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Our mission is to coach and invest in entrepreneurial leaders building world-class, purpose-driven organizations. Led by Jeff Weiner and Brian Rumao.
Sector focus areas include B2B / enterprise software, financial tech, consumer apps, health and wellness and education. We are interested in productivity software and virtual work, direct-to-consumer / e-commerce, SaaS, and data and AI/ML-powered platforms
Investments include: Bicycle Health, Brex, Brightwheel, Brilliant, Browser Company, Cameo, Cloudera (IPO: CLDR), Common Room, Cricket Health, CurlMix, EdLyft, Encantos, Esusu, Everfi, Evervault, Fast, Figma, Gather, Ginger, Hatch, Headspace, Linktree, Little Passports, LogicGate, Nana Academy, Notion, Pace, Pine Field, Scale, Seesaw, Slack (IPO: WORK), SpoonfulOne, Toucan, Trala, Truework, Vox Media, Wellthy, Wildlife Studios.
Sector focus areas include B2B / enterprise software, financial tech, consumer apps, health and wellness and education. We are interested in productivity software and virtual work, direct-to-consumer / e-commerce, SaaS, and data and AI/ML-powered platforms
Investments include: Bicycle Health, Brex, Brightwheel, Brilliant, Browser Company, Cameo, Cloudera (IPO: CLDR), Common Room, Cricket Health, CurlMix, EdLyft, Encantos, Esusu, Everfi, Evervault, Fast, Figma, Gather, Ginger, Hatch, Headspace, Linktree, Little Passports, LogicGate, Nana Academy, Notion, Pace, Pine Field, Scale, Seesaw, Slack (IPO: WORK), SpoonfulOne, Toucan, Trala, Truework, Vox Media, Wellthy, Wildlife Studios.
Overview
Location
United States, California, Menlo Park
Employees
1-10
Founded date
2014
Mentions in press and media 19
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| Feb 3, 2026 | Arbor Raises $6.3M in Seed and Pre-Seed Funding | Arbor, a NYC-based provider of an AI research platform for enterprise operations, raised $6.3M in total funding. The amount consisted of a Seed round led by 645 Ventures, with participation from Next Play Ventures (led by LinkedIn Executive... |
| Dec 15, 2025 | Cloaked Launches Comprehensive Business Privacy Platform, Cloaked Enterprise, to Maximize Employee Hardware and Identity Protection | Available through AWS Marketplace, Cloaked Enterprise packages Cloaked's full suite of consumer privacy features into an easy-to-execute, scalable employee hardware and identity protection service that protects systems, trade secrets, and c... |
| Oct 21, 2025 | Armstrong Raises $12M in Funding | Armstrong, a San-Francisco, CA-based robotics company building general-purpose robots for restaurant kitchens, raised $12m in funding to date. x Please enable JavaScript Video Player is loading.Play Video Play Unmute 1xPlayback Rate 2x1.5x1... |
| Jul 23, 2025 | Cloaked Extends Security Features with Launch of Call Guard and Dark Web, SSN Monitoring to Further Protect Consumers from Spam and Scams | Cloaked launches Call Guard to drastically reduce spam and scam risk. Cloaked (www.cloaked.com), the consumer-first privacy platform, announced today the launch of two new security features – Call Guard and Dark Web & SSN Monitoring – d... |
| May 17, 2023 | Neura Health, Supporting People Living With Chronic Neurological Conditions, Secures $8 Million In Funding | Elizabeth Burstein, cofounder and CEO of Neura HealthNeura Health |
| Oct 4, 2022 | Lachy Groom, Shopify, and Slack founders back Humaans to the tune of $15 million | London-based Humaans, not to be confused with homo sapiens, has raked in $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Lachy Groom with Exor, Exponent Founders Capital, Shopify founder Tobias Lütke, Slack founder Stewart Butterfield, Niant... |
| Feb 2, 2022 | Neura Health Raises $2.2M to Expand Virtual Neurology Clinic | What You Should Know: – Created to close the massive access and quality gap in neurological care, Neura Health announced it has raised $2.2M in seed funding from investors Pear VC (Doordash, Guardant Health), Norwest Venture Partners (Calm,... |
| Dec 2, 2021 | SG’s Play Ventures raises $75m for blockchain gaming-focused fund | Singapore-based Play Ventures has raised $75 million for its blockchain gaming-focused fund called the Play Future Fund, according to a Venture Beat report. The fund invests in startups exploring the intersection of web3 and gaming. It has ... |
| Nov 30, 2021 | Play Ventures launches Play Future Fund with $75M in commitments | Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event. Play Ventures reveale... |
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FAQ about Next Play Ventures
When was Next Play Ventures founded?
Next Play Ventures was founded in 2014.
What has the press written about Next Play Ventures?
Parsers VC has collected 19 articles mentioning Next Play Ventures, among them “Arbor Raises $6.3M in Seed and Pre-Seed Funding” (Feb 3, 2026) and “Cloaked Launches Comprehensive Business Privacy Platform, Cloaked Enterprise, to Maximize Employee Hardware and Identity Protection” (Dec 15, 2025).
Is Next Play Ventures still active?
Yes, Next Play Ventures is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from May 19, 2026.