WE INVEST IN AND ACCELERATE
CLIMATE TECH STARTUPS AT STAGE OF
INVESTIAMO E ACCELERIAMOÂ
CLIMATE TECH STARTUPS NELLE FASI
The transition to a more sustainable world has never been closer and it takes more than money to transform a great idea into a world-changing business. At NextSTEP we help founders with SMART MONEY (money + competences + network).


NextSTEP
The transition to a more sustainable world has never been more necessary.
NextSTEP (NextEnergy Sustainable Technology for the Planet) is an investment initiative by NextEnergy Group, dedicated to the capitalization and growth of innovative startups in the field of environmental sustainability. NextSTEP also benefits from the participation of Professor Carlo Bagnoli of Ca ‘Foscari University of Venice – a full professor of Strategic Innovation and scientific director of VeniSIA – as well as Claudio Colombo – the Accelerator Program Director of VeniSIA – and Strategy Innovation Srl – a University spin-off that deals with business model innovation.
At NextSTEP we support startups with SMART CAPITAL (funding + expertise + networks). We provide capital to founders and assist them in identifying a market fit, developing a scalable product, building the best team and scaling their business.
What we do

Investment
We invest early in the next top Climate Tech businesses. We know that every business has different needs, so we get involved in the early stages and provide fair, flexible equity funding options.

Accelerator
We accelerate the funded startups through a seven-month Acceleration Program that covers Communication, Product, Marketing & Sales, Team & Talent. We don’t accelerate in batch, we create one-to-one tailor-made programs for our funded startups.

Startup studio
From ideas to successful companies. Through NextSTEP Startup Studio we create companies and startups with the aim to solve the biggest sustainability challenges. Our method works in four phases: Ideation, Discovery, Validation and Launch.
NextStep invests and accelerates Climate Tech Startups

Our Team

CLAUDIO COLOMBO
Managing Director and Member of the Investment Committee

ALDO BEOLCHINI
Member of the Investment Committee

DAVIDE NIELSEN
Investment Director

CLAUDIA ABELLI
Communication & Marketing Manager

MICHELE CATANZARO
Head of Legal

DARIO RJEILI
Investor & Program Director
Claudio Colombo
of the Investment Committee
Aldo Beolchini
Member of the Investment Committee
Davide Nielsen
Investment Director
Claudia Abelli
Communication & Marketing Manager
Michele Catanzaro
Head of Legal
Dario Rjeili
Investor & Program Director