Steven Lurie

Founding Partner atTeam Builder VenturesCalifornia

Steven Lurie founded Team Builder Ventures, a venture capital firm. He held roles at Zynga, Ingenio, Microsoft, and others, and co-founded Full Circle Fund.

What Steven can write

Writes checks of$100K to $500K
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series AMostly follows a lead
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Team Builder Ventures writes $100K to $500K checks, larger than 5% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Ingenio · part of original management team
  2. MHS Capital · Entrepreneur-in-Residence
  3. Advice Company · CEO
  4. Zynga
  5. Team Builder Ventures · Founding Partner
    Now
  6. Microsoft
    1993-1999
  7. Ingenio
  8. Zynga · Head of Mobile

Companies founded

Team Builder VenturesFull Circle Fund

Focus

venture capitalteam building

Education

Stanford UniversityHarvard Law School

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At firms with a similar stage, sector and check size.

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Questions

Who is Steven Lurie?

Steven Lurie founded Team Builder Ventures, a venture capital firm. He held roles at Zynga, Ingenio, Microsoft, and others, and co-founded Full Circle Fund.

How much does Steven Lurie invest?

Steven Lurie invests through Team Builder Ventures, which writes checks of $100K to $500K at pre-seed, seed, series a.

How do I pitch Steven Lurie?

A warm intro from a founder Team Builder Ventures backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.

What did Steven Lurie do before Team Builder Ventures?

part of original management team at Ingenio; Entrepreneur-in-Residence at MHS Capital; CEO at Advice Company; Zynga; Microsoft; Ingenio; Head of Mobile at Zynga.

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