Next Gear Ventures

Investor type

PE / VC

Founded

2014

AUM

$30 M

Location

Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

$0-1 m

Investment Ticket

3-5 years

Investment Horizon

Seed, Series A

Investment Stage

Sale to strategic investor, IPO

Exit Strategy

Investor profile last updated: 27 July, 2026

Profile

Next Gear Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in the most promising talent and entrepreneurs developing game-changing ideas for the future of smart mobility. Our team brings extensive experience in successfully growing startups, strong global partners, and investor network as well as deep domain knowledge of the transportation industry.

We actively leverage our experience and close relationships with local and global mobility partners to boost our portfolio companies and help them realize their product-market fit and growth potential.

Our strategic partnership with DRIVE TLV Innovation hub grants us unprecedented access to the most promising early-stage smart mobility startups, mainly in Israel. We recognize their potential and support their investment needs as early as pre-seed.

Launched in 2018, Next Gear Ventures has an impressive investment record. Several portfolio companies have already completed follow-on investment rounds at higher valuations. One of our companies, Exo Technologies, has been acquired by Lear Corporation.

In these erratic times, Next Gear serves as a beacon for startups and mobility partners through a strategic partnership with DRIVE TLV innovation hub. Next Gear’s portfolio companies are catapulted forward while working with mobility market leaders to provide true value. Consequently, they are placed on an aggressive growth path.

Industry

Fashion/Beauty Healthcare Services Other Robotics Software Transportation HealthTech Aerospace Automotive AI Energy Mobility Machine Learning (ML) ClimateTech

Region of investment

North America Europe

Next Gear Ventures Funds

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Industry
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Region
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Next Gear Ventures Fund I
Venture Capital (VC)
Aerospace
Automotive
Software
AI
Energy
Mobility
Machine Learning (ML)
ClimateTech
Pre-seed
Seed
Series A
North America
Europe
Middle East
$5-10 m
$30 M
December 2019

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FAQs about Next Gear Ventures

Next Gear Ventures is located in Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom.
Next Gear Ventures was founded in 2014.
Next Gear Ventures invests in companies and startups in Fashion/Beauty, Healthcare Services, Other, Robotics, Software, Transportation, HealthTech, Aerospace, Automotive, AI, Energy, Mobility, Machine Learning (ML), ClimateTech.
Next Gear Ventures invests in companies and startups in North America, Europe.
Next Gear Ventures invests in companies and startups at Seed, Series A.
Next Gear Ventures usually invests $0-1 m on average.
Next Gear Ventures has around $30m assets under management.
Next Gear Ventures last fund was created/launched in 2019-12-25