# Builders + Backers

Organization · [Tulsa and Oklahoma ecosystem](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa)

Also called: Builders and Backers, Builders & Backers, BuildersBackers

A [venture studio](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/venture-studio) that helps people turn an idea into a business by combining AI-powered guidance with help from experienced [entrepreneurs](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder). It says no [pitch deck](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pitch-deck) or startup experience is required. [Gradient](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gradient) lists it as a program partner, and it was a 2025 partner of [Tulsa Tech Week](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-tech-week).

**For example:** Someone with a side-business idea signs up with Builders + Backers to work through the first steps of [testing](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/testing) it.

Official site: <https://www.buildersandbackers.com>

## Connects to (5)

- [Venture studio](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/venture-studio): An organization that comes up with business ideas itself and builds companies around them, often bringing in founders to run them.
- [Founder](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder): A person who starts a company and owns part of it from the beginning.
- [Gradient](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gradient): A nonprofit entrepreneur hub and coworking space in downtown Tulsa, formerly called 36 Degrees North.
- [Tulsa Tech Week](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-tech-week): A week-long series of tech events across Tulsa, each one hosted by a different person or organization.
- [Startup ecosystem](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/startup-ecosystem): The people, money and organizations in one place that help new companies start and grow.

## Follow

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/builders-backers/)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/buildersbackers/)

## Sources

- <https://www.buildersandbackers.com/>
- <https://www.joingradient.com/partners>
- <https://www.tulsatechweek.ai/recap2025/>


Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/builders-backers