Investing Profile

Chris Keller

Managing Partner at NextGen Venture Partners

Washington, D.C.

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New Venture Consultant Network

188 CONNECTIONS

New Venture Consultant Network

188 CONNECTIONS

New Venture Consultant Network

188 CONNECTIONS

Johnson & Johnson Network

93 CONNECTIONS

NextGen Venture Partners Network

76 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

NextGen Venture Partners Managing Partner

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$20.7M

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Washington, D.C.

Chris Keller's Investments On Record (5)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Patented.ai	Pre SeedJun 2023$5M	$9M
Co-investors: Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Nicole M. Stata (Warwick Investment Group), Peter Blacklow (Boston Seed Capital), Neil Sirni (Proximity Ventures), Giuseppe Stuto (Offscript), Philip H. Beauregard (Impellent Ventures), David Brown (Impellent Ventures), Kevin Alvarez-Fung (Predictive VC), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Mallun Yen (Operator Collective), Ali Rowghani (Y Combinator), Rob Go (NextView Ventures), Jennifer Lum (Biospring Partners), Brian Shin (VitalStage Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), David Chang (TBD Angels), Scott Belsky (A24), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Wayne Chang (Techstars), Jeff Seibert
Infringements	Pre SeedJun 2023$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Nicole M. Stata (Warwick Investment Group), Neil Sirni (Proximity Ventures), Giuseppe Stuto (Offscript), Philip H. Beauregard (Impellent Ventures), David Brown (Impellent Ventures), Kevin Alvarez-Fung (Predictive VC), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Mallun Yen (Operator Collective), Ali Rowghani (Y Combinator), Rob Go (NextView Ventures), Jennifer Lum (Biospring Partners), Brian Shin (VitalStage Ventures), David Chang (TBD Angels), Scott Belsky (A24), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Jeff Seibert
Invalidate	Pre SeedJun 2023$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Nicole M. Stata (Warwick Investment Group), Neil Sirni (Proximity Ventures), Giuseppe Stuto (Offscript), Philip H. Beauregard (Impellent Ventures), David Brown (Impellent Ventures), Kevin Alvarez-Fung (Predictive VC), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Mallun Yen (Operator Collective), Ali Rowghani (Y Combinator), Rob Go (NextView Ventures), Jennifer Lum (Biospring Partners), Brian Shin (VitalStage Ventures), David Chang (TBD Angels), Scott Belsky (A24), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Jeff Seibert
Reasoner	Pre SeedJun 2023
Co-investors: Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Mallun Yen (Operator Collective), Ali Rowghani (Y Combinator), Rob Go (NextView Ventures), Jennifer Lum (Biospring Partners), Brian Shin (VitalStage Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), David Chang (TBD Angels), Scott Belsky (A24), Nicole M. Stata (Warwick Investment Group), Peter Blacklow (Boston Seed Capital), Neil Sirni (Proximity Ventures), Giuseppe Stuto (Offscript), Philip H. Beauregard (Impellent Ventures), David Brown (Impellent Ventures), Kevin Alvarez-Fung (Predictive VC), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Jeff Seibert
Digits	Series ANov 2019$11M Series ANov 2019$11M	$110M
Co-investors: Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Jeremy Levine (Bessemer Venture Partners), Peter Fenton (Benchmark), Gabe Greenbaum (B Capital Group), Pat Kinsel (Polaris Partners), Jana Messerschmidt (#ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS)), April Underwood (Adverb Ventures), Dick Costolo (01 Advisors), Jennifer Lum (Biospring Partners), Brian Shin (VitalStage Ventures), Ric Fulop (Desktop Metal), Anne Dwane (Village Global), David Chang (TBD Angels), Adrian Aoun (500 Startups Korea), Matt Murphy (Kleiner Perkins), Nicole M. Stata (Warwick Investment Group), Kevin Weil (Council on Foreign Relations), Adam Bain (01 Advisors), Ali Rowghani (Y Combinator), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Jordan Fliegel (Techstars), David Cancel (Cancel Capital), Richard Jun (Bam Ventures), Brian Lee (Lowell Milken Institute of Business Law and Policy), Chloe Sladden (Broadway Angels), Harry Stebbings (Stride.VC), Jessica Verrilli (Adverb Ventures), Wayne Chang (Techstars), Nat Friedman (Self-employed), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Eric Wu (Resolute Ventures), Merlin Kauffman, Aaron Levie, Jason Robins, Joshua Reeves

Chris Keller's Experience

Managing Partner NextGen Venture Partners2015 - Present

Co-Founder New Venture ConsultantPresent

Founder New Venture ConsultantPresent

Founder & CEO (acquired by Argon Technologies) New Venture ConsultantPresent

Product Development Manager Arts Alliance LabsPresent

Founder Drillfield Design, LLCPresent

Founder FollowUp.ccPresent

Founder & CEO (acquired by Argon Technologies) Drillfield Design, LLCPresent

Founder & CEO (acquired by Argon Technologies) FollowUp.ccPresent

Founder (acquired by Argon Technologies) FollowUp.cc2007 - 2014

Product Owner, HubSpot Labs HubSpot2009 - 2010

Co-Founder Fafarazzi.com2005 - 2009

Founder MeshTennis.com2005 - 2009

Product Development Manager Arts Alliance Labs, Inc.2007 - 2007

IM Senior Analyst Johnson & Johnson2003 - 2007

Co-Founder Drillfield Design, LLC2000 - 2003

Chris Keller's Education

Virginia Tech B.S. Computer Science and Economics

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University B.S. Computer Science and Economics

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