NextFab Ventures
NextFab Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Philadelphia, PA investing in Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 32 portfolio companies in our records.
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $2.0M
32+ companies
2 partners
Investment Thesis
Investing in infrastructure technology startups that leverage advanced manufacturing and nanotechnology.
How NextFab Ventures invests
NextFab Ventures is a vc firm based in Philadelphia, PA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools, Consumer. It does not invest in EdTech, Retail.
NextFab Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment.
Investing since at least 2015, NextFab Ventures has backed 32 companies in our records, including Sunfish, Bluesonde, Dottir Labs. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2026, with 6 investments logged over the last 12 months.
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Portfolio Companies (32)
2026
Sunfish
Sunfish is a marine robotics hardware and software company that is developing a hovering autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) for exploration and inspection.
2025
Bluesonde
Bluesonde equips oceans, lakes, and industrial waterways with continuous, real-time water intelligence, enabling data-driven decisions and scalable impact across the blue economy.
Dottir Labs
Dottir Labs is turning real-time chemical sensing into a powerful tool for industry, bringing lab-grade analysis out of the lab and into the flow to power smarter, faster, more sustainable operations.
Precision Livestock Technologies
PLT uses machine vision and artificial intelligence to help livestock producers optimize and automate their operations.
Essential Aero
Developers of a fully autonomous debris-removal robot engineered for airport environments, featuring advanced collision and obstacle avoidance.
GelTech Labs
GelTech Labs is building the first automated platform for hydrogel testing, a critical workflow that underpins more than $30 billion in global products across medicine, wound healing, cosmetics, hygiene, agriculture, and food.
2024
Daxo Robotics
Daxo scalably automates high cost, high mix, high dexterity tasks that have been untouched by traditional robotics.
AgTechLogic
Developers of technology that supports intelligent precision spraying to reduce chemical use up to 90%, making a significant environmental, health, and financial impact.
Pike Robotics
Through a novel robotic platform that can go into hazardous and flammable locations, Pike Robotics makes inspection of critical energy facility infrastructure safer, less costly, and more accurate.
TourStream
Enhancing guided tours for travelers, while also providing frictionless revenue generating transactions for tour operators and guides.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Todor Raykov, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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