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Next Level Ventures
Venture capital · Des Moines, IA, United States · North America
Next Level Ventures is an Iowa-based strategic investment firm that manages multiple funds, including the Curql Fund and Iowa Funds, and holds a portfolio of more than 45 companies. It invests capital and provides hands-on support in financial strategy, operations, and networking to its portfolio companies.
Invests inFintechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsagtechdatatechfintechhealthtechiotcredit unions
Your fit with Next Level Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsNext Level Ventures lists 54 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Fintech (34%), AI & Machine Learning (15%) and Healthcare & Biotech (12%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Curql, ISA Ventures and Ag Startup Engine.
No funding round on record names Next Level Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Next Level Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 54. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 34% | 12% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 15% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 12% | 15% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 6% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
| Education | 5% | 7% |
| Cybersecurity | 5% | 4% |
| Legal & Compliance | 5% | 2% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Curql | 25 |
| ISA Ventures | 8 |
| Ag Startup Engine | 4 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 3 |
| Btech Consortium | 3 |
| Strandview Capital | 3 |
| TTV Capital | 3 |
| Y Combinator | 3 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 85th | 53 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 63th | 34% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 20th | 1 country |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers5194%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company36%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Next Level Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
54 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company serves as a conduit between early stage agricultural startups and investors. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| AKUVO provides collections software and portfolio analytics to financial institutions | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Gross-Wen Technologies develops and implements an algae-based wastewater treatment solution | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Allure Security provides brand protection and phishing takedown services to detect and eliminate digital threats. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Ames Seed Capital is available for business investment | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Arcoro provides time tracking and HR software for the construction industry | Human ResourcesEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Bankjoy provides digital banking platforms for banks and credit unions | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
Human ResourcesConsumer | Portfolio page | |||
| BlastPoint provides AI solutions for utility and financial services customer growth | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Bowery Valuation provides commercial real estate appraisal software and services | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| HLT provides exam preparation tools for students in various healthcare fields, including nursing, dental, and medical professions. | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Certintell delivers remote support for behavioral and chronic conditions through clinical review, patient outreach, care coordination, and close collaboration with referring clinicians. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Coviance provides a lending experience platform for home equity and HELOC lending automation technology | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | |||
| DefenseStorm provides a cyber risk management platform for banks and credit unions. | CybersecurityFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Dryland Genetics develops the latest varieties of proso millet | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Dwolla provides payment infrastructure for platforms and enterprises to move money | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| The company provides flexible payments and buy now, pay later solutions for financial institutions. | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Facteus provides consumer transaction data to inform investment decisions, business growth, and marketing campaigns. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- nextlevelvc.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 54
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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