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NextLadder Ventures
NextLadder Ventures invests in transformative technologies so more Americans can reclaim their path to progress.
About NextLadder Ventures
NextLadder Ventures is a fund investing in personalized, AI-powered solutions designed to help Americans reclaim their path to progress. Today, more than 90 million Americans live in households where it is a daily struggle to meet basic needs, and only 50% of children born in the U.S. will grow up to earn more than their parents. We’re partnering with innovators across sectors to deliver support services that help families across the country climb the economic ladder on their own terms. Backed by more than $1 billion in capital, NextLadder Ventures accelerates the design, development, and deployment of “Navigation Technology” (NavTech) tools that help families navigate the benefits, legal, and financial systems that have a decisive impact on their economic futures. This growing category of digital services includes tools that help families apply for available benefits and programs, access personalized financial advice and legal aid, and manage setbacks like job loss or facing an eviction notice, while freeing social workers to spend more time on people and less time on paperwork. We provide flexible, risk-tolerant capital and grants to entrepreneurs building these transformative tools today, while creating a pipeline of tech, talent, and capital for the long run. We have a generational opportunity to put Americans back in control of their economic futures. NextLadder Ventures has a distributed team across the United States. Join us at nextladder.com.
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People
NextLadder Ventures co-founder and Chief Strategy & Operations Officer Rhett Dornbach-Bender grew up in a small town in the Mojave Desert.
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Products & Services
NextLadder Ventures built ACE, a phone-based AI mock interview coach, to give formerly incarcerated jobseekers the ability to practice for job interviews.
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People
NextLadder Ventures employed Maya Welch and Ankita Ghoshal as fellows in the AI for Social Impact Summer Fellowship program created alongside The Bike Shop and Anthropic to build an evaluation system for the ACE AI mock interview coach.
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Partnerships
NextLadder Ventures supported the inaugural AI for Social Impact Fellowship in partnership with The Bike Shop and Anthropic, with eight graduate students splitting into four teams to build new NavTech solutions.
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Partnerships
NextLadder Ventures announced that OpenAI will begin offering tools to NextLadder’s portfolio companies, including API credits, Codex, and ChatGPT for Business.
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People
NextLadder Ventures is hiring a VP of Finance and Operations to build the financial and governance backbone of the fund.
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