Bespoke Hybrid Accelerator-Venture Studio

An individualized, strategic, and hands-on hybrid startup accelerator-venture studio focused on accelerating transformative, pre-launch emerging technology startups.

What is NextUp Pre-Launch?

NextUp Pre-Launch is the first and only hybrid startup accelerator-venture studio, helping transformative startups that aim to advance industries and technologies in AI, Future of Work (FoW), Consumer, Sustainability, and Emerging Technology Infrastructure go to market and investing in the most promising ones after they launch.

We help upcelerate and invest in game-changing emerging technology startups through our NextUp approach: the radically different way in which we accelerate centered around providing strategic advice and deep expertise in startup and growth strategy, product development, marketing, raising capital, and operations directly from our leadership team of serial entrepreneurs and venture capital fund managers through a novel individualized, strategic, and hands-on style in order to speedily take ventures to the next level.

~$300M
Portfolio Company Value
5x
Average Revenue Growth Within 6 Months of Joining
500%
Average Valuation Increase Within 6 Months of Joining
90%+
Portfolio Companies Launched > 25% Ahead of Schedule

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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Experienced team.
Hundreds of millions raised. 20+ exits/IPOs

Our team of operators, investors, and advisors across every age bracket have over a century of combined experience in scaling startups in a variety of leadership and advisory roles, helping raise/invest hundreds of millions of dollars with a 10x+ return on investment and successfully growing or exiting over 20 companies as founders or VC’s.

Our team will help bring your startup to the next level and get ready to raise capital through individualized strategic advice and hands-on services over a flexible time period, plug you into our large community of LvlUp NextUp startups and Portfolio Companies, and offer you up to $500,000 of perks.

Individualized approach.
Bringing your venture to the next level.

Every company is different. We believe that the traditional startup accelerator model doesn’t work nearly as well as it can, because of the non-customized, funnel-like approach that it employs. We’re transforming the way that startups grow by providing an individualized, strategic, hands-on, and cohortless (the opportunity to grow is now open 24/7/365) approach to bringing your startup to market and raising capital.

We invest.
And Provide further value in more ways than one.

We consider investing in the most promising ventures which take part in NextUp, writing checks of up to $125,000 in a limited number of companies following program completion and aiming to bring value throughout the entire startup journey through our mentorship and connections. Following the scale, startups can pitch to LvlUp in a community day consisting of our fund team, PortCo’s, entrepreneurs, and others in the startup ecosystem with the goal of getting a pre-seed or seed investment.

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. 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. 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.

$150M

We Helped Raise

$750k

In Sponsored Perks

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

Focus Verticals

350+

Industry-Leading Community Members

5-10%

Month-over-Month Growth
PARTNERS
And more...

Next Level Community:
NextUp Reach & Partnerships


At NextUp we have deep relationships with some of the world's leading enterprises through our sponsorship program and community.

When a startup becomes a part of NextUp, we are able to make personalized introductions between them and members of our ecosystem.

    The NextUp Approach

    Our upceleration methodology delivers strategic advisory, impactful services, exclusive mentorship, access to LvlUp's unparalleled community, and the opportunity to radically improve your fundraise.

    Our team of experienced VC's and entrepreneurs, personally guiding you to growth

    Receive guidance from our team who have founded and helped grow companies to a combined billions of dollars in market capitalization, accelerated over 200 companies, and invested in over 1,000 early-stage startups. Work with us on a bi-weekly or greater basis with the goal of leveraging growth opportunities, avoiding hundreds of mistakes that we have seen and learned from, and accelerate your fundraising.

    Plug into LvlUp Ventures' Community of 1500+ entrepreneurs, influencers, PortCo's, and partners

    Leverage the power of LvlUp Ventures' powerful community and synergies with other PortCo's which have led to achievements such as transformative partnerships with companies like Microsoft to be displayed on every Bing search and Lockerverse to access a reach of millions of people.

    Interface with our ecosystem of VC's, family offices, and angel investors

    Get connected to hundreds of investment firms and investors in LvlUp's ecosystem.

    Connect with hand-picked Mentors who are industry experts

    Receive expert advice from seasoned mentors on a bi-weekly basis to develop growth strategies, test ideas, and scale more sustainably.

    Access up to $500,000 in perks

    Cut your burn by as much as 80% through our dozens of high-quality perks from some of the best service providers from AWS to Nelson Mullins.

    Accelerator-Venture Studio Structure

    We work with a few dozen companies per year. They love the results.

    Equity

    When we select a pre-launch startup for NextUp, we will help bring them to market and we share in their success with a 1-3% equity grant.

    Duration

    NextUp is flexible in length, depending on a startup’s needs. It can be 12-Weeks, 8 months, or anything in between, all based on a customized, adjustable plan. We’re goal-oriented, not prediction-oriented.

    Benefits

    LvlUp doesn’t take a weekly schedule approach to helping startups launch. Rather, it provides Strategy, GTM Strategy, Product Development, Product Management, Marketing, and fundraising expertise and strategic advice in an intentional, sequential order, providing one service at a time until the startup is ready for the next stage of development. We will work with you to help you develop a GTM and/or growth strategy and raise capital starting at any point at which your startup is ready during your time in NextUp or after.

    Bringing NextUp's Resources To Your Startup

    With our highly-selective acceptance approach, you will receive our dedicated guidance, hands-on support, and perks as one of only a few dozen startups in our portfolio at a time.

    • - Receive weekly, bi-weekly, or more personalized guidance on just about everything you need to go to market from our Team of founders and investors with 20+ Exits/IPO's
      - Craft or refine a GTM strategy meant to increase the success of your venture and size of your next round
      - Be introduced to NextUp's network of thousands of connections
      - Navigate fundraising strategy and execution with strategic advice and support including our game-changing fundraising tool partnerships and implementation assistance
      - Refine your Pitch Deck with our team that has raised over $150M
      - Craft Investor, Customer, And Partner Pitches
      - Get Our VC Group's Data Room Audit
      - Plug into our portfolio of high-growth startups and find synergies to grow faster
      - Receive mentorship from members of NextUp's exclusive Mentor Circle of industry leaders
      And more...

    NextUp Portfolio

    Bring your venture to the next level.

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