Lee Hower is the Co-Founder and Partner at NextView Ventures. See portfolio, sector focus and contact routes.
Lee Hower is the Co-Founder and Partner at NextView Ventures, an early-stage firm where he leverages his background as an entrepreneur who was an early employee at PayPal and a co-founder of LinkedIn before entering venture capital. His investment thesis centers on seed-stage companies redesigning the "Everyday Economy," with a specific focus on software, AI-enabled businesses, hardware, deeper tech, and fintech startups primarily in the United States. Hower has led investments in more than 30 seed-stage companies since 2010 and typically acts as a lead investor, providing strategic guidance and operational support to portfolio founders. Notable named portfolio companies include WHOOP, Seneca, Ultra Robotics, Grove Collaborative, Skillz, Upserve, and GrabCAD, several of which have been acquired or gone public. While specific check sizes are not explicitly detailed in the sources, NextView is characterized as a high-conviction, hands-on seed-stage firm that invests in founders building the future of the everyday economy. Hower has publicly discussed the critical importance of valuation at the seed stage and the dynamics of innovation cycles in interviews
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