Startup · $1.8m raised · Education · AI
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Build Club raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Treble VC | Pre-seed | - |
| Startmate | Pre-seed | - |
| Co Ventures | Pre-seed | - |
| Blackbird Ventures | Pre-seed | - |
| Archangel Ventures | Pre-seed | - |
| AirTree Ventures | Pre-seed | - |
Every published round Build Club took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Role | Alongside | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OD-AI | Accelerator | 22 Jun 2024 | - | Lead | SmartCompany, Startup Daily |
Everyone Build Club has named to a program in published coverage. A place in a program is not a raise: the cheque is the figure recorded with the place, which is the program's standard terms where we hold them, and a blank is one we don't.
Companies Build Club has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OD-AI | 22 Jun 2024, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
Fund closes reported for Build Club, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Build Club has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Build Club did.
| Company | Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio company of Build Club is recorded as having been acquired. | ||||
Companies Build Club acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Build Club. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Weekly roundup: eight funding rounds totalling $12.1m; Airwallex bought Leapfin; 4DMedical agreed a deal for Contextflow; Scalare Partners took over Fishburners; Airtree and Build Club each unveiled new founder programs.
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Techstars Sydney's 2025 accelerator class holds 12 startups, with US$120,000 invested in each; seven are first-time funded. Supported by Investment NSW, the three-month Sydney program ends with a December Demo Day.
Missing Perspectives quizzed five women founders about their fundraising, covering raises at Constantinople, Build Club, Matilda, Sense of Self and Xylo Systems, and sharing their pitching advice.
Profile of Annie Liao, 23, founder of Build Club, who has closed a $1.8 million round to build an AI learning platform, tracing her path from Westpac, BCG and Aura Ventures into startups.
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SmartCompany's rolling coverage of SXSW Sydney day two, recording Polymath's pre-seed raise and Build Club's recent funding, the Equity Clear launch, Startmate's Demo Day, and women-founded startup pitches at Google's event.
Weekly roundup detailing six Australian raises: Q-CTRL's Series B extension, plus fresh capital for Mutinex, Atelier, Rosterfy, Build Club and Axify.ai, naming lead investors and founders throughout.
Roundup of six Australian funding rounds this week: InDebted, Evolt, Restoke.ai, Mary Technology, Matilda and Demtech.ai, with investors, amounts, InDebted's valuation and a secondary component for early backers and staff.
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Build Club's inaugural accelerator has graduated its AI startup cohort after six weeks, with DoryAI, Unsloth AI, Mary Technology and Verve chosen for a San Francisco tour pitching Silicon Valley investors.
Build Club and AWS are launching a six-week Sydney accelerator for 15 technical founders in AI, offering credits, mentoring and a US tour, with two founders already chosen.