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BYLD
Venture capital
BYLD is a venture capital firm that invests at the very beginning of a startup's life, often before a company has been incorporated, a team assembled, or an idea fully formed. It states that it is the first name on the cap table in 80% of its investments.
Invests inFintech
In its own wordsearly-stagepre-seedfoundersventure capital
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Or find every investor that fitsBYLD lists 29 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 4 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (50%), E-commerce & Marketplaces (10%) and AI & Machine Learning (10%). 35% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, DCG and LocalGlobe.
Counts come from funding rounds that name BYLD, 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 BYLD's whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 29. 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 | 33% |
| Seed | 67% |
| 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 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 66th | 29 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 78th | 10% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 85th | 50% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 95th | 10 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 50% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 10% | 6% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 10% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
| Human Resources | 4% | 1% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 4% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 4% | 15% |
| Space & Defense | 2% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 11 |
| DCG | 3 |
| LocalGlobe | 3 |
| LoftyInc Capital | 3 |
| Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures | 3 |
| AAF Management | 2 |
| Capitoria | 2 |
| Nuwa Capital | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers29100%
- 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 togetherCompare BYLD 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 BYLD| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Oct 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 12 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 3 Nov 2025 | Seed | |
| 6 Oct 2025 | Seed |
Round details for BYLD
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in BYLD's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
29 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aedilo Industries provides an AI-powered platform for the full workforce lifecycle, including recruitment, upskilling, and guidance for blue-collar workers | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Apata develops payment solutions for secure online payments | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Ceviant provides financial services and solutions for businesses and individuals, including lending, investment, asset management, foreign exchange, and payments. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Chari provides an electronic wallet for Moroccans to manage various financial services, including phone recharges, bill payments, and money transfers, through a single app. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| ClearGrid provides AI debt collection software for banks, fintech companies, and lenders in the UAE and Saudi Arabia | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| CoLoop provides AI analysis tools for qualitative research | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Elevate provides USD accounts for freelancers and remote workers to receive, send and save money easily | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Floatpays Inc delivers financial wellness solutions through a unified platform, empowering employees to take control of their financial futures. | FintechHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Anchor provides infrastructure for businesses to build, launch, and scale banking and payment products. | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Baraka allows users to invest in US stocks, ETFs, and options from the UAE and GCC | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cleva allows users to send money across borders, particularly to Nigeria, and provides other financial services such as multi-currency accounts and virtual cards. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Index Law is building an autonomous AI agent for legal work called Mike-1. | Legal & ComplianceAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Jireh provides a healthcare payment platform that allows users to pay their healthcare bills in smaller, interest-free payments and earn cashbacks. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Karmacheck provides background checks and screenings for staffing solutions | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Moove finances and owns mobility assets, designs and manages infrastructure, and runs city-level operations for mobility platforms. | Mobility & LogisticsFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Munify provides cross-border payment services and multi-currency accounts | FintechFintech | Oct 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| The company provides financial management solutions for businesses in Saudi Arabia. | FintechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Stitch provides a platform for financial institutions to build and manage financial products, including lending, payments, and deposits. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a payment collection system for businesses and individuals to receive payments from customers. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Nov 2025Seed · 2 rounds | Page + round |
About this data
site last read 7 Nov 2026- Site
- byld.vc
- Last read
- 7 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 7 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 6 Oct 2025
- Companies checked
- 29
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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