Newbuild Venture Capital

NewBuild Venture Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm dedicated to investing in modern enterprise supply chain software. The firm's core mission is to enhance productivity, resiliency, and sustainability within enterprise operations and supply chains. They are thematic investors, actively seeking opportunities driven by technological advancements in areas such as Edge Cloud, Generative AI, Machine Learning, Data, and mobile technologies that are reshaping the enterprise supply chain landscape.

Founded in 2022, NewBuild Venture Capital was established by experienced venture investors, including founding partners Rohini Chakravarthy and Chad Bailey, who have collaborated since 2018. The firm focuses on backing early-stage founders, typically participating in Seed and Series A funding rounds. Their investment strategy emphasizes a collaborative approach, where they actively share knowledge and networks with their portfolio companies.

NewBuild Venture Capital's portfolio includes companies such as Pillar, which offers an AI-based hedging platform for manufacturers; Lyric, an AI-driven platform for supply chain optimization; OnRamp, focused on payments and financial technology for freight; Manifold Freight, a solution for carrier freight; MachineFi, providing IoT infrastructure software; Rockfish Data, an outcome-centric synthetic data generation platform; and Cognichip, pioneering Artificial Chip Intelligence. The firm has made investments in companies like Canyon Code, which develops a layer service for granular controls on multi-agentic apps. [cite: 1 from previous search, 14 from previous search]

The team at NewBuild Venture Capital brings extensive expertise to their investments. Rohini Chakravarthy, Managing Partner, has over 20 years of investing experience with previous roles at NGP Capital, NEA, and Intel Capital, specializing in SaaS, infrastructure software, data, AI/ML, and deep tech. Chad Bailey, Partner, leads investments in supply chain application software, with prior experience at NGP Capital focusing on transportation, logistics, and supply chain. Dr. Madhav Durbha serves as a Venture Partner, offering a practitioner's viewpoint with over 25 years in the supply chain industry. Advisors like Aparna Chennapragada (CVP at Microsoft, former CPO at Robinhood and VP at Google) and Dr. Prith Banerjee (SVP at Synopsys, former CTO at Ansys) further bolster the firm's strategic and technological insights.