NextView Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingSan Francisco · Pre-Seed–Seed · 14 people tracked
Also known as NEXTVIEW MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC
Investment thesis
NextView Ventures describes itself as a high-conviction, hands-on seed investor focused on backing extraordinary founders with authentic insight and bold ambition. The firm aims to help entrepreneurs build 'companies of consequence' and to support a future worth living in. Its partners bring decades of experience building and supporting notable companies from their earliest stages through to scale.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 14 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 57 of 157 portfolio companiesSaaS ×21AI & Machine Learning ×17Enterprise Software ×17Healthtech ×10Consumer ×9Wellness & Fitness ×8Direct to Consumer ×6Data & Infrastructure ×5
HQs:United States×51Canada×1
Investments · 157 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathGrove is an e-commerce platform that curates and sells household and personal care products vetted against health and environmental standards.
Circular EconomyConsumerDirect to ConsumerSan Francisco, US
Jeff Crowe(Director)Tim Chang(Director)Mark Sugarman(Director)Christopher Clark(Director)Stuart Landesberg(Executive Officer, Director)
ThredUp operates an online marketplace where consumers buy and sell secondhand clothing, and provides resale-as-a-service solutions for fashion brands seeking to incorporate circular commerce into their business models.
Circular EconomyE-commerceMarketplacesSan Francisco, US
Paula Sutter(Director)James Reinhart(Executive Officer)Norman Matthews(Director)Andy Rendich(Director)Greg Bettinelli(Director)
BoardDan Nova(Director)
KarmaCheck provides technology-based background checks, credentialing, and compliance solutions for staffing and healthcare companies, with emphasis on speed and candidate experience.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Eric Ly(Co-founder & CEO)Michael Lazerow(Director)
Holladay, US
Board seatDavid Beisel· per SEC Form D · $4.7M raise · filed May 2025
Novato, US
Board seatStephanie Palmeri· per SEC Form D · $3.1M raise · filed Mar 2021
GetHuman operates a free website and mobile apps that help consumers navigate company customer service, offering a database of tens of thousands of phone numbers, IVR shortcuts, how-to guides, and tools that call companies, wait on hold, or use AI to handle customer service interactions.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerSaaSBoston, US
David Frankel(Director)Paul English(Founder)Jeff Whelpley(Executive Officer)Christian Allen(Executive Officer, Director)Adam Goldkamp
Board seatRob Go· per SEC Form D
Chicago, US
Collin Williams(Director)Richard Lee(Director)
Board seatDavid Beisel· per SEC Form D
Cambridge, US
Eric Paley(Director)David Beisel(Director)Richard Levandov(Director)Joshua J. Schanker(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Nicholas M. Ciarelli(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Board seatDavid Beisel· per SEC Form D · $4M raise · filed May 2015
North Andover, US
Eric Horndahl(Executive Officer, Director)Brian Waldman(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatDavid Beisel· per SEC Form D · $3.5M raise · filed Aug 2016
San Francisco, US
Dani Arnaout(Executive Officer, Director)David Beisel(Director)Jihad El Kawass(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatDavid Beisel· per SEC Form D · $184.2K raise · filed Jun 2022
Brooklyn, US
Ian Meyers(Executive Officer, Director)Michael O'Sullivan(Executive Officer, Director)David Beisel(Director)
Board seatDavid Beisel· per SEC Form D · $4.2M raise · filed Dec 2023
Drift (now part of Salesloft) provides AI chat agents that engage website visitors in real time, capture buyer intent, and feed those signals into Salesloft's Predictive Revenue System to trigger seller actions.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSales Tech
Boston, US
Bob Chicoski(Director)Eric Groves(Executive Officer, Director)Venkat Krishnamurthy(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRajeev Batra(Director)
Anagram Security builds security awareness training software designed to replace ineffective video-based compliance programs.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Harley Sugarman(CEO)
Attentive provides a multi-channel customer engagement platform that includes email, SMS, RCS, push notifications, and AI-powered lifecycle orchestration for direct-to-consumer brands.
AI & Machine LearningDirect to ConsumerMarketing TechBarcelos, Braga
Yannick Oswald(Director)Cristina Fronseca(Director)Pedro Araujo(Founder)Luis Braga(Founder)Daniel Araujo(Founder)
Attentive provides a mobile-first customer engagement platform that enables brands to orchestrate email, SMS, RCS, push, and AI-powered campaigns.
AI & Machine LearningDirect to ConsumerMarketing TechHoboken, US
Amit Jhawar(Chief Executive Officer)Andrew Jones(Director)Brian Culbertson Long(Executive Officer, Director)Scott Friend(Director)
Benchmark Labs develops AI-powered, asset-specific weather forecasting solutions for agriculture, energy, and insurance sectors.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechEnergySan Diego, US
Carlos Gaitan, Ph.D.(CEO & Co-Founder)Ulrik Soderstrom(Chief Strategy + Operations Officer & Co-founder)inChristopher Lund, Ph.D.(Co-Founder)Carlos Gaitan(CEO & Co-Founder)inChristopher Lund(Co-Founder)
Blueprint Income is an online marketplace where customers can compare and purchase fixed annuities from multiple insurance companies for retirement income planning.
Fintech
Ricardo Diaz(Head of Blueprint Income)
Canopy develops an IoT-based wearable safety platform for healthcare organizations to protect workers from safety risks and workplace violence.
Enterprise SoftwareHealthtechIoT
Shan Sinha(Co-founder & CEO)Vinay Pulim(Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer)Hemanth Meenakshisundaram(Co-founder & Chief Scientist)
CarEdge provides transparent car buying services, helping customers navigate the automotive purchase process with advocacy and fair pricing.
B2B MarketplacesConsumerDirect to ConsumerRetail TechSaaS
Ray(Co-founder)Zach Shefska(Chief Executive Officer)
Carefull provides a financial safety platform designed for families managing the financial complexities of aging, helping prevent fraud, scams, and financial mismanagement while enabling coordinated decision-making across family members and trusted financial institutions.
Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareFintechWellness & Fitness
Max Goldman(Co-CEO / Founder)Todd Rovak(Co-CEO / Founder)
Code Climate provides data, context, and guidance to enterprise software leaders navigating organizational transformation toward AI-native development practices.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew York, US
Noah Michael Davis(Executive Officer, Director)Bryan Alan Helmkamp(Executive Officer, Director)Kurt Daniel(Director)
Dear Brightly provides dermatologist-backed retinoid skincare products available over-the-counter to prescription strength, with education and coaching support to help customers build personalized routines.
Digital HealthDirect to ConsumerHealthtechWellness & FitnessSan Francisco, US
Devoted Health offers Medicare Advantage plans and integrated healthcare services for older Americans, including virtual and in-home care, member support guides, and coordination with local providers across 29 states.
HealthtechInsurTechUnited States, US
Todd Park(Executive Officer, Director)Bryan Roberts(Director)Edward Park(Executive Officer, Director)Robert Kocher(Director)William Frist(Director)Kathleen Sebelius(Director)
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Evertune builds AI-powered solutions for marketing and advertising, leveraging machine learning and identity graph technology.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechNew York City, US
Brian Stempeck(CEO & Co-Founder)inEd Chater(Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder)inPoul Costinsky(Chief Science Officer & Co-Founder)inMatt Cochran(CTO)in
BoardNihal Mehta(Director)
EvidenceCare provides evidence-based clinical decision support tools integrated into electronic health records (EHRs) for physicians and health systems.
Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSSanta Monica, US
Brian Fengler(Founder)Cyril Philip(Director)Samuel Bartholomew(Executive Officer, Director)Melinda Hancock(Director)Bo Wilkes(Director)Curt Futch(Director)
Austin, US
Benjamin Pincus(Executive Officer)Nicholas Barbara(Executive Officer, Director)Spencer Magloff(Executive Officer)Ryan Hinojosa(Executive Officer)Leanne Sherred(Executive Officer, Director)
HealthtechBoston, US
Latif Peracha(Director)Juliette Bolea(Director)
BoardEvan Richardson(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does NextView Ventures invest at?
- NextView Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is NextView Ventures's typical check size?
- NextView Ventures typically writes checks of $250K – $4M.
- What sectors does NextView Ventures focus on?
- NextView Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Fintech, Healthtech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is NextView Ventures located?
- NextView Ventures is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does NextView Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, NextView Ventures leads investment rounds.
From the blog
visit blog ↗NextView has written recently on managing AI agent autonomy through task decomposition and judgment separation, their investment in Skyfall AI's enterprise world-modeling technology, and how rising seed valuations may cause investors to unintentionally shift their investment positioning without recognizing the strategic implications. AI summary
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamFounder + Investor Interview: Rob Go (NextView Ventures) x Patrick Ip (Theo Ai)
NextView Ventures · Rob Go
NextView Ventures' Vision for Disrupting the Everyday Economy with Melody Koh
Understanding VC · Melody Koh
Part 5. NextView Ventures | Anchor Roundtable: Women in Venture (XI) - Melody Koh
Anchor Taiwan · Melody Koh
Anchor Roundtable: Women in Venture (XI) - Melody Koh, Partner at NextView Ventures | Full Session
Anchor Taiwan · Melody Koh
A Fireside Chat with NextView Ventures' Co-Founder, Rob Go
Invest Stream by Saka Ventures · Rob Go
When to Make Your First Product Hire - NextView Ventures Partner Melody Koh
VentureFizz · Melody Koh · youtube.com
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