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Lee Hower is a Co-Founder and Partner at NextView Ventures, a high-conviction, thematic seed-stage venture capital firm. NextView Ventures focuses on companies that use technology to drive innovation. Lee Hower’s career began as an early employee of PayPal, leading to co-founding LinkedIn and eventually transitioning into the investing side of the startup ecosystem. His previous investments include Multiply (acquired by Naspers) and FanIQ. Lee splits his time between Boston and San Francisco. NextView Ventures operates with an investment memo practice, structuring detailed documentation for decision-making. Geographically, NextView Ventures does not believe in a regional monopoly for unicorn potential. Lee Hower’s investments are known to range between $400K – $4M, and his partnership and collaboration styles are not explicitly described on the website.
Location: Boston, MA
Country: United States of America
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Investment Regions: EU, NA
Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed
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AI Reasoning: Signal (nfx) lists Lee Hower with a recorded investment in Fuse at Series A in April 2025. Using the evaluation rules and today’s date, the most recent known investment occurred within the past 6 months but more than 3 months ago, corresponding to the ‘active’ category. Example startup: Fuse (Series A, Apr 2025).
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