Steven Lurie is the founder and Managing Director of Team Builder Ventures. See sector focus and contact routes.
Steven Lurie is the founder and Managing Director of Team Builder Ventures, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm structured as a $10 million “service fund” dedicated to helping founders build world-class teams. His investment thesis centers on early-stage startups across horizontal sectors, with a focus on Silicon Valley and the broader U.S. market, leveraging expert reviews to evaluate deals due to the firm’s broad sector exposure. Lurie typically participates as a follow investor rather than a lead, requesting the same materials as lead investors—including cap tables, financials, and term sheets—and often making decisions quickly after initial review. Notable portfolio companies are not publicly named in available sources, limiting verification of specific investments. A distinctive point of view he promotes is the mantra “high value, add no wind back,” meaning he aims to provide more value than he extracts even in first meetings. He has no widely published public writing beyond podcast appearances where he articulates his service-oriented VC approach.
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