VC  Next Coast Ventures

http://nextcoastventures.com/





     Office Locations:

1204 Nueces St.
Austin, TX 78701

 

Stages:

  • Early
  • Seed


 

Industries:

  • Information Technology
  • Media & Digital Media
  • Software & Internet

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    Description:

    Next Coast Ventures is an investment firm headquartered in, but not limited to, Austin, Texas. Next Coast Ventures is raising a maiden fund of $50 million, according to a filing with the SEC. Partners in a the new fund are Thomas Ball, formerly a general parter at Austin Ventures, and Mike Smerklo, founder of True North Ventures and the former CEO of ServiceSource.



    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Mike Smerklo Co-Founder and Managing Director
    Thomas Ball Co-Founder and Managing Director
    ZAZ FLOREANI Principal
    Zeynep Young Entrepreneurs Council

     

    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      04/16/2024


      Somite


      MA


      $5,300,000


      Pre-Seed


      03/06/2024


      BrainCheck


      TX


      $15,000,000


      


      10/17/2023


      Scorability


      TX


      $11,000,000


      Seed


      09/21/2023


      Diligent Robotics


      TX


      $25,000,000


      Venture


      09/01/2023


      Alias Technologies


      CA


      $3,000,000


      Seed


      08/10/2023


      Osano


      TX


      $25,000,000


      Series B


     

    Portfolio companies include:


      AaDya Security
        web link


      Able


      Aclaimant
        web link


      Alert Media
        web link


      AlertMedia
        web link


      Alias Technologies
        web link


      Audience
        web link


      Backtracks
        web link


      BOXT
        web link


      BrainCheck
        web link


      Chargeback
        web link


      Cloverpop
        web link


      CoreChain Technologies
        web link


      CrowdHealth
        web link


      Diligent Robotics
        web link


      Enboarder
        web link


      Eterneva
        web link


      EverlyWell
        web link


      FINERY
        web link


      First Dollar
        web link


      Frontrow Health
        web link


      Grazzy
        web link


      ICON


      Kronologic
        web link


      LeanDNA
        web link


      Osano
        web link


      PHLUR
        web link


      ScaleFactor
        web link


      Scorability
        web link


      Somite
        web link


      Steadily
        web link


      Stoplight


      Submittable
        web link


      Tenfold
        web link


      TrustRadius
        web link


      UpEquity
        web link


     

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