Pioneering Human-centric Enterprise AI

an interplay of human ingenuity and intelligent machines that automate businesses by augmenting human capacities.

SPOTLIGHT

The AI Native Startup Playbook

As we enter the age of Enterprise 5.0, powered by generative AI, BGV has developed a first-of-its-kind guidebook for company building in this transformative new era. The AI Native Startup Playbook is a groundbreaking resource for founders building human-centric, AI-driven startups.

EVOLUTION OF ENTERPRISE INNOVATION

Enterprise 1.0

1970-1995

Beginning of Personal Computers

Birth of Silicon Valley
Client server architecture
Punchcodes & Telephony

Enterprise 2.0

1995-2008

Rise of the Internet

Internet/web computing
Dot-com US innovation
Infrastructure & Desktop Applications

Enterprise 3.0

2009-2018

Emergence of Cloud and Smart Phones

Global expansion
Cloud computing
Mobile & Cloud Applications

Enterprise 4.0

2018-2022

Mainstream Adoption of AI

Global Innovation
Edge Computing
AI transforming infrastructure & applications

Enterprise 5.0

2023+

Genesis of Human-centric Enterprise AI

Revolutionizing Work & Life - Employees become orchestrators of workflows

Our Enterprise 4.0 strategy, launched in 2018, highlighted startups driving market disruption using a combination of AI, data and automation, delivered in a full stack vertical solution. With Enterprise 5.0, and the introduction of generative AI capabilities, businesses have begun the journey towards human-centric enterprise AI. Next-gen startups are making leapfrog shifts in enterprise automation, driving massive productivity improvements in laggard industries. These startups combine intelligent machines with human ingenuity, are grounded in a responsible human-centric design.

BGV Investment Focus

We believe innovation will come from startups that are taking enterprise functions such as software development or sales, and accelerating functional productivity using co-pilots and autonomous agents, as well as startups that are revolutionizing laggard industries by re-imagining business processes.

Vertical AI

Solutions designed for specific industries or domains – such as healthcare, banking, or manufacturing – often utilizing proprietary data and customized models to address high-value issues. These companies create value by integrating AI into traditionally analog sectors characterized by high fragmentation, outdated workflows, and untapped data opportunities.

Banking

Insurance

Healthcare

Logistics

Horizontal AI

Solutions that target horizonal functions – such as sales, marketing, finance, customer success, recruitment, and others – by creating autonomous AI agents that handle multi-step workflows across various tools and teams. Unlike sector-specific solutions, Horizontal AI provides leverage across the enterprise, reducing silos and enabling broad adoption of AI-driven processes.

Customer Success

Sales Marketing

Legal

Devops

Vectors of Innovation

Each reflects a different surface area for AI deployment: deep domain expertise within a specific industry versus horizontal leverage across core enterprise functions like sales, finance and HR. We’re continuously mapping the Human-AI Frontier around these vectors of enterprise AI innovation:

Dual Use AI

The connective tissue between innovation and resilience.

Healthcare

Why we are betting on AI in healthcare.

Supply Chain

Supply chain innovation in the age of disruption.

Redefining Scale

Redefining scale and changing the VC playbook.

AI Agent Blueprint

How to build for enterprise success.

Workplace Efficiency

Embracing the future, how AI is revolutionizing workforce efficiency.