Steven Lurie

About

Founder of Team Builder Ventures, the venture capital firm to help founders build world-class teams. The fund invests in early-stage tech start-ups in rounds (target Series Seed or Series A) led by top venture capital funds. Select investments include Zuora (IPO), Fusion-io (IPO), Platfora (acquired by Workday), ZipDial (acquired by Twitter), Applifier (acquired by Unity), Shopular (acquired by EBates), AngelList and Tonal. Previously, I was the head of the International group at Zynga after helping to scale Studio I (India) in Bangalore, India for 2 years. Studio I manages several leading games including FarmVille, ChefVille and Mafia Wars. Before then, I was head of the Mobile group at Zynga. I received both the top company-wide awards (Spirit and Atlas awards) given at the Zynga quarterly meetings. Before then, I was CEO of Advice Company, a leader in providing legal information and services over the Internet. Previously, I was an Entrepreneur in Residence at a venture capital firm in San Francisco (MHS Capital). In that role, I helped a range of companies and evaluated opportunities. My background is in high-tech venture backed start-ups (6+ yrs in several management roles in p

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