Post-quantum security
Protecting data, infrastructure and sovereignty as systems migrate to quantum-resistant standards.
AI + QUANTUM COMPUTING · SEED
Investing in the Next Version of the Universe.
NextVerse Ventures backs US-headquartered founders building at the convergence of artificial intelligence and quantum computing.
CAMPBELL · CALIFORNIAFOUNDER-LED CONVICTION
INSTITUTIONAL-GRADE EXECUTION
INSTITUTIONAL-GRADE EXECUTION
01 / THE THESIS
Commercial value today.
Asymmetric upside as quantum scales.
NextVerse invests in seed-stage companies building the enabling layers of AI and quantum—companies that can win independently of the quantum timetable and become even more valuable as the technology matures.
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THE NEXT COMPUTING PLATFORM WILL BE BUILT IN LAYERS
We invest around the machine—where advanced computing becomes secure, controllable, reliable and commercially useful.
Quantum sensing & timing
New measurement capabilities for navigation, infrastructure, defense, industry and science.
AI-native control
Intelligence, automation and observability that make complex physical systems usable and reliable.
Logical infrastructure
Error correction, compilers, verification and orchestration that turn components into useful systems.
Specialized components
Photonics, cryogenics, packaging, lasers and low-noise electronics with valuable adjacent markets today.
Scientific asset platforms
Proprietary data, materials, chemistry, therapeutics and IP where quantum is an accelerant—not the only thesis.
OUR DEFINING UNDERWRITING QUESTION
Does the company still win if useful quantum computing is delayed by ten years?
If the answer is yes, quantum can become asymmetric upside rather than existential risk.
02 / WHERE WE INVEST
At the crossing where frontier science becomes commercial advantage.
AI–quantum orchestration
Architecture-agnostic software, hybrid workflows, error correction and enabling infrastructure.
Defensible intelligence
Agentic systems, proprietary data loops and domain-specific AI that acts—not merely chats.
Sovereign deep tech
Foundational technologies shaped by security, IP, industrial policy and trusted deployment.
SEED STAGE US-HEADQUARTERED $250K–$1M INITIAL CHECKS TECHNICAL MOATS
03 / THE NEXTVERSE DILIGENCE ENGINE
Conviction is earned
through evidence.
Four gates. A written test at every gate. A clear reason to continue—or stop.
Structural edge
Two or more evidenced moats — not a thin model wrapper.
INDEPENDENTLY TESTED ↗Science & readiness
Benchmarked against the strongest classical alternative.
INDEPENDENTLY TESTED ↗Deployment economics
A real buyer, a real cost threshold, a credible path to scale.
INDEPENDENTLY TESTED ↗Ownership & sovereignty
Clean IP, resilient structure, and exit paths underwritten at entry.
INDEPENDENTLY TESTED ↗DECISION DISCIPLINE IC-reviewed · MP-approved · Signed technical audit before capital moves · Follow-on capital is earned
04 / AVANTHI SHAH · FOUNDER & MANAGING PARTNER
Built to see
what others miss.
Technologist by practice. Investor by judgment.
Avanthi began coding in her first professional role and has remained deeply technical throughout her career—building ventures and leading an organization of approximately 200 engineers.
Across 25+ years as an operator and nine years as a venture investor, her edge has been translation: between business and technology, science and markets, technical ambition and enduring enterprise value.
View Avanthi's perspective ↗25+ YEARSTechnologist and operator
9+ YEARSVenture investing
~200Engineers led
BOARD & AUDITInstitutional governance
SELECTED ENTERPRISE & PUBLIC-SECTOR EXPERIENCE
From business problem to working system.
As a solutions architect, Avanthi translated business priorities into technical architecture and led execution through implementation.
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NEW VOICES · EXPERT SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
A voice for consequential technology.
Selected for and completed Bloomberg's New Voices media training for expert commentary across television, radio and digital media.
FINCA
GOVERNANCE
Board & Audit Committee
FINCA International
CNBC-TV18
SELECTED RECOGNITION
Woman Entrepreneur of the Year
Award recipient
05 / THE TEAM
Founder-led conviction.
Institutional-grade execution.
Deep tech, investing, finance, legal strategy and governance across the full investment lifecycle.
Partner & IC Member
Priyank Garg
Technologist-turned-investor with 18+ years of angel investing, 80+ investments, IIT Delhi and Stanford CS credentials, and service on India’s National Quantum Mission Central Evaluation Committee.LinkedIn ↗
Executive Venture Partner
Erika Cramer
Venture capitalist and investment banker with 25+ years of M&A experience. Co-founder of Silver Lane Advisors and General Partner of How Women Invest Fund I.LinkedIn ↗
Partner, Deals & Diligence
Lata Setty
Investor, patent attorney and startup operator with deep experience in diligence, intellectual property and scaling venture-backed companies.LinkedIn ↗
Legal, IP & Governance
Dr. Tamali Sen Gupta
Stanford Law JSD, author and commercial-law leader with 30+ years advising companies and serving as an independent director across listed and private enterprises.LinkedIn ↗
Building where AI
meets the physical world?
We want to meet technical founders before the category is obvious.
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