BuildFirst Ventures
BuildFirst Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Seattle, WA investing in Other, SaaS, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.5M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $100K–$1.5M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, SaaS, Developer Tools, Enterprise
- HQ
- Seattle, WA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-06-15
Pre-Seed, Seed
$100K – $1.5M
2+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
BuildFirst Ventures funds entrepreneurs building foundational SaaS platforms for B2B use cases, with a strong focus on data management and integrations.
How BuildFirst Ventures invests
BuildFirst Ventures is a vc firm based in Seattle, WA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS, Developer Tools, Enterprise.
BuildFirst Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$1.5M per investment.
BuildFirst Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including DataLinkOps, CloudHive.
Partners & Team
Dan Norris
Solo GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
DataLinkOps
CloudHive
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.5M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Dan Norris, Solo GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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