NFX Fund III | 2017 VC Fund

NFX

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Status

ACTIVE

Global HQ

San Francisco, United States

Countries of investment

United States
Israel
United Kingdom

Investment stages

Pre-Seed
Seed

Industries

Marketplaces
Fintech
Artificial Intelligence
Biotech

About
NFX is a venture capital firm that specializes in pre-seed and seed-stage investments, founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. Their mission is to back founders building market-defining companies, with a primary focus on businesses that leverage network effects to create significant value and defensibility.

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Max check size: $3M
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Investment Thesis

NFX is a pre-seed and seed-stage venture firm with a core investment thesis centered on businesses with powerful network effects, which they believe is the best form of defensibility. Founded by experienced entrepreneurs, they invest across a broad range of sectors including marketplaces, fintech, gaming, proptech, and bio. Their unique approach combines capital with proprietary software, content, and a network of experts to provide founders with a distinct advantage in building and scaling their companies.

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Manager's Experience

The general partners are primarily experienced founder-operators, having built and scaled multiple successful technology companies. Key managers include the co-founder of Trulia (IPO, acquired for $3.5B by Zillow), the co-creator of Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency, and other serial entrepreneurs with significant exit experience. Their expertise is deeply rooted in building companies from the ground up, with a focus on network effects, which is central to the firm's investment thesis.