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Locations:
Min Investment:
$500,000.00Max Investment:
$10,000,000.00Target Investment:
$5,200,000.00
Skills
Education
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Investments
Work Experience
2019
Principal
2023
Next Level Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Des Moines, Iowa. We manage multiple funds all focused on innovation in fintech, biosciences, agriculture, collaboration, manufacturing, and other areas where we see talented leaders. We focus on helping early-stage companies that want to scale rapidly, and our typical investment size is $0.5 to $10.0 million per business. After we invest, we take a proactive role in helping our portfolio companies succeed with financial, operational, and networking expertise. We are entrepreneurs, technologists, and executives with extensive experience in raising capital, selling and marketing products, analyzing strategic options, and running businesses. Please see www.nextlevelvc.com for more information.
Managing Director
2022 - 2023
Vice President
2020 - 2022
Senior Associate
2019 - 2020
2021
Principal
2021
Launched in 2020 by progressive, industry-leading credit unions of Members Development Company (MDC), and Next Level Ventures, Curql is steered by a collective of veteran leaders and disrupters in the VC space. We're currently looking to partner with fintech startups that have the potential to revolutionize and innovate how people engage with their money and achieve their goals.
2023
Board Member
2023
A.I.-driven customer intelligence tools that give companies the power to discover & engage the humans in their data.
2023
Board Observer
2023
The first tech-enabled commercial appraisal firm
2022
Board Member
2022
Credit Mountain is on a mission to allow credit unions, banks, and fintech companies help their members access asset building credit.
2018 - 2019
Commercial Banking
2018 - 2019
2015 - 2018
Senior Manager II
2017 - 2018
Merchandising Operations - Pricing Solutions
Senior Manager
2015 - 2017
E3 Strategy and Finance Program Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions - Aug '15 to Jun '16 Sam's Club Merchandise Finance - Regional Buying - Jun '16 to Feb '17
2014 - 2014
Corporate Strategy & Finance MBA Intern
2014 - 2014
2012 - 2013
Portfolio Management and Investor Relations Group
2012 - 2013
2011 - 2012
Analyst
2011 - 2012