MP

Michael Perrin

Principal at Next Level Ventures

Des Moines Metropolitan Area

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $10,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $5,200,000.00

Work Experience

  • 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.

  • Board Member

    2023

    A.I.-driven customer intelligence tools that give companies the power to discover & engage the humans in their data.

  • Board Observer

    2023

    The first tech-enabled commercial appraisal firm

  • 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

  • Portfolio Management and Investor Relations Group

    2012 - 2013

  • Analyst

    2011 - 2012