As our teams keep growing, we are making efforts to shape a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive future for our studio and ventures. We believe that as a studio, we have the responsibility to bring different perspectives together and create something remarkable. The only way to achieve this is by listening to our teams and finding the right way to shape the DEI culture together.

Are you curious about DEI and what it stands for at Builders? Read our DEI commitment and follow our progress towards a DEI aware universe in the upcoming editions of this newsletter.

News from our universe 🪐

• Our very own Dana de Koning celebrated five years at Influentials this month! Started as an intern in 2016, Dana is now leading team Influentials as Operations Manager and is considered one of the thought leaders in the online influencer marketing space.

• We're very happy to announce that Patrick Montague has joined Builders as Venture Partner. Patrick will help us raise funds, provide hands-on advice to our teams and support our portfolio companies' growth.

• We've launched House of Founders, an invite-only, inspiring and diverse community of tech leaders looking to collaborate, share knowledge and drive new venture creation. If you would like to be part of our founders community, let us know.

• Early this month, Guy Rombaut joined our latest pre-launch venture as Entrepreneur in Residence on the tech side. Guy is an experienced CTO, tech evangelist, and keynote speaker. Before joining Builders, he has been the CTO of OneFit and Urban Sports Club.

• Michael Steinmann hosted two talks at RE:Connect, the world's largest real estate conference, last week. If you missed it, the session recordings are now online.

What we’re following 👀

• Our friend Alper Celen from Enhance Ventures points out a record volume of capital flowing into the studio ecosystem over the past months.

• We welcome fellow studio Next Big Thing as the newest addition to the GSSN family.

• SaaS Capital summarises outcomes of their annual survey that addresses the current state of B2B SaaS companies.

• Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures shares five metrics that every SaaS company should track to maximise its valuation.

• Virtualisation of assets also hits arts with the recent craze on NFTs.

Come build with us 🧑‍💻

• Future Founder at Builders

• Full-Stack (Symfony, React) Developer at Influentials

• Growth Marketeer at Influentials

• Growth Marketing Trainee at a Builders (pre-launch venture)

Forward always!

Michael van Lier

Managing Director at Builders