Next Coast Ventures

Next Coast Ventures, established in 2015 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, is a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage technology companies. It invests in 'Next Coast' markets, targeting high-growth startups in Texas and other non-coastal regions. The firm's investment strategy is guided by macro trends and themes, with a preference for sectors such as information technology, workplace, healthcare, retail, and marketplace software. Next Coast Ventures provides not only capital but also hands-on support and industry connections to its portfolio companies, aiming to facilitate their growth and success.

Ben Beverly

Senior Associate

Kaitlyn DeBernardo

Partner, COO and Head of Platform

James Dunham

Venture Partner

Michael Maloney

Principal

Adam Rogers

Partner

Mike Smerklo

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Michael Tian

Vice President

Anthony Walke

Partner

Past deals in Collectibles

CollX

Series A in 2025
CollX is a technology-driven company founded in 2021 and based in Haddonfield, New Jersey. It specializes in a financial application that allows users to scan sports cards, instantly identifying them and determining their market value. By utilizing specialized technology, CollX provides users with a transparent view of the worth of their collectibles. The platform facilitates buying and selling among collectors, enabling them to add cards to their collections, follow other collectors, and engage in trading through a marketplace. Users can create ad-hoc lots and trade, fostering a vibrant community for sports card enthusiasts.

CollX

Seed Round in 2023
CollX is a technology-driven company founded in 2021 and based in Haddonfield, New Jersey. It specializes in a financial application that allows users to scan sports cards, instantly identifying them and determining their market value. By utilizing specialized technology, CollX provides users with a transparent view of the worth of their collectibles. The platform facilitates buying and selling among collectors, enabling them to add cards to their collections, follow other collectors, and engage in trading through a marketplace. Users can create ad-hoc lots and trade, fostering a vibrant community for sports card enthusiasts.

Eterneva

Series A in 2021
Eterneva, Inc. is a company based in Austin, Texas, that specializes in transforming cremated remains of humans and pets into memorial diamonds. Founded in 2016, Eterneva offers a personalized service that allows grieving families to create lasting memories through custom diamonds, available in various weights, colors, and cuts. The company's process includes several stages such as carbon purification, diamond growth, quality assessment, cutting, grading, engraving, and setting the diamond into jewelry. Eterneva emphasizes transparency and communication throughout the process to ensure that each diamond honors the memory of the deceased in a meaningful way. Through its innovative technology, Eterneva simulates the natural conditions necessary for diamond formation, enabling clients to cherish their loved ones in a unique and enduring form.

Hip eCommerce

Series A in 2020
Hip eCommerce, Inc., operating as HipStamp, is a North Carolina-based company that manages online marketplaces focused on collectibles, including stamps, postcards, and comic books. Founded in 2015, the company aims to re-imagine e-commerce for collectors by fostering communities where buyers and sellers can connect, share their interests, and enhance their hobbies. Through its platforms—HipStamp, HipComic, and HipPostcard—Hip eCommerce provides a user-friendly environment for transactions in various pricing formats and locations. The company also offers a comprehensive suite of services and tools designed to assist sellers in reaching broader audiences and increasing their sales. By focusing on collectible-specific markets, Hip eCommerce seeks to innovate and modernize the collectibles industry.

Eterneva

Seed Round in 2020
Eterneva, Inc. is a company based in Austin, Texas, that specializes in transforming cremated remains of humans and pets into memorial diamonds. Founded in 2016, Eterneva offers a personalized service that allows grieving families to create lasting memories through custom diamonds, available in various weights, colors, and cuts. The company's process includes several stages such as carbon purification, diamond growth, quality assessment, cutting, grading, engraving, and setting the diamond into jewelry. Eterneva emphasizes transparency and communication throughout the process to ensure that each diamond honors the memory of the deceased in a meaningful way. Through its innovative technology, Eterneva simulates the natural conditions necessary for diamond formation, enabling clients to cherish their loved ones in a unique and enduring form.
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