NextView Ventures

NextView Ventures was founded in 2010 by David Beisel, Rob Go, and Lee Hower.[1][3][4] The firm started investing with a debut fund of $21 million, raised in 2012.[5][6][7]

From 2014 to 2022, NextView successfully raised funds in multiple rounds: $40 million for its second venture capital fund in 2014,[8] $50 million for its third fund in 2017,[9][10][11] $100 million for its fourth fund in 2020,[12] and most recently, $200 million across its two latest investment funds in 2022.[13]

In 2020, NextView launched its remote accelerator for startups.[14]

Over the years, NextView has invested in companies such as Bobbie,[15][16] BookBub,[17] Devoted Health,[18] Drift.com,[12] Ellevest,[2] Grove Collaborative,[2] thredUP,[4] The Nudge,[19] TapCommerce,[20] and WHOOP.[12] Some of these companies have been acquired or have been listed on stock exchanges.[12] Notable acquisitions or public listings include TapCommerce's acquisition by Twitter in 2014,[21] GrabCAD's acquisition by Stratasys in 2014,[1] Parsec's acquisition by Unity in 2021,[22] TripleLift's acquisition by Vista Equity Partners in 2021 for $1.4 billion,[23] and thredUP going public in 2021 with a $1.3 billion IPO.[24]

NextView Ventures is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts but has additional offices in San Francisco and New York City.[25][26]