NextWave AI Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($500K–$3.0M Checks)
NextWave AI Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in Other, Enterprise, SaaS. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 7 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 7 companies on record
- Partners
- 5 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Enterprise, SaaS, AI / ML
- HQ
- Austin, TX
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-07-11
Pre-Seed, Seed
$500K – $3.0M
7+ companies
5 partners
Investment Thesis
Backs early-stage companies innovating with AI to solve critical enterprise challenges, including compliance and workflow automation.
How NextWave AI Ventures invests
NextWave AI Ventures is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Enterprise, SaaS, AI / ML. It does not invest in Consumer, Retail.
NextWave AI Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment.
NextWave AI Ventures has backed 7 companies in our records, including Efficient AI Systems, TRAQ, SmartFoam.
Partners & Team
Jeff Slosar
Managing Partner
Management team member at NextWave Ventures. The team is described as having backgrounds as investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, and operators.
John M. Slosar
Managing Partner
Management team member at NextWave Ventures. The team is described as having backgrounds as investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, and operators.
Derek Richardson
Partner
Eddy Wong
Director Of Production Engineering
Brady Beauchamp
Finance Officer
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (7)
Other
Efficient AI Systems
TRAQ
Activity and Health Tracking Through Non-invasive Saliva Sampling
SmartFoam
Intelligent Piezoelectric Foam
Apical Technology
Artificial Intelligence Software for Trading Platforms
Minus 9 Labs
Nanotechnology for Tracking, Tracing, and Authenticating Consumer Goods
Quad Geometrics
Sensors for Monitoring Natural Gas Reservoirs
MouthSense
Commercializing salivary sensor technology
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Enterprise, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jeff Slosar, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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