NewBuild.VC
Pre-Seed–Series A · 9 people tracked
Investment thesis
NewBuild invests in early-stage founders building supply chain-oriented application and infrastructure software companies, particularly those leveraging AI/ML and edge cloud technologies. The firm focuses on vertical SaaS solutions transforming enterprise productivity and supply chain logistics. Investment philosophy emphasizes identifying founders with strong execution capabilities and supporting them through a network of industry practitioners and advisors with deep supply chain expertise.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 19, 2026.
Team · 9 people
from the firm's website
Investment leader focused on supply chain application software. Spent 5.5 years at NGP Capital making over a dozen investments in transportation, logistics, and vertical industries. Prior M&A and capital raising experience at Houlihan Lokey, specializing in software and growth-stage technology.
Venture capitalist with over 20 years of investment experience across SaaS, infrastructure software, data, AI/ML, and deep tech. Previously a partner at NGP Capital, NEA, and Intel Capital, serving on 15+ investor boards and guiding companies through growth and exits. Early career background as a hardware design engineer.
Supply chain practitioner with over 25 years of industry experience and a 'Supply Chain Pro to Know' award recipient. Previously VP of Supply Chain Strategy at Coupa Software and held leadership positions at LLamasoft, Kinaxis, BlueYonder, and i2 Technologies. Advises on company diligence and post-investment value creation.
Senior Vice President at Synopsys following the Ansys acquisition where he was Chief Technology Officer. Decades of technology leadership at Schneider Electric, Accenture, ABB, and HP Labs. Co-founded two semiconductor design startups and served as Dean of Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago. Fellow of AAAS, ACM, and IEEE.
Senior Vice President and General Manager, North America at AI21 Labs. Previously Vice President of Product and Data Partnerships at Databricks building 100+ partnerships and led Google Cloud's strategic partnerships. Founded a location-based social startup and held senior roles at HP, Oracle, Cisco, and consulting firms.
Technology leader with over 20 years in cloud computing and logistics technology. Chief Technology Officer at Project44 building supply chain visibility and collaboration platforms. Previously held senior roles at Citrix and Nutanix with deep expertise in data architecture and cloud infrastructure.
Supply chain executive with over two decades spanning eCommerce, distribution, and logistics. Currently Senior Vice President of Engineering and Innovation at ID Logistics leading cross-functional innovation teams. Previously key leader at Amazon driving end-to-end solution design for Middle Mile operations.
Co-Founder and CEO of 257.co, an energy data platform. Former Senior Vice President and General Manager of platform business at Roku, where he led product development, advertising business, and partnerships over nine years, contributing to the company's 2017 IPO.
What they invest in
from 18 of 21 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×13Logistics & Supply Chain ×8Enterprise Software ×7SaaS ×4Data & Infrastructure ×3Developer Tools ×3Cloud Computing ×2Deep Tech ×2
HQs:United States×2India×1
Investments · 21 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathGoldcast provides AI-powered video content creation and management tools that transform long-form videos into production-ready clips, blogs, and social content for go-to-market teams. The platform helps marketing teams engage audiences through webinars, video podcasts, and thought leadership content while providing analytics on viewer engagement and account-level insights for account-based marketing.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech
HubSpot offers an AI-powered Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) software that helps sales teams generate professional quotes and manage complex product configurations within a unified CRM platform. The tool integrates quoting, approvals, e-signatures, and payment collection for sales teams across industries.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Canyon Code provides a workflow intelligence platform that helps enterprises observe AI spending, optimize resource allocation across models and agents, and enforce governance policies at scale.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Coda (now Superhuman Docs) is a collaborative workspace platform that combines document editing, database tables, and application-building capabilities for teams. It serves as a centralized hub to replace multiple tools like Google Docs, Airtable, Notion, and spreadsheets, with AI-powered assistance and 600+ integrations.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaS
Cognichip develops Artificial Chip Intelligence (ACI), an AI system designed to accelerate semiconductor design by reducing design effort and time-to-market for chip manufacturers. The platform aims to address the hardware development bottleneck by automating chip design workflows and making the process more accessible to the semiconductor industry.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsSemiconductors
Drumkit develops AI automation software for freight brokerage operations. The platform helps operations teams manage transportation logistics more efficiently.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Freehand provides AI-powered invoice auditing and dispute resolution across supply chains for logistics, manufacturing, and retail enterprises. The platform automatically reconciles vendor invoices against contracts and operational data, identifies billing errors and duplicates, and negotiates dispute resolution with vendors, posting validated outcomes back to ERP systems.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply Chain
Lyric develops a supply chain optimization platform that combines composable applications, native data integrations, and configurable workflows to help companies make faster, data-driven supply chain decisions. The platform serves enterprises across industries including consumer goods, transportation, and manufacturing.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply Chain
Trio is a multi-modal AI model engine that processes video, audio, and sensor data for operational intelligence in physical environments like retail, warehouses, and factories. The platform is OpenAI-compatible and designed for vertical AI builders and hardware partners to embed into their workflows and edge devices.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise Software
Manifold provides a platform for freight carriers and brokers to identify, bid on, and automate quoting for spot freight loads from customer portals and email. The platform combines manual bidding tools with AI-driven automation to help teams manage load opportunities and optimize pricing across multiple sources.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSeattle, US
Onramp provides a payments platform designed for trucking carriers and merchants, enabling digital payment processing, pricing control, and fraud prevention.
FintechLogistics & Supply Chain
Platform9 provides a managed private cloud platform that allows enterprises to run virtual machines and containers on existing on-premise hardware infrastructure. The platform serves as an alternative to VMware, offering self-service capabilities, multi-tenancy, and Kubernetes integration with automated migration tooling.
Cloud Computing
Rockfish generates synthetic labeled data for evaluating AI agents and models, focusing on rare events and edge cases that production data rarely provides. The platform creates privacy-safe evaluation datasets from company schemas or data samples, designed to test system failures before they reach customers.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Shadowfax operates a logistics and delivery platform powered by AI-driven mapping and fraud detection to optimize route efficiency and reduce delivery failures. The company serves e-commerce and courier businesses through a crowdsourced fleet network for same-day and next-day delivery services.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply Chain
Snowflake is a fully managed cloud data platform that integrates data ingestion, processing, analysis, and AI application development across multiple cloud providers. It serves enterprise customers with unified security, governance, and infrastructure for building data and AI workloads.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & Infrastructure
SVT Robotics provides a platform that integrates industrial software and robotics systems, enabling enterprises to unify automation technologies, capture operational data, and optimize performance across warehouse and supply chain operations.
Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainRobotics
Weav.ai is an AI-native decisioning platform for insurance carriers that automates underwriting, premium audit, and claims decisions using pre-configured knowledge graphs and agentic systems. The platform unifies data, guidelines, and best practices to help insurers quote faster, process claims more efficiently, and improve combined ratios.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareInsurTech
Zum provides cloud-based software and logistics optimization for school bus transportation, serving school districts to improve route efficiency, vehicle utilization, safety transparency, and costs. The platform enables districts to modernize student mobility through data analytics, real-time visibility, and support for electric vehicle deployment.
EdTechLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationSaaS<UNKNOWN>, US
Ritu Narayan(Founder & CEO)
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does NewBuild.VC invest at?
- NewBuild.VC invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does NewBuild.VC focus on?
- NewBuild.VC focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Logistics & Supply Chain, SaaS.
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