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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 3 investments in the last 12 months. Average disclosed round size is $34.1M (across 26 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
27
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Unknown
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
30 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AArbor | Pre-Seed | $6.3M | Feb 2026 |
 Arbor | Seed | $6.3M | Feb 2026 |
 Armstrong | Series A | $12M | Oct 2025 |
 The Browser Company | Series C | $50M | Mar 2024 |
| BBrowser Company | Unknown | $50M | Mar 2024 |
 Trala | Series A | $8M | Mar 2023 |
 Encantos | Seed | $3.2M | Oct 2022 |
| NNorthOne Inc. | Series B | $67M | Oct 2022 |
 Gametime | Unknown | $30M | May 2022 |
 Leland | Seed | $4M | May 2022 |
 Welcome Technologies | Series B | $30M | Apr 2022 |
| Trala | Seed | $6.9M | Dec 2021 |
 PrizePicks | Unknown | — | Dec 2021 |
 Toucan | Seed | $4.5M | Apr 2021 |
 Common Room | Unknown | $52M | Apr 2021 |
 Brightwheel | Series C | — | Feb 2021 |
 Gather | Series B | $50M | Jan 2021 |
 Syndio | Series B | $17.1M | Jan 2021 |
 Esusu | Seed | — | Aug 2020 |
 Guild | Series D | $157M | Nov 2019 |
 NorthOne | Series B | $67M | — |
| Esusu | Series A | $10M | — |
 Brinc | Series B | — | — |
| The Browser Company | Unknown | $128M | — |
 BrightHire | Unknown | $12.5M | — |
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Top Co-Investors
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Emerson Collective3 shared
Figma Ventures3 shared
Bessemer Venture Partners2 shared
Battery Ventures2 shared
Operator Stack2 shared
FinTLV Ventures2 shared
Mubadala Ventures2 shared
Owl Ventures2 shared
TTV Capital2 shared
Goodwater Capital2 shared
Human Ventures2 shared
Westbound Equity Partners2 shared
GitHub Fund2 shared
ACME Capital2 shared
645 Ventures2 shared
Transmedia Capital2 shared
Bloomberg Beta2 shared
Lerer Hippeau2 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026