# Builders VC: portfolio, investments and team

> Builders VC is a vc firm based in United States. 79 investments on record, 16 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/builders-vc (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Builders VC

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 79 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $236M, Jan 2024 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Life Sciences Healthcare Agriculture

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**84%** of best year **16** **cheques in 12 months**, 79 on record

Since the last cheque **7** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$11M** Cheque size, as they say **$2.0M – $20M** Rounds led **6 of 79** Sole investor **6 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 78%**

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## Builders VC highlights

- 01 16 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A and Seed: 50% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 6 rounds, median $10M

## What they do

> We're seasoned operators and investors backing founders who tackle the messy, mission-critical problems that reshape the systems we all rely on. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $2.0M – $20M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Life Sciences Healthcare Agriculture
- **Based in:** San Francisco, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **79 appearances**

- **2026** 14 rounds
- **Oct** **[Warhound](https://millionrounds.com/company/warhound)** Seed · US · Google News search **$200M** With 14 others
- **Sept** **[Sweet Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/sweet-technologies)** Seed · CA · BetaKit **$7.4M** *Led*
- **Aug** **[Astromech](https://millionrounds.com/company/astromech)** US · Ventureburn **$20M** With 4 others
- **Aug** **[Farmbot](https://millionrounds.com/company/farmbot)** Series B · AU · Startup Daily **$22M** With 5 others
- **Jul** **[Ichor Microbial Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/ichor-microbial-solutions)** Seed · US **$3.7M** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[SewerAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/sewerai)** Growth · US · Suffolk Technologies **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Askari Defense](https://millionrounds.com/company/askari-defense)** Seed · US **$9.0M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[AuX Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/aux-labs)** Series A · CA · Verdex Capital **$4.0M** With 7 others
- **Mar** **[Portside](https://millionrounds.com/company/portside)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Anori](https://millionrounds.com/company/anori)** Seed · US **$26M** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Colossal Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/colossal-biosciences)** Series C · US **$60M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Brilliant Harvest](https://millionrounds.com/company/brilliant-harvest)** Seed · CA **$4.0M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[The Biological Computing](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-biological-computing)** Seed · US **$25M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Carbon Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbon-health)** Debt · US **$20M** With 3 others
- **2025** 16 rounds
- **Nov** **[Pie Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/pie-systems)** Series A · DK **$16M** With 3 others
- **Nov** **[Arpeggio Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/arpeggio-bio)** Venture · US **$20M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Knapsack](https://millionrounds.com/company/knapsack)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$10M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[Augment Markets](https://millionrounds.com/company/augment-markets)** Series A · US **$17M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Puna Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/puna-bio)** Venture · AR **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Peregrine Hydrogen](https://millionrounds.com/company/peregrine-hydrogen)** Venture · US **$7.5M** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Clay](https://millionrounds.com/company/clay)** Series C · US · Crunchbase News **$100M** With 7 others
- **Jun** **[Future Fields](https://millionrounds.com/company/future-fields)** Series A · CA **$8.0M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Pathos AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/pathos-ai)** Series D · US · Crunchbase News **$365M** With 5 others
- **May** **[VERO](https://millionrounds.com/company/vero)** Venture · US **$810K** With 3 others
- **May** **[Knapsack](https://millionrounds.com/company/knapsack)** Series A · US **$11M** With 7 others
- **May** **[NeuroFlow](https://millionrounds.com/company/neuroflow)** Grant · US **$2.8M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[UbiQD](https://millionrounds.com/company/ubiqd)** Series B · US **$20M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Modulo Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/modulo-bio)** Seed · US **$4.8M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[VEERUM](https://millionrounds.com/company/veerum)** Series B · CA **$8.4M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[CourseKey](https://millionrounds.com/company/coursekey)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 5 others
- **2024** 11 rounds
- **Dec** **[First Resonance](https://millionrounds.com/company/first-resonance)** Series A · US **$32M** With 3 others
- **Nov** **[First Resonance](https://millionrounds.com/company/first-resonance)** Series C · US **$11M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Healthie](https://millionrounds.com/company/healthie)** Series B · US **$23M** With 5 others
- **Oct** **[Beyond Presence](https://millionrounds.com/company/beyond-presence)** Pre-seed · DE **$3.1M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Sewer AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/sewerai)** Series B · US **$15M** With 1 other
- **May** **[280 Earth](https://millionrounds.com/company/280-earth)** Series B · US **$50M** Sole investor
- **May** **[ChangeEngine](https://millionrounds.com/company/changeengine)** Series A · US **$10M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Tractor Zoom](https://millionrounds.com/company/tractor-zoom)** Venture · US **$15M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Breaking](https://millionrounds.com/company/breaking)** Seed · US **$11M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Colabra](https://millionrounds.com/company/colabra)** Pre-seed · US **$1.4M** With 3 others

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

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **8 named**

AK **Alex Kinnier** Managing Member of the GP. i Filing they signed

AM **Amit Mehta** Managing Member of the GP. i Filing they signed

JJ **James Jimin Kim** Managing Member of the GP. i Filing they signed

JK **Jim Kim** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

JD **Jocelyn Doe** Managing Member of the GP. i Filing they signed

MB **Mark Blackwell** Managing Member of the GP. i Filing they signed

MG **Mark Goldstein** Managing Member of the GP. i Filing they signed

PL **Paul Lee** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

We also hold **25** 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 the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$606M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Builders Vc, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 288444

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**0** of 1 we have independently watched raise

Tectonicdefense

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.

New fund on file

**$236M**

raised in Jan 2024

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$11M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$10M**

Led 6 of 79 rounds **8%**

- **Said size:** $2.0M – $20M
- **Sole investor:** 6 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *19*
- Seed said *16*
- Series B said *15*
- Venture *11*
- Series C *5*
- Pre-seed said *4*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 8
- [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) 6
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 6
- [Blackhorn Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackhorn-ventures) 5
- [Epic Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/epic-ventures-2) 5
- [Craft Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/craft-ventures) 4

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Plug and Play** Accelerator **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Blackhorn Ventures** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackhorn-ventures)[**Epic Ventures** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/epic-ventures-2)[**Craft Ventures** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/craft-ventures)[**Bienville Capital** Family office **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bienville)[**Gaingels** Private equity **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels)[**Inovia Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inovia-capital)[**KdT Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kdt-ventures)[**Refactor Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/refactor-capital)[**Village Global** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/village-global-2)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Builders VC put money into.

[**Astromech** $20M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/astromech)[**SewerAI** Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/sewerai)[**Askari Defense** $9.0M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/askari-defense)[**AuX Labs** $4.0M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/aux-labs)[**Portside** Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/portside)[**Anori** $26M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/anori)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Builders VC in their description, not their title.

- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) 5 Jun 2019 · 52 min 187. Transformative Tech for Old World Industry (Jim Kim) With [Jim Kim](https://millionrounds.com/person/jim-kim-2) Mentions [Builders VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/builders-vc) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Builders VC

### What does Builders VC invest in?

Builders VC invests most often at Series A and Seed (50% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Life Sciences, Healthcare and Agriculture.

### How active is Builders VC?

79 investments on record, 16 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 6. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Builders VC invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Warhound (Seed, Oct 2026), Sweet Technologies (Seed, Sept 2026) and Astromech (Aug 2026).

### How big are Builders VC's cheques?

The median round it joins is $11M. It says it writes cheques of $2.0M to $20M.

### Does Builders VC lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 6 of its 79 investments on record (8%).

### Where does Builders VC invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (78%) and Canada (13%).

### Is Builders VC investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 16 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Builders VC invest alongside?

Most often Alumni Ventures (8 rounds together), Plug and Play (6 rounds together) and Y Combinator (6 rounds together).

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