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The Builders Fund

The Builders Fund

San Francisco, Californiathebuildersfund.com

Overview

The Builders Fund partners with growth-stage companies whose business models address environmental and social challenges and where purpose can be harnessed for competitive advantage. With a rigorous approach to scaling impact, they aim to advance a more sustainable and systemically responsible form of stakeholder capitalism. They invest in established, high-growth North American-based companies with revenues between $20M-200M, positive cash flow, and values-driven management teams building activist brands and authentic cultures. Thematically, the fund focuses on Sustainable Systems and Human Elevation to decarbonize the economy, help fix our broken food system, address access and affordability, use our finite resources more efficiently, and to create a more equitable, sustainable future.

Year Founded

2015

Portfolio Companies

7

Investments

The Builders Fund investments
CompanyDateStageLead
Acelero LearningOct 2022Growth EquityLead
Urban RemedyJul 2021Series DCo-investor
MIXTDec 2019Growth EquityLead
Urban RemedyJan 2018Series BCo-investor
Traditional MedicinalsApr 2017Private EquityLead

Key People

Tripp Baird

Managing Partner

Katharine Hersh

Operating Partner

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Year Founded2015

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