NextSTEP is a corporate venture arm. Based in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. The known portfolio counts 11 companies, including Switch, Chloris Geospatial, ClearWatt, SWITCH - Street WITCHer, Atium and Nina Energy.
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Investment focus
- Focus
- AI ApplicationsAgriTechClean EnergyFoodTechGeospatial AnalyticsIoTMobilityUrban Mobility
Contacts
Who to pitch at NextSTEP
NextSTEP portfolio companies (11)
- Switch
- Chloris Geospatial
- ClearWatt
- SWITCH - Street WITCHer
- Atium
- Nina Energy
- Agrisky
- Algapelago
- Leafr
- Pulpatronics
- The First Element
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About NextSTEP
The firm's listing covers sectors AI, Climate, Food and Hardware, and focus areas AI Applications, AgriTech, Clean Energy and FoodTech; known deals cluster at Pre-Seed and Seed.
Vincenzo Francia (Venture Partner) is listed as the contact to pitch at NextSTEP.
Across the known portfolio, 8 co-investors appear alongside NextSTEP, including Berkeley SkyDeck, Carbon13 and Future Energy Ventures.
Frequently asked questions
What is NextSTEP?
NextSTEP is a corporate venture arm based in Milan, Lombardy, Italy, with a known portfolio of 11 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does NextSTEP invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Climate, Food and Hardware; listed focus areas include AI Applications, AgriTech, Clean Energy and FoodTech. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does NextSTEP invest at?
The known deals of NextSTEP include Pre-Seed and Seed rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at NextSTEP?
One person at NextSTEP is on file, listed as a contact for the firm, with their own profile page.
How do I contact NextSTEP?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The one person attached to the firm has their own page, which shows whether an address is on file for them.
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