BuildTools Ventures — Seed VC Firm ($600K–$2.5M Checks)
BuildTools Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $600K–$2.5M checks.
- Check size
- $600K–$2.5M
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- Developer Tools
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Seed
$600K – $2.5M
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Focused on investing in groundbreaking developer tools that enhance productivity and innovation.
How BuildTools Ventures invests
BuildTools Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Developer Tools. It does not invest in Hardware.
BuildTools Ventures typically writes checks of $600K–$2.5M per investment.
Partners & Team
Emily Taylor
GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $600K – $2.5M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Emily Taylor, GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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