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NextEquity Partners

Growth equity

Menlo Park · Series B–Growth · 11 people tracked

Also known as NextEquity

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Investment thesis

NextEquity Partners invests at the mid-stage into consumer and enterprise technology companies poised for their next phase of growth. It targets businesses with product leadership, substantial revenue (roughly $10-50M+), rapid growth in large addressable markets, compelling business models, strategic asset value, and strong, collaborative management teams. The firm emphasizes flexible deal structures and its own role in a company. Beyond capital, NextEquity offers extensive technology, operating and growth investing experience, strategic technology industry relationships and introductions, and advice spanning engineering, finance/operations, and transactions.

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Stage
Series B–Growth
HQ
Menlo Park, California, US
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2015
Last 12 months
2 investments
AUM
$240M
Tracked investments
41
Unicorns
9
IPOs
7
Acquisitions
2

Team · 11 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Avadis Tevanian, Jr.· General Partner
Fred Decker Anderson, Jr.· General Partner
Alok Pandey· Venture Partner

Alok Pandey joined NextEquity as a Venture Partner in January 2025.

What they invest in

from 27 of 41 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×14Enterprise Software ×11Consumer ×8SaaS ×7Cloud Computing ×5Cybersecurity ×5Data & Infrastructure ×5Marketplaces ×5

HQs:United States×23

Who they back

founder profiles across 25 portfolio companies
24%
solo founders
6 of 25 mapped founding teams
50%
repeat founders
of 32 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×62 founders×103 founders×24+ founders×7

Where their founders studiedfrom 31 founders with education data

Harvard University ×3The Wharton School ×3Brown University ×2Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×2UCLA Anderson School of Management ×2University of Pennsylvania ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 27 founders with field-of-study data

Engineering ×9Computer Science ×7Business & Management ×5Economics ×5Design & Architecture ×2Finance & Accounting ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 32 founders with career history

Google ×2Lehman Brothers ×2

1 founders hold a PhD · 8 hold an MBA (of 32 with degree data)

Investments · 41 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 22025 · 12024 · 22022 · 12021 · 12019 · 12016 · 12015 · 12014 · 212 dated

Yelpyelp.comNYSE: YELPFeb 2015

Yelp operates a local business review and advertising platform where consumers access ratings, reviews, and business information, while businesses use advertising products to reach consumers and operational subscription tools to manage their operations.

San Francisco, US

Jeremy Stoppelman(Executive Officer, Director)inRobert Krolik(Chief Financial Officer)Geoff Donaker(Chief Operating Officer)Laurence Wilson(Executive Officer)Joseph R Nachman(Executive Officer)

Board seatFred Anderson· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAccess Technology VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersDag VenturesOrigin VenturesRiverfront Ventures, LLCBenchmark+2 more

Airbnbairbnb.comin𝕏NASDAQ: ABNB

Airbnb is an online marketplace that enables people to book and list accommodations for short-term rentals, experiences, and services around the world.

ConsumerMarketplacesTravel & HospitalitySan Francisco, US

Brian Chesky(Airbnb Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer)inNathan Blecharczyk(Airbnb Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer)inJoe Gebbia(Airbnb Co-founder)inBelinda Johnson(Executive Officer)inLaurence Tosi(Chief Financial Officer)inAndrew Swain(Executive Officer)in

Co-investors137 VenturesA.Capital VenturesA*ACME CapitalAglae VenturesAlign Ventures+75 more

Lyftlyft.comin𝕏NASDAQ: LYFT

Lyft is an on-demand ridesharing platform that connects passengers with drivers for various ride types, including standard rides, premium options, and other transportation services.

ConsumerEnterprise SoftwareMarketplacesMobility & TransportationSaaSSan Francisco, US

Logan Green(Co-founder; CEO until 2023)inJohn Zimmer(Co-founder; President until 2023)inDavid Risher(Chief Executive Officer)inErin Brewer(Chief Financial Officer)Lindsay Llewellyn(Chief Legal and Business Officer and Corporate Secretary)

Co-investorsAglae VenturesAidenlair CapitalAliya Capital PartnersAllied Venture PartnersAlpha Wave GlobalAndreessen Horowitz+53 more

Metameta.cominNASDAQ: METAOct 2014

Meta operates Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads, and funds the Reality Labs division and the open-weight Llama models.

ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSocialMenlo Park, US

Mark Zuckerberg(Co-founder, Chairman and CEO)inEduardo Saverin(Co-founder)inDustin Moskovitz(Co-founder)inChris Hughes(Co-founder)inAndrew McCollum(Co-founder)Christopher K Cox(Chief Product Officer)

Co-investorsAccelAccess Technology VenturesAndreessen HorowitzAvant Global LLCDaniel GutenbergECONA AG+14 more

Sentinel Onesentinelone.comin𝕏NYSE: S

SentinelOne provides an AI-powered cybersecurity platform for enterprises that integrates endpoint protection, threat detection, and incident response capabilities.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareMountain View, US

Tomer Weingarten(Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder)inAlmog Cohen(Executive Officer, Director)inSameet Mehta(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardRobert Schwartz(Director)Dan Scheinman(Director)

Co-investorsDCVC (Data Collective)Everest GroupFoothill VenturesGranite HillInsight PartnersKhosla Ventures+15 more

Sonossonos.comNASDAQ: SONONov 2014

Sonos makes wireless home audio speakers built around proprietary acoustics and software, including Trueplay tuning technology that adapts sound to a room.

ConsumerHardwareIoTSanta Barbara, US

John MacFarlane(Executive Officer, Director)Craig Shelburne(Executive Officer)inMichael Giannetto(Executive Officer)Patrick SpenceinTom Conrad(Chief Executive Officer and President)in

BoardDavid Kerko(Director)

Co-investorsFORWARD.oneHeadlineHeadline Growth Management, LLCRedpoint VenturesIndex VenturesRenaissance Technologies

Uberuber.comin𝕏NYSE: UBER

Uber operates a multi-sided platform providing ride-sharing, food delivery, freight logistics, and business fleet management services across various global markets.

Logistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US

Travis Kalanick(Co-founder; CEO until 2017)Garrett Camp(Co-founder)inGautam Gupta(Executive Officer)inJeffrey Holden(Executive Officer)David Plouffe(Executive Officer)inEmil Michael(Executive Officer)in

Co-investors137 Ventures3Spoke Capital408 VenturesA*ACME CapitalAcross Capital Partners+88 more

Alkiraalkira.comMay 2024Acquired

Alkira provides on-demand, cloud-native network infrastructure as-a-service for hybrid and multi-cloud enterprise connectivity.

Amir K.(Founder)in

Co-investorsDallas Venture CapitalGeodesic CapitalGV (Google Ventures)Kleiner PerkinsKoch Disruptive TechnologiesPresidio Ventures+3 more

Arctic Wolfarcticwolf.comin𝕏

Arctic Wolf provides managed detection and response (MDR) services with 24x7 security teams that detect, investigate, and respond to threats using an open XDR platform processing trillions of events weekly.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSEden Prairie, US

Brian NeSmith(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investors1435 Capital33NArtisanal VenturesBlue Cloud VenturesBlue Owl CapitalBright Pixel Capital+21 more

Bishop Foxbishopfox.comin𝕏Nov 2022

Bishop Fox provides offensive security services, testing organizations' networks and applications with real-world attack techniques to identify vulnerabilities before they can be exploited.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareTempe, US

Vincent Liu(Executive Officer, Director)inJake Kretz(VP of Cloud Engineering and Operations)Steve Huffman(Director)inFrancis P. Brown(Director)

BoardWilliam Lin(Director)inDonald R. Dixon(Director)in

Co-investorsCarrick Capital PartnersCSVE Venture PartnersForgePoint Capital

Bridgbridg.comin

Bridg provides in-store identity resolution that links anonymous point-of-sale transactions to known customer profiles or creates new ones, enriching them with extended attributes to expand a retailer's first-party data.

AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing TechRetail TechLos Angeles, US

Amit Jain(Executive Officer, Director)inMichael Horowitz(Executive Officer)Michael Bell(Executive Officer)inJuan Pereira(Executive Officer)James Armstrong(Director)

BoardJoseph Miller(Director)in

Co-investorsBaroda VenturesKarlin VenturesMarch Capital PartnersMorpheus VenturesMucker CapitalClearstone Venture Partners+1 more

Business Talent GroupinSep 2016

Pacific Palisades, US

Amelia Tyagi(Executive Officer, Director)inJody Miller(Executive Officer, Director)inPatricia Petersen(Executive Officer)in

BoardAdam Hopkins(Director)inJohn Griffen(Director)

Circlecicircleci.comin𝕏Jan 2019

CircleCI develops continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tooling that helps software development and developer-experience teams build, test, and ship code faster and more reliably.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Allen RohnerinPaul BiggarinJim Rose(Chief Executive Officer)inRob Zuber(Chief Technology Officer)inChitra Balasubramanian(Chief Financial Officer)Judson Griffin(Chief Revenue Officer)

Co-investors3Spoke Capital500 GlobalDCVC (Data Collective)Draper AssociatesHeavybitIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)+11 more

Clarifaiclarifai.comin𝕏Oct 2021 · $60M

Clarifai developed AI inference technology and compute orchestration software for running and optimizing machine learning models at scale.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureNew York, US

Matthew Zeiler(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardAlbert Wenger(Director)in

Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalCorazon CapitalGV (Google Ventures)Lux CapitalMenlo VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)+11 more

Coralogixcoralogix.comin𝕏Jun 2025

Coralogix provides an observability platform that analyzes real-time telemetry with AI-powered investigation and cost controls for engineering teams.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Ariel Assaraf(CEO & Co-founder)inYoni Farin‏(Founder)inChetan Chaudhary(CRO)inYael Sapir-Zahavi(CHRO)Eran Hadad(CFO)inBrian Mullen(CMO & Strategic Partnerships)in

Co-investors2B.VCAlephBright Pixel CapitalBrighton Park CapitalGreenfield PartnersJoule Ventures+9 more

Cumulus Networkscumulusnetworks.comin𝕏acquired by NVIDIA

The page presents NVIDIA Spectrum Ethernet switches and the NVIDIA Cumulus Linux network operating system for building and operating data center networks, including Ethernet infrastructure for AI workloads.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureHardware

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBattery VenturesTitanium VenturesWingSequoia CapitalTop Tier Capital Partners

Filmhubfilmhub.comin𝕏

Filmhub is a film distribution platform that provides transparency and direct revenue sharing for filmmakers.

B2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareMarketplacesMedia & EntertainmentSacramento, US

Klaus Badelt(Co-founder)inAlan d'Escragnolle(Co-founder)in

BoardAlok Pandey(Director)

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzFundersClubNFXPROOFRiverPark Ventures8VC+1 more

Get Coveredgetcovered.io

GetCovered builds software that connects property insurance and real estate operations, serving insurance carriers, agencies, property managers, landlords, and membership associations.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareInsurTechPropTechNew York, US

Ash Bell(Director)Brandon Tobman(Executive Officer, Director)Ryan Solomon(Executive Officer, Director)Dylan Gaines(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJohn Helm(Director)in

Co-investorsFJ LabsRET Ventures

Higgsfield AIhiggsfield.aiin𝕏Jan 2024

Higgsfield is a platform for creating and generating visual content, including images, videos, and cinematic scenes using AI models.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentLos Gatos, US

Alex Mashrabov(Founder & CEO)inYerzat Dulat(Executive Officer, Director)inMahi De Silva(Co-founder)in

Co-investors1982 VenturesAccelAlpha Intelligence CapitalAlpha Square GroupAlumni VenturesAngel Collective Opportunity Fund+35 more

Korekore.aiin𝕏

Kore.ai builds an AI-native agent platform designed to help enterprises deploy AI agents for customer service and employee productivity.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSOrlando, US

Rajkumar Koneru(Executive Officer, Director)Raj Koneru(Founder)inRavi Singh(Executive Officer)in

BoardDayakar Puskoor(Director)inD K Sharma(Director)Don Callahan(Director)

Co-investorsDallas Venture CapitalFTV CapitalGlobal Blockchain VenturesVistara Growth

Luxury Presenceluxurypresence.comin𝕏

Luxury Presence is an all-in-one growth marketing platform designed for real estate professionals and firms to build brands, increase marketing ROI, and enhance customer experience.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechPropTechSaaS

Malte Kramer(Founder)in

Co-investors515 VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersImmeasurableRoar VenturesScribble VenturesSwitch Ventures+3 more

Master Classmasterclass.com

Online education subscription platform with pre-recorded tutorials and lectures by experts.

David Rogier(Founder)in

Co-investorsAdvancit CapitalAkkadian VenturesAtomicoBlackbird VenturesBloomberg BetaBrighter Capital+28 more

MFourmfour.com

M/Four provides consumer research and product intelligence through validated survey data combined with location and behavioral analytics.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerData & InfrastructureMarketing TechRetail Tech

Co-investorsNewRoad Capital Partners, LLC

Presencepresencesleep.cominJan 2026

Kiri is a pediatric health app that helps parents track and understand their child's patterns around sleep, feeding, symptoms, and development.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerDigital HealthHealthtech

Larry Tsai(Founder & CEO)inJordan Riggs(Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersSwitch VenturesToba CapitalTriplePoint Capital

Safe Securitysafe.securityin𝕏

SAFE Security provides a cyber risk management platform tailored to retailers, offering continuous visibility into cyber and third-party risk across e-commerce, physical stores, cloud environments, and vendors.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareRetail TechSaaS

Saket Modi(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsEight Roads VenturesWTIAlliance of AngelsAvataar Venture PartnersIronwood CapitalJC2 Ventures+5 more

Sight Machinesightmachine.com

Sight Machine develops AI agents that optimize manufacturing operations by analyzing industrial data, connecting production systems, and providing autonomous recommendations to improve output and reduce waste.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Jon Sobel(Chief Executive Officer and President)inNathan Oostendorp(Secretary and Treasurer)

BoardAdrian Fortino(Director)inMark Jacobsen(Director)Roger Ehrenberg(Director)

Co-investorsAsahi Kasei Corporate Venture CapitalDnx VentureseLab VenturesFundersClubFuture Energy VenturesHuron River Ventures+5 more

Subjectsubject.comin𝕏Mar 2026

Subject provides AI-powered personalized learning solutions for K-12 schools, including cinematic curriculum, certified teacher of record support, and learning intelligence that monitors student progress and intervenes proactively.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechPalo Alto, US

Alfred Zlogar(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Mike Vilardo(Founder)inMichael Vilardo(Founder)in

BoardBrian Andrews(Director)

Co-investorsEvolution VenturesFour Acres CapitalHannah Grey VenturesL'ATTITUDE VenturesOpen Opportunity FundOwl Ventures+5 more

The Bouqsthebouqs.com

The Bouqs Co. is an online flower delivery service that sources arrangements directly from sustainable farms and offers next-day, same-day, and subscription delivery across the U.S.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce

Co-investorsAliment CapitalAzure Capital PartnersDraper AssociatesEnspire CapitalQuest Venture PartnersAmplify.LA+4 more

The RealRealtherealreal.comin𝕏

The RealReal is an online marketplace for authenticated luxury consignment, allowing consumers to buy and sell pre-owned designer clothing, accessories, jewelry, watches, and home goods.

Circular EconomyConsumerE-commerceMarketplacesSan Francisco, US

Julie Wainwright(Executive Officer, Director)Matt Gustke(Executive Officer)inHenry V. Barry(Executive Officer)

BoardMathias Schilling(Director)inCynthia Ringo(Director)Keval Desai(Director)in

Co-investorsAcrew CapitalAspect VenturesBright Pixel CapitalCanaan PartnersDBL PartnersExpansion Venture Capital+14 more

Tonaltonal.com𝕏

Tonal manufactures an AI-powered smart home gym system that uses digital weight resistance and personalized coaching to enable strength training at home.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareWellness & Fitness

Aly Orady(Founder)in

Co-investors359 CapitalBaukunstDelta-v CapitalDreamers VCFlucas VenturesKindred Ventures+13 more

Venafivenafi.comin𝕏

Venafi, now part of CyberArk as CyberArk Machine Identity Security, provides machine identity security including certificate lifecycle management, enterprise PKI, workload identity management, secure code signing, and SSH security.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise Software

Co-investorsDelta-v CapitalHarmonic Growth PartnersMercato PartnersQuestMark PartnersTop Corner CapitalFoundation Capital+2 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

AlembicBitStew SystemsBooster FuelsBusiness TalentKoreaiMarketShareMedsphereOnshoreRingSafe

Exits · 9

7 IPOs · 2 acquisitions · showing 8

YelpNYSE: YELPAirbnbNASDAQ: ABNBLyftNASDAQ: LYFTMetaNASDAQ: METASentinel OneNYSE: SSonosNASDAQ: SONOUberNYSE: UBERCumulus Networksacq. by NVIDIA

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has NextEquity Partners made?
NextEquity Partners has 41 tracked investments, 9 of which have exited, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does NextEquity Partners invest at?
NextEquity Partners invests at the Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
What sectors does NextEquity Partners focus on?
NextEquity Partners focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Consumer, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software, Media & Entertainment, SaaS.
Where is NextEquity Partners located?
NextEquity Partners is headquartered in Menlo Park, US.
Does NextEquity Partners lead rounds?
Yes, NextEquity Partners leads investment rounds.
Who does NextEquity Partners co-invest with?
NextEquity Partners most often shares deals with Andreessen Horowitz, Bright Pixel Capital, Delta-v Capital, among 222 tracked co-investors.

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