NextCycle Ventures
NextCycle Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Fintech, Marketplace, Consumer. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.5M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$2.5M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 6 listed
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- Fintech, Marketplace, Consumer
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-05-12
Seed
$500K – $2.5M
2+ companies
6 partners
Investment Thesis
Focuses on seed-stage fintech and marketplace startups disrupting traditional industries and fostering global connectivity.
How NextCycle Ventures invests
NextCycle Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Fintech, Marketplace, Consumer. It does not invest in Consumer.
NextCycle Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$2.5M per investment.
NextCycle Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including FinServe Partners, RecTrade.
Partners & Team
Erin Michaels
Principal
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
FinServe Partners
RecTrade
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Fintech, Marketplace, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.5M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Erin Michaels, Principal.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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