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Brian Long
Attentive® is the most comprehensive text message marketing solution, driving 18.5% of total online revenue for businesses by creating thoughtful SMS experiences.
How It Started
- 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.
How It’s Going
- Serving over 4,000 e-commerce customers and growing, Attentive is responsible for driving nearly 20% of the e-commerce revenue of its customers.
- Attentive has successfully acquired 2 companies: Tony and Privy.
+1,000 employees
+$12B in 2021 revenue for brands
Ranked 12th on Forbes’ 2021 Cloud 100 List
TripleLift is an advertising platform that enhances digital ads across video, CTV, display, and native formats, helping brands and publishers monetize effectively. TripleLift celebrated a majority buyout from Vista Equity Partners in March of 2021.
How It Started
- 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.
How It’s Going
- Considered one of the fastest-growing ad-tech companies in the world, TripleLift has facilitated more than $1B in lifetime advertising spend.
- One of the most capital efficient Unicorns in the world, TripleLift has been profitable for five years straight… all on less than $17M of paid in capital.
$1.4B majority buyout by Vista Equity Partners
+$300M in revenue
Processing 8x more transactions a day than the NYSE
Grove is the leader in sustainable CPG, offering planet-friendly home essentials that help consumers reduce plastic use and shop with purpose. Virgin Group SPAC took Grove (NASDAQ:GROV) public in 2022 at a valuation of $1.5B.
How It Started
- 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
How It’s Going
- Grove is the category leader in sustainable CPG. Also the first plastic neutral retailer in the world, on track for plastic free by 2025.
- Nationwide launch of Grove brand products in Target.
Virgin Group SPAC took Grove public at a valuation of $1.5B
+2M customers through Grove.co
Skillz is a marketplace platform for competition-based mobile games. Skillz (NASDAQ:SKLZ) went public in 2020 through a SPAC merger with Flying Eagle Acquisition Corporation.
Reforge offers selective growth-focused programs for experienced professionals in marketing, product, data, and engineering.
thredUp is one of the world’s largest online resale platforms, making it easy to buy and sell secondhand apparel, shoes, and accessories. With a mission to inspire a secondhand-first mindset, thredUp’s technology-driven platform extends the life of clothing and promotes a more sustainable future for fashion. thredUp made its NASDAQ debut in March of 2021 under the ticker “TDUP.”
How It Started
- 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.
How It’s Going
- thredUp is the established market leader in Apparel Resale, operating three massive distribution centers, each holding and processing up to 5.5 million items.
- thredUp goes public March 2021, NASDAQ:(TDUP)
1.25M customers
100M garments processed
1Blb of CO2 displaced
Will Ahmed
WHOOP is a performance optimization system that tracks athlete recovery, training, and sleeping hours to help boost performance.
How It Started
- 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
How It’s Going
- After closing a $200M Series F round, WHOOP is now the most valuable standalone wearables company on the market, valued at over $3.6 billion.
- Loved by professional athletes from Lebron James to Rory McIlroy, to dozens of Olympians, as well as hundreds of thousands of everyday consumers.
Nearly 1M members
Official wearable: PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, NFLPA, and Crossfit
Drift is the Conversational Marketing platform that combines chat, email, video, and automation to remove the friction from business buying. Drift was acquired by Salesloft in 2024.
Hallow app provides audio-guided Bible stories, prayers, meditations, sleep, and Christian music.
Patented.ai provides unique, high-value IP products for innovators, funds, and litigators.
Parsec enables users to remotely access and control powerful PCs from any device with ultra-low latency streaming, ideal for professionals and gamers. Parsec was acquired by Unity for $320M in 2021.
The Browser Company of New York is reinventing the web browser with Arc, a more personal, creative, and efficient tool designed for modern internet use. Their team, backed by industry-leading investors, aims to push the browser forward to better empower users in 2024 and beyond.
Laura Modi and Sarah Hardy
Bobbie offers the first European style organic baby formula through a subscription service, meeting FDA requirements and made with pasture-raised milk.
How It Started
- 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
How It’s Going
- Bobbie launches the first FDA-Approved, European-style organic infant formula and becomes the fastest growing formula brand in the country.
Over 100,000 babies have relied on Bobbie for their essential daily nutrition
Bito provides AI that understands your code, offering line-level context and full impact analysis while prioritizing your security with data privacy, protected identity, and constant encryption.
Setpoint is a technology company that enhances capital market operations by streamlining debt facility management, automating processes, and improving efficiency for borrowers and lenders.
Devoted Health is a healthcare company serving seniors and giving them a health care plan with personal guides and world-class technology.
How It Started
- 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.
How It’s Going
- Devoted has had one of the fastest growth trajectories in history, scaling from zero to $500M in revenue in four years.
- Devoted serves over 50,000 members with an NPS of 79
Awarded a 4.5 star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
KarmaCheck has reimagined background checks with a tech-first, AI-driven approach that provides the fastest background check for employment needs.
SchoolAI provides AI-powered tools to enhance education, fostering closer relationships and professional development to help schools adopt AI for teachers, students, and leaders.
