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BuildGroup

VC
Austin, TXWebsite

BuildGroup is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in SaaS, Enterprise, Other. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$3.0M checks and has 17 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$1.0M – $3.0M

AUM

$537M

Portfolio

17+ companies

Team

8 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Patient capital fund focused on durable, B2B SaaS companies solving real enterprise problems.

How BuildGroup invests

BuildGroup is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on SaaS, Enterprise, Other.

BuildGroup typically writes checks of $1.0M–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $537M in assets under management.

BuildGroup has backed 17 companies in our records, including ActiveCampaign, OutboundEngine, Conversational AI Platform.

Meet the Team

CF

Christina Fok

Chief Financial Officer

JC

Jim Curry

CEO

JC

Jim Curry

Cofounder

Scaling SaaS
AI-enabled workflows
Operating teams
OC

Olivia Cannell

Associate

EL

Eric Levine

Vice President

MP

Miguel Perez

Senior Associate

KK

Klee Kleber

Co-Founder

Marketing
Brand building
Go-to-market
Scaling
LN

Lanham Napier

Co-Founder

SaaS
AI
Workflows
Proprietary Data

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Enterprise
Other

Portfolio Companies (17)

Other

AC

ActiveCampaign

Marketing Automation
OU

OutboundEngine

CRM & Productivity
CO

Conversational AI Platform

A leading conversational AI platform across auto, restaurants, financial services, travel, and health care.

CY

Cybrary

Cybrary's accessible, affordable cybersecurity courses & training platform provides curated career paths, threat-informed training, and certification preparation for professionals at all levels.

BE

Benefits Management Platform

Offers a cloud-based benefits management platform for consumers, employers, insurance carriers and brokers to more efficiently shop, enroll, manage, and exchange benefits information.

FL

Flowspace

Flowspace aggregates two sides of a market, direct-to-consumer (“DTC”) merchants and warehouses, & provides workflow software to both sides to enable modern e-commerce.

DI

DigniFi

DigniFi’s SaaS and marketplace platform connects consumers with auto lenders, dealers, and service centers for car repairs, tires, accessories, and other auto-related needs.

AM

Amelia

Amelia is a conversational AI with built-in process orchestration across service-oriented use cases and industries.

SQ

Squirro

Squirro is a leading generative AI-enabled semantic search and insights cloud company for searching, analyzing, and interpreting unstructured data.

JA

Jake Heller's Legal Research Platform

An AI-enabled legal research and brief writing platform.

How to pitch BuildGroup
  • Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in SaaS, Enterprise, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $3.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Christina Fok, Chief Financial Officer.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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