A First-Cheque Venture Fund

A First-Cheque Venture Fund

Backing young Australian founders before anyone else to build global unicorns.

Backing young Australian founders before anyone else to build global unicorns.

What we do

Your First Cheque and Beyond

To build a legendary company takes a village. Our team, Mitch, and Jerry are here for you 24/7, 365 days a year, from idea to infinity and beyond.

First Cheque

Up to

$100K

We're here to back your ambition before anyone else.

Founder First

We move quick, and are committed to supporting you at every stage.

Removing Blockers

We help with everything from fundraising, early hires, providing world class mentors, and more.

Startups

We've backed some incredible founders

The great thing about youthful naivety is they will just keep walking through walls until they find a door and theyll open a door that you never knew existed. - Scott Farquhar, Founder of Atlassian

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.

FoundersHack

A Hackathon For Australia's Next Young Founders.

A Hackathon For Australia's Next Young Founders.

Get involved

"The next unicorn could be sitting in a university library right now and NextGen will be the first to find them"

Craig Blair Airtree Co-founder and Partner

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.

Our doors 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.

Our doors 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.

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 ecosystem into a hub for ambitious young Aussies to thrive.

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 ecosystem into a hub for young Aussies to thrive.