | $2.1M / Seed / Oct 23, 2019 | |
BigID
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BigID develops software that helps companies have secure customer data and satisfy privacy regulations. It uses advanced machine learning and identity intelligence to help enterprises better protect their customer and employee data at a petabyte-scale. The company helps organizations manage and protect their customer data, meet data privacy andprotection regulations like the CCPA and GDPR, and leverage unmatched coverage for all data across all data stores.BigID aims to give enterprises the software to safeguard and steward the customer data, by bringing data science to data privacy.BigID has offices in the US and Israel and is founded in 2016 by security industry veterans spanning the identity, data security, big data, and governance markets. | Series C / Sep 05, 2019 | |
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Zapata Quantum
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Zapata Computing is a quantum software company that offers computing solutions for industrial and commercial use. It provides hardware-agnostic solutions for simulation, optimization, and machine learning applications in chemistry, finance, logistics, pharmaceuticals, engineering, and materials.Zapata Computing is a spun out of Harvard Universitylaunched by a group of Harvard scientists, including Alán Aspuru-Guzik.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | $21M / Series A / Apr 17, 2019 | |
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Blockdaemon
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Blockdaemon is a blockchain deployment facilitator that manages nodes and payment rails for blockchain networks. Their solution is fully portable, it allows its user to switch networks and chains with the click of a button, so they don't have to worry about picking the perfect network configuration from day one. They support the blockchaindeveloper ecosystem with best-of-breed dev-ops advice. Blockdaemon was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. | $380K / Seed / Apr 11, 2018 | |
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Blockdaemon
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Blockdaemon is a blockchain deployment facilitator that manages nodes and payment rails for blockchain networks. Their solution is fully portable, it allows its user to switch networks and chains with the click of a button, so they don't have to worry about picking the perfect network configuration from day one. They support the blockchaindeveloper ecosystem with best-of-breed dev-ops advice. Blockdaemon was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. | Seed / Mar 06, 2018 | |
STAQ
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Staq is a reporting and integrations system for ad technology. The company unifies the ad tech stack through connections, for both end customers that are using a best of breed approach as well as the ad tech providers themselves.Through these connections, it helps ad platforms build more into their valuable products so their clients can use themmore effectively.Staq is founded by industry veterans from Advertising.com, The Rubicon Project, Lotame, and Collective. | Jan 15, 2018 | |
DrayNow
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DrayNow is the first real-time marketplace for matching intermodal trucking freight and carriers. The company's intermodal marketplace uses technology to connect intermediaries to more carriers, maintain visibility of the shipment's location and status at all times, and helps truckers to compare rates, view load details, and selectavailable loads in their area in real-time. DrayNow enables companies in the intermodal industry to operate with increased efficiency in order to maintain optimal levels of capacity, service, visibility, and profitability. | Seed / Feb 24, 2017 | |
Jornaya
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Jornaya is the consumer journey insight platform that provides marketers, data analysts, and compliance professionals with the highest-resolution view of the consumer buying journey. It is the only technology platform that witnesses both first- and third-party consumer interactions in real time and across devices. Meeting consumers at these momentsof intent enables businesses to shorten the distance between data, decision, and action. Jornaya seamlessly integrates with any buyer journey decisioning process or toolkit. | $10M / Series B / Jun 29, 2016 | |
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Co-Investors
About Genacast Ventures
Genacast Ventures is a seed fund that invests up to $1 million in B2B startups in the northeastern US. Genacast was formed as a partnership between Comcast Interactive Capital and Gil Beyda.
Genacast Ventures Contacts
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Gil Beyda
Founder & Managing Partner
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FAQ
What does Gil Beyda invest in?
Gil Beyda invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 25 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 Gil Beyda last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Gil Beyda closed in Nov 2020. Shizune tracks 25 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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