# NextStep funding: rounds and investors

> NextStep has raised $6.3M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Learn Capital, City Light Capital and PSL Ventures. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/nextstep (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *NextStep*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 8 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Education

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$6.3M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources

**$3.0M** Round **$3.3M** Series A

- **Latest round:** Series A, $3.3M Oct 2021
- **Investors:** 8

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2020 2021

**$3.0M** Round

**$3.3M** Series A

- **First round:** Round, $3.0M
- **Biggest round:** $3.3M
- **Between rounds:** 2.2 years

## The rounds

- **Oct 2021** Series A **$3.3M** *1 new* [Learn Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/learn-capital) Source recorded
- **Aug 2019** Round **$3.0M** *7 new* [City Light Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/city-light-capital) [PSL Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/psl-ventures) [Jazz Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jazz-venture-partners) [SpringRock Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/springrock-ventures) [Frontier Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frontier-angels) [SEI Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sei-ventures) Learn Capital’s LearnStart fund Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From NextStep's own website: 5 on the team.

- **Michele Catanzaro** Head of Legal
- **Aldo Beolchini** Chair of the Investment Commitee
- **Claudia Abelli** Communication & Marketing Manager
- **Claudio Colombo** Managing Director
- **Davide Nielsen** Investment Director

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Round** 2019 **Series A** 2021 [Learn Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/learn-capital) [City Light Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/city-light-capital) [PSL Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/psl-ventures) [Jazz Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jazz-venture-partners) [SpringRock Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/springrock-ventures) [Frontier Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frontier-angels) [SEI Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sei-ventures) Learn Capital’s LearnStart fund

## Everyone who backed them

[Learn Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/learn-capital) VC firm **1** round

[City Light Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/city-light-capital) VC firm **1** round

[PSL Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/psl-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Jazz Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jazz-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round

[SpringRock Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/springrock-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Frontier Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frontier-angels) VC firm **1** round

[SEI Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sei-ventures) VC firm **1** round

Learn Capital’s LearnStart fund no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Quick answers about NextStep

### Who invested in NextStep?

NextStep's investors include Learn Capital, City Light Capital, PSL Ventures, Jazz Venture Partners and SpringRock Ventures, and 3 more on record.

### How much has NextStep raised?

NextStep has raised $6.3M across 2 rounds since 2019.

### When did NextStep last raise?

NextStep's most recent round was a Series A of $3.3M in Oct 2021.

### What was NextStep's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $3.3M in Oct 2021, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed NextStep first?

NextStep's first round on record, in Aug 2019, was backed by City Light Capital, PSL Ventures and Jazz Venture Partners and 4 others.

### What stage is NextStep at?

NextStep's latest named round is a Series A, in Oct 2021.

### Where is NextStep based?

NextStep is based in the United States.

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