Next Coast Ventures

Venture Capital
75investments
7exits
$135.4Mraised by its portfolio in 12 months
442open roles in its portfolio

Overview

Next Coast Ventures is an Austin venture capital firm that invests in emerging companies at the critical stage before hyper-growth. It backs technology businesses in software, marketplaces and consumer technology, with a focus on companies based outside the traditional coastal hubs. The firm was founded in 2015 by Michael Smerklo and Tom Ball around the idea that great companies would increasingly come from the next coast.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
75
39 of them startups
Hiring now
24
442 open roles
Deals in 12 months
1
1 as the lead
Rounds in 12 months
7
$135.4M raised
Exits
7
Focusshare of its companies
Artificial Intelligence 23%Financial Services 15%Software 13%Health Care 10%Education 8%Cybersecurity 8%Professional Services 8%Transportation & Logistics 6%
Where its companies are
United States 53%Australia 1%
Stage of its companies
Pre-seed & seed 50%Series A 33%Series B 17%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 75 investments
Tiny HealthSeries B $33M · 1 mo ago · 14 roles Legion HealthVenture round $16M · 4 mo ago · 157 roles SiftSeries B $42M · 7 mo ago · 7 roles BrainCheckVenture round $13M · 8 mo ago Flip CXVenture round $20M · 9 mo ago · led a round OutlierSeries A $11M · 11 mo ago ScorabilityVenture round $43.5M · 13 mo ago · 3 roles Loman AISeed $3.5M · 14 mo ago · led a round UplinqSeed $5.6M · 17 mo ago · 1 role SteadilySeries C $30M · 18 mo ago · 28 roles CollXSeries A $10M · 20 mo ago Diligent RoboticsVenture round $10.5M · 20 mo ago · 10 roles
442 open roles at 24 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
ICON26 new roles in 30 days AlertMedia8 new roles in 30 days Diligent Robotics5 new roles in 30 days Sift4 new roles in 30 days Fondo4 new roles in 30 days Dropoff3 new roles in 30 days
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Y Combinator 5 shared NextGen Venture Partners 5 shared Silverton Partners 4 shared LiveOak 4 shared Techstars 2 shared Moderne Ventures 2 shared Moonshots Capital 2 shared Antler 2 shared Foresite Capital 2 shared Stage 2 Capital 2 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
Techstars Y Combinator General Catalyst First Round Capital Andreessen Horowitz GV Soma Capital Menlo Ventures
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 8; 6 rounds in the press that name it

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Shared investors1
Treble PRVia a fund
137 portfolio companies: ExtraHop, Zilliant, Mdotm and 134 more
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Austin United States
HQ
10-50 est. staff