Builders VC

What Builders VC does

Builders VC is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2018 and headquartered at 601 California Street, Suite 700, San Francisco, with additional offices in Calgary, Alberta, and a dedicated MENA operation led from Doha. The firm invests where technology meets new business models to modernize antiquated industries, with a stated focus on 'messy, mission-critical problems' across construction, healthcare, life sciences, agriculture, climate, industrials, and smart enterprise. The investment approach emphasizes deep sector expertise and operational value-add from a team of General Partners drawn from Formation 8, Khosla Ventures, NEA, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, and operator backgrounds (OpenGov, Camino, Opower, Intrinsic Imaging), supplemented by sector-specific Venture Partners in Agriculture, Construction, Health, Industrials, Singapore, and China.

The firm deploys capital in early-stage to growth-stage rounds, with a visible 2025-2026 cadence that includes lead or co-lead positions in Anori ($26M seed, co-led with Prologis), Knapsack ($10M Series A, lead), and participation in Astromech ($40.5M at $2B), The Biological Computing Company ($25M seed), AuX Labs ($4M seed), and Brilliant Harvest ($4M seed). The portfolio of 30+ companies includes Navier (electric hydrofoiling vessels), Upside (cash-back commerce, 100K+ merchants), Colossal (synthetic biology), Neuroflow (behavioral health), Performance Livestock Analytics (cattle data), Timbereye (AI timber marketplace), and Fieldwire (acquired by Hilti). Revenue is generated through standard venture fund economics: management fees on committed capital and performance fees (carried interest) on realized gains, with a small ($0 disclosed) public financial footprint typical of private US-based fund managers of this profile.

Name

Builders VC

Legal name

Builders VC

Website

https://builders.vc

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Builders VC is an early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in San Francisco that invests in technical founders modernizing antiquated industries including construction, healthcare, agriculture, life sciences, and industrials, operating from San Francisco, Calgary, and MENA with 30+ portfolio companies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYFSANAAAD

Sector-Focused Venture Capital (Vertical Specialists)

Financial & Insurance/Private Equity & Venture Capital/Venture Capital Firms

SECONDARYFSANAAAH

Venture Studios / Company Builders

Financial & Insurance/Private Equity & Venture Capital/Venture Capital Firms

Keywords

• Venture capital
• Early-stage investing
• Technology equity investments
• Industry modernization funds
• Growth-stage investments

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Venture Capital Fund Management: Builders VC generates returns through equity investments in early-stage to growth-stage companies across sectors including agriculture, climate, construction, healthcare, life sciences, industrials, and smart enterprise. The firm provides capital in exchange for ownership stakes and works to create value through operational expertise, sector knowledge, and network access.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Builders VC is an early-stage venture capital firm that makes equity investments in founders building technology-driven companies to modernize antiquated industries. The firm deploys capital across sectors including agriculture, climate, construction, healthcare, life sciences, industrials, and smart enterprise, and provides portfolio companies with operational expertise, sector knowledge, and network access. Returns are generated through equity ownership stakes in portfolio companies.

Product overview

Builders VC is a venture capital firm that invests in founders building companies to modernize antiquated industries. The firm does not offer its own products or services in the traditional sense; rather it provides investment capital, operational expertise, and strategic support to portfolio companies across sectors including agriculture, climate, construction, consumer, healthcare, industrials, life sciences, and smart enterprise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Builders Venture Capital Funds Early-stage to growth-stage equity investment funds deployed across multiple sectors including agriculture, climate, construction, healthcare, life sciences, industrials, and smart enterprise. Limited partners commit capital and receive returns through management fees and carried interest from portfolio exits.
• Builders VentureStudio An in-house incubation program that launches new Builders-funded companies with first-time founders, focused on health and wellness. Oversees ideation, co-founding, and operational launch of portfolio companies.
• Health ImpACT Innovation Network A statewide innovation network in New Mexico, operated in partnership with HealthInno and UNM Health Sciences Center, that enables healthcare organizations to evaluate and pilot startup technologies, particularly in advanced computing and AI.

Quantifiable outcome

• Portfolio company Fieldwire was acquired by Hilti
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 May 2026Builders VC co-invests alongside QSTP's $30 million Tech Venture Fund targeting early-stage deeptech startups in Qatar with regional and global expansion plans. The fund targets AI, robotics, biotechnology, and clean technology at pre-seed and seed stages.
• Sidra MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 February 2026Builders VC MENA signed an MoU with Sidra Medicine to strengthen collaboration in healthcare innovation and support development of medical technologies through public-private partnerships. Combines Builders VC's investment expertise with Sidra Medicine's research-driven ecosystem and clinical infrastructure.
• UNM Health Sciences CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with HealthInno and Builders VC to launch Health ImpACT, a statewide innovation network enabling healthcare organizations to evaluate and pilot startup technologies, particularly in advanced computing and AI.
• HealthInnocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth tech innovation studio awarded $844,000 through NMEDD's FY26 Entrepreneurship Programmatic Support Grant. Health ImpACT program developed in partnership with UNM Health Sciences Center and Builders VC.
• New Mexico Economic Development DepartmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAwarded $844,000 through NMEDD's FY26 Entrepreneurship Programmatic Support Grant to launch Health ImpACT statewide innovation network in partnership with UNM Health Sciences Center and Builders VC.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Khosla Ventures: Sector-focused, early-stage venture firm investing across deeptech, healthcare, sustainability, and enterprise. Multiple Builders VC partners are former Khosla investors (Jim Kim, Alex Kinnier), and the firms share a thesis of backing technically ambitious founders in complex industries.
• Greycroft: Early- to growth-stage venture firm investing across consumer, enterprise, fintech, and digital health. Greycroft is explicitly identified as a co-investor alongside Builders VC in the QSTP Tech Venture Fund, indicating direct overlap in deal flow and partnership style.
• B Capital Group: Global early- to growth-stage venture firm with a sector-focused thesis on enterprise, healthcare, and fintech. B Capital is co-invested with Builders VC in QSTP's Tech Venture Fund and shares a similar early-stage, cross-border investing model.
• Speedinvest: European early-stage venture firm with deep sector specializations (deeptech, health, climate, fintech). Speedinvest is a co-investor with Builders VC in QSTP's Tech Venture Fund and operates a comparable sector-vertical structure with operational value-add.
• Lux Capital: Early-stage venture firm focused on frontier technology and science-driven companies across health, climate, and industrial sectors. Lux's thesis of investing in 'messy' hard-tech domains overlaps directly with Builders VC's mission to modernize antiquated industries.
• Founders Fund: Early-stage venture firm backing technically ambitious founders in 'hard' technology and contrarian sectors. Its willingness to invest in deeptech and unconventional industries mirrors Builders VC's operator-led, complexity-focused investment style.
• A-Typical Ventures: Early-stage venture firm focused on non-consensus, science- and technology-driven companies. A-Typical Ventures is identified as a co-investor with Builders VC in QSTP's Tech Venture Fund, indicating shared deal flow in deeptech.

Broad incumbents

• NEA (New Enterprise Associates): Large multi-stage venture firm with broad sector coverage including healthcare, technology, and energy. Alex Kinnier is a former NEA Partner, and Builders VC's horizontal, sector-spanning mandate mirrors NEA's diversified, long-duration approach.

Emerging players

• Energy Impact Partners: Sector-focused venture fund investing in climate, energy, and industrial decarbonization, with a strategic-LP consortium model. EIP's industry-vertical depth in energy/industrials overlaps with Builders VC's climate and industrials coverage.
• Brick & Mortar Ventures: Early-stage venture firm focused exclusively on construction technology and the built environment. Brick & Mortar overlaps directly with Builders VC's construction-tech thesis (Fieldwire, Anori, Prologis) and is the most directly comparable construction-sector specialist.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/buildersvc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments135 records

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