Craig Hanson

Co-Founder & General Partner of Next World Capital (NWC). NWC is an international early-revenue stage venture capital firm investing in leading enterprise technology companies. The firm takes a focused, thematic approach with deep experience in enterprise tech and specialized skills to help companies ramp during this rapid-growth period. The firm leads investments and focuses on US companies with the potential to become global category leaders, including investments in Zuora, DataStax, Datameer, Airware, BrightRoll (acquired by Yahoo!), NexGen Storage (acquired by Fusion-io), and DynamicOps (acquired by VMware). NWC is the only U.S. VC operating a comprehensive European Expansion Platform with strategy, sales, and business development to help its companies access and grow in Europe. Craig has been an investor or senior executive in over 20 companies with a strong track record. Based in San Francisco, NWC has additional offices in London and Paris. www.nextworldcap.com @Nextworldcap.