About Next Century Ventures
Next Century Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2021. It is primarily based out of San Jose, United States. As of Jul 2022, Next Century Ventures has invested in 3 companies. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Auto Tech and Transportation and Logistics Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series C round of May Mobility A lot of funds co-invest with Next Century Ventures, with names like Sparks Asset Management sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Next Century Ventures has team of 3 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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Series A & Series C
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Next Century Ventures' List of All Investments
Next Century Ventures has a portfolio of 3 companies. Their most notable investmentis in ANRA TechnologiesTheir portfolio spans across United States and India. They have invested in High Tech, Auto Tech, Transportation and Logistics Tech and 5 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Series C stages. Here is the list of all investments by Next Century Ventures:1. May Mobility
Developer of autonomous vehicle technology using multi-policy decision-making artificial intelligence. It develops self-driving shuttles and robotaxis for shared, on-demand rides. The system uses real-time, reinforcement-learning algorithms that generate training examples relevant to the current environment. The technology amplifies the system’s ability to react to new situations and driving scenarios.
Key facts about May Mobility
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Ann Arbor (United States)
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $383M
- Employee Count: 369 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Toyota, Millennium Technology Value Partners and 40 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Mar 19, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Automotus
Provider of automated curb management solutions for cities, airports, and fleets. The company offers technology to automate data collection, invoicing, and enforcement related to curb usage. The technology attaches to existing infrastructure and captures relevant license plates for payment and enforcement purposes. The company’s solutions aim to reduce congestion and emissions, while increasing parking turnover.
Key facts about Automotus
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Camarillo (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $29.9M
- Employee Count: 23 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Weatherford Capital, E8 and 21 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Dec 19, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
ANRA Technologies provides a communication technology for drones. It builds hardware and software solutions to enable unmanned systems to fly at low altitudes to communicate more securely and beyond-line-of-sight. This improves both navigation and control of the drone, as well as delivery of live data to the ground station.
Key facts about ANRA Technologies
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Chantilly (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Employee Count: 51 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: TEDCO, SaaS Ventures and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Nov 01, 2022, $*****
Next Century Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Next Century Ventures has invested in 3 companies over the last 5 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in May Mobility.Next Century Ventures' Investments by Stage
Next Century Ventures has made 1 investment in Series A stage and 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $111M.Next Century Ventures' Investments by Sector
Next Century Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the High Tech, Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech, Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications, Auto Tech and Consumer. Notably, it has invested in 3 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 3 Software companies, 3 Tech companies and at least 2 companies focusing on AI-Native.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
High Tech | 2 |
Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech | 1 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 1 |
Auto Tech | 1 |
Consumer | 1 |
Others | 4 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Next Century Ventures' Investments by Geography
Next Century Ventures has made most investments in United States (2), followed by India where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 2 |
India | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Next Century Ventures' recent investments
Next Century Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Next Century Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jul 12, 2022 | United States | Series C | 5822 | ||
Dec 21, 2021 | United States | Series A | 1161 | - |
Team profile of Next Century Ventures
Next Century Ventures has a team of 3 members including 1 Partner and 1 Principal. Next Century Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Next Century Ventures
Over the past 5 years, 26 investors have co-invested in Next Century Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Next Century Ventures: Michigan Economic Development, Toyota Tsusho and 17 others have invested in rounds before Next Century Ventures. There is 1 company where Michigan Economic Development has invested before Next Century Ventures and 1 company where Toyota Tsusho has invested before Next Century Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Next Century Ventures: 3 investors entered a company along with Next Century Ventures. These include investors like Sparks Asset Management (1 company).
- Invested after Next Century Ventures: A total of 4 investors have invested in Next Century Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Tokyo Century (1 company), NTT (1 company) and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance (1 company).
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