Beta Boom
About Beta Boom
Beta Boom is a pre-seed and seed fund that leads investments in tenacious, original founders solving complex problems in enterprise, healthcare, cybersecurity, and future of work. We love solutions that automate complicated workflows with agentic AI and simplify them with great user experience design. We also gravitate towards founders based outside Silicon Valley and bring unique experiences and perspectives, along with an unstoppable drive. For our part, we lead almost exclusively with big checks and high conviction. Rather than a spray-and-pray investment approach, we bet on a concentrated portfolio, so each of our portfolio companies can get unparalleled support on their journey rather than feeling like a number. Our weekly 1-hour-long collaboration sessions with founders are legendary, and our founder references speak for themselves. We lead pre-seed rounds for startups building solutions in enterprise SaaS, cybersecurity, and digital health. We are often the first check or even the only check in a pre-seed round. We have tailored post-investment support via one-on-one weekly collaboration sessions with our portfolio companies. Investments are considered via an open-application process: betaboom.com/apply/. All submissions within the mandate are reviewed and receive responses. Investment criteria here: betaboom.com/investment-criteria/ Per Crunchbase, Beta Boom has made 31 investments, 23 as lead investor across 29 portfolio companies, with 2 exits.
Beta Boom operates through Beta Boom Capital Management, LLC in Salt Lake City. Sources disagree on the founding year: PitchBook and Inven say 2017, while Startupintros and Private Equity List say 2018. Kimmy Paluch and Sergio Paluch co-founded the firm. Kimmy is listed as managing partner and Sergio as founding partner. Before Beta Boom, Sergio ran a Silicon Valley innovation consultancy called Boom Factor. MV Telegraph reports that the first fund was a pilot of under $1 million. Fund II closed at $14.5 million in February 2024, with Ally Bank, Pivotal Ventures, Bank of America and Atento Capital as limited partners. Crunchbase lists headcount at 1 to 10.
The firm's AI exposure comes mainly through founders who apply machine learning or AI workflows to a specific sector. Its LinkedIn page lists AI/ML alongside digital health, fintech, future of work and SMB SaaS. Appnigma AI, which makes an AI-powered platform for building enterprise software integrations, closed a pre-seed round led by Beta Boom in June 2026, with angel participation from Google and YouTube. Beta Boom also invested in NOMA AI, a company using a machine learning model to help clinicians detect patient complications, in 2023.
Public sources describe pre-seed and seed as the firm's core stages. Startupintros reports initial equity checks of $150,000 to $350,000, and VC Sheet lists the same range. The firm's LinkedIn page says it invests up to $350K at the pre-seed and seed stages. Tracxn's portfolio data also shows seed and Series A rounds.
- Appnigma AI: AI platform for building native enterprise software integrations; pre-seed round led by Beta Boom, announced June 30, 2026.
- NOMA AI: machine learning model that helps doctors identify patient complications in real time; investment in 2023.
- pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/231912-91
- crunchbase.com/organization/beta-boom
- crunchbase.com/person/sergio-paluch
- crunchbase.com/organization/beta-boom/investor_summary/overview_timeli
- startupintros.com/orgs/beta-boom
- privateequitylist.com/investors/beta-boom
- prweb.com/releases/beta-boom-closes-14-5-million-fund-ii-to-invest-in-
- vcsheet.com/fund/beta-boom
Investing activity
Beta Boom has made 31 investments according to Crunchbase across 29 portfolio companies, and has led 23 rounds and seen 2 exits.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Beta Boom
When was Beta Boom founded and who runs it?
Sources give 2017 or 2018 as the founding year. Kimmy Paluch and Sergio Paluch co-founded the Salt Lake City firm and are its managing and founding partners.
How big are Beta Boom's funds?
Fund II closed at $14.5 million in February 2024. The first fund was a pilot of under $1 million, according to MV Telegraph.
What check size does Beta Boom write at pre-seed and seed?
Startupintros and VC Sheet report initial checks between $150,000 and $350,000. The firm's LinkedIn page says it invests up to $350K at pre-seed and seed.
Which AI startups has Beta Boom backed?
Recent examples include Appnigma AI, which Beta Boom led in a pre-seed round in June 2026, and NOMA AI, which it backed in 2023.
How can a founder apply to Beta Boom?
Founders can submit through the open application at betaboom.com/apply. The firm's investment criteria are published on its website.
Where is Beta Boom based?
Beta Boom is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
How can founders reach Beta Boom?
Founders on Lounge can see Beta Boom's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with the firm under Warm Paths, and add Beta Boom to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.