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- 2017: Repeat NextView founders Brian Long and Andrew Jones (TapCommerce, sold to Twitter) come to NextView with an idea for a new company, “Franklin Mobile.”
- Franklin Mobile is focused on software for front-line workforces. NextView is the first firm to commit to the company’s seed round at the concept stage.
- Franklin Mobile pivots to Attentive – an SMS marketing platform.
+1,000 employees
- 2014: Founded by Stu Landesberg, Chris Clark, and Jordan Savage, Grove (formerly known as ePantry), begins as a recurring commerce service, selling 3rd party products and generating small early revenue
- 2015: Grove is seeded by NextView after launching the first Grove developed & branded products
- 2012: WHOOP is founded by Harvard undergrads Will Ahmed and John Capodilupo (original name: “Bobo Analytics”)
- 2013: WHOOP’s prototype hardware is seeded by NextView, with initial GTM plans centering around pro and collegiate athletes
- 2014: Nadia Boujarwah and Lydia Gilbert begin working on a personalized fashion idea targeting the 100M women in the US that wear sizes size 14 and above.
- 2015: Dia’s service grows from 4 customers to 400 in its first ten months prior to NextView’s seed investment
- 2012: After working together at heavyweight ad-tech startup, Appnexus, Eric Berry, Ari Lewine, and Shaun Zacharia found TripleLift, a marketing platform built for the visual web.
- 2012: NextView invests in TripleLift’s seed round pre-launch after only seeing an early demo product. Read more about our initial investment thesis here.
- 2009: thredUp is founded as an online clothes-swapping marketplace by James Reinhart in his Cambridge, MA business school dorm room. Oliver Lubin & Chris Homer also help co-found the business, which is focused on men’s shirts at the time.
- 2010: After 20+ VC rejections, thredUp receives a seed check from NextView.
- 2018: Bobbie is founded by two AirBnB alumni, Laura Modi and Sarah Hardy to develop a best-in-class baby formula and change the narrative around infant nutrition in America.
- NextView seeds Bobbie pre-launch to pursue the product development and FDA approval
- 2017: Devoted health is founded by Todd and Ed Park along with alumni from Athena Health and Wayfair with the mission of revolutionizing the healthcare experience of American seniors.
- NextView invests in the company that fall as they prepare to launch their first market in 2018.
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Attentive
Attentive® is the most comprehensive text message marketing solution, driving 18.5% of total online revenue for businesses by creating thoughtful SMS experiences.
Location: New York, New York, United States
Acquired
TripleLift
TripleLift is reinventing ad placement one medium at a time. TripleLift celebrated a majority buyout from Vista Equity Partners in March of 2021.
Location: New York, New York, United States
NASDAQ: GROV
Grove Collaborative
Grove is the category leader in sustainable CPG.
Virgin Group SPAC took Grove (NASDAQ:GROV) public in 2022 at a valuation of $1.5B.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
NASDAQ: SKLZ
Skillz
Skillz is the leading mobile games platform that connects players in fair, fun, and meaningful competition.
Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ) went public in 2020 through a SPAC merger with Flying Eagle Acquisition Corporation.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Reforge, Inc
Reforge offers selective growth-focused programs for experienced professionals in marketing, product, data, and engineering.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
NASDAQ: TDUP
thredUP
thredUP is the world’s largest fashion resale platform, inspiring a new generation to think secondhand first. thredUp made its NASDAQ debut in March of 2021 under the ticker "TDUP."
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
WHOOP
Smart, wearable device to optimize and understand athlete performance
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Acquired
Drift
Drift is the Conversational Marketing platform that combines chat, email, video, and automation to remove the friction from business buying. Drift celebrated a majority buyout from Vista Equity Partners in September of 2021.
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Lula Technologies, Inc.
Insurance Infrastructure for the Modern Economy
Location: Miami, Florida, United States
Patented.ai
On a mission to solve intellectual property with AI.
Acquired
Parsec
Parsec empowers people to connect to their work, games, and friends from anywhere on any device via cloud pc gaming.
Parsec was acquired by Unity for $320M in 2021.
Location: New York, New York, United States
The Browser Company
We're building Arc — a browser equipped for the way we use the internet in 2022, and foundational for how we hope to use it in the future.
Location: New York, New York
Bobbie
The first European Style Organic Infant Formula that meets FDA requirements.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Bito
Bito is a game-changing productivity tool for developers that accelerates software development using best in class AI models.
Location: San Francisco, California
Devoted Health
Devoted Health is a new healthcare company serving seniors.
Location: Waltham, Massachusetts, United States