Buyback Ventures
San Diego, CA · Invests in US · Website
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🔒 $•• – $••Thesis
Bootstrapped founders of profitable, capital-efficient businesses deserve access to growth capital without permanently surrendering equity control. Buyback Ventures invests $50K–$500K for 25% equity with a tiered buyback schedule enabling founders to reclaim up to 98% ownership — no SAFEs, no notes, no waterfalls.
Likely not a fit for
Companies with existing SAFEs, convertible notes, or VC backing. Delaware C-Corps. Capital-intensive models. Companies seeking traditional VC exit paths (IPO, M&A). Founders who want or need the traditional VC relationship.
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually leads
- Typical decision
- ~1 month
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Passive
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
4 contacts on file
Portfolio
SkillsForge AI is an enterprise knowledge orchestration platform that transforms organizational expertise into adaptive learning workflows, significantly boosting productivity and knowledge retention. It uses AI to generate microlearning modules from various content sources.
AI compliance and policy engineering platform for healthcare, enabling AI teams in regulated industries to deploy agents with built-in compliance for FDA, HIPAA, and GDPR.
Recent activity
- Jul 2025
SkillsForge AI
Seed · Lead
- Jul 2025
Klira AI
Seed · Lead
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