Build Forward Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$250K Checks)
Build Forward Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Nashville, Tennessee investing in Other, Real Estate, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $100K–$250K checks and has 8 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $100K–$250K
- Portfolio
- 8 companies on record
- Partners
- 13 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Real Estate, AI / ML
- HQ
- Nashville, Tennessee
- AUM
- Not in our records
Pre-Seed, Seed
$100K – $250K
8+ companies
13 partners
Investment Thesis
Investing in transformative construction technologies that improve the efficiency and sustainability of real estate development.
How Build Forward Ventures invests
Build Forward Ventures is a vc firm based in Nashville, Tennessee. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Real Estate, AI / ML. It does not invest in Consumer Goods.
Build Forward Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$250K per investment.
Build Forward Ventures has backed 8 companies in our records, including Lightspeed, Material Impact, 2045 Ventures.
Partners & Team
Maryam Haque
Executive Director
John Smith
Managing Partner
Reynaldo Trevino
Partner
Dual Use Ventures
Barry Eggers
Partner
Lightspeed
Carmichael Roberts
Partner
Material Impact
Carmen Palafox
Partner
2045 Ventures
Himalaya Rao
Partner
BHM Fund
Charles Hudson
Partner
Precursor Ventures
Lolita Taub
Partner
Ganas Ventures
Aya Spencer
Partner
Kapor Capital
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (8)
Other
Lightspeed
Material Impact
2045 Ventures
BHM Fund
Precursor Ventures
Ganas Ventures
Kapor Capital
Dual Use Ventures
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Real Estate, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $250K check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Maryam Haque, Executive Director.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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