Investors / Nextwave
Nextwave
Venture capital
Nextwave is a thematic investment firm that builds investment vehicles with industry partners, from Fortune 500 companies to individual experts. It develops tailored investment strategies, evaluates deals, and supports portfolio companies after investment to speed commercialization.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordscommercializationthematicventure partnershipsinnovation
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Or find every investor that fitsNextwave lists 44 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (26%), Media & Entertainment (14%) and Enterprise Software (10%). 81% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Cultivate Next, Industrious Ventures and AgFunder.
No funding round on record names Nextwave yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Nextwave's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 44. 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 26% | 18% |
| Media & Entertainment | 14% | 4% |
| Enterprise Software | 10% | 8% |
| Education | 9% | 7% |
| Fintech | 9% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 8% | 6% |
| Food & Agriculture | 6% | 3% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 5% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Cultivate Next | 11 |
| Industrious Ventures | 11 |
| AgFunder | 3 |
| Elemental Impact | 3 |
| NEA | 3 |
| Techstars | 3 |
| BBQ Capital | 2 |
| Cleveland Avenue | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 80th | 44 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 | 37th | 26% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 84th | 6 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers4398%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company12%
- 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 Nextwave head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
44 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company develops and manufactures autonomous, solar-powered robots for outdoor use in various industries, including agriculture and construction. | AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Assemble provides courses shaped by world-leading professionals for universities to customize and approve | EducationMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| AstroForge builds low-cost, replicable spacecraft capable of tracking and mining asteroids in deep space. | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Athian builds software to aggregate, certify, and fund greenhouse gas reductions throughout the entire livestock value-chain to further enable environmental sustainability for animal agriculture | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Banyan Infrastructure provides software for project finance management | FintechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for creating newsletters and websites | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Brassica prepares and serves sandwiches, salads, and other food items | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| CameraIQ creates and deploys scalable augmented reality experiences to various social media platforms. | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| CH4 Global reduces methane emissions from ruminant animals using a feed supplement with whole Aspragopsis seaweed | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | |||
| Simpli is an e-commerce company that sells products online. | E-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Finix provides payment solutions for businesses of all sizes and industries | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Flowspace provides warehousing and logistics services for ecommerce businesses | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Gostrider builds beauty brands for the next generation of music artists. | Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Greenfield Robotics is a company that aims to eliminate herbicides and restore profit to farmers through scalable, intelligent technology. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Hydrosat provides thermal infrared data and analytics to help governments, companies, and partners monitor resources, detect change, and act earlier. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
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| The company designs and builds architecture and equips builders with technology to improve construction | Real Estate & ConstructionRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| IMIO develops and manufactures biological products to improve soil performance and nutrient efficiency for commercial agriculture | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Immersiv provides an interactive 3D sports platform for broadcasters, teams, and leagues | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- nxp.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 44
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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