Canada · Investor

Build Ventures

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Aug 2024, closing $0M. Last cheque observed Apr 2025.

QuietNew fund $175K, Aug 2024VC firm

SeedSeries ASeries BRecurringCollaboration ToolsSoftware

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 11 on record
Since the last cheque569days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$4.0MRounds led1 of 11Sole investor2 roundsMostly inUnited States, 50%
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Build Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    11 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series A: 60% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $1.5M

What they do

Early stage capital for Atlantic Canadian technology companies.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
RecurringCollaboration ToolsSoftware
Based in
Halifax, Canada
Cold pitches
Not accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first11 appearances

  1. 2025

    1 round

  2. Apr
    PayTicSeed · MA · Disrupt Africa$4.0MWith 10 others
  3. 2019

    1 round

  4. Sept
  5. 2016

    1 round

  6. Jun
    RessonSeries B · CA · BetaKit: funding$11MWith 6 others
  7. 2015

    4 rounds

  8. Nov
    AffinioSeries A · CA$4.0MWith 3 others
  9. Aug
    AirVMSeries A$8.0MWith 2 others
  10. Jul
    IntrohiveSeries B · US$7.3MWith 5 others
  11. Feb
    CeltxVenture · CA$3.3MWith 1 other
  12. 2014

    2 rounds

  13. Oct
    Resson AerospaceSeries A · CA$3.0MWith 4 others
  14. Jan
    Smart Skin TechnologiesSeed · US$3.9MWith 3 others
  15. 2013

    2 rounds

  16. Nov
    Affinion GroupVenture · US · betakit.com$1.5MSole investor
  17. Oct
    Tactics CloudSeed · US · tacticscloud.com$1.5MSole investor

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

We hold 2 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

1 of 5 we have independently watched raise

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Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Build Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Build Ventures put money into.

Quick answers about Build Ventures

What does Build Ventures invest in?

Build Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (60% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Recurring, Collaboration Tools and Software.

How active is Build Ventures?

11 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Apr 2025.

What has Build Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: PayTic (Seed, Apr 2025), Gemba Software Solutions (Undisclosed round, Sept 2019) and Resson (Series B, Jun 2016).

How big are Build Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $4.0M.

Does Build Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 11 investments on record (9%).

Where does Build Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (50%), Canada (40%) and Morocco (10%).

Is Build Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Apr 2025.

Who does Build Ventures invest alongside?

Most often New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (3 rounds together), Rho Canada Ventures (3 rounds together) and GrowthWorks Atlantic Venture Fund (2 rounds together).

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