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Next47

VC
Palo Alto, CAWebsite
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $10.0M

AUM

$1.2B

Portfolio

9+ companies

Team

10 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2024Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Global venture firm investing in enterprise and industrial tech, including cloud infrastructure and AI.

Meet the Team

CD

Colton Dempsey

Partner

VC

Vanessa Camozzi

Director of Talent Acquisition

GG

Gadi Gefen

Chief Financial Officer

VC

Vivian Cheng

Partner

AK

Anna Kessen

Chief Compliance Officer

GK

Gaurav Kotak

Venture Partner

JS

Jason Sydow

Partner

FE

Fred Ellis

Partner

JB

Jonathan Barek

Chief Operating Officer

SS

Svetoslav Simeonov

Managing Director

Industry Focus

Invests In

Enterprise
AI / ML
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (9)

2024

EN

Encord

Infrastructure·Series B

Encord is the leading data development platform for computer vision and multimodal AI teams.

2022

TR

Tractian

Systems·Series A

Tractian uses AI to predict equipment failures and eliminate unplanned downtime, transforming maintenance from reactive to strategic advantage for industrial operations.

2021

BU

BuildOps

Applications·Series A

BuildOps unifies the chaos of commercial contracting, replacing disconnected tools and manual workflows with one purpose-built AI-powered platform.

2020

VA

VAST Data

Infrastructure·Series C

VAST is building the AI Operating System, a global data platform where intelligent agents store, think, communicate, and act autonomously.

2019

SK

Skydio

Systems·Series C

Skydio leads in autonomous flight, pushing the edge of what’s possible with AI-powered drones built for mission-critical use.

2018

VE

Verkada

Systems·Series A

Verkada helps organizations run safer, smarter buildings through a single cloud-based physical security platform with AI-powered insights that turn data into actionable intelligence.

Other

CO

Cohesity

Cloud Data Management
DA

DataRobot

Enterprise AI
GO

Gong

B2B SaaS
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  • Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $10.0M check.
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