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Next Play Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Jeff Weiner, former CEO of LinkedIn, and Brian Rumao. Based in Menlo Park, California, the firm coaches and invests in entrepreneurial leaders building world-class, purpose-driven organizations, primarily at the early stage (pre-seed, seed, and Series A).
They made 5 investments in the last 12 months. Average disclosed round size is $41.9M (across 42 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
39
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
5
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
49 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series B | — | Jul 2026 | |
| Seed | $5M | May 2026 | |
| Pre-Seed | $6.3M | Feb 2026 | |
| Seed | $6.3M | Feb 2026 | |
| Series A | $12M | Oct 2025 | |
| Series C | $50M | Mar 2024 | |
| BBrowser Company | Unknown | $50M | Mar 2024 |
| Series A | $8M | Mar 2023 | |
| Seed | $8M | Jan 2023 | |
| Seed | $3.2M | Oct 2022 | |
| Series B | $67M | Oct 2022 | |
| Series A | $15M | Oct 2022 | |
| Series A | — | Jun 2022 | |
| Unknown | $30M | May 2022 | |
| Seed | $4M | May 2022 | |
| Series B | $30M | Apr 2022 | |
| Series A | $17M | Apr 2022 | |
| Seed | $2.2M | Jan 2022 | |
| Series C | — | Jan 2022 | |
| Seed | $6.9M | Dec 2021 | |
| Unknown | — | Dec 2021 | |
| Series C | $415M | Jul 2021 | |
| Seed | $4.5M | Apr 2021 | |
| Unknown | $52M | Apr 2021 | |
| Series C | — | Feb 2021 |
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Top Co-Investors
Index Ventures8 shared
Bessemer Venture Partners7 shared
Redpoint Ventures5 shared
Emerson Collective5 shared
General Catalyst4 shared
Westbound Equity Partners4 shared
Salesforce Ventures3 shared
Iconiq Capital, LLC3 shared
Harrison Metal3 shared
Zeal Capital Partners3 shared
Human Ventures3 shared
Figma Ventures3 shared
Alumni Ventures3 shared
Y Combinator3 shared
Sequoia Capital3 shared
Pear VC3 shared
Plug and Play Tech Center3 shared
Workday Ventures2 shared
Silicon Valley Bank2 shared
Lead Edge Capital2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026