Next Frontier Capital

Next Frontier Capital is a private equity firm based in Bozeman, Montana, established in 2015. The firm focuses on early-stage investments in various sectors, including biotechnology, clean technology, healthcare, and technology. Through its venture capital funds, such as Next Frontier Venture Fund II and Fund III, the firm primarily targets companies in the Mountain region of the United States. Next Frontier Capital partners with mission-driven entrepreneurs to build innovative technology companies, with a particular emphasis on sectors like artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile applications, and software-as-a-service.

Les Craig

General Partner

Katie Ellig

Associate

Richard Harjes

Co-Founder & General Partner

Scott Holton

CFO

Franz Kofler

Senior Associate

Garrett Leach

Partner

William Price

Co-Founder & General Partner

Kirsten Suddath

General Partner

Latham Turner

Operating Partner

Past deals in Colorado

Optera

Seed Round in 2022
Optera is the ESG software platform used by many of the world's most established and ambitious corporate sustainability programs. Optera blends a complete emissions platform (scope 1, 2, and 3) with expert in-house practitioners to provide customers with a comprehensive solution to even the most complex carbon accounting challenges. From a first-time inventory and complete scope 3 accounting to science-based targets and achieving net-zero, the Optera platform supports companies at any stage of their ESG journey. Optera also goes beyond internal management and connects our clients with their suppliers, portfolio companies, or customers to enable meaningful action and engagement across their value chain. Companies of every size and industry use Optera from Dell and HPE to Grove Collaborative and William-Sonoma. Our expert team collaborates with leading NGOs such as BSR, CDP, and the World Economic Forum to advance corporate ESG practices globally.

Optera

Seed Round in 2022
Optera is the ESG software platform used by many of the world's most established and ambitious corporate sustainability programs. Optera blends a complete emissions platform (scope 1, 2, and 3) with expert in-house practitioners to provide customers with a comprehensive solution to even the most complex carbon accounting challenges. From a first-time inventory and complete scope 3 accounting to science-based targets and achieving net-zero, the Optera platform supports companies at any stage of their ESG journey. Optera also goes beyond internal management and connects our clients with their suppliers, portfolio companies, or customers to enable meaningful action and engagement across their value chain. Companies of every size and industry use Optera from Dell and HPE to Grove Collaborative and William-Sonoma. Our expert team collaborates with leading NGOs such as BSR, CDP, and the World Economic Forum to advance corporate ESG practices globally.

Tetra Insights

Series A in 2021
Tetra Insights builds technology that maximizes the value of qualitative data. Our platform empowers leading organizations by putting insights directly from customers in front of decision makers. Using our software, researchers generate insights faster and more effectively thanks to our automation and workflow tools. We handle the heavy lifting of transcribing, tagging, and annotating audiovisual recordings so researchers can focus on analysis. Raw qualitative data is transformed into a research library where users can intuitively browse and search across video & audio recordings, tags, annotations, and metadata. Empathy for users and customers helps companies build better products with sustainable success. We’re transforming decision-making by amplifying the reach of recorded customer interactions.

Gondola

Seed Round in 2021
Demoflow Inc. designs and develops sales presentation and demo collaborative platform that helps to streamline preparation, presentation, follow-up, and documentation for sale teams. The platform provides services, such as live URL slides integration, asset management, automated follow-up, and presentation analytics. Demoflow Inc. serves leadership, sale engineers, and account executives. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

Gondola

Seed Round in 2020
Demoflow Inc. designs and develops sales presentation and demo collaborative platform that helps to streamline preparation, presentation, follow-up, and documentation for sale teams. The platform provides services, such as live URL slides integration, asset management, automated follow-up, and presentation analytics. Demoflow Inc. serves leadership, sale engineers, and account executives. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

Bonusly

Series A in 2020
Bonusly is an internet company that provides a web platform for companies to reward and motivate employees by using peer-to-peer bonuses. Bonusly helps celebrate everyday contributions and key milestones, automate time-consuming HR admin processes, incentivize participation in company initiatives, and offer digital rewards their employees will love. With its efficient, effective, and enjoyable recognition and rewards solution, they can help people feel a greater sense of alignment and purpose, understand what it means to embody company core values, and see how contributions of all kinds support your mission. In turn, the customer can pull actionable data about employee experience from powerful people analytics tools. Bonusly delivers unique insights on individual, team, and company levels so you can make strategic decisions about culture, professional development, performance management, and retention.

OptioSurgical

Venture Round in 2019
At OptioSurgical, we believe that the only way to reduce healthcare costs is to be bold, creative, and disruptive. At our core, we believe that healthcare professionals should have visibility into vendor equivalencies. Transparency creates options. Options drive intelligent decisions.

Halp

Seed Round in 2019
Halp is a company that specializes in integrating ticketing systems with Slack, catering specifically to modern IT teams. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Halp offers a unique conversational platform tailored for internal ticketing processes. This innovative solution allows users to assign, prioritize, and respond to requests directly within Slack, streamlining communication and enhancing efficiency. By focusing on user experience, Halp aims to increase employee happiness and productivity, making it easier for teams to engage with coworkers and address customer support needs effectively.

Alpin

Seed Round in 2018
Alpin, Inc. develops a cloud identity management platform that allows users and companies to find and manage their cloud software. It also enables the users to discover cloud software, manage costs and renewals, security and compliance, and automates workflow. Alpin, Inc. was formerly known as Logrr, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Boulder, Colorado. As of October 25, 2019, Alpin, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Coreview.

Section

Series A in 2018
Section is a technology company that provides an advanced content delivery platform, enabling engineers to efficiently manage and deliver workloads from any location. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, with additional offices in Sydney, Australia, Section specializes in edge computing solutions underpinned by modern DevOps principles. Its platform supports a variety of functionalities, including a web application firewall for security, an HTTP accelerator to enhance performance, and a flexible ecommerce solution. Section's architecture is container-based, utilizing Docker and Kubernetes, allowing for extensive customization and deployment of edge compute modules. The company operates independently of hosting providers, catering to diverse deployment environments, including cloud and on-premise solutions. Section has garnered backing from notable venture capital firms and employs a diverse team skilled in engineering, marketing, and product development.

IronCore Labs

Seed Round in 2018
IronCore Labs, Inc. designs and develops encryption software. The software offers integration, control, privacy, and compliance. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.

IronCore Labs

Seed Round in 2017
IronCore Labs, Inc. designs and develops encryption software. The software offers integration, control, privacy, and compliance. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.