BuildGroup
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BuildGroup is an Austin-based venture capital firm that invests in AI-enabled SaaS companies automating workflows and leveraging proprietary data. It focuses on early-growth stage companies and provides hands-on operational support to founders.
BuildGroup is a venture capital firm headquartered in Austin, United States, founded in 2015. It invests directly in companies, from Series A to Series B, in AI-enabled SaaS, workflow automation and proprietary data. Its stated cheque size is $5 to $20 million.
“We invest in AI-enabled SaaS companies with high-growth potential led by CEOs who are open to advisorship and working with experienced operators to achieve mutual success.”
— BuildGroup, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Headquarters
- Austin, United States
- Invests in
- North America, Europe
- Sectors
- AI-enabled SaaS, workflow automation, proprietary data
- Cheque size
- $5 to $20 million
- Founded
- 2015
Team, as BuildGroup publishes it
- Lanham Napier Co-Founder & Chairman
- Jim Curry Co-Founder & CEO
- Klee Kleber Co-Founder
- Christina Fok CFO & Chief Compliance Officer
- Eric Levine Vice President
- Miguel Perez Senior Associate
- Olivia Cannell Associate
Names and roles exactly as listed on buildgroup.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 22 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- eGateway Capital 2 shared companies: flow.space, vidmob.com
- Industrious Ventures 1 shared company: flow.space
- Lightspeed Venture Partners 1 shared company: flow.space
- Moment Ventures, LLC 1 shared company: flow.space
- Felicis Ventures 1 shared company: soundhound.com
- Frontive Holding 1 shared company: soundhound.com
- Kensington Capital Partners 1 shared company: soundhound.com
- 8VC 1 shared company: casetext.com
- Bridge Investments LLC 1 shared company: casetext.com
- Cerity Partners Ventures 1 shared company: casetext.com
and 12 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page BuildGroup publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.buildgroup.com/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, description, founded, status, confidence
- https://www.buildgroup.com/approachinvests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, cheque_size
- https://www.buildgroup.com/portfoliothesis_quote, thesis_quote_page
- https://www.buildgroup.com/teampeople
Record 8621 · added 2026-09-29 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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