NEXT Canada

NEXT Canada

NEXT Canada was established by entrepreneurs Harley Finkelstein and Avi Goldfinger to manage private capital generated from their earlier technology ventures. The firm operates from offices in Montreal, Toronto, and San Francisco, reflecting a cross-border posture that connects Canadian innovation to US market infrastructure. Its founding team brings direct operating experience, which shapes the office's engagement with portfolio companies beyond passive capital allocation. The office deploys capital primarily into early-stage and seed-stage technology companies, with coverage spanning enterprise software, AI/ML, fintech, digital health, and climate technology. It favors direct equity investments and occasionally participates in syndicated rounds alongside other venture investors. Portfolio exposure is concentrated in Canadian-headquartered startups, with select exposure to US-based companies through its San Francisco presence. The firm's model integrates hands-on mentorship, leveraging the founders' operational backgrounds to support portfolio company scaling. NEXT Canada maintains a deliberately lean team structure, consistent with single-family offices that prefer discretion over institutional scale. The office has not publicly disclosed total assets under management or aggregate deployment figures. Its geographic footprint across three major North American tech hubs positions it to source deal flow from both Canadian accelerators and Silicon Valley networks. The firm has not disclosed any separate philanthropic foundations or adjacent investment vehicles. The office's structural distinction lies in its operator-led, cross-border architecture: two Canadian founders who exited early and now back the next generation of domestic founders while maintaining a direct presence in San Francisco. This creates a bridge between Canadian technical talent and US venture markets without the intermediation of a formal fund structure.