# BuildGroup: portfolio, investments and team

> BuildGroup is a private equity based in United States. 5 investments on record, latest Nov 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# BuildGroup

Last cheque observed Nov 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Quiet New fund, Dec 2017 Private equity

Series A Series B Growth SaaS Software Collaboration Tools

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record

Since the last cheque **2544** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$14M** Rounds led **2 of 5** Sole investor **1 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 80%**

Pitch BuildGroup

## BuildGroup highlights

- 01 5 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series B and Series A: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $12M

## What they do

> We help scale emerging SaaS companies. We’re a team of former tech founders and executives who have been investing in AI-enabled workflow companies since 2015. From their own website

- **Type:** Private equity (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** SaaS Software Collaboration Tools
- **Based in:** Austin, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances**

- **2019** 3 rounds
- **Nov** **[Cybrary](https://millionrounds.com/company/cybrary)** Series B · US · Siliconangle **$15M** *Led*
- **Jul** **[New Knowledge](https://millionrounds.com/company/new-knowledge)** US · FinSMEs **$3.0M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[VidMob](https://millionrounds.com/company/vidmob)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$25M** *Led*
- **2018** 1 round
- **May** **[Fiix](https://millionrounds.com/company/fiix)** CA · FinSMEs **$12M** Sole investor
- **2015** 1 round
- **Jul** **[Continuum Analytics](https://millionrounds.com/company/continuum-analytics)** Series A · US **$24M** With 2 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 **7 named**

AL **Albert Lanham Napier** Chief Executive Officer i Form ADV

CP **Christina P Fok** Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer i Form ADV

JN **James Nelson Curry** Managing Partner i Form ADV

KH **Kenneth Herz** General Counsel i Filing they signed

KK **Klee Kleber** Member i Filing they signed

LN **Lanham Napier** Chief Executive Officer i Filing they signed

PF **Peter Freeland** Member i Filing they signed

We also hold **14** 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

**$294M** assets it manages Oct 2026

**Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC

- **Legal name:** Buildgroup Management, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 289150

Funds on its Form ADV

**2** private funds, **$250M** in gross assets · filed Mar 2024

- BuildGroup LLC *Long-term, control or minori* 240 investors $247M
- BG Cybrary Parallel I LLC *Long-term, control or minori* 123 investors $3.0M

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**10** of 13 we have independently watched raise

[Anaconda](https://millionrounds.com/company/anaconda)[Benefitfocus](https://millionrounds.com/company/benefitfocus)[Casetext](https://millionrounds.com/company/casetext)[Cybrary](https://millionrounds.com/company/cybrary)[Dignifi](https://millionrounds.com/company/dignifi)[Flow](https://millionrounds.com/company/flowspace)[Granicus](https://millionrounds.com/company/granicus)[Soundhound](https://millionrounds.com/company/soundhound)[Squirro](https://millionrounds.com/company/squirro)[Vidmob](https://millionrounds.com/company/vidmob) Amelia Approach Fiixsoftware

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

**Raised**

a new fund in Dec 2017

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

## The cheque

Series A Series B Growth

Median round joined **$14M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$12M**

Led 2 of 5 rounds **40%**

- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Nov 2019

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B said *2*
- Series A said *1*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2015 2019

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## Recently backed

The latest companies BuildGroup put money into.

[**Cybrary** $15M · Nov 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/cybrary)[**VidMob** $25M · Jun 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/vidmob)

## Quick answers about BuildGroup

### What does BuildGroup invest in?

BuildGroup invests most often at Series B and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as SaaS, Software and Collaboration Tools.

### How active is BuildGroup?

5 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Nov 2019.

### What has BuildGroup invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Cybrary (Series B, Nov 2019), New Knowledge (Undisclosed round, Jul 2019) and VidMob (Series B, Jun 2019).

### How big are BuildGroup's cheques?

The median round it joins is $14M.

### Does BuildGroup lead rounds?

Yes: it led 2 of its 5 investments on record (40%).

### Where does BuildGroup invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (80%) and Canada (20%).

### Is BuildGroup investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Nov 2019.

### What kind of investor is BuildGroup?

BuildGroup is a private equity firm based in Austin, United States.

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