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NextGen Venture Partners — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($500K–$2.0M Checks)

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Baltimore, Maryland, USAWebsite

NextGen Venture Partners is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Baltimore, Maryland, USA investing in Other, Developer Tools, SaaS. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 5 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$2.0M
Portfolio
5 companies on record
Partners
11 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, Developer Tools, SaaS
HQ
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-09-07

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

Portfolio

5+ companies

Team

11 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

NextGen Venture Partners invests in early-stage B2B startups—especially in enterprise software, fintech, healthtech—and supports founders from seed through growth using a large network of venture partners for sourcing, introductions, and ongoing operational support.

How NextGen Venture Partners invests

NextGen Venture Partners is a vc firm based in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Developer Tools, SaaS.

NextGen Venture Partners typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment.

NextGen Venture Partners has backed 5 companies in our records, including Code Climate, Candu, Acquire XY.

Partners & Team

ME

Melissa Ellison

Venture Partner

AG

Anirudh Gupta

Venture Partner

IE

Ilker Eraslan

Venture Partner

VS

Vered Sharon

Venture Partner

DT

Dai Truong

Venture Partner

KY

Klanesha Young

Venture Partner

CK

Chris Keller

Managing Partner

AV

Andrew Vento

Venture Partner

SH

Stephanie Hoo

Venture Partner

DN

Danny Nowak

Managing Partner

Product development
B2B SaaS
MC

Maya Cohen

Founding Partner

Fintech
Marketplace

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Developer Tools
SaaS

Portfolio Companies (5)

Other

CO

Code Climate

Developer tools
CA

Candu

Product development
AC

Acquire XY

Fintech
CI

Circulation

DU

Dusty Robotics

How to pitch NextGen Venture Partners
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, Developer Tools, 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 Melissa Ellison, Venture Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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