Backing Student Founders

Backing Student Founders

Read our 2024 Annual Letter

Read our 2024 Annual Letter

Who we are

Who we are

Australia's first student-focused venture fund

Australia's first student-focused venture fund

Our vision is to empower the next generation of student entrepreneurs before anyone else. Providing the capital and support they truly need to actualise their ambitions.

We are for the next generation of curious, ambitious, and innovative students.

Our vision is to empower the next generation of student entrepreneurs before anyone else. Providing the capital and support they truly need to actualise their ambitions.

We are for the next generation of curious, ambitious, and innovative students.

Why NextGen Ventures

Why NextGen
Ventures

Be a part of the strongest community of student and alumni

founders, investors, and operators in Australia.

Be a part of the strongest community of student and alumni founders, investors, and operators in Australia.

We back you with a $70,000 check.

We back young ambition before anyone else – as your first capital or to catalyse your round.

Skip the first-time mistakes.

Skip the first-time mistakes.

Skip the first-time mistakes.

We help founders avoid early-stage trip-ups through learnings from other founders and operators in our community.

Our network is yours.

Our network of investors, founders, and alumni will support you and your company through its earliest stages.

Read the Student Startup Funding Report ‘23

Read the Student Startup Funding Report ‘23

Read the Student Startup Funding Report ‘23

Introducing the first ever NextGen Ventures Student Startup Funding Report! Our team is extremely proud to present these novel findings, as we hope to educate the startup ecosystem and spark a conversation in every corner about the untapped, exponential growth of student founders, the challenges they face in realising their potential, and what we should do as an ecosystem to grow the grass roots.

We hope you enjoy the report and join us making Australia's startup ecosystem, one where young, ambitious talent want to come, not leave.

Introducing the first ever NextGen Ventures Student Startup Funding Report! Our team is extremely proud to present these novel findings, as we hope to educate the startup ecosystem and spark a conversation in every corner about the untapped, exponential growth of student founders, the challenges they face in realising their potential, and what we should do as an ecosystem to grow the grass roots.

We hope you enjoy the report and join us making Australia's startup ecosystem, one where young, ambitious talent want to come, not leave.

Introducing the first ever NextGen Ventures Student Startup Funding Report! Our team is extremely proud to present these novel findings, as we hope to educate the startup ecosystem and spark a conversation in every corner about the untapped, exponential growth of student founders, the challenges they face in realising their potential, and what we should do as an ecosystem to grow the grass roots.

We hope you enjoy the report and join us making Australia's startup ecosystem, one where young, ambitious talent want to come, not leave.

Read the Report

Read the Report

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Are you looking for investment?

Our doors (or inboxes) are always open! If you're a young Aussie founder bursting with ambition, we want to hear from you. Even if it's just a kernel of an idea, please don't think it's too early to reach out.

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Are you looking to invest?

NextGen sits at the forefront of the acceleration of our ecosystem at the grassroots level, creating a ripple effect that both financially benefits our LPs and transforms our startup ecosystem into a hub for ambitious young Aussies to thrive.

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NextGen Ventures Aus Pty Ltd (ACN 675 280 190) acts as a Corporate Authorised Representative Number: 001312700 of GXE Fund Services Pty Ltd (ACN 162 966 690). GXE Fund Services Pty Ltd is the holder of an Australian Financial Services License Number: 460870.


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Funding REPORT

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CONTACT US

© 2024 NextGen Ventures

NextGen Ventures Aus Pty Ltd (ACN 675 280 190) acts as a Corporate Authorised Representative Number: 001312700 of GXE Fund Services Pty Ltd (ACN 162 966 690). GXE Fund Services Pty Ltd is the holder of an Australian Financial Services License Number: 460870.


The material on this website is for information purposes only and should not be construed as an offer or solicitation or recommendation to buy or sell any financial products. The information is directed and available to residents of Australia only deemed to be Wholesale Clients under section 761G of the Corporations Act 2001. This information is intended to be general in nature and is not personal financial product advice. Any advice contained on this page is general advice only and has been prepared without considering your objectives, financial situation or needs. Before acting on any information, you should consider the appropriateness of the information provided and the nature of the relevant financial product having regard to your objectives, financial situation and needs. You should seek independent financial advice and read the relevant disclosure statements before making an investment decision (including a decision about whether to acquire or continue to hold) about a financial product