Betaworks (@betaworks) — Twitter Score 70 out of 1000

Betaworks is a startup studio and pre-seed/seed investor that invests in, builds, and works alongside founders in frontier technologies. Betaworks's Twitter Score is 70 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #11,759 (top 5%) among 483,652 tracked accounts.

Betaworks was founded by John Borthwick, who serves as its CEO. Since 2008, the studio has operated across three modes: investing directly in early-stage companies, building products internally, and running Camp, a 12-week thematic cohort program for startups working in frontier technology areas. At the pre-seed and seed stages, Betaworks writes checks typically ranging from $250,000 to $750,000.

Betaworks has built a number of companies that went on to notable outcomes, including Giphy, acquired by Meta; Tweetdeck, acquired by Twitter; Dots, acquired by Take-Two; bitly, acquired by private equity; and Chartbeat. On the investment and acceleration side, Betaworks has backed companies including Twitter, Tumblr, Kickstarter, Medium, Anchor, Gimlet, Hugging Face, The Browser Company, and Granola.

Betaworks lists decentralization as a current focus area, centered on open source software and developer tools. Affiliated projects in this space include XMTP, Deca, Metalabel, Elixir, Tea, Sandbar, Backdrop Labs, and BC/A. Betaworks's portfolio includes Infinite Objects, Gimlet, Squad, Hidden Door, Estimote, Inc, Bubble, GIPHY and Branch.

Betaworks has published 3,490 posts on the platform. The account has been mentioned by 323 accounts, with 1,360 total mentions.

Who follows Betaworks on X?

The accounts that follow Betaworks include 347 founders, 105 angel investors, 55 influencers and 43 VCs. Among them are Chris Dixon, Marc Andreessen, Kyle Samani, Tyler Winklevoss, Gary Vaynerchuk and Jason.