Investing Profile

Chris Keller

VC
Washington, D.C.
Photo of Chris Keller, Managing Partner at NextGen Venture Partners
NextGen Venture Partners Network
26 CONNECTIONS
Virginia Tech Network
18 CONNECTIONS
Johnson & Johnson Network
17 CONNECTIONS
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NextGen Venture Partners Managing Partner
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$20.7M
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Patented.ai
Pre SeedJun 2023$5M
$9M
Co-investors: Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Eric Paley (Founder Collective), David Brown (Impellent Ventures), Kevin Alvarez-Fung (Predictive VC), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Mallun Yen (Operator Collective), Ali Rowghani (Y Combinator), Rob Go (NextView Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Brian Shin (VitalStage Ventures), Peter Blacklow (Boston Seed Capital), Nicole M. Stata (Boston Seed Capital), Neil Sirni (Arrive), Giuseppe Stuto (186 Ventures), Philip H. Beauregard (Impellent Ventures), Jeff Seibert, Wayne Chang, Jennifer Lum, David Chang, Scott Belsky
Infringements
Pre SeedJun 2023$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Brian Shin (VitalStage Ventures), Nicole M. Stata (Boston Seed Capital), Neil Sirni (Arrive), Giuseppe Stuto (186 Ventures), Philip H. Beauregard (Impellent Ventures), David Brown (Impellent Ventures), Kevin Alvarez-Fung (Predictive VC), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Mallun Yen (Operator Collective), Ali Rowghani (Y Combinator), Rob Go (NextView Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), David Chang, Jeff Seibert, Jennifer Lum, Scott Belsky
Invalidate
Pre SeedJun 2023$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Brian Shin (VitalStage Ventures), Nicole M. Stata (Boston Seed Capital), Neil Sirni (Arrive), Giuseppe Stuto (186 Ventures), Philip H. Beauregard (Impellent Ventures), David Brown (Impellent Ventures), Kevin Alvarez-Fung (Predictive VC), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Mallun Yen (Operator Collective), Ali Rowghani (Y Combinator), Rob Go (NextView Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), David Chang, Jeff Seibert, Scott Belsky, Jennifer Lum
Digits
Series ANov 2019$11M
Series ANov 2019$11M
$110M
Co-investors: Peter Fenton (Benchmark), Jeremy Levine (Bessemer Venture Partners), Gabe Greenbaum (B Capital Group), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Matt Murphy (Menlo Ventures), Pat Kinsel (Polaris Partners), Nicole M. Stata (Boston Seed Capital), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Adam Bain (01 Advisors), Ali Rowghani (Y Combinator), Harry Stebbings (20VC), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Chloe Sladden (#ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS)), Brian Lee (Bam Ventures), Richard Jun (Bam Ventures), Jana Messerschmidt (#ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS)), April Underwood (Adverb Ventures), Dick Costolo (01 Advisors), Brian Shin (VitalStage Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Jessica Verrilli (Adverb Ventures), Jordan Fliegel (Techstars), Ric Fulop, Merlin Kauffman, Kevin Weil, Adrian Aoun, Joshua Reeves, Elad Gil, Jennifer Lum, David Cancel, David Chang, Aaron Levie, Jason Robins, Eric Wu, Wayne Chang
Managing Partner NextGen Venture Partners2015 - Present
Founder (acquired by Argon Technologies) FollowUp.cc2007 - 2014
Product Owner, HubSpot Labs HubSpot2009 - 2010
Co-Founder Fafarazzi.com2005 - 2009
Founder MeshTennis.com2005 - 2009
Product Development Manager Arts Alliance Labs, Inc.2007 - 2007
IM Senior Analyst Johnson & Johnson2003 - 2007
Co-Founder Drillfield Design, LLC2000 - 2007
Virginia Tech B.S. Computer Science and Economics