A Track Record of Creating Industry Leaders

Since 2023, NextUp's line of individualized, strategic, and hands-on accelerators have helped scale 40+ game-changing emerging technology startups cumulatively raising over $100M — supported by the network and expertise of LvlUp Ventures and its entire value-add infrastructure.

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Your Unfair Advantage.

LvlUp Upcelerates 50 startups per year that we strongly believe in through our best-in-class NextUp approach: bespoke, strategic, and hands-on.

Our industry-leading team collaborates with you to create a tailored program built around:

Extended Team

Weekly pod meetings with your vertical (HealthTech, FinTech, Enterprise, Consumer, GovTech, etc.).

Each pod is boutique, allowing you to deeply collaborate with founders at the same stage as you & receive involved guidance from an industry expert on the LvlUp team who has gone from 0 to 100 in your space. Ask growth-oriented questions and discuss the most pressing topics for your startup & receive tangible guidance to unlock faster growth and fundraising.

Weekly function-specific pods (fundraising, GTM, and more) and “AMA” session with LvlUp’s Managing Partner, Aaron Golbin.

1-1 Meetings with the LvlUp team, on your schedule, to cover startup vision, go-to-market strategy review and enhancement, strategy, operations, and best practices.

Fundraising

Weekly office hours with investor partners managing $2.5B+ like Outlander VC, Geffen Ventures Family Office, Musa Capital and more.

Deep fundraising preparation and support – leverage the proprietary LvlUp fundraising outreach strategy after pitch deck, marketing materials, and data room refinement/review.

Exclusive databases and introductions to LvlUp portfolio companies’ investors, clients, and partners – our portfolio grows together.
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Scale

Exclusive corporate partnerships with groups like Google, Fidelity, L'Oreal, Samsung, SPIN Magazine, and many more for potential pilots, corporate venture capital funding, grants, and M&A opportunities.

LvlUp Ventures infrastructure, network, and reach. From massive social media exposure, to investor newsletter blasts, access to over $1M in perks to decrease burn, 5+ curated investor events across the United States every year, monthly portfolio get-together, from our newest additions to publicly traded titans, quarterly demo day with 50-100+ curated investors In attendance, bi-weekly Masterclass series with industry leaders & partners.

Haven't Launched Yet?

Apply to NextUp Pre-Launch, our bespoke accelerator that aims to help you go to market and raise capital better and faster through the unique NextUp approach.

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Already Launched?

Check out NextUp Scale, an accelerator that leverages our experienced team, expertise, and mentor circle to help scale your growing post-launch startup through our same individualized, strategic, and hands-on approach.

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Portfolio Highlights

$150M publicly traded Blockchain-As-A-Platform company. Clients include enterprises/brands like Kiton.

Leveraging Augmented Reality technology to drive revenue. Clients including LiveNation, Usher, Lady Gaga, Imagine Dragons, the NFL, Disney, Hulu, and more.‍

Studious leverages AI to create bite-sized training for professional exams like the CFA. Pilots with CohnReznick, University of Utah, and more.‍

First of its kind skincare made by female olympic athletes, for the everyday female athlete. Tlks with Pop-Up Grocer, 24 Hour Fitness, Ehrewon, & more.

Precision Men's Performance, powered by AI. Partnership wiht Hyrox & $20k MRR 3 Months After Launch.

Sharely empowers everyday investors to make a tangible difference in the world as they grow their wealth. Acceptance Into Bank of America Accelerator Post-NextUp.

Our Focus

We believe in all founders with a vision and high-potential solutions that utilize emerging technology to change the way people live and work for the better or provide the infrastructure for ventures to do so.

For the NextUp Pre-Launch Hybrid Accelerator-Venture Studio, we come in when these entrepreneurs have a Business Plan and Minimum Viable Product (MVP) but are yet to launch and raise their seed round.

For NextUp Scale, our post-launch bespoke accelerator, we work with a range of ventures from growing, early-stage startups to public companies that have launched. We act as an extension of your team by providing strategic advice and expertise to help you go-to-market and be well positioned to scale.

~$100M

Raised By Our PortCo's

$1M

In Sponsored Perks

FinTech, HealthTech, AI, Future of Work, Web3.0, Sustainability, SAAS, Enterprise Tech, Consumer, Entertainment Tech

Focus Verticals

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Global Presence And Expertise

NextUp is focused on upcelerating startups that are based in the United States, Canada, Israel, England, and France through our remote hybrid startup accelerator-venture studio and bespoke accelerator. Our team has deep expertise in the North American and Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Markets, enabling us to assist ventures in developing and refining their GTM and growth strategies with emphasis in these areas. Leveraging our extensive experience creating successful companies in the United States and presence of our headquarters and team in the nation, we deliver support to help non-American startups launch, expand to, or grow in the country.