# Next Wave Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> Next Wave Partners is a venture studio based in United States. 5 investments on record, 2 in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026.

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# Next Wave Partners

Last cheque observed Aug 2026; 5 cheques on record.

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Venture Growth Series A Autonomous Technology

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**100%** of best year **2** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record

Since the last cheque **63** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$13M** Rounds led **1 of 5** Sole investor **2 rounds**

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## Next Wave Partners highlights

- 01 2 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Venture and Growth: 75% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median undisclosed

## What they do

> Next Wave Partners is a thesis-driven venture studio and fund building real companies in autonomous technology. From their own website

- **Type:** Venture studio
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Sectors:** Autonomous Technology
- **Based in:** Las Vegas, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Aug** **[Future Maintenance Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/future-maintenance-technologies)** AU · Firms' own news pages **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **2025** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Whitespace](https://millionrounds.com/company/whitespace)** Series A · GB · Firms' own news pages **$13M** *Led*
- **2014** 1 round
- **Mar** **[Petainer](https://millionrounds.com/company/petainer)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2012** 1 round
- **Jan** **[Molinare](https://millionrounds.com/company/molinare)** Growth **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2009** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Petainer](https://millionrounds.com/company/petainer)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** 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

We hold **4** 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.

## The cheque

Venture Growth Series A

Median round joined **$13M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **-**

Led 1 of 5 rounds **20%**

- **Sole investor:** 2 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Aug 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *2*
- Growth *1*
- Series A *1*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Next Wave Partners put money into.

[**Future Maintenance Technologies** Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/future-maintenance-technologies)[**Whitespace** $13M · Nov 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/whitespace)

## Quick answers about Next Wave Partners

### What does Next Wave Partners invest in?

Next Wave Partners invests most often at Venture and Growth (75% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Autonomous Technology.

### How active is Next Wave Partners?

5 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Aug 2026.

### What has Next Wave Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Future Maintenance Technologies (Undisclosed round, Aug 2026) and Whitespace (Series A, Nov 2025).

### How big are Next Wave Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $13M.

### Does Next Wave Partners lead rounds?

Yes: it led 1 of its 5 investments on record (20%).

### Is Next Wave Partners investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.

### What kind of investor is Next Wave Partners?

Next Wave Partners is a venture studio based in Las Vegas, United States.

### Where does this information on Next Wave Partners come from?

From 2 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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