# Next Level Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Next Level Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 6 investments on record, latest Oct 2024. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Next Level Ventures

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Feb 2026, closing $16M. Last cheque observed Oct 2024.

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VC firm Quiet New fund $16M, Feb 2026

Seed Series A Series B Smart Clothes Fintechs Business-to-business

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record

Since the last cheque **736** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$6.1M** Cheque size, as they say **$500K – $10M** Rounds led **0 of 6** Sole investor **2 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## Next Level Ventures highlights

- 01 6 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A and Venture: 80% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $2.3M

## What they do

> Next Level Ventures is an Iowa-based investment firm that manages over $400 million in assets across a portfolio of over 45 companies, and we invest in companies at seed stage, growth stage, and everywhere in between. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $500K – $10M as they say
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Smart Clothes Fintechs Business-to-business
- **Based in:** Des Moines, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances**

- **2024** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Hummingbirds](https://millionrounds.com/company/hummingbirds)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$5.4M** With 7 others
- **2017** 1 round
- **Jan** **[Dwolla](https://millionrounds.com/company/dwolla)** US · Clayandmilk **$6.8M** With 6 others
- **2015** 2 rounds
- **Sept** **[MetaCommunications](https://millionrounds.com/company/metacommunications)** Series A · US **$8.0M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[1CommMedical](https://millionrounds.com/company/1commmedical)** Venture · US **$2.5M** Sole investor
- **2014** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[VIDA Diagnostics](https://millionrounds.com/company/vida-diagnostics)** Venture · US **$2.0M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[BirdDog](https://millionrounds.com/company/birddog)** Series A · US **$4.0M** With 1 other

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **4 named**

CI **Craig Irvin Ibsen** Managing Principal of General Partner, Next Level Ventures GP V, LLC i Filing they signed

DT **Dave Tucker** Managing Principal of General Partner, Next Level Ventures GP V, LLC i Filing they signed

EK **Elizabeth Keehner** Managing Principal of General Partner, Next Level Ventures GP V, LLC i Filing they signed

RS **Roger Scholten** Managing Principal of General Partner, Next Level Ventures GP V, LLC i Filing they signed

We also hold **12** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$692M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** NEXT Level Ventures, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 305666

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**30** of 60 we have independently watched raise

[Akuvo](https://millionrounds.com/company/akuvo)[Alluresecurity](https://millionrounds.com/company/allure-security)[Bankjoy](https://millionrounds.com/company/bankjoy)[Blastpoint](https://millionrounds.com/company/blastpoint)[Boweryvaluation](https://millionrounds.com/company/bowery-valuation)[Coviance](https://millionrounds.com/company/coviance)[Creditmountain](https://millionrounds.com/company/credit-mountain)[Defensestorm](https://millionrounds.com/company/defensestorm)[Drylandgenetics](https://millionrounds.com/company/dryland-genetics)[Dwolla](https://millionrounds.com/company/dwolla)[Equipifi](https://millionrounds.com/company/equipifi)[Facteus](https://millionrounds.com/company/facteus)[Greenlight](https://millionrounds.com/company/greenlight)[Himaxwell](https://millionrounds.com/company/maxwell-financial-labs)[Iotamotion](https://millionrounds.com/company/iotamotion)[Loan-street](https://millionrounds.com/company/loanstreet)[Mazenanimalhealth](https://millionrounds.com/company/mazen-animal-health)[Neuralpayments](https://millionrounds.com/company/neural-payments)[Nymbus](https://millionrounds.com/company/nymbus)[Openloophealth](https://millionrounds.com/company/openloop-health)[Pathware](https://millionrounds.com/company/pathware)[Patientfi](https://millionrounds.com/company/patientfi)[Pitchly](https://millionrounds.com/company/pitchly)[Portx](https://millionrounds.com/company/portx)[Posh](https://millionrounds.com/company/posh)[Renofi](https://millionrounds.com/company/renofi)[Roboflow](https://millionrounds.com/company/roboflow)[Silvur](https://millionrounds.com/company/silvur)[Tractorzoom](https://millionrounds.com/company/tractor-zoom)[Zest](https://millionrounds.com/company/zest-ai) Agstartupengine Algae Amesedc Arcoro Birddoghr Builtbyhlt Certintell Eltropy Farmlandfinder GLOBAL REACH Get Adobe Acrobat Reader Getconnectivity Getdistynct Gocaribou Igor-tech Lets Mach Makusafe Msuite Payrailz Provisioniam Pulsatehq Taponit Thehummingbirds Vertexvis Vidalung Viewpointmt Webcarehealth Winpropet Withclutch and 2 more

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**$16M**

raised in Feb 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$6.1M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$2.3M**

Led 0 of 6 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $500K – $10M
- **Sole investor:** 2 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2024

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *2*
- Venture *2*
- Seed said *1*
- Series B said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Next Level Ventures put money into.

[**Dwolla** $6.8M · Jan 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/dwolla)

## Quick answers about Next Level Ventures

### What does Next Level Ventures invest in?

Next Level Ventures invests most often at Series A and Venture (80% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Smart Clothes, Fintechs and Business-to-business.

### How active is Next Level Ventures?

6 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2024.

### What has Next Level Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Hummingbirds (Seed, Oct 2024) and Dwolla (Undisclosed round, Jan 2017).

### How big are Next Level Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.1M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $10M.

### Does Next Level Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 6 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Next Level Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is Next Level Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2024.

### What kind of investor is Next Level Ventures?

Next Level Ventures is a VC firm based in Des Moines, United States.

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