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Next Play Ventures portfolio
Next Play Ventures has 12 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding.
About this page
It is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, US, founded in 2014. Its most recent investment on record is DataHub's $35M Series B+ round in May 2025, alongside Zero Prime Ventures, arc investors, 8VC and 5 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Fintech (4) and Cybersecurity (3). It has co-invested with Concrete Rose Capital, Index Ventures and Human Capital, most often Concrete Rose Capital (3 rounds).
About Next Play Ventures
What Next Play Ventures invests in
- Fintech · 4 · 33%
- Cybersecurity · 3 · 25%
- Data and analytics · 2 · 17%
- Developer tools and cloud · 2 · 17%
- Consumer and social · 2 · 17%
- HR and recruiting · 2 · 17%
- Education · 2 · 17%
- Real estate and construction · 1 · 8%
Next Play Ventures recent investments
| Company | Round | Date | Alongside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series B+ · $35M | Zero Prime Ventures, arc investors, 8VC +5 | ||
| Seed · $4M | All Turtles, The Chainsmokers, General Catalyst +4 | ||
| Series A · $10M | Type One Ventures, The Equity Alliance, Impact America Fund +5 | ||
| Seed · $10M | CapitalT, Notion Capital (lead), Partech +1 | ||
| Seed · $2.3M | Fabio Rosati, Acumen, The Global Good Fund +4 | ||
| Series A · $16M | Julia Hartz, Kevin Hartz, Olivier Pomel +6 | ||
| Series B+ · $30M | TMD Ventures, Khosla Ventures, William Hockey +7 | ||
| Series B+ · $100M | Loric Ventures, Greenoaks (lead), Hugo Barra +6 |
How Next Play Ventures invests
Next Play Ventures portfolio companies
DDataHub$35MSeries B+ · May 2025
CCloaked$4MSeed · Jan 2022
EEsusu$10MSeries A · Jul 2021
TTestGorilla$10MSeed · Jun 2021
EEvervault$16MSeries A · May 2020
TTruework$30MSeries B+ · May 2020
BBrex$100MSeries B+ · Jun 2019
CCommon Roombacker
MMultiversebacker
EEntirebacker
MManas AIbacker
BBrilliant.orgbacker
| Company | Round with Next Play Ventures | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
Data and analytics |
Series B+ · $35M | $35M | Oct 4, 2025 Series B+ |
Cybersecurity |
Seed · $4M | $404M | Mar 19, 2026 Series B+ |
Fintech |
Series A · $10M | $63.9M | Dec 11, 2025 Series B+ |
HR and recruiting |
Seed · $10M | $81.2M | May 20, 2026 Series A |
Legal and compliance |
Series A · $16M | $44.2M | Mar 5, 2026 Series B+ |
AI coding and devtools |
Series B+ · $30M | $92M | Aug 9, 2022 Series B+ |
Fintech |
Series B+ · $100M | $982M | Jan 22, 2026 Series A |
Sales and marketing |
backer · source | $48M | Mar 1, 2021 Series B+ |
HR and recruiting |
backer · source | $290M | May 15, 2026 Series B+ |
AI agents |
backer | $60M | Feb 10, 2026 Seed |
Health and bio |
backer | $26M | Sep 23, 2025 Seed |
Education |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Most frequent co-investors
CConcrete Rose Capital3 shared rounds · last Jul 16, 2021
IIndex Ventures2 shared rounds · last Jan 18, 2022
HHuman Capital2 shared rounds · last Jan 18, 2022
IImpact America Fund2 shared rounds · last Jul 16, 2021
ZZeal Capital Partners2 shared rounds · last Jul 16, 2021
SSequoia2 shared rounds · last May 21, 2020
KKleiner Perkins2 shared rounds · last May 21, 2020
JJeff Weiner2 shared rounds · last May 21, 2020
BBessemer Venture Partners1 shared round · last May 20, 2025
88VC1 shared round · last May 20, 2025
TTru Arrow Partners1 shared round · last May 20, 2025
IIQT1 shared round · last May 20, 2025
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RRoad Capital11 companies · 4 deals in 12 mo
WWintermute Ventures11 companies · 2 deals in 12 mo
FFika Ventures14 companies · 4 deals in 12 mo
SSeedstars14 companies · 4 deals in 12 mo
Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Fintech).
How this is counted
Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.
Share is of the 8 rounds on Recent Funding that name Next Play Ventures. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.
Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Next Play Ventures, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/next-play-ventures (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.