# Builders VC

> Builders VC is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Software and SaaS. See 104 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 104
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 35%
- Fund size: $250M
- Last fund: Jan 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/33219863/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/buildersvc
- Website: http://builders.vc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildersvc/

Builders VC is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on investing where technology meets new business models to modernize antiquated industries including healthcare, agriculture, industrials and real-estate.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Builders VC. Shizune tracks 11 team members at Builders VC. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/builders?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.8M–$11M |
| Series A | $6M–$21M |
| Series B | $8M–$39M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 24 | 23% |
| SaaS | 13 | 13% |
| Biotechnology | 11 | 11% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 11 | 11% |
| Health Care | 10 | 10% |

126 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 40 | 38% |
| Series A | 25 | 24% |
| Series B | 16 | 15% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 4% |
| Series C | 3 | 3% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 60 | 58% |
| Canada | 10 | 10% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |
| Denmark | 1 | 1% |
| Colombia | 1 | 1% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amit Mehta | General Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amit-mehta-5e2d |
| Jim Kim | Founder & General Partner | 17 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-kim |
| Mark Goldstein | Partner | 13 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-goldstein |
| Alex Kinnier | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-kinnier |
| Jocelyn Doe | General Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jocelyn-doe-5655 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ichor Microbial Solutions | Ichor Microbial Solutions is a company that offers agricultural services. | $3.7M | Seed | Jul 17, 2026 |  |
| Askari Defense | Askari Defense creates affordable intelligent kinetic defenses for the era of robotic warfare. | $9M | Seed | Jun 25, 2026 |  |
| AuX Labs | AuX Labs is a food technology company that uses precision fermentation methods to manufacture real dairy proteins. | $4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 21, 2026 |  |
| Anori | Anori is an AI platform from Alphabet's X designed to accelerate housing and commercial development by addressing complexities in architectural design, zoning, permitting, and project finance. | $26M | Seed | Mar 19, 2026 |  |
| The Biological Computing | Biological Black Box integrates biological neurons with artificial neural networks to develop a living computer. | $25M | Seed | Feb 12, 2026 |  |
| Brilliant Harvest | Brilliant Harvest is an AI-powered Helpdesk designed to support equipment dealer teams throughout the customer experience (CX), from purchase to repair. | $4M | Seed | Feb 05, 2026 |  |
| Pie Systems | Pie Systems is a VAT reclaim software that allows for a fully digital reclaim process for tourists shopping in host countries. Pie’s digital-first approach allows for a fully contactless solution, promoting ease and health safety. The company was founded in 2018 and based in Copenhagen, Denmark. | $15.5M | Series A | Nov 27, 2025 |  |
| Augment Markets | Augment is a pre-IPO marketplace that enables investors to buy and sell shares in private companies for as little as $10k. Investors can trade shares within its Collective product without the hassle of traditional secondaries markets. It offers securities through Augment Capital, LLC, a registered broker-dealer and Alternative Trading System withFINRA and the SEC. | $16.5M | Series A | Sep 25, 2025 |  |
| Future Fields | Future Fields is committed to producing sustainable components for science through insect biotechnology. Its EntoEngine™ platform is the first to harness the genetic prowess of fruit flies to produce Earth’s most environmentally and economically sustainable biomolecules. Founded in 2018, Future Fields is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada andproudly backed by marquee venture capital firms and investors from Silicon Valley and beyond. Learn more about how Future Fields is enabling great science at https://futurefields.io/. | $8M | Series A | Jun 17, 2025 |  |
| Knapsack | Knapsack provides a consolidated platform to manage design and code decisions across your product and brand ecosystem enabling you to deliver better experiences to market, faster. The company is a completely remote, venture-backed startup team that assists design and development teams in producing better products in half the time. | $10.5M | Series A | May 02, 2025 |  |

10 of 104 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Brick & Mortar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brick-mortar-vc) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Northwell Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northwell-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Blackhorn Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackhorn-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [DG VENTURES](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dg-incubation) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [EPIC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/epic-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Builders VC invest in?

Builders VC invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 104 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 VC's check size?

Builders VC typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$11M at Seed, $6M–$21M at Series A and $8M–$39M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Builders VC participates in.

### How do I contact Builders VC?

Public channels for Builders VC include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Builders VC?

The team at Builders VC includes Amit Mehta (General Partner), Jim Kim (Founder & General Partner) and Mark Goldstein (Partner), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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