Bloomberg Beta

Activity from announced rounds

Activity in this selectionAI · Series A

Bloomberg Beta is a venture investment firm whose public portfolio records identify Vals AI and Skan.

Recorded funding activity

Vals AI evaluates models on complex professional work using task-specific benchmarks and expert review. The history also includes Clay’s customer-data and AI research tools for revenue teams, and Smack Technologies’ decision-making models for military applications. Separately dated fund vehicles retain their own identities.

Sources
Rounds participated in
4
Confirmed lead rounds
0
3 roles undisclosed
New companies
4
First participation on record · 0 follow-on
Funding in participating rounds
$127M
4 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share

By stage

Series A4

By primary sector

AI3
Defense tech1

By country

United States4

Rounds

4 in this selection
Vals AI

Vals AI evaluates AI models on multi-step, economically valuable work across fields such as legal analysis, financial modeling and software engineering. Its private task-specific benchmarks, expert review and developer integrations help companies measure real-world capability and production risks.

$40MSeries A
Participant
Smack Technologies

Frontier AI lab building domain-specific decision-making models for the military

$32MSeries A
Role not disclosed
NODA AI

Builds AI orchestration software and autonomous agents for defense and intelligence operations

$25MSeries A
Role not disclosed
Protege

Provides AI data platform unlocking access to trusted real-world data at scale

$30MSeries A
Role not disclosed