More than a scout program.
Next Wave is our group of pre-seed funds, built from a community of some of the best founders and operators in the world, backing the next generation.
CHECK SIZE
$50K - $250K
More than a scout program.
Next Wave is our group of pre-seed funds, built from a community of some of the best founders and operators in the world, backing the next generation.
CHECK SIZE
$50K - $250K











50+ partners from the era's most successful companies don't just expand our reach—they elevate our standards. When executives from Anthropic, NVIDIA, OpenAI, and Toast choose to lead investments, you know the ideas are exceptional. 40+ pre-seed investments per year across 4 funds and an outsized resource for our entire portfolio.
Dedicated to investing in recent HBS graduates. The Graduate Syndicate, led by Flybridge GP and HBS professor Jeff Bussgang invests up to $250K in pre-seed startups.
With an all female investment team from some of the top tech companies of our generation, XFactor Ventures provides pre-seed and seed stage capital for companies created by women and mixed gender founding teams.
A group of seasoned operators supporting early-stage startups. Next Wave Operators is a partnership with Flybridge GP Jeff Bussgang, a Harvard Business School (HBS) professor. All Next Wave Operators investment partners are HBS Alumni.
Next Wave NYC is a pre-seed venture fund run by some of the best and brightest founders and operators from the last decade of the New York City startup scene.