John Borthwick

Companies founded

Betaworks Ventures

Founder · 2016 – present

Currently

Active roles, board seats and partnerships.

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Tapestry 

2012 – present

betaworks

CEO · Managing Partner · 2008 – present

Bitly

2008 – present

$85M valuation (2012)

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Chartbeat

$42M valuation (2018)

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Giphy

$528M valuation (2016)

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Thirty Labs

$12M valuation (2015)

Work history

Past roles by Dealroom records.

Fotolog

CEO · 2006 – 2007

$24.6M valuation (2006)

Time Warner

SVP Technology · 2003 – 2006

warnermediacareers

Senior Vice President, Technology, Corporate Alliances · 2003 – 2006

AOL

New Product Development · VP · 1998 – 2003

$1.4B valuation (2025)

AOL UK

VP · 1998 – 2003

Education

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

MBA · 1992 – 1994

Talks 1

Interviews and talks Dealroom has written up, with the key moments.

Saw the shift, missed it: Borthwick on Hugging Face and Poncho

How I Invest with David Weisburd · Oct 2026

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