Fund profile / United States

Next Ventures Fund II

Geography: United States
Stage: Seed
Fund size: $60M
Focus: AI/ML, Digital Health, MedTech and Wellness & Lifestyle
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Next Ventures Fund II

Whole-Person Health, Preventive Care, Digital Health, Healthspan, Longevity, Fitness, Nutrition, Mindfulness, Social Determinants of Health, AI in Healthcare - Early-Stage, Seed, Series A

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

Digital Health

MedTech

Wellness & Lifestyle

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Founder digitizing analog-heavy consumer fitness/women's health with clinical rigor

fitness tech

data layer

consumer health

wearables/tracking

behavior change

strength training

women's health equity

whole person health

performance science

Bullish Signals

Active content, engaged in fitness techexternal

Reposts founder research — thesis-alignedexternal

Reposted strength training data-layer researchlinkedin

80% lifters still untracked — clear white spacelinkedin

Reposted Jordan Pascasio proprietary logging studylinkedin

Recruited clinical-depth advisor (Jennifer Wagner)linkedin

White House women's health initiative — $110M fundedlinkedin

Performance science + clinical ops at scalelinkedin

Wagner: Stanford anesthesia faculty, Canyon Ranch CHPOlinkedin

Capitol Hill cross-discipline leaders convening 1mo agolinkedin

Prosper platform: women leadership professional developmentlinkedin

Wagner led perioperative services University of Utahlinkedin

Partnership years in making — deep alignmentlinkedin

Momentous connection — industry credibility signallinkedin

Lance Armstrong advisor — elite athlete credibilitylinkedin

AGM in Austin active engagement — fund growinglinkedin

Bridge Alternatives partnership — ecosystem validationlinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Very limited public fund data availableexternal

Founder Do's

Show frictionless data capture mechanics

Back claims with proprietary research

Target underserved verticals in fitness

Highlight strength training logging gap

Cite analog-to-digital conversion stats

Address women's health equity gaps

Embed clinical science into product

Leverage perioperative/hospitality ops at scale

Connect to performance science advisors network

Founder Don'ts

Pitch generic health apps without data moat

Skip user behavior evidence

Ignore analog-to-digital transition angle

Overlook women's health underserved segments

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$60M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Lance Armstrong; Melanie Strong

Jennifer WagnerAdvisor

Melanie StrongPartner

Lance ArmstrongAdvisor

Jordan PascasioAdvisor

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