Partner
Steven Lurie
FOUNDING PARTNER, Teambuilder Ventures
- Firm
- Teambuilder Ventures
- Title
- FOUNDING PARTNER
- Role
- General partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 18 September 2026
About
Steven Lurie is the founder of Team Builder Ventures, a venture capital firm to help founders build world-class teams. Steven was a member of Zynga’s Executive Staff from the early days of the company through the IPO where he was the first Head of Mobile before building a team in India and heading International. Steven was one of the few Zynga employees to win the company’s two top awards: The Spirit Award (for attitude) and the Atlas Award (for achievement). Previously, he was CEO of Advice Company, a leading legal advice service, and Entrepreneur-in-Residence at MHS Capital. Steven was part of the original management team at Ingenio, backed by Benchmark and the pioneer of pay-per-call advertising before an acquisition by AT&T in 2007. Steven held a variety of roles at Microsoft, including in the enterprise software division, from 1993-1999 and twice earned the highest employee quarterly rating.
Background
- Education
- Steven graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Law School.Source (opens in a new tab)
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