Next Play Ventures @nextplayVC

Our mission is to coach and invest in entrepreneurial leaders building world-class, purpose-driven organizations. Led by Jeff Weiner and @BrianRumao. nextplayventures.com Menlo Park, CA Joined May 2020

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Brian Rumao 🌊 @brianrumao

a week ago

Every kid deserves a personal tutor. And finally, with Koji, that vision is becoming real. Congrats @suekhim! Thank you for your leadership and commitment to the Brilliant mission. Proud to back you and the team.

Sue @suekhim

a week ago

AI is making kids dumber. It should be making them geniuses. Introducing Koji, the first AI tutor that gets kids to actually think. 👇

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Brian Rumao 🌊 @brianrumao

3 months ago

Congrats to @acenario on the massive $375M Series B today! I've been using Cloaked from the beginning, and every day I know it's working in the background to ensure my sensitive data is protected on the web. We at @nextplayVC are proud to back from day one.

Cloaked @keepitcloaked

3 months ago

We’re leading the fight for personal privacy, and we just raised $375M to push it forward. Cloaked is building a future where you, not companies, control your data. More from @TechCrunch 👇 techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/con…

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Brian Rumao 🌊 @brianrumao

4 months ago

Can think of no one better to reimagine the software development lifecycle in the era of AI, than @ashtom. Congrats on the launch of @EntireHQ! Grateful and excited to partner with you 🙌🏽

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Kais @kaiskhimji

5 months ago

BIG NEWS: Today we are launching @blockitAI -- the first AI scheduling agent that actually understands your time. After spending my career as a partner at @sequoia, I stepped back to build this. Why? Because I believe the calendar is the last untouched social network, and it can only now be unlocked through AI. Our scheduling agent can handle any degree of complexity and has spread purely through virality to date. Blockit now works for 200+ companies and has coordinated 100,000+ meetings — all with zero humans in the loop. We're excited to emerge from stealth and announce our $5M raise from @sequoia led by Pat Grady (@gradypb) with participation from @haystackvc, @adjacent, Original, and NPV, i.e. Jeff Weiner, the former CEO of Linkedin. Come for the agent, stay for the network — get started free today at blockit.com

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Brian Rumao 🌊 @brianrumao

10 months ago

Congrats @zoink and the entire @figma team on today's IPO! As Dylan said this morning on CNBC, in a world where software creation becomes ubiquitous, the difference will come down to design. We at @nextplayVC are proud to support Figma.

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Brian Rumao 🌊 @brianrumao

2 years ago

Congrats to @seanmendy and @westboundequity on the new fund! Proud to back and support an incredible team and mission 👊🏽

Alex Konrad @alexrkonrad

2 years ago

Exclusive: Westbound, the VC firm once known as Concrete Rose, has raised a $100M fund two to invest in more Black, Latin and diversity-minded founders. @seanmendy tells @Forbes it's about transforming "a vicious homogeneous cycle" into a "virtuous one." forbes.com/sites/alexkonr…

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Next Play Ventures @nextplayVC

3 years ago

Congrats @warpdotdev on their Series B! Proud to support their mission to reimagine the command line for developers and teams

Warp @warpdotdev

3 years ago

Warp is bringing collaboration to the command line. The modern, Rust-based terminal with AI built in is now available for teams. With Warp Drive you can save and share your team’s commands right inside your terminal. Learn more about Warp Drive (and our $50M Series B!) 👇

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Airspeed @airspeedhq

3 years ago

We're thrilled to finally tell you a bit more about what we’ve been up to and who is behind us. 🙌 We’re now live with five apps in the @SlackHQ App Store to help employees feel more connected and celebrated. ⬇️ And we’re also revealing who has been behind us, funding our $7.5M Seed Round: @GreylockVC, @Venrock, @nextplayVC, @SalesforceVC and @WTIsocial, in addition to some of the top executives in Silicon Valley.

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Next Play Ventures @nextplayVC

4 years ago

Congrats @ironfishcrypto and @leanthebean on making @theinformation's Most Promising Startups List! theinformation.com/ti50?rc=ja4kl5

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Brian Rumao 🌊 @brianrumao

4 years ago

Enabling all 4 billion members of the global workforce to freely earn what they deserve. A mission we're excited to be supporting. Congrats @Matthewschulman and team @pavecomp!

Matt Schulman @Matthewschulman

4 years ago

1/ Thrilled to make two Pave announcements today: 1) We have raised a $100M Series C led by @IndexVentures 2) In parallel, we acquired Option Impact from @MorganStanley, making Pave the largest compensation provider for private companies in the world pave.com/blog-posts/ann…

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Next Play Ventures @nextplayVC

4 years ago

Through @getXip, creators can provide personalized coaching at scale. Given our focus on coaching at Next Play Ventures, we're thrilled to support Chris and Eddie on their important mission!

jomayra ⚡️ @jomayra_herrera

4 years ago

1/ 💫 We are thrilled to announce our investment in @getxip alongside amazing investors like @jeffweiner & @brianrumao. At @reachfund, we know 1:1 learning leads to the best outcomes & we’re excited about how Xip scales that. Read more on why we invested👇🏾 medium.com/reach-capital/…

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Next Play Ventures @nextplayVC

4 years ago

Love seeing this. Two world-class products coming together. Congrats @raphaelschaad!

Raphael Schaad @raphaelschaad

4 years ago

I'm so excited to realize Cron's vision — which is dear to my heart — as part of Notion. I also can't wait to put my touches on Notion itself! Thank you team, investors, users, friends & family that are part of this journey 🧡🖤 Caught a few of our new teammates on camera … 🤗

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Next Play Ventures @nextplayVC

4 years ago

Congrats @JohnKoelliker! Excited to support you on this important mission.

John Koelliker @JohnKoelliker

4 years ago

1/ Excited to announce @joinLeland’s $4M Seed round led by @contrarycapital, w/ participation from @FjLabs, @PetersonVenture, @GoodwaterCap, @nextplayVC and dozens of marketplace founders and operators. We’re also thrilled to have launched several new coaching categories!

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Next Play Ventures @nextplayVC

4 years ago

Congrats @acenario and Abhijay! Proud to double down on our support for @keepitcloaked in this series A led by @Lux_Capital and @HumandotCapital techcrunch.com/2022/03/29/clo…

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Next Play Ventures @nextplayVC

4 years ago

One billion people worldwide suffer from neurological conditions. Proud to support @lizburstein on the launch of @neurahealthco, and making care more accessible for all.

neurahealth @neurahealthco

4 years ago

Thank you to @Forbes Magazine for interviewing our co-founder and CEO, Liz Burstein, on how Neura is expanding better neurological care opportunities and solving for neurological long term care: forbes.com/sites/brittany…

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Next Play Ventures @nextplayVC

4 years ago

Congratulations @getesusu on their $130M Series B funding round! Proud to be an investor in a mission-driven company that has proven that doing good and doing well are not mutually exclusive. 👊🏽 techcrunch.com/2022/01/27/esu…

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Next Play Ventures @nextplayVC

5 years ago

Congrats @leanthebean on the launch! We need a universal privacy layer for crypto, and @ironfishcrypto is building exactly that.

Iron Fish @ironfishcrypto

5 years ago

1/ Excited to announce the @ironfishcrypto $27M Series A led by @a16z and our upcoming Incentivized Testnet 🙌 ironfish.network/blog/2021/11/3…

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Brian Rumao 🌊 @brianrumao

5 years ago

Congrats @raphaelschaad on launching @Cron! Happy DAU since March 2021. Some of my favorite features of this new calendar app... producthunt.com/posts/cron

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Next Play Ventures @nextplayVC

5 years ago

Only 10% of renters see their on-time rental payment history reflected in their credit scores. That limits their credit score and access to quality financial products. With this Freddie Mac partnership, that is going to change. Congrats @getesusu!

Esusu @getesusu

5 years ago

We’re excited to announce Esusu is teaming up with Freddie Mac on a new multi-family initiative to help renters nationwide build credit through on-time rent payments. 🤝 Read all about this landmark relationship here: wapo.st/3w9ZhkF. #Esusu #FreddieMac #ForwardTogether

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Phillip Wang @flippnflops

5 years ago

Excited to announce that @gather_town has raised a $50M Series B led by @sequoia and @IndexVentures, with participation from @zoink, @jeffweiner, @ycombinator! Given all the Metaverse talk lately, we wanted to elaborate on what this means to us: gather.town/post/why-the-m…