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Steven Lurie

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Smart Money Rating: 94 out of 100

FOUNDING PARTNER, Teambuilder Ventures

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Teambuilder Ventures
Title
FOUNDING PARTNER
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General partner
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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.

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Steven graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Law School.Source (opens in a new tab)

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