NextSec Ventures
NextSec Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Other. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.0M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.
- Check size
- $100K–$1.0M
- Portfolio
- 1 company on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-07-04
Pre-Seed, Seed
$100K – $1.0M
1+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Backing scalable cybersecurity startups solving SMB needs in compliance-driven industries using AI automation.
How NextSec Ventures invests
NextSec Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other. It does not invest in Direct consumer products.
NextSec Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$1.0M per investment.
NextSec Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including TriageGuard AI.
Partners & Team
Aaron Morales
Principal
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (1)
Other
TriageGuard AI
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Aaron Morales, Principal.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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