NextSTEP

WE INVEST IN AND ACCELERATE

CLIMATE TECH STARTUPS AT STAGE OF

INVESTIAMO E ACCELERIAMO

CLIMATE TECH STARTUPS NELLE FASI

idea

pre-seed

seed

early stage

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).

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The transition to a more sustainable world has never been more necessary.

NextSTEP (NextEnergy Sustainable Technology for the Planet) is a investment initiative by NextEnergy Group, dedicated to the capitalization and growth of innovative startups in the field of environmental sustainability. NextSTEP draws its advantage from the participation of Professor Carlo Bagnoli of Ca ‘Foscari University of Venice – full professor of Strategic Innovation and scientific director of VeniSIA – and Claudio Colombo – Accelerator Program Director of VeniSIA. It also benefits from a partnership with 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 with identifying a market fit, develop a scalable product, grow the best team and scale 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.