Nextwave X Partners · Built on Industry Capital

01What is NXP

An innovation company built for what’s next.

A defined category invites defined capital. Industry capital (venture capital from operators, corporate treasuries, and industry insiders) is roughly half the investable capital in private markets, yet it has historically lacked vehicles built for it. NXP is purpose-built for this category.

This makes us part fund of funds, but we build the GPs. Part innovation advisors, turning our exhaust into insight for industry leaders. Part company builders, where the gaps are ours to fill directly. All of this is for industry, by industry.

Invest

in the future

Direct investments in the founders shaping the next decade, across the themes.

Advise

on what’s next

Thematic consulting, venture strategy, and AI resilience for corporates, families, and institutions.

Build

for what matters

When we go deep enough that nothing else fits, we form. More soon.

We’ve had the good fortune to work across the full innovation system with a myriad of incredible companies.

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02The Capital Continuum

Where industry capital anchors.

Three discrete capital styles, lightly overlapping where collaboration happens. Industry capital sits in the middle, a position from which both flanks can be syndicated.

Mission · Catalytic

Impact Investors

Foundations and non-dilutive government capital. Patient, but without commercial discipline.

NXP plays here

Industry Capital

Proper VC, backed by industry. Strategic, anchored, and able to convene both flanks.

Pure Return · Power Law

Institutional Venture

Tier-one thesis-driven funds and emerging managers. Scales downstream, but far from the sector.

03The Edge · Expert-Led

Expert-Led. By Design.

We partner with domain experts who bring contrarian views and non-traditional experience. Each anchors a domain; together they cover the surface area of the platform.

The Farmer

Ag & Food

Soil, supply, and the grower economics that determine whether the regenerative thesis pencils.

The Cancer Researcher

Health & Bio

Oncology and translational science. The spine of the 1:8 thesis.

The Obesity Clinician

Health & Wellness

GLP-1 and metabolic health, where pharmacotherapy meets nutrient density.

The Food Operators

QSR · Retail · CPG

Operators whose sourcing networks reach the farm, turning supply credibility into commercial reality.

The Growth Guru

Venture Growth

Stage transitions and the operational work of taking portfolios from interesting to durable.

The AI Wonk

Artificial Intelligence

Cross-cutting AI capability. The horizontal running through every pillar.

Who we partner with

Three kinds of capital fuel the platform. Each brings a different perspective, a different time horizon, and a different reason to be at the table.

Founders

Builders & Visionaries

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Families

FOs · Multi-gen Capital

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Enterprises

Corporates · Industry LPs

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04The Founders’ Journey

A firm built on decades in every seat of the innovation game.

NXP is the platform the founders built after running innovation programs, transformation programs, and funds as operators, GPs, and LPs. Two industry-anchored, largely single-LP funds shaped the playbook. Cultivate Next is where the platform began putting it to work.

2014 · t.vc

$50M · SINGLE-LP · TECHNICOLOR

Theme: Enterprise applications & future of content.
Structure: Venture platform — direct, LP & incubation.
LP Positions: Greenspring Associates & Bullpen Capital.

DriverPaystand

ExitsKitCRM (Shopify) · Vessel (Marketo/Adobe) · Lightwell (Twitter) · Gainspeed (Nokia)

2020 · industrious.vc

$20M · SINGLE FAMILY OFFICE · INDUSTRIAL

Theme: Industrial refactoring → space.
Structure: Single family office — direct, LP & SPV.
LP Positions: FreeFlow, Top Tier Capital Partners & Manna Tree.

DriverStoke Space

ExitsBear Flag (John Deere) · Serve RoboticsNasdaq · Datum (Hadrian)

NXP FUND

2022 · cultivatenext.vc

$50M→$150M · SINGLE-LP · CHIPOTLE

Theme: Future of food, dirt to door.
Structure: Single-LP — direct & anchor LP.
LP Position: Grow Together.

DriversNitricity & IMIO

ExitVebu (Serve Robotics)

NXP FUND

2024 · growtogether.vc

MULTI-LP · FARMER CO-GP · FOOD & AG

Theme: Regenerative food & ag — grower-first.
Structure: Farmer co-GP & multi-LP — growers as LPs.
LP Position: Cultivate Next anchor.

StatusActive deployment

NXP FUND

2026 · 1in8.vc

MULTI-LP · ONCOLOGIST CO-GP · ONCOLOGY

Theme: Prostate cancer — therapeutics, devices & diagnostics.
Structure: Oncologist co-GP & multi-LP — KOLs & pharma as LPs.

StatusActive deployment

IN DEVELOPMENT

TBD · cxf.vc

CXF

MULTI-LP · CPG

Theme: CPG brands & infrastructure.
Structure: Multi-LP.

Coming 2026

The pattern the founders keep running: pick well early, ride hard, let the driver work. Paystand from a seed check. Stoke Space from a seed check. NXP is where that discipline gets a platform. Full performance shared with engaged LPs in conversation.