# Lee Hower at NextView Ventures

> Lee Hower, Co-Founder & Partner at NextView Ventures. 2 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its...

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Boston, US · Partner

# Lee Hower

Co-Founder & Partner at [NextView Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextview-ventures)

Latest rounds

- **Swipely** Series A · $7.5M May 2010
- **oneforty** Series A · $2M Jan 2010

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 2 last May 2010
- **Filings:** 15 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 1 +1 mentions

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 2 rounds name them
- ✓ **On filings** 15 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At NextView Ventures
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**NextView Ventures** VC firm · US **12** cheques in 12 months **161** all time **4** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextview-ventures)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 2
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $9.5M
- **Active:** 2010

2010

- [Swipely](https://millionrounds.com/company/swipely) *Series A* **$7.5M** *US* May 2010 Joined · +10 investors · historical
- [oneforty](https://millionrounds.com/company/oneforty) *Series A* **$2M** *US* Jan 2010 Joined · +8 investors · historical

By stage

- Series A **2**

Alongside

- [Andy Sack *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andy-sack)
- [Angus Davis *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angus-davis)
- Anton Commissaris *1*
- [Charles Moldow *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charles-moldow)
- [Dave McClure *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/practical-venture-capital)
- [Emil Michael *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emil-michael)
- [First Round Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital)
- [Flybridge Capital Partners *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flybridge)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [Cloze](https://millionrounds.com/startup/cloze)
- [Datapeople](https://millionrounds.com/startup/datapeople)
- [Dispense](https://millionrounds.com/startup/dispense)
- [Merchbar](https://millionrounds.com/startup/merchbar)
- [Objective Logistics](https://millionrounds.com/startup/objective-logistics)
- [Red Leader](https://millionrounds.com/startup/red-leader)
- [Sittercity](https://millionrounds.com/startup/sittercity)
- oneforty

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[NextView](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextview)** Managing Member of the General Partner since 2026
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Lula Technologies, Inc.** Director since 2023
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Pebble Finance Inc** Director since 2022
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Red Leader Technologies, Inc.** Director since 2022
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[NextView Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextview-ventures)** Managing Member of the General Partner of the Issuer (the ""General Partner"") since 2020
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[NextView Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextview-ventures)** Managing Member of the General Partner on 17 filings · since 2020
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Zitara Technologies, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2019
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Merchbar, Inc.** Director on 3 filings · since 2018
- SEC Form D · Company raising **10 Percent Happier, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2018
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Optimus Ride Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2017
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Grove Collaborative, Inc.** Director since 2016
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[NextView Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextview-ventures)** Executive Officer on 6 filings · since 2013
- SEC Form D · Company raising **YesGraph Inc.** Director since 2013
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Farmeron Inc.** Director since 2012
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[NextView Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextview-ventures)** Director since 2011

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at NextView Ventures

- [**Amanda Tommasino** Director of Finance *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/amanda-tommasino)
- [**David Beisel** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-beisel)
- [**Jack Abramowitz** Director of Business Development *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jack-abramowitz)
- [**Melody Koh** Executive Officer *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/melody-koh)
- [**Nicole Sievers** Content Marketing Lead *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/nicole-sievers)
- [**Rachel Hodes** Director of Platform *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/rachel-hodes)
- [**Rob Go** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/rob-go)
- [**Vera Benkoil** Platform Operations Manager *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/vera-benkoil)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 8 Mar 2017 · 26 min 20VC: Why Valuation Is Of Critical Importance At Seed, How To Understand Innovation Cycles & Having 3 CEOs and Burning $10m a Month with Lee Hower, Co-Founder @ NextView Ventures With [Lee Hower](https://millionrounds.com/person/lee-hower) Mentions [NextView Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextview-ventures)[Elon Musk](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elon-musk)[Peter Thiel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-thiel)[Reid Hoffman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/reid-hoffman) About this episode Lee Hower is a co-founder and Partner at NextView Ventures, one of the East coast's leading early stage funds with investments in the likes of Dia & Co, Sunrise, TaskRabbit and GrabCad just to name a few. As for Lee, prior to being a VC with NextView, Lee started his career as an early employee of… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Lee Hower in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 15 May 2017 · 32 min 20VC: Khosla's Keith Rabois on How To Create Sustainability Behind Growth, How To Assess The Potential Of Individuals & Teams & The Biggest Takeaways from LinkedIn, Paypal & Square Mentions [Keith Rabois](https://millionrounds.com/fund/keith-rabois)[Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures)[Jason Lemkin](https://millionrounds.com/person/jason-lemkin-2)[Lee Hower](https://millionrounds.com/person/lee-hower) About this episode Keith Rabois is an investment partner at Khosla Ventures where he has led investments in Stripe, Thoughtspot, HealthTap and Teespring among many others. He also started OpenDoor, which aims to transform the process of selling a home through technology. Keith's unparalleled operational track record… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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