Name

Builders Vision

Legal name

Builders Vision, LLC

Website

https://www.buildersvision.com/

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

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, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Investment Returns: Builders Vision generates financial returns through equity investments, fund investments, and debt instruments across portfolio companies in sustainable sectors. The platform manages over $15 billion across seven portfolios including a taxable multi-asset class portfolio, foundation endowment, donor-advised funds, and catalytic investment vehicles.
2. Philanthropy Programs: Market-building philanthropy through grants to nurture innovations at their earliest stages, providing crucial support to foster conditions for sustainable market growth.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Builders Vision is an investment and philanthropy platform that manages over $15 billion across seven portfolios, deploying capital through direct investments, fund investments, and market-building grants to scale sustainable solutions in food & agriculture, energy, and oceans. The platform combines financial capital with philanthropic grants and technical assistance to address systemic market bottlenecks.

Product overview

Builders Vision is an investment and philanthropy platform founded by Lukas Walton in 2018 that manages over $15 billion across seven portfolios. The platform deploys innovative capital—including grants, direct investments, and fund investments—across three interconnected sectors: food & agriculture ($2.4B committed, 168 partners), energy ($2.2B committed, 158 partners), and oceans ($550.7M committed, 227 partners). Key programs include the Food is Medicine Impact Fund (launched with Rockefeller Foundation) and the T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Blue Economy Bond Fund. The platform also provides philanthropic grants, technical assistance, impact measurement support, and strategic advisory services to portfolio companies and grantees. Not a technology product with traditional modules, but rather a capital deployment platform combining investment vehicles with market-building philanthropy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Builders Vision Investment Platform An investment and philanthropy platform that manages over $15 billion across seven portfolios, deploying capital through grants, direct investments, and fund investments in public and private markets to scale sustainable solutions in food & agriculture, energy, and oceans sectors.
• Food is Medicine Impact Fund A pooled impact fund co-launched with The Rockefeller Foundation to expand access to Food is Medicine programs across the United States and improve health outcomes for Americans with diet-related conditions.
• Food & Agriculture Sector Portfolio Investment portfolio targeting sustainable agriculture, regenerative practices, and food system transformation, with $2.4B in capital committed across 168 partners.
• Energy Sector Portfolio Investment portfolio focused on clean energy transition, decarbonization technologies, and industrial innovation, with $2.2B in capital committed across 158 partners.
• Oceans Sector Portfolio Investment portfolio targeting ocean system health, including marine ecosystem restoration, sustainable seafood production, coastal resilience, and blue economy infrastructure, with $550.7M in capital committed across 227 partners.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 500 funds, companies and grantees supported across three sectors
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Hatch BluecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 February 2026Builders Vision acquired a strategic minority General Partner stake in Hatch Blue, an aquaculture-focused investment platform, elevating its role from limited partner to GP-level stakeholder. The partnership, which began in 2017, supports Hatch Blue's expansion to become the leading specialist investment firm dedicated to aquaculture valued at over $366 billion globally.
• National Geographic SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBuilders Vision and National Geographic Society partnered to establish a program focused on storytelling for healthy oceans. The collaboration includes National Geographic Storytellers Collective workshops for Builders Vision ocean partners, a global storytelling program supporting National Geographic Explorers addressing ocean challenges, and convenings of investors and sustainability leaders.
• Jamey SpencercoreOthersHired as Managing Director and Head of Private Markets to lead efforts in managing the over $15 billion portfolio, focusing on impact secondaries and emerging managers.
• Kurt BraitbergcoreOthersHired as Managing Director and Head of Public Markets to advance the sustainable strategy, focusing on technological infrastructure.
• Elemental ImpactcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBuilders Vision Philanthropy is an investor in the Data Center Innovation Initiative (DCII) launched by Elemental Impact with backing from Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft. The initiative invests $500,000 to $5 million in up to ten startups through 2027 focusing on energy systems, cooling, electrical infrastructure, and construction materials for AI data centers.
• AmazonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-investor in the Data Center Innovation Initiative focusing on sustainable data center technologies including energy storage, advanced electrical systems, novel cooling systems, and low-carbon construction materials.
• GoogleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-investor in the Data Center Innovation Initiative; hyperscale partner providing expertise and pilot projects for sustainable data center technologies.
• MetaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-investor in the Data Center Innovation Initiative; hyperscale partner contributing to selection of priority technology areas and strategic insights during due diligence.
• MicrosoftminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-investor in the Data Center Innovation Initiative; contributing to the shared playbook for sustainable data center technologies across the industry.
• MBOLDminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with MBOLD coalition of Fortune 500 food and agriculture companies to build sustainable supply chains and enable more diversified cropping systems.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• S2G Investments: Formerly a division of Builders Vision focused on food & agriculture venture and growth investing, now an independent entity operating with a similar thesis across the same verticals. Most directly comparable given shared origins and overlapping investment themes.
• Emerson Collective: Laurene Powell Jobs' family office and impact platform deploying philanthropic and investment capital across education, environment, and social justice. Directly comparable as a large U.S. family-office impact investor mixing grants and investments.
• Generation Investment Management: Sustainable investment firm founded by David Blood and Al Gore managing public and private capital with a sustainability lens. Comparable as a mission-driven capital allocator integrating impact across asset classes.

Broad incumbents

• TPG Rise: Impact investing platform of TPG, one of the largest pooled impact capital platforms globally with dedicated climate, social, and Rise funds. Comparable as a scaled impact capital provider, though structurally distinct with third-party LPs.
• KKR Global Impact: KKR's impact investing platform deploying capital toward climate solutions and inclusive growth. Comparable as a large, institutional alternative asset manager with an explicit impact mandate across multiple verticals.
• Bain Capital Double Impact: Bain Capital's impact platform making control and minority investments across food, health, and sustainability. Comparable as an institutional impact investor, though operating with third-party LP capital rather than family balance sheet.

Emerging players

• Hatch Blue: Aquaculture-focused investment platform where Builders Vision acquired a minority GP stake. Comparable as a specialist fund manager in Builders Vision's oceans vertical with shared investment approach.
• Circulate Capital: Investment firm focused on circular economy and plastics/waste in South and Southeast Asia, in which Builders Vision is a supporting LP. Comparable as a sector-specialist emerging manager Builders Vision backs via fund investments.
• Ara Partners: Private equity firm focused on decarbonizing industrial sectors, in which Builders Vision has made fund investments. Comparable as a sector-specialist in Builders Vision's energy and industrials decarbonization thesis.

Others

• Arabesque: Sustainable investment technology and asset management firm using ESG/sustainability data and systematic strategies. Comparable as adjacent ecosystem participant serving institutional impact allocators alongside family offices like Builders Vision.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments26 records

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