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Team Builder Ventures
Micro-fund
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Team Builder Ventures is a 'service venture fund' founded by Steven Lurie that differentiates itself not through capital alone, but through hands-on team-building support. The fund's core thesis is that the biggest constraint for early-stage companies is not capital—it's building a world-class team. TBV commits to a specific number of hires per portfolio company, leveraging decades of experience scaling teams at high-growth tech startups to source world-class talent that traditional recruiters and even founders cannot reach, at no recruiting fee. The fund invests in pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds across a wide range of domains and geographies, with checks averaging ~$250k (somewhat larger for Series A). TBV deliberately does not lead rounds and does not take Board seats, making it easy for founders to include alongside larger lead VC funds. The majority of its ~34-company portfolio is founded or led by female and minority entrepreneurs.
Notable quotes
“Steven is an amazing connector to talent. We run one of the largest if not the largest recruiting platform for startups, and yet Steven consistently sources and sends high-quality candidates from I-don't-know-where. Get him as an investor and you have a high-level, high-quality recruiter on the team.”
“Team Builder Ventures is one of the most differentiated venture firms we work with in terms of unique value-add. Steven went above and beyond for our business, getting us three engineers and a Head of Product (that is 33% of our team!) who have been essential early team members. Steven is one of the most talented and hard working guys we know in team building. If you want to build a world-class team, you should get the team builder on your side.”
“Steven has connected us with incredible people from his extensive network whom have provided help to us at every level - many of whom were willing to help us out purely because Steven was involved with us. Steven has provided his connections, strategic guidance and moral support whenever the company and I needed help.”
Team
Steven Lurie
Founding Partner
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planted Solar | Series A | $12m | 2025-07-29 |
| Rocketable | Seed | $7m | 2025-03-01 |
| TrueTax | Seed | — | 2025-01-01 |
| Tonal | Series A | — | — |
| Zuora | Seed | — | — |
| AngelList | Seed | — | — |
| Authmind | Seed | — | — |
| Culture Biosciences | Seed | — | — |
| Orbit Fab | Seed | — | — |
| Formic | Seed | — | — |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Khosla Ventures | 3 |
| Sequoia Capital | 2 |
| Benchmark | 2 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 2 |
| Y Combinator | 2 |
| True Ventures | 2 |
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