NextView Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in pre-seed and seed-stage technology-driven companies.
History
NextView Ventures was founded in 2010 by David Beisel, Rob Go, and Lee Hower. The firm started investing with a debut fund of $21 million, raised in 2012.
From 2014 to 2022, NextView successfully raised funds in multiple rounds: $40 million for its second venture capital fund in 2014, $50 million for its third fund in 2017, $100 million for its fourth fund in 2020, and most recently, $200 million across its two latest investment funds in 2022.
In 2020, NextView launched its remote accelerator for startups.
Investments
Over the years, NextView has invested in companies such as Bobbie, BookBub, Devoted Health, Drift.com, Ellevest, Grove Collaborative, thredUP, The Nudge, TapCommerce, and WHOOP. Some of these companies have been acquired or have been listed on stock exchanges. Notable acquisitions or public listings include TapCommerce's acquisition by Twitter in 2014, GrabCAD's acquisition by Stratasys in 2014, Parsec's acquisition by Unity in 2021, TripleLift's acquisition by Vista Equity Partners in 2021 for $1.4 billion, and thredUP going public in 2021 with a $1.3 billion IPO.
Locations
NextView Ventures is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts but has additional offices in San Francisco and New York City.