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    NextGen Venture Partners

    Baltimore, Maryland, United StatesFounded 2012

    NextGen Venture Partners is a network-driven venture capital firm that invests $500K–$2M in seed-stage B2B startups, leveraging its 'VP Engine' platform of over 1,800 Venture Partners to provide capital and strategic support across sectors including SaaS, fintech, healthcare, and robotics.

    Deal activity decreased year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months vs 3 prior). Their most common stage is seed (40% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $26.1M (across 35 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    40

    Fund Size

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    Team

    Ben Bayat

    Ben Bayat

    Managing Partner

    Chris Keller

    Chris Keller

    Managing Partner

    Jon Bassett

    Jon Bassett

    Managing Partner

    Corinne Smeriglio

    Corinne Smeriglio

    Director of Operations

    Deborah Chu

    Deborah Chu

    Principal

    Maxim Karoubi

    Maxim Karoubi

    Investment Associate

    Riley Finch

    Riley Finch

    Investment Associate

    Katie Willging

    Katie Willging

    Senior Alternative Investments Analyst

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    45 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Shanx MedTech logoShanx MedTechSeedJan 2026
    Fourier logoFourierSeed$8.4MOct 2025
    Statt logoStattSeed$2.8MSep 2024
    RunSafe Security logoRunSafe SecuritySeries B$12MSep 2024
    RRunSafeSeries B$12MSep 2024
    Momo Medical logoMomo MedicalUnknownJan 2024
    ClearStreet logoClearStreetSeries B$270MApr 2023
    Clear Street logoClear StreetSeries B$270MApr 2023
    GovForce logoGovForceSeed$2.5MFeb 2023
    Beaming Health logoBeaming HealthPre-SeedFeb 2023
    Frontrow Health logoFrontrow HealthSeedFeb 2023
    VistaPath logoVistaPathSeed$4MJun 2022
    Clear Street logoClear StreetSeries BMay 2022
    Equo logoEquoSeed$1.3MApr 2022
    Architect.io logoArchitect.ioSeed$5MFeb 2022
    TripleBlind logoTripleBlindSeries A$24MOct 2021
    TripleBlind logoTripleBlindSeries A$24MOct 2021
    theCut logotheCutSeed$4.5MSep 2021
    Sunroom Rentals logoSunroom RentalsSeries AJan 2021
    TripleBlind logoTripleBlindSeries A$24MJan 2021
    Fritz.ai logoFritz.aiSeed$5MJan 2020
    LLimbix HealthSeries A$9MJan 2020
    Neighborhood Goods logoNeighborhood GoodsSeries A$11MSep 2019
    UrbanStems logoUrbanStemsSeries B$12MAug 2019
    Everlywell logoEverlywellSeries C$50MApr 2019
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    Last updated: 8 September 2026