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Bridge Builders Capital

VC
Chicago, ILWebsite

Bridge Builders Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Other. The firm typically writes $100K–$750K checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.

Check size
$100K–$750K
Portfolio
1 company on record
Partners
16 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other
HQ
Chicago, IL
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-06-27

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $750K

Portfolio

1+ companies

Team

16 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in startups transforming industrial operations and enhancing government technology initiatives.

How Bridge Builders Capital invests

Bridge Builders Capital is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other.

Bridge Builders Capital typically writes checks of $100K–$750K per investment.

Bridge Builders Capital has backed 1 company in our records, including UrbanGrid.

Partners & Team

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Hamin Balaporia

Chief Technology Officer

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Tera Dray

Director of Service

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Trisha Hudson

Vice President of Operations

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Mark Woodbridge

Chief Sales Officer

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Ken Trent

President

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Bryan Ruff

Vice President of Strategic Accounts

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Val Davis

Vice President of Asset Management

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Nils Langenhagen

Regional Sales Director

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Ghinicel Raul

Billing Specialist

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Naomi Roth

General Partner

GovTech
Industrial Services
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Robert Trent

General Partner

Builder Capital
Pipeline-level capital

We built Builders Capital to solve the problems we faced ourselves—unpredictable capital, slow approvals, and lenders who didn’t understand how builders actually operate.

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Rob Trent

General Partner

Builder Capital
Pipeline-level capital

We built Builders Capital to solve the problems we faced ourselves—unpredictable capital, slow approvals, and lenders who didn’t understand how builders actually operate.

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Yan N.

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Jeff V.

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Michael Z.

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Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Portfolio Companies (1)

Other

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UrbanGrid

GovTech
How to pitch Bridge Builders Capital
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $750K check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Hamin Balaporia, Chief Technology Officer.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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