# Dave Tucker

> Dave Tucker is a Series B investor at Next Level Ventures (Ames) backing FinTech and Software. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Next Level Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/next-level-ventures)
- Location: Ames, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 83%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dtuckerames/
- Website: https://www.curql.com/dave-tucker/

Dave Tucker is a Partner at Next Level Ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 50% |
| Software | 3 | 50% |
| Lending | 2 | 33% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 33% |
| Big Data | 1 | 17% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 4 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UPTIQ | Uptiq is a technology company that provides an AI-driven platform designed to support financial services firms with real-time analytics, risk assessment, and decision-making workflows. The company’s platform uses machine learning to process and interpret large volumes of financial data, identify trends, and generate actionable insights that helpteams evaluate credit risk, detect anomalies, and inform portfolio strategies. Its tools support integration with existing data systems and workflows, enabling users to automate data ingestion, modeling, and reporting across lending, investment, and compliance functions.Uptiq also offers customizable dashboards and APIs that help financial analysts, risk officers, and product teams operationalize insights and align them with business objectives. The company works with banks, fintechs, and financial institutions to tailor AI models and analytic frameworks to specific use cases such as credit scoring, customer lifetime value prediction, and loss forecasting. Its platform emphasizes scalable data processing and transparent model outputs to support informed decision-making in financial operations. | $25M | Series B | Feb 12, 2026 |  |
| Posh AI | Posh is the creator of a conversational AI platform that aims to change the way financial institutions interact with their customers. | $45M | Series B | Jun 12, 2024 |  |
| Posh AI | Posh is a conversational AI and NLP technology development company that enables developers to deliver a new way to interact with users. With Posh, website actions that takes minutes to complete can be sped up to just seconds with a simple message from bots. Companies in finanical services, healthcare, utilities, and beyond are using the Poshplatform to re-create call centers and automate routine requests for both customers and staff while saving time and money. The company wants to make the internet experience easier and more enjoyable.Posh was launched on 2015 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. | $45M | Series B | Jun 12, 2024 |  |
| Facteus | Facteus provider of actionable insights from financial data. They serve financial institutions, payment processors, investment companies, and retail corporations. Their platform transforms raw transaction data from legacy technologies into actionable information, which enables companies to make intelligent business decisions, automate manualoperational tasks, and optimize their data strategies, enabling clients to get access to an easy way to turn data exhaust into revenue without compromising the safety, security, or compliance. | $10M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 23, 2022 |  |
| Coviance | LenderClose is a technology-focused lending solution injecting speed and efficiency into the lending process, greatly enhancing the borrowing experience. It equips loan originators with the workflows needed to boost efficiencies and shorten the lending cycle through streamlined and meaningful integrations. | $10M | Series B | Mar 23, 2021 |  |
| Coviance | LenderClose is a technology-focused lending solution injecting speed and efficiency into the lending process, greatly enhancing the borrowing experience. It equips loan originators with the workflows needed to boost efficiencies and shorten the lending cycle through streamlined and meaningful integrations. | $1.3M | Series A |  |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Canapi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canapi) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [TruStage Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cmfg-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [645 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/645-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ardent Credit Union](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ardent-credit-union) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ascentra Credit Union](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascentra-credit-union) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Broadridge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/broadridge) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Next Level Ventures

VC Fund · Des Moines, United States

Next Level Ventures provides capital for great entrepreneurs and growing companies; focus on ag/bio, b2b/data, and fintech. They focus on venture capital, growth capital, expansion capital, startup, and fintech.

5 contacts available at Next Level Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Barbara Gooch | Director of Administration | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barbara-gooch |
| Craig Ibsen | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-ibsen |
| Dave Tucker | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dave-tucker-1671 |
| Duane Harris | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/duane-harris-2 |
| Liz Keehner | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liz-keehner-f284 |

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## FAQ

### What does Dave Tucker invest in?

Dave Tucker invests primarily in FinTech, Software and Lending startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Dave Tucker last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Dave Tucker closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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