Next Coast Ventures
Next Coast Ventures is a Seed, Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 80 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 80 companies on record
- Partners
- 6 listed
- AUM
- $520M
- Stage
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- Other, SaaS
- HQ
- Austin, TX
Last verified: 2026-05-03
Seed, Pre-Seed
$500K – $2.0M
$520M
80+ companies
6 partners
Investment Thesis
Next Coast Ventures backs seed-stage startups modernizing marketing technology, E-commerce, and SaaS, with a strong focus on founders solving pressing business challenges.
How Next Coast Ventures invests
Next Coast Ventures is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS.
Next Coast Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $520M in assets under management.
Investing since at least 2017, Next Coast Ventures has backed 80 companies in our records, including Workweek, UpEquity, Everly Health. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2024.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (80)
2024
Workweek
Workweek is reimagining business media by empowering creators to build modern, audience-first brands.
2021
UpEquity
UpEquity is revolutionizing home buying by making the process faster, simpler, and fairer through its tech-enabled platform.
2018
Everly Health
Everly Health is transforming the way people access healthcare through innovative, at-home diagnostic solutions.
2017
Diligent Robotics
Diligent Robotics is creating the future of hospital automation with socially intelligent robots that assist clinical staff in providing better patient care.
Other
Aceable, Inc.
Aclaimant, Inc.
Alert Media, Inc.
Alias
Arcade
Architect.io
- •Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Mike Smerklo, Co-Founder & Managing Director.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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