# Builders and Backers Capital

> Builders and Backers Capital is a VC fund backing SaaS and Internet. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Builders and Backers Capital is a VC fund in Washington focused on SaaS and Internet. Builders + Backers Capital offers syndicate investments to accredited investors wishing in early-stage companies solving our communities greatest challenges.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.2M–$30M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.5M–$3.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 4 | 25% |
| Internet | 3 | 19% |
| Software | 3 | 19% |
| Marketing | 3 | 19% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 19% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 38% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 19% |
| Series A | 1 | 6% |
| Series B | 1 | 6% |
| Series E | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 8 | 50% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Donna Harris | Managing Director | 95 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/donna-harris |
| Kathleen Hale | General Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kathleen-hale-ebb6 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SureBright | SureBright is an insurance-as-a-Service platform that enables any company to embed insurance and warranty products on their website. |  | Seed | Jul 01, 2022 |  |
| Soar | As the world's top ai powered human development platform, our mission is to uplift humanity, unleashing and maximizing every person's strengths, helping them reach their full potential. |  | Seed | Jun 01, 2022 |  |
| Digiphy | DigiFresh is a QR-marketing platform that creates contextually relevant digital experiences for physical products and customer touchpoints. With DigiFresh's smart packaging tools and storytelling templates, brands seamlessly bridge the physical to digital, going beyond the label to increase sales, promote sustainability and traceability,validate authenticity, and build brand loyalty. DigiFresh connects brands directly with customers to capture valuable first-party data and audience insights. No app and or coding needed. |  | Pre-Seed | May 01, 2022 |  |
| Digiphy | Digiphy is a SaaS connected packaging and contextual marketing platform that activates physical products and marketing assets, transforming them into an always-on digital marketing channel. By connecting brands directly to consumers, Digiphy is able to deliver dynamic digital experiences from any physical product and asset at contextually relevantmoments. Our flexible, content-driven commerce solution elevates brand storytelling and creates a new interactive digital marketing channel. that increases transparency, accelerates sales, and deepens brand engagement. To learn more, visit www.digiphy.it. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | May 01, 2022 |  |
| Fundid | Fundid is empowering business owners on their growth journeys by simplifying business finance & access to capital. Fundid was founded by Stefanie Sample in 2021. | $3.2M | Seed | Dec 07, 2021 |  |
| GrubMarket | GrubMarket develops a website where sellers can offer foods and other items at wholesale prices to customers. It offers products such as organic foods, vegetables, gluten-free foods, snacks, drinks, pantries, home goods, health and beauty products, baby and kids' products, pets, non-GMO foods, paleo foods, cholesterol-free, and no trans-fatfoods.GrubMarket also offers foods from local farms, fisheries, commercial kitchens, certified home kitchens, and restaurants. Mike Xu founded GrubMarket in 2014, with its headquarters in Newark in California with an additional office in San Francisco in California. |  | Series E | Dec 05, 2021 |  |
| Fundid | Fundid is empowering business owners on their growth journeys by simplifying business finance & access to capital. Fundid was founded by Stefanie Sample in 2021. | $3.3M | Seed | Nov 24, 2021 |  |
| Fundid | Fundid is empowering business owners on their growth journeys by simplifying business finance & access to capital. Fundid was founded by Stefanie Sample in 2021. | $3.3M | Pre-Seed | Nov 24, 2021 |  |
| GrubMarket | GrubMarket develops a website where sellers can offer foods and other items at wholesale prices to customers. It offers products such as organic foods, vegetables, gluten-free foods, snacks, drinks, pantries, home goods, health and beauty products, baby and kids' products, pets, non-GMO foods, paleo foods, cholesterol-free, and no trans-fatfoods.GrubMarket also offers foods from local farms, fisheries, commercial kitchens, certified home kitchens, and restaurants. Mike Xu founded GrubMarket in 2014, with its headquarters in Newark in California with an additional office in San Francisco in California. | $200M | Series E | Sep 14, 2021 |  |
| Pacaso | Pacaso modernizes the generations-old practice of co-owning a second home, creating a marketplace that makes buying and selling easy, and adding professional management and technology to make scheduling dates and owning the home seamless and simple.Buyers considering a second home can tell Pacaso where they want to buy, how much they want tospend, and how much time they expect to spend in the house. Pacaso and its real estate agent partners will help them find the perfect home and set up a professionally managed LLC uniquely designed for co-ownership. The buyer will purchase their desired share — for example, half of the home, which will guarantee them access to the home for half the year — and Pacaso will briefly purchase the remainder of the home, before reselling the remaining portion to vetted buyers. Pacaso will manage the property, and owners will use Pacaso’s mobile app to make scheduling easy and equitable. | $75M | Series B | Mar 24, 2021 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Builders + Backers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/builders-backers) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Moonshots Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moonshots-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Nevcaut Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nevcaut-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Acrew Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acrew-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Eyrir Venture Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eyrir-sprotar) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Builders and Backers Capital invest in?

Builders and Backers Capital invests primarily in SaaS, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 16 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 Builders and Backers Capital's check size?

Builders and Backers Capital typically joins rounds of $3.2M–$30M at Seed and $1.5M–$3.3M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Builders and Backers Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Builders and Backers Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Builders and Backers Capital?

The team at Builders and Backers Capital includes Donna Harris (Managing Director) and Kathleen Hale (General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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