Co-Founder and Managing Director
Next Coast VenturesCheck size: The firm does not publish a person-specific check-size range on its current official website.
Mike Smerklo is part of Next Coast Ventures's current team. No narrower person-specific investment mandate is published, so this profile uses the firm's official strategy: Partner with emerging companies at a hyper-growth inflection point where operating experience, talent, and networks can materially accelerate the business.
The firm publicly emphasizes partner with emerging companies at a hyper-growth inflection point where operating experience, talent, and networks can materially accelerate the business.
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Mike Smerklo is Co-Founder and Managing Director at Next Coast Ventures, according to the firm's current official roster. To avoid mistaken identity, no unsupported prior employment, education, or portfolio attribution has been inferred.