Investors / Next Wave NYC
Next Wave NYC
Venture capital
Next Wave NYC is a pre-seed venture fund run by founders, operators and community leaders from the New York City startup scene. It writes $50k checks and aims to be a founder's first commitment before they raise outside capital.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintech
In its own wordsaiai infrastructuredeveloper toolsagentic ainew york citypre-seed
Your fit with Next Wave NYC
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Or find every investor that fitsNext Wave NYC lists 13 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (26%), Enterprise Software (17%) and Fintech (17%). 80% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside The Pitch Fund, Betaworks and 7percent Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Next Wave NYC, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Next Wave NYC's whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 13. 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.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 33th | 13 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 39th | 26% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 26% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 17% | 8% |
| Fintech | 17% | 12% |
| Consumer | 9% | 3% |
| Cybersecurity | 4% | 4% |
| Education | 4% | 7% |
| Human Resources | 4% | 1% |
| Media & Entertainment | 4% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| The Pitch Fund | 3 |
| Betaworks | 2 |
| 7percent Ventures | 1 |
| Alpaca VC | 1 |
| Ascension | 1 |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | 1 |
| BlackCrow Capital | 1 |
| Blitzscaling Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1185%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company215%
- 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 Wave NYC head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Next Wave NYC| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Seed |
Round details for Next Wave NYC
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Next Wave NYC's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
13 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ConsumerAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | |||
| Augmeta provides AI operators that help capture hidden revenue in companies' key performance indicators (KPIs) | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Oct 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Crew provides a platform for building and managing enterprise agents to automate work | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| ESAI helps students and job seekers create personalized stories to increase their chances of college admission and job placement | EducationHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| FutureMoney helps families build generational wealth with automated, tax-efficient investment accounts. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company makes software that makes cities easier to use. | Media & EntertainmentConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Neptune provides personalized guidance and connects couples with vetted experts for financial and legal decisions, including prenups, wills, and trusts. | Legal & ComplianceFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Sent connects your product to SMS, WhatsApp, and RCS, then handles routing, compliance, formatting, and delivery automatically. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company helps ambitious leaders achieve value from AI in 60 days by aligning on an AI augmented strategic aspiration and prioritizing use cases | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Vital Audio Inc develops AI-powered voice technology that transforms any phone into a tool for real-time health monitoring | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | |||
| The company provides an open-source platform for log archive storage, search, and analytics. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Mar 2026Seed | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- nextwave.nyc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 18 Mar 2026
- Companies checked
- 13
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