NextGen Construction Ventures
NextGen Construction Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Developer Tools, Real Estate, Security. The firm typically writes $150K–$1.0M checks and has 5 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $150K–$1.0M
- Portfolio
- 5 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- Developer Tools, Real Estate, Security, Healthcare, AI / ML
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-06-21
Pre-Seed
$150K – $1.0M
5+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Dedicated to investing in emerging construction and infrastructure technologies that drive industry innovation.
How NextGen Construction Ventures invests
NextGen Construction Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Developer Tools, Real Estate, Security, Healthcare, AI / ML. It does not invest in Consumer, Retail.
NextGen Construction Ventures typically writes checks of $150K–$1.0M per investment.
NextGen Construction Ventures has backed 5 companies in our records, including BuildSmart AI, InfraLink, Dusty Robotics.
Partners & Team
Michael Smith
Investment Director
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (5)
Other
BuildSmart AI
InfraLink
Dusty Robotics
Builds robot-powered automation for the construction industry.
RunSafe Security
Software security platform that helps protect software from cyberattacks without developer friction.
VistaPath
AI-based pathology processing platform for modernizing pathology labs.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Developer Tools, Real Estate, Security — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $150K – $1.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Michael Smith, Investment Director.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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