Next Coast Ventures — 2025 Investments
6 investments dated 2025 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
Loman provides a 24/7 voice AI phone answering service for restaurants that takes orders and reservations, answers menu and FAQ questions, and processes payments while syncing tickets to POS and reservation systems.
AI & Machine LearningFoodTechSaaSAustin, US
Christian Wiens(Founder)inAnita Liu(Founder)inJansen Derr(Founder)
Board seatThomas Ball· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsAntlerTenOneTen Ventures
Diligent Robotics develops AI-powered robot assistants for healthcare settings, focusing on mobile manipulation and social intelligence to help hospital staff with routine non-patient-facing tasks.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical DevicesRoboticsAustin, US
Andrea L. Thomaz(Founder)inVivian Chu(Founder)inAndrea Thomaz(Founder)
BoardQuaeed Motiwala(Director)Rohit Sharma(Director)inLance VandenBrook(Director)
Co-investorsATPCanaan PartnersCorrelation VenturesDnx VenturesGaingelsGrit Ventures+12 more
Scorability operates a college sports recruiting platform that provides data and evaluation tools for coaches and exposure and process-navigation resources for athletes and their families.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaSSports TechAustin, US
Brian Cruver(Executive Officer, Director)inBrett Andrew(Founder)inGregory Brett Andrew(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardWalker Brumskine(Director)Jake Harris(Director)Morgan Flager(Director)in
Co-investorsSilverton PartnersLuther King Capital Management
Cellular Intelligence is a cell therapy company developing engineered cell treatments for diseases, including a Phase 2-ready therapy for Parkinson's disease acquired from Novo Nordisk.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechBoston, US
Micha Breakstone, Ph.D.(CEO & co-founder)Allon Klein, Ph.D.(Scientific Co-founder)Olivier Pourquié, Ph.D.(Scientific Co-founder)Cliff Tabin, Ph.D.(Scientific Co-founder)Jay Shendure, M.D., Ph.D.(Scientific Co-founder)Micah Breakstone(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsKhosla VenturesSamsung NextAMD VenturesFusionHarpoon VenturesJLL Spark Global Ventures+6 more
Uplinq provides an AI-based bookkeeping and tax platform for small businesses, automating tasks such as expense categorization, transaction management, and financial reporting while adding human oversight for financial statements and tax strategy.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSScottsdale, US
Alexander Glenn(President and CEO)Denise Glenn(Secretary)inJacob Peplinski(CTO)Ethan Mueller(COO and Treasurer)Steve Collette(Director)Calvin Glenn(Director)
Co-investorsAZ-VCCopper Sky CapitalMerus Capital
Uplinq provides a global credit assessment and scoring platform for small business lenders, leveraging analytics from over $1.4 trillion in underwritten loans and 10,000+ data sources to approve loans that conventional underwriting would decline.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSVancouver, CA
Ron Benegbi(Founder & CEO)inPatrick Reily(Co-Founder)in
BoardDerek Ellington(Former EVP, Head Small Business Banking, Wells Fargo)
Co-investorsCambrian VenturesATX Venture PartnersAZ-VCMerus CapitalWedbush Ventures
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