Beth Kroman

Bloomberg Beta is an early stage venture capital firm with $450M under management, capitalized solely by Bloomberg. The fund exists to expand Bloomberg’s horizons by investing in companies built by extraordinary founders that make business work better, with a focus on artificial intelligence. We run our fund in unorthodox ways to build trust with founders: Were a corporate-backed fund that invests to make money. We experiment with the limits of transparency -- instead of a normal website, we open sourced our entire operating manual. We measure success by our founders customer service ratings of us. Bloomberg Beta has an unconventional investing model where anyone on the team can say yes to a deal. The investing partnership has an equal female-to-male ratio. Read our full internal operating manual here: https://github.com/Bloomberg-Beta/Manual

Pallas Advisors is a strategic advisory firm specializing in national security, defense, and innovation. We are dedicated to helping identify business challenges, assess and manage risk, implement solutions, and build brand awareness. Utilizing decades of experience at senior levels of the public and private sector, we serve as trusted advisors for organizations looking to understand and excel in a competitive environment and capture new business. We work alongside our clients to identify and understand the issues that are important to them, provide tailored strategies and solutions, and implement a plan of action to achieve client success. In 2024 and 2025, Pallas was awarded the Best Place to Work award by the Washington Business Journal. Were proud to cultivate a fantastic workplace culture that drives our success in the national capital region.