# Build Collective

> Build Collective is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and Sensor. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Build Collective is an investment company.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Build Collective. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Build Collective. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/build-collective?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $25M–$50M |
| Series C | $20M–$70M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 60% |
| Sensor | 1 | 20% |
| Hardware | 1 | 20% |
| Hospital | 1 | 20% |
| Textiles | 1 | 20% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |
| Series C | 2 | 40% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| Spain | 1 | 20% |
| France | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tony Fadell | Principal | 39 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tony-fadell |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nabla | Nabla develops AI-powered tools focused on healthcare, particularly in medical imaging and diagnostics. The company creates solutions that assist medical professionals in detecting and analyzing conditions through advanced machine learning algorithms. Nabla's technology aims to enhance diagnostic accuracy and streamline clinical workflows byintegrating with existing healthcare systems. The company collaborates with medical institutions to improve patient outcomes using AI-driven insights. Its offerings include software platforms designed for radiology and pathology applications. | $70M | Series C | Jun 17, 2025 |  |
| Quibim | Quibim, with headquarters in Valencia, Spain, is a global leader in whole-body medical imaging analysis. Quibim products are used worldwide by leading pharmaceutical companies and research teams. Partners use Quibim Precision®, a whole-body imaging ecosystem, for a wide range of applications from detecting a disease to tracking the efficacy ofnovel treatments. Quibim follows an AI-first approach to help detect pathologies across every body part and imaging modality, using quantitative imaging biomarkers. We understand every body part. We speak human. | $50M | Series A | Jan 28, 2025 |  |
| Anello Photonics | Anello Photonics is a technology company developing a silicon photonic optical gyroscope to navigate, position, and motion track autonomous applications in challenging GPS-jammed and spoofed environments. The company's technology portfolio spans over 28 issued patents, and over 44 pending patents, and includes an AI-based sensor fusion engine.It serves the robotics, defense, construction, agriculture, and autonomous vehicles industries. |  | Series B | Nov 18, 2024 |  |
| Mantle | Mantle is an engineering and manufacturing company that has developed metal 3D printing technology to produce high-resolution parts that meet the critical needs of applications from automotive and aerospace to consumer product design and prototyping. | $20M | Series C | Jul 10, 2024 |  |
| Smartex.ai | Smartex.ai is an AI and computer vision company that uses automated inspection to detect textile defects. It also uses cutting-edge AI tech in order to solve some of the biggest problems of an outdated yet so relevant sector which is the Textile Industry. Our company is bringing the most sophisticated state-of-the-art technologies of MachineLearning and Computer Vision in order to detect textile defects and irregularities in real-time, acting on the knitting machines as a way to reduce defective production to close to 0%. This high-tech solution is able to not only stop the production of defects during production, using hardware and software but also improve the business by offering a user interface where the factories can check their stats regarding the production. | $24.7M | Series A | Nov 03, 2022 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Momenta Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/momenta-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [11.2 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/112capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Amadeus Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amadeus-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [APEX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apex-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ARVO VENTURE CAPITAL](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arvo-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Build Collective invest in?

Build Collective invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Sensor and Hardware startups, most often at Series A and Series C stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Build Collective's check size?

Build Collective typically joins rounds of $25M–$50M at Series A and $20M–$70M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Build Collective participates in.

### How do I contact Build Collective?

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### Who are the partners at Build Collective?

The team at Build Collective includes Tony Fadell (Principal). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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