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Build Ventures
Venture capital · Halifax, NS, Canada · North America
Build Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Halifax, Nova Scotia that provides early stage capital to technology companies across the Atlantic region. It works with founders to help them build companies.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordstechnologyearly stageatlantic canada
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Or find every investor that fitsBuild Ventures lists 14 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (16%), Enterprise Software (16%) and Healthcare & Biotech (16%). 44% of its companies are based in Canada. It invests most often alongside Concrete Ventures, Creative Destruction Lab and Techstars.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Build Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Build Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 14. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 36th | 14 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 85th | 14% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 4th | 16% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 16% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 16% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 16% | 15% |
| Fintech | 12% | 12% |
| Media & Entertainment | 12% | 4% |
| Cybersecurity | 8% | 4% |
| Consumer | 4% | 3% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 4% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Concrete Ventures | 5 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 2 |
| Techstars | 2 |
| 212Founders | 1 |
| AXIAN Investment | 1 |
| Allos Ventures | 1 |
| Cathay Innovation | 1 |
| Concrete VC | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers14100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Concrete Ventures
Compare Build Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Build Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan 2026 | Round | |
| 8 Apr 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Build Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Build Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
14 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company produces high-performance biofibers that enable product developers to unlock new solutions | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a workforce AI platform for upskilling and reskilling | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Arcturus captures and delivers real sports action in 3D volumetric video, serving broadcasters, teams, leagues, venues, and agencies. | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Bright Breaks offers a workplace wellness platform with interactive wellness breaks and tools for running challenges to boost engagement and foster connection | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Carbide provides compliance automation and risk management software for organizations | CybersecurityEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Dash Social provides a social media management platform with various features such as content performance predictions, generative AI, and social analytics and monitoring. | Media & EntertainmentE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Inter provides financial services including sending money abroad, investing, and banking globally | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Paytic provides intelligent components for payments operations, including dispute resolution, reconciliation, and compliance solutions | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Apr 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| The company provides an AI knowledge infrastructure for guided execution and knowledge management | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| SmartSkin helps pharmaceutical, food, and beverage manufacturers improve line performance, prevent damage, and proactively identify equipment issues. | Food & AgricultureHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a solution to knee pain through its products, including a knee brace. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Tenera provides software to manage and verify documents and certifications for subcontractors | ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| TrojAI provides a security platform for enterprises to deploy and manage AI agents with confidence, addressing risks such as prompt injection, data leakage, and unsafe behavior. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Musical AI provides a platform for rights holders to establish consent and attribution for their music catalog used by AI companies | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Jan 2026Round | Page + round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- buildventures.ca
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 8 Apr 2025
- Companies checked
- 14
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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