At Next Shift Ventures we research, discover, diligence, invest, and support founders pushing the boundaries of large established industries including FinTech, Healthcare, and Industry 4.0. We are interested in software and hardware companies utilizing open source code, cloud, blockchain and data modeling to automate, augment, and personalize enterprise businesses and breakthrough B2C products. Our superpower is bringing deals to our network that will receive significant support from Tier I investors and benefit from the network effects and community support of our networks to accelerate their growth and product market fit.

Josh Rieders has invested in over 15 early-stage companies as an angel investor and business development advisor to early-stage startups. Before joining the startup community as a VC, he has sold over $1B financial instruments to C-Suite wealth managers while representing First Eagle Investment Management and Prudential Investments. Josh lead and grew sales teams at these firms and would advise financial advisors on portfolio construction, financial products, and best practices to close new business.

Jeremy Baksht has 20+ years of experience with global M&A / capital markets at Citi & JPMorgan and started or accelerated companies in FinTech: Estimize (ExtractAlpha) & Ace Portal (Beneficient Company Group). Jeremy has invested in 50+ companies in data analytics, SaaS, D2C, web3 and digital health. Jeremy also designed & launched the Bloomberg Alternative Data business.