# BUILD funding: rounds and investors > BUILD has raised $1.6M across 8 rounds since 2008. Investors include Peery Foundation and Balaji Srinivasan. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/build (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *BUILD* 8 rounds we have observed, with the 2 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. Web3 & Crypto Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$1.6M** raised across 8 rounds since 2008, from 8 sources **$150K** Grant **$150K** Grant **$100K** Grant **$100K** Grant **$100K** Grant **$105K** Grant **$450K** Grant **$450K** Pre-seed - **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $450K Feb 2022 - **Investors:** 2 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 **$150K** Grant **$150K** Grant **$100K** Grant **$100K** Grant **$100K** Grant **$105K** Grant **$450K** Pre-seed - **First round:** Grant, $150K - **Biggest round:** $450K - **Usual gap between rounds:** 12 months ## The rounds - **Feb 2022** Pre-seed **$450K** *1 new* [Balaji Srinivasan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balaji-srinivasan) Source recorded - **Sept 2013** Grant **$450K** No investor was named in the report. Reported by inthecapital.streetwise.co - **Sept 2013** Grant **$105K** *1 returning* [Peery Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peery-foundation) From a historical funding record - **Sept 2012** Grant **$100K** *1 returning* [Peery Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peery-foundation) From a historical funding record - **Sept 2011** Grant **$100K** *1 returning* [Peery Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peery-foundation) From a historical funding record - **Sept 2010** Grant **$100K** *1 returning* [Peery Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peery-foundation) From a historical funding record - **Sept 2009** Grant **$150K** *1 returning* [Peery Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peery-foundation) From a historical funding record - **Sept 2008** Grant **$150K** *1 new* [Peery Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peery-foundation) From a historical funding record ## Founders and team From BUILD's own website: 11 founders, 53 on the team. **Josh Arbit** CEO & Co-Founder **MacPac Entertainment** Co-Founder/CEO **Natalia Villarmán** Founder and CEO **Robert Glazer** Founder & CEO **Scorpio Rogers** Founder & CEO **Dan Vallimarescu** Founder **Gira Wieczorek** Founder **Louis Chang** Founder and Managing Partner **Matt Doherty** Co-Founder **Sarah Allaire** Founder **Suzanne McKechnie Klahr** Founder - **Aaron Ow-Yeang** Vice President - Corporate Controller - **David Toney** Senior Vice President - **Lars Hens** Executive Vice President - **Jeff Glass** CEO - **Thais Rezende** President and Interim CEO - **Alvina Antar** Chief Digital Officer - **Andrea Dimarco** CFO - **Desiree Ford** Chief Financial and Operations Officer - **Donald Wright** Deputy Chief of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion - **Gagan Kanjlia** Chief Product Officer - **LaMar Bunts** Chief Transformation Officer - **Andrea Atwell** VP eCommerce - **Candice Tang** VP - **Jared Cohen** VP - **Marisol Adriana Burgueño** Head of Digital Product and User Experience - **Mike Portegello** VP of AI & Architecture, F5 - **Ram Poornachandran** VP of AI & Architecture - **Vivan Tran** VP Kids and Family Marketing And 35 more on the team. Advisers *Angela Stokes* *Elana Anderson* *Jamie Bader* *Kevin Perry* *Matt Flanagan* ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Grant** 2008 **Grant** 2009 **Grant** 2010 **Grant** 2011 **Grant** 2012 **Grant** 2013 **Grant** 2013 **Pre-seed** 2022 [Peery Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peery-foundation) [Balaji Srinivasan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balaji-srinivasan) ## Everyone who backed them [Peery Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peery-foundation) Institutional LP **6** rounds [Balaji Srinivasan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balaji-srinivasan) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=build). ## Quick answers about BUILD ### Who invested in BUILD? BUILD's investors include Peery Foundation and Balaji Srinivasan. ### How much has BUILD raised? BUILD has raised $1.6M across 8 rounds since 2008. ### When did BUILD last raise? BUILD's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $450K in Feb 2022. ### What was BUILD's biggest round? Its most recent round, $450K in Feb 2022, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed BUILD first? BUILD's first round on record, in Sept 2008, was backed by Peery Foundation. ### What stage is BUILD at? BUILD's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in Feb 2022. ### Where is BUILD based? BUILD is based in the United States. ## Companies like BUILD In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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