Next Ventures Fund II

United States
Seed
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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

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States
Funding StageSeed
Industry Focus
Ai Ml
Digital Health
Med Tech
Wellness Lifestyle

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

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

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

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

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

Key GPs & Partners

JW
Jennifer Wagner
Advisor
clinical depthwomen's healthperformance science
MS
Melanie Strong
Partner
women's healthpolicythesis-driven

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$60M
Saves0

Key People

Lance Armstrong; Melanie Strong

Jennifer WagnerAdvisor
Melanie StrongPartner

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