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Building Ventures
Venture capital · Boston, MA, United States · North America
Building Ventures is a venture firm that invests in companies reshaping how the built environment is designed, built, operated and experienced. It describes itself as a "Sapling Stage" investor that backs founders early and supports them through the company lifecycle with capital, guidance and an industry network.
Invests inReal Estate & ConstructionIndustrial & Manufacturing
In its own wordsbuilt environmentconstruction techproptechdesignreal estate
Your fit with Building Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsBuilding Ventures lists 34 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 4 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Real Estate & Construction (27%), Industrial & Manufacturing (20%) and Education (12%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside MetaProp, Suffolk Technologies and Andreessen Horowitz.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Building 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 Building Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 4 companies; its own site lists 34. 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 roundBuilding Ventures does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 100% |
| 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 | 1 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 1 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 72th | 34 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 74th | 9% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 41th | 27% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Real Estate & Construction | 27% | 3% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 20% | 7% |
| Education | 12% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 8% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 7% | 15% |
| Fintech | 7% | 12% |
| Consumer | 5% | 3% |
| Space & Defense | 5% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| MetaProp | 6 |
| Suffolk Technologies | 3 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 2 |
| Astir Ventures | 2 |
| Climactic | 2 |
| Climate Investment | 2 |
| Collaborative Fund | 2 |
| Energy Impact Partners | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers3397%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company13%
- 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 togetherCompare Building 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 Building Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Jun 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 27 Aug 2025 | Series A | |
| 8 Jul 2025 | Series A | |
| 2 Sept 2020 | Series A |
Round details for Building Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Building Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
34 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
FintechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | |||
| The company makes buildings more efficient using smart sensors and controls | Real Estate & ConstructionIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Accela provides software and services for government agencies to manage tasks such as permitting, licensing, and asset management. | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Adaptis is an AI-powered platform that uses predictive analytics and real building data to guide capital planning decisions | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Aeroseal develops and applies envelope and duct sealing technology for homes and buildings. | Real Estate & ConstructionIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Aston delivers power capacity for complex workloads, including generation, transmission, storage, and software for data centers. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Jun 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Battery Ventures is a technology and software-focused investment firm. | Industrial & ManufacturingFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company makes robots to transform how humans build, specifically for construction and solar panel installation. | Robotics & HardwareSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Canoa provides an online canvas for designers to collect, design and share their work, including creating mood boards, furniture arrangements and presentations. | Media & EntertainmentReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Aug 2025Series A | Page + round | ||
| Clearstory provides change order management solutions for construction teams | Real Estate & ConstructionEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Dandelion Energy provides residential geothermal heating and cooling systems | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| WORK accompanies families in Haiti and beyond out of poverty through good, dignified jobs | EducationE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| EagleView provides geospatial intelligence, aerial imagery, and data to various industries, including roofing, government, and insurance. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Elephant Energy installs and maintains heat pumps and solar systems for homes and multifamily buildings. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| enVerid Systems develops and markets an air cleaning system that reduces ventilation energy consumption and improves indoor air quality in commercial buildings. | Industrial & ManufacturingReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Envoy provides a workplace and visitor solutions platform | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Faura collected property assessments and provided a verification layer for natural disaster risk | FintechClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| GoContractor provides construction onboarding software to help general contractors manage worker onboarding and subcontractor safety online. | Consumer | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- buildingventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 2 Sept 2020
- Companies checked
- 34
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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