Nextstage Capital

NextStage Capital, founded in 2003 and based in Audubon, Pennsylvania, focused on identifying and nurturing early-stage investment opportunities in the Mid-Atlantic region, particularly in technology software, hardware, and services. The company aimed to partner with talented entrepreneurs who possessed validated technology offerings, helping them to build significant company value. With partners who collectively invested over $175 million in early-stage capital, NextStage Capital brought a wealth of experience from numerous successful exits and challenging situations. Emphasizing the importance of talent acquisition, the firm integrated recruiting into its venture model, assisting portfolio companies in securing experienced executives to enhance their management teams. Through a partnership with TWC Group, a human capital firm, NextStage Capital provided valuable recruiting services to ensure that founders had the right people in place at critical moments. The company's commitment extended beyond capital investment to include strategic support and operational expertise, enabling entrepreneurs to focus on their core competencies while driving growth for their companies.

Dan McKinney

Co-Founder and Partner

Terry Williams

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

25 past transactions

Sidecar

Series B in 2015
Sidecar Interactive, Inc. is an e-commerce technology company that specializes in providing software solutions for retailers to enhance their online marketing efforts. The company's primary offering is the Sidecar Predictive Bid Engine, which optimizes advertising bids for intelligent product groupings based on real-time data analysis. This system ensures that products receive appropriate bids to maximize visibility and return on advertising spend, while also allowing high-performing products to be managed individually. Additionally, Sidecar's solutions include dynamic product advertisements on social media platforms, enabling retailers to showcase their entire product catalogs effectively. By leveraging machine learning and extensive data analytics, Sidecar assists online retailers in managing their product listing advertisement campaigns, ultimately improving business performance and efficiency. Founded in 2007 and based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sidecar was previously known as Snipi, Inc. until its name change in 2011.

Agilence

Venture Round in 2015
Agilence, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based reporting solutions tailored for the retail, restaurant, and pharmacy sectors. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, the company specializes in intelligent data analytics through its flagship products, 20/20 Data Analytics and 20/20 Rx. These solutions help organizations collect and summarize data to identify anomalies and trends, enhancing visibility into daily operations and enabling the detection and reduction of fraud and operational inefficiencies. Agilence aims to empower clients to make informed decisions quickly, ultimately improving profit margins across their enterprises. The company has established strategic partnerships with organizations such as The Zellman Group and Heartland Commerce.

Agilence

Series C in 2014
Agilence, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based reporting solutions tailored for the retail, restaurant, and pharmacy sectors. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, the company specializes in intelligent data analytics through its flagship products, 20/20 Data Analytics and 20/20 Rx. These solutions help organizations collect and summarize data to identify anomalies and trends, enhancing visibility into daily operations and enabling the detection and reduction of fraud and operational inefficiencies. Agilence aims to empower clients to make informed decisions quickly, ultimately improving profit margins across their enterprises. The company has established strategic partnerships with organizations such as The Zellman Group and Heartland Commerce.

Sidecar

Series A in 2014
Sidecar Interactive, Inc. is an e-commerce technology company that specializes in providing software solutions for retailers to enhance their online marketing efforts. The company's primary offering is the Sidecar Predictive Bid Engine, which optimizes advertising bids for intelligent product groupings based on real-time data analysis. This system ensures that products receive appropriate bids to maximize visibility and return on advertising spend, while also allowing high-performing products to be managed individually. Additionally, Sidecar's solutions include dynamic product advertisements on social media platforms, enabling retailers to showcase their entire product catalogs effectively. By leveraging machine learning and extensive data analytics, Sidecar assists online retailers in managing their product listing advertisement campaigns, ultimately improving business performance and efficiency. Founded in 2007 and based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sidecar was previously known as Snipi, Inc. until its name change in 2011.

Ticketleap

Debt Financing in 2013
TicketLeap, Inc. is an online event ticket selling and registration service founded in 2003 and based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company offers a self-service ticketing platform that enables event organizers to sell tickets for a variety of events, including art fairs, concerts, festivals, and theater productions. TicketLeap provides users with branded event pages, built-in management tools, promotional features, and flexible ticketing options, allowing for quick and efficient event setup. The platform is designed to enhance community engagement and streamline the ticketing process, making it a preferred choice for event creators both in the United States and internationally.

Sidecar

Series A in 2012
Sidecar Interactive, Inc. is an e-commerce technology company that specializes in providing software solutions for retailers to enhance their online marketing efforts. The company's primary offering is the Sidecar Predictive Bid Engine, which optimizes advertising bids for intelligent product groupings based on real-time data analysis. This system ensures that products receive appropriate bids to maximize visibility and return on advertising spend, while also allowing high-performing products to be managed individually. Additionally, Sidecar's solutions include dynamic product advertisements on social media platforms, enabling retailers to showcase their entire product catalogs effectively. By leveraging machine learning and extensive data analytics, Sidecar assists online retailers in managing their product listing advertisement campaigns, ultimately improving business performance and efficiency. Founded in 2007 and based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sidecar was previously known as Snipi, Inc. until its name change in 2011.

Lumesis

Series A in 2012
Lumesis, Inc. is a financial technology company based in Stamford, Connecticut, specializing in Software-as-a-Service solutions for the municipal marketplace. Founded in 2010, the company operates under the DIVER brand, providing a range of regulatory and data solutions tailored to the needs of U.S. banks, broker/dealers, asset managers, insurance companies, hedge funds, and other financial professionals. Its flagship product, DIVER Analytics, offers access to extensive datasets and analytical tools to address challenges such as stale financials and fiscal uncertainty. Additionally, DIVER Advisor supports clients in meeting regulatory requirements related to time-of-trade disclosure and portfolio management. Lumesis also provides DIVER Data Services, which streamlines data aggregation and delivery, allowing clients to access customized datasets efficiently. Through these solutions, Lumesis aims to enhance business efficiency and decision-making within the municipal bond market.

Ticketleap

Debt Financing in 2012
TicketLeap, Inc. is an online event ticket selling and registration service founded in 2003 and based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company offers a self-service ticketing platform that enables event organizers to sell tickets for a variety of events, including art fairs, concerts, festivals, and theater productions. TicketLeap provides users with branded event pages, built-in management tools, promotional features, and flexible ticketing options, allowing for quick and efficient event setup. The platform is designed to enhance community engagement and streamline the ticketing process, making it a preferred choice for event creators both in the United States and internationally.

Sidecar

Series A in 2011
Sidecar Interactive, Inc. is an e-commerce technology company that specializes in providing software solutions for retailers to enhance their online marketing efforts. The company's primary offering is the Sidecar Predictive Bid Engine, which optimizes advertising bids for intelligent product groupings based on real-time data analysis. This system ensures that products receive appropriate bids to maximize visibility and return on advertising spend, while also allowing high-performing products to be managed individually. Additionally, Sidecar's solutions include dynamic product advertisements on social media platforms, enabling retailers to showcase their entire product catalogs effectively. By leveraging machine learning and extensive data analytics, Sidecar assists online retailers in managing their product listing advertisement campaigns, ultimately improving business performance and efficiency. Founded in 2007 and based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sidecar was previously known as Snipi, Inc. until its name change in 2011.

Ticketleap

Debt Financing in 2011
TicketLeap, Inc. is an online event ticket selling and registration service founded in 2003 and based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company offers a self-service ticketing platform that enables event organizers to sell tickets for a variety of events, including art fairs, concerts, festivals, and theater productions. TicketLeap provides users with branded event pages, built-in management tools, promotional features, and flexible ticketing options, allowing for quick and efficient event setup. The platform is designed to enhance community engagement and streamline the ticketing process, making it a preferred choice for event creators both in the United States and internationally.

CipherOptics

Venture Round in 2011
CipherOptics, Inc. provides data security and network encryption, and compliance grade data protection solutions to security enterprises, financial institutions, health care, and government agencies. The company offers CipherEngine, which delivers network-wide encryption to customers by providing an approach to security policy and encryption key management; CipherView, which is a security gateway management application that provides security administrators with a device management tool; SoftRemoteLT, which offers features to remote access users connecting to the corporate VPN; and CipherEngine Enforcement Point family of encryptors that are encryption appliances designed for the carrier Ethernet and MPLS markets. The company also offers MPLS security, metro Ethernet security, disaster recovery and data replication security, and network application security services. The company has strategic partnerships with EMC Corporation, IBM, Intel, and Raza Microelectronics, Inc. CipherOptics, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Ticketleap

Debt Financing in 2010
TicketLeap, Inc. is an online event ticket selling and registration service founded in 2003 and based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company offers a self-service ticketing platform that enables event organizers to sell tickets for a variety of events, including art fairs, concerts, festivals, and theater productions. TicketLeap provides users with branded event pages, built-in management tools, promotional features, and flexible ticketing options, allowing for quick and efficient event setup. The platform is designed to enhance community engagement and streamline the ticketing process, making it a preferred choice for event creators both in the United States and internationally.

KXEN

Series D in 2010
KXEN, Inc. is a data mining automation company that specializes in business analytics software tailored for customer lifecycle analytics, supply chain analytics, and business intelligence. The company offers a range of software packages that facilitate various data manipulations, including classification, regression, and segmentation, as well as single-purpose analysis applications for forecasting and market basket analysis. KXEN's Analytic Framework integrates multiple components to provide comprehensive data mining automation solutions. In addition to its software offerings, KXEN provides technical support services, education programs, and consulting services to assist clients in utilizing their products effectively. The company primarily serves clients in the financial services, telecommunications, and retail sectors and distributes its products through systems integrators, software vendors, and original equipment manufacturers globally. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in San Francisco, KXEN has additional offices in Canada, the United Kingdom, and France, and maintains strategic partnerships with major technology firms.

Agilence

Series B in 2009
Agilence, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based reporting solutions tailored for the retail, restaurant, and pharmacy sectors. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, the company specializes in intelligent data analytics through its flagship products, 20/20 Data Analytics and 20/20 Rx. These solutions help organizations collect and summarize data to identify anomalies and trends, enhancing visibility into daily operations and enabling the detection and reduction of fraud and operational inefficiencies. Agilence aims to empower clients to make informed decisions quickly, ultimately improving profit margins across their enterprises. The company has established strategic partnerships with organizations such as The Zellman Group and Heartland Commerce.

Ticketleap

Venture Round in 2009
TicketLeap, Inc. is an online event ticket selling and registration service founded in 2003 and based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company offers a self-service ticketing platform that enables event organizers to sell tickets for a variety of events, including art fairs, concerts, festivals, and theater productions. TicketLeap provides users with branded event pages, built-in management tools, promotional features, and flexible ticketing options, allowing for quick and efficient event setup. The platform is designed to enhance community engagement and streamline the ticketing process, making it a preferred choice for event creators both in the United States and internationally.

Magnify.net

Venture Round in 2009
Magnify Net provides cloud-based video content sorting solutions. The Company enables websites to curate, upload, aggregate, and sort video content by relevance and context for their users. Magnify Networks employs search engine optimization and marketing techniques to monetize video content and place ads relevant to individual consumers.

AnySource Media

Series A in 2009
AnySource Media, founded in 2006, is an innovative technology company that specializes in enabling consumer electronics manufacturers to integrate Internet-delivered video into their devices. The company's flagship product, the Internet Video Navigator (IVN), serves as a comprehensive platform for silicon companies and HDTV manufacturers worldwide. This platform includes embedded software within televisions, providing access to a wide array of branded and user-generated video content through a direct Internet connection. The IVN also features a targeted advertising and user management system, managed from the IVN data center, which aggregates content from various providers to enhance the user experience. By normalizing content data, AnySource Media ensures a straightforward navigation interface for users, allowing seamless access to video content and advertisements tailored to individual preferences.

Waywire

Venture Round in 2008
WayWire, Inc., established in 2006 and headquartered in New York, operates an online video curation platform. It specializes in filtering, organizing, and delivering video content tailored to online publishers, non-profits, communities, and ad networks. The platform offers video discovery, a customizable video player, encoding services, and CDN delivery. WayWire also provides monetization tools, analytics, and embeddable players, along with a video curation portal, channels.waywire.com. It aims to facilitate informed discussions and debates by offering a mix of original, syndicated, and community-created video content.

Agilence

Series B in 2008
Agilence, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based reporting solutions tailored for the retail, restaurant, and pharmacy sectors. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, the company specializes in intelligent data analytics through its flagship products, 20/20 Data Analytics and 20/20 Rx. These solutions help organizations collect and summarize data to identify anomalies and trends, enhancing visibility into daily operations and enabling the detection and reduction of fraud and operational inefficiencies. Agilence aims to empower clients to make informed decisions quickly, ultimately improving profit margins across their enterprises. The company has established strategic partnerships with organizations such as The Zellman Group and Heartland Commerce.

Evident Software

Series A in 2008
Evident Software's IT Service Intelligence platform helps drive IT value. Our software makes IT usage, costs and their business drivers evident, so our clients can manage IT as an investment. Evident's global reach and patented technology is helping some of the world's largest organizations, including IBM, Fidelity Investments, and British Telecommunications, measure and communicate the business value of IT.

Magnify.net

Series A in 2008
Magnify Net provides cloud-based video content sorting solutions. The Company enables websites to curate, upload, aggregate, and sort video content by relevance and context for their users. Magnify Networks employs search engine optimization and marketing techniques to monetize video content and place ads relevant to individual consumers.

Waywire

Series A in 2008
WayWire, Inc., established in 2006 and headquartered in New York, operates an online video curation platform. It specializes in filtering, organizing, and delivering video content tailored to online publishers, non-profits, communities, and ad networks. The platform offers video discovery, a customizable video player, encoding services, and CDN delivery. WayWire also provides monetization tools, analytics, and embeddable players, along with a video curation portal, channels.waywire.com. It aims to facilitate informed discussions and debates by offering a mix of original, syndicated, and community-created video content.

Waywire

Series A in 2007
WayWire, Inc., established in 2006 and headquartered in New York, operates an online video curation platform. It specializes in filtering, organizing, and delivering video content tailored to online publishers, non-profits, communities, and ad networks. The platform offers video discovery, a customizable video player, encoding services, and CDN delivery. WayWire also provides monetization tools, analytics, and embeddable players, along with a video curation portal, channels.waywire.com. It aims to facilitate informed discussions and debates by offering a mix of original, syndicated, and community-created video content.

Agilence

Series A in 2007
Agilence, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based reporting solutions tailored for the retail, restaurant, and pharmacy sectors. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, the company specializes in intelligent data analytics through its flagship products, 20/20 Data Analytics and 20/20 Rx. These solutions help organizations collect and summarize data to identify anomalies and trends, enhancing visibility into daily operations and enabling the detection and reduction of fraud and operational inefficiencies. Agilence aims to empower clients to make informed decisions quickly, ultimately improving profit margins across their enterprises. The company has established strategic partnerships with organizations such as The Zellman Group and Heartland Commerce.

HardMetrics

Series A in 2006
HardMetrics Inc. provides on-demand enterprise business analytics and reporting solutions for call centre driven businesses. The company specializes in optimizing sales, service, and operations by transforming enterprise data into actionable information for effective measurement and precise decision making.
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