Helping hardware startups grow
Our Mission
We provide hands-on technical and business consulting services to hard-tech entrepreneurs in the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions since 2016. In addition to access to state‐of‐the‐art equipment, software, and training, NextFab Ventures provides startups with seed capital, introductions to investors, contract manufacturers, and advisors.
Our Team
We are an experienced team of investors, entrepreneurs, and engineers focused on working with hard-tech startups and helping them close their first financing rounds
Dr. Evan Malone
CEO
Todor Raykov
Managing Director
Matt Bell
Head of Product Development
(Technical Advisor)
Brett Byer
Senior IoT Hardware Engineer
(Technical Advisor)
Nick Gallagher
Industrial Designer, Fabricator
(Technical Advisor)
Alex Numann
Lead Mechanical Engineer
(Technical Advisor)
Ruth Schanbacher
Matt Starfield
Senior Electrical Engineer
(Technical Advisor)
Advisors
Dr. Brandi Baldwin
Advisor
Jonathan Knauer
Advisor
David Wargo
Advisor
Ben Williams
Advisor