Major congrats to NextView's very own Stephanie Palmeri, David Beisel, and Lee Hower for being recognized as three of "the best early-stage investors of 2023" according to Insider's Seed 100 List 🏆 Go Team NextView, go 🚀 More here: https://lnkd.in/e64vxJgH #venturecapital #seedfunding #innovation
NextView Ventures
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
New York, NY 7,864 followers
Seed stage investors who champion founders who want to redesign the Everyday Economy.
About us
We're high conviction, hands-on seed investors. And we champion founders who want to redesign daily living for everyday people. We keep our number of deals small and platform offerings expansive so we can help our portfolio with what matters most at the seed-stage. Check out our full pitch deck: https://nextview.vc/approach/
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https://nextview.vc
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- Industry
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- New York, NY
- Type
- Partnership
- Founded
- 2010
- Specialties
- Venture Capital, Seed Funding, Entrepreneurship, Startups, VC, Mobile, Product Management, FinTech, EduTech, Ad Tech, Digital Marketing, Tech Startups, Innovation, Investing, and Seed Investors
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109 West 27th Street
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New York, NY 10001, US
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Sachin Rekhi built a $200M product at LinkedIn. Caleb Hicks scaled SchoolAI to 1M classrooms in 3 years. Next week, they're sharing their playbooks with us for SF TECH WEEK by a16z 👀 🤖 Monday, October 6th: The AI Prototyping Revolution - Join Brian Balfour (Founder/CEO, Reforge), Sachin Rekhi (Creator of "Mastering AI Productivity" & former Head of Product at LinkedIn), and NextView Partner Rob Go as they break down the "AI Prototyping Mastery Ladder," essential tools, and why AI prototyping has become a game-changer that's fundamentally reshaping product strategy. 🎯 Wednesday, October 8th: From Zero to Scale - NextView Partner Stephanie Palmeri sits down with Caleb Hicks, Founder & CEO of SchoolAI, to unpack the strategic decisions, pivotal moments, and hard-won lessons from scaling 0 to 1 million classrooms across 50 states in just 3 years. Both events include networking with founders, operators, and VCs who are navigating the AI transformation in real time. Link to register in the comments ⬇️ As always, thank you to our partners Stifel Bank, Zendesk, Carta, and Wispr Flow for making this possible ✨ #SFTechWeek #AIProducts #StartupStories
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A big thank you to everyone who joined us at Oracle Park last week for NextView SF Baseball Night 🧢⚾️ It was wonderful to watch the Giants take on the Cardinals with such a great group of founders and investors. From our suite, we enjoyed an evening of networking, great conversations, and baseball under the lights. Special shoutout to our friends and partners at Stifel Bank for helping bring this fun evening to life. Cheers to building community and creating space for meaningful connections 🤝 Looking forward to more gatherings like this soon!
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NextView's SF TECH WEEK by a16z lineup is here! 🚀 Join us for two can't-miss conversations with founders and leaders who are shaping the future of AI: 🤖 Monday, October 6th: The AI Prototyping Revolution - Brian Balfour (Founder/CEO, Reforge), Sachin Rekhi (3x founder & Product Leader), and NextView Partner Rob Go explore how AI is fundamentally reshaping product development. Learn the "AI Prototyping Mastery Ladder," essential tools, and why AI prototyping has become non-negotiable for modern product teams. 🎯 Wednesday, October 8th: From Zero to Scale - NextView Partner Stephanie Palmeri sits down with Caleb Hicks, Founder & CEO of SchoolAI, who scaled from 0 to 1 million classrooms across 50 states in just 3 years. Discover the strategic decisions, pivotal moments, and hard-won lessons from one of the fastest-growing AI companies in education. Whether you're building products, scaling companies, or navigating the AI transformation, these sessions offer insider insights from leaders doing it in real time. Both events feature networking with founders, operators, and VCs. Ready to level up your AI game? Link to register for both sessions in the comments ⬇️ Thanks to our partners Stifel Bank, Zendesk, Carta, and Wispr Flow for helping us bring this programming to life ✨ #SFTechWeek #StartupStories #AI
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Check out NextView Partner Rob Go's continuation of his series on the existential crisis facing seed VC ⬇️ Rob explores the core question of investing in today's market: whether to chase overlooked early bets or fight for scarce super-compounders—and how what's in fashion keeps swinging between the two.
More Thoughts on The Existential Crisis in Seed — One Question, Two World Views There’s one core question that defines every investment strategy: What is the most profitable inefficiency to target? In venture, there are two main answers — and they lead to radically different worldviews: 🌱 Classic Venture This is the traditional belief that early-stage investing is where markets are most inefficient. You invest pre-traction, back unproven teams, and win by being early and right. 🚀 Super-Compounders This view is that the biggest inefficiency is in underestimating just how big the biggest companies can get. It’s all about access to the one company that defines the era. Three thoughts related to this: First, we are clearly in a moment where the super-compounder strategy is ascendant — driven by macro factors, industry shifts, and where we are in the AI revolution. This explains many of the factors that are causing concern for seed investors today, most of whom follow a classic venture playbook. Second, the laws of competition should drive rotation between the two strategies due to supply and demand. When too many investors chase the same profile, the inefficiencies disappear. Prices get irrational for anything that looks like a super-compounder. The flood of dollars will spoil otherwise good assets. A broader set of great early-stage opportunities get overlooked. The classic venture substrate becomes fertile again. We may not be here yet, but the market rotation should occur. Third, the biggest danger isn’t picking the wrong strategy. It’s not even knowing which game you are playing. These strategies require different skills, networks, portfolio construction and instincts. Oscillating between them is a great way to miss both. By the time one is clearly winning, it’s too late to refactor and try to play that game. And the entire market is becoming more efficient. The bar has risen, and if there is any inefficiency, it will be addressed much faster than before. Irrespective of your world view, you need to elevate your game to survive. I wrote a longer piece exploring these dynamics, what’s driving the current shift, and what it means for founders and fund managers. Check it out in the first comment below. If you're navigating the seed landscape right now — or wondering how to adapt — I’d love your perspective. It's a jungle out there.
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Major congratulations to NextView portfolio company Daylit, both on their rebrand, as well as their latest round, which we were honored to co-lead with our friends at Companyon Ventures and Viola Credit 🚀 "Daylit, formerly known as Lendica, has financed hundreds of millions of dollars in invoices and helped thousands of privately held businesses, primarily manufacturers and specialty contractors, speed up customer collections and delay vendor payments through its tech-enabled working capital products. " Sky's the limit for this talented team, and we can't wait to see what's next 🚀 More from CEO Jared Shulman below ⬇️
Today, Lendica becomes Daylit. We're on a mission to put capital at our customers' fingertips and make actionable, financial intelligence a tap away. More on our latest story to follow 🚀 This latest round, led by Companyon Ventures, NextView Ventures and Viola Credit with participation from SixThirty Ventures, BDev Ventures, and executives from Meta, Free Pier Advisors and Yelp, helps us get one step closer. https://lnkd.in/ejf6K8aw
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From 0 to 1 million classrooms across 50 states in just 3 years 📈 Join us for SF TECH WEEK by a16z as NextView Partner Stephanie Palmeri sits down with Caleb Hicks, Founder & CEO of SchoolAI - one of the fastest-growing AI companies in education. What you'll learn: → Strategic decisions that enabled rapid scale in a notoriously difficult market → Pivotal moments that shaped Caleb's founder journey → Hard-won lessons from building AI tools now used in 150+ countries → How AI is reshaping entire industries beyond education Whether you're scaling your own company or looking to better understand the global AI transformation, this is your chance to learn from a founder who’s navigating hypergrowth in real time. Event Details: 📅 Wednesday, October 8th at 5:30 PM PT 🍻 Networking with founders, operators, and VCs 🎯 Intimate venue (location to be revealed closer to event date) Space is limited - register now via the link in the comments ⬇️ #TechWeek #AIEducation #StartupFounders
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Join us for SF TECH WEEK by a16z: The AI Prototyping Revolution 🚀 Brian Balfour (Founder/CEO, Reforge), Sachin Rekhi (3x founder & Product Leader), and NextView's own Rob Go (Partner & Co-founder) are diving into how AI is fundamentally reshaping product development on Monday, October 6th 📅 What you'll learn from attending: 📈 The "AI Prototyping Mastery Ladder" - different levels of proficiency 🔧 Essential tools for efficient, AI-powered prototyping ⚡Why AI prototyping is a game-changer for product strategy As product teams face pressure to ship faster and smarter, AI prototyping has become non-negotiable. This session will show you how to build, test, and iterate at unprecedented speed. You can expect networking with founders, product leaders, and VCs, too! Ready to revolutionize your product development process? Register below… event page linked in the comments ⬇️ Thanks to our sponsor, Stifel Bank, for helping us bring this special event to life #SFTechWeek #AIPrototyping #ProductDevelopment
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In case you missed it! NextView Partner Melody Koh has expanded her role to Partner & Chief Product Officer, leading NextView's AI and data initiatives 🚀 As Melody puts it: "The potential to transform NextView through this work feels greater than my individual ability to impact the firm through investing alone." We're excited to see how AI and data will supercharge every aspect of early-stage investing - from sourcing to portfolio support and beyond 🎯 The future of venture is being built now, and we're investing in the infrastructure to stay ahead 📈 More from Melody below ⬇️
After six years as a Partner at NextView Ventures, I'm expanding my role to lead our firm's AI and data initiatives as Partner & Chief Product Officer. This came about as our partnership reached a tipping point: we believe the next few years will fundamentally reshape how early-stage investors operate, and the window to build competitive advantages is now. Here's what's driving this change: we've spent the past few years building data-driven sourcing infrastructure, evolving from a nascent v1 to a functional system. Most importantly, we now see a clear path to 10X greater impact with further investment. I raised my hand for this role without hesitation. Honestly, the potential to transform NextView through this work feels greater than my individual ability to impact the firm through investing alone. Plus—and this is the part I'm most excited about—I've been longing for more time to go deep on the latest AI tools. I've spent countless hours recently with Claude Code building apps with my kids (e.g. an app that showcases LEGO creations 🧱). There's something energizing about returning to building after years focused primarily on investing. My focus will be on harnessing AI and data to supercharge every aspect of what we do—from sourcing and evaluation to portfolio support. The goal isn't to replace human judgment, but to smartly augment what experienced investors do best. I remain one of five partners at NextView and will continue supporting existing founders while making select new investments. But most of my energy will be devoted to finding multiplier effects that can transform how we operate as a firm. Full details on why now, why me, and what we're building: https://lnkd.in/eFeK3Vuy What opportunities do you see for AI & data to transform early-stage investing? Would loves to trade notes 👨💻
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"My co-founder and I were thinking of this as a 10-year journey that we are going all in on. When you think about it through that lens, it's really about ‘who do we trust?' and ‘who are the people that we want to share in that journey with?’" - Skyler Erickson, Co-founder of Gondola AI 🤝 We're honored that the Gondola founders chose NextView as their partner when they began bringing their vision of AI for frequent travelers to life 🛎️ As NextView Partner Stephanie Palmeri puts it, the best founder-investor relationships are built on trust, shared vision, and true thought partnership from day zero and for the long haul 📈🚀 If you're an early-stage founder looking for a true thought partner for the journey, we'd love to learn about what you're building! ✨ To watch the full interview and learn more about Gondola, see links in the comments below ⬇️ #StartupStories #ConsumerAI #SeedStage