About Builder Capital
Builder Capital is a venture capital firm As of Sep 2026, Builder Capital is an active investor, having invested in 40 companies, with 1 new investment in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Blockchain Technology and FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Feather Overall, Builder Capital portfolio has seen 1 acquisition, namely Kakarot. A lot of funds co-invest with Builder Capital, with names like Big Brain Holdings sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Builder Capital has team of 2 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 1 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Deals in last 12 months
Builder Capital's List of Top Investments
Builder Capital has a portfolio of 40 companies. Their most notable investmentis in ObscuroTheir portfolio spans across United States, Canada, Switzerland and 6 more locations. They have invested in High Tech, Blockchain Technology, FinTech and 9 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Builder Capital:1. Aethir
Network of distributed cloud infrastructure providing enterprise grade GPU compute. This infrastructure facilitates access to bare metal processing power for artificial intelligence model training, inference, and cloud gaming applications. The system enables the scaling of computational resources by connecting individual server contributions into a unified, decentralized framework. Users utilize these resources for tasks requiring high performance and low latency.
Key facts about Aethir
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Singapore (Singapore)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $9M
- Employee Count: 84 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Framework Ventures, No Limit Holdings and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: ICO, Mar 12, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Eclipse
Online platform for building decentralized applications. It provides access to an architecture that is built to power the next generation of decentralized applications.
Key facts about Eclipse
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $65M
- Employee Count: 13 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Hack VC, Tribe Capital and 32 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Mar 11, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Helika
Developer of AI character infrastructure that enables intellectual property owners to create interactive, conversational relationships with their audiences. The platform allows sports teams, entertainment studios, music artists, and brands to deploy interactive characters that engage fans across digital channels. These characters are built on defined brand voices and stories, allowing for contextual, multi-turn conversations that operate under safety controls and monitoring frameworks. The infrastructure supports the management of character knowledge bases and conversation data, providing tools for IP owners to maintain control over their brand identity while facilitating fan engagement.
Key facts about Helika
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: Toronto (Canada)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $11.4M
- Employee Count: 24 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Sagard, Fenbushi Capital and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Feb 15, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Coinflow
Platform offering payment solutions to web3 companies. It allows businesses to accept traditional payment methods and payout their customers by going from cryptocurrency to USD in their traditional bank account. Its primary use case is helping games, NFT projects, wallets, and similar web3 products onboard non-crypto native customers with familiar, more traditional payment flows while it handles all of the infrastructure behind the scenes.
Key facts about Coinflow
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: Chicago (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $28.7M
- Employee Count: 75 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Draper Dragon, Digital Currency Group and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 08, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Parallel
Developer of digital science fiction collectible card and simulation games. Digital assets are managed through a marketplace for players to trade collectibles, cosmetic items, and avatars. The product suite includes turn-based strategy games, artificial intelligence agent simulations, and extraction shooters. Gameplay occurs within environments featuring visual effects and dynamic backgrounds. Users access these titles through personal computer platforms using authentication systems.
Key facts about Parallel
Builder Capital's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Builder Capital has invested in 40 companies over the last 4 years, with an average of 5 new investments annually in the last 3 years. In 2025, it made 2 investments, while as of Sep 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Feather and most recent follow-on round was in Obscuro.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2024 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
2023 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Builder Capital's Investments by Stage
Builder Capital has made 19 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $5.1M, 2 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $6.92M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $20M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 19 |
Series A | 2 |
Series B | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Builder Capital's Investments by Sector
Builder Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the High Tech, Blockchain Technology, Blockchain - Industry Applications, FinTech and Enterprise Applications. Notably, it has invested in 37 Tech companies, 29 Blockchain companies, 26 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 15 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
High Tech | 13 |
Blockchain Technology | 12 |
Blockchain - Industry Applications | 10 |
FinTech | 7 |
Enterprise Applications | 6 |
Others | 14 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Builder Capital's Investments by Geography
Builder Capital has made most investments in United States (11), followed by Canada where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 11 |
Canada | 2 |
Singapore | 2 |
United Kingdom | 2 |
Cayman Islands | 1 |
Others | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Builder Capital's recent investments
Builder Capital has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Feather.Here are the most recent investments by Builder Capital:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Sep 24, 2026 | United States | Seed | 2198 | [+2] | |
Feb 19, 2025 | United States | Series A | 6426 | [+11] | |
Jan 16, 2025 | United States | Seed | 9965 | [+2] | |
Dec 10, 2024 | Cayman Islands | Seed | 1122 | [+15] | |
Oct 30, 2024 | United States | Seed | 6613 | [+14] |
Acquired companies in Builder Capital's Portfolio
1 company from Builder Capital's portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Kakarot in Nov 2025 by Zama for $*****.Here are Builder Capital's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 05, 2025 | Nov 14, 2023 | Seed | 8450 |
Team profile of Builder Capital
Builder Capital has a team of 2 members including 2 Partners located in China and Canada. Builder Capital's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Builder Capital
Over the past 4 years, 210 investors have co-invested in Builder Capital's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Builder Capital: Framework Ventures, Infinity Ventures Crypto and 9 others have invested in rounds before Builder Capital. There is 1 company where Framework Ventures has invested before Builder Capital and 1 company where Infinity Ventures Crypto has invested before Builder Capital.
- Top Co-investors of Builder Capital: 169 investors entered a company along with Builder Capital. These include investors like Big Brain Holdings (9 companies).
- Invested after Builder Capital: A total of 30 investors have invested in Builder Capital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Pantera Capital (2 companies), Damon Gura (1 company) and Marc Alloul (1 company).
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