# Jennifer O'Daniel

> Jennifer O'Daniel is a seed investor at NextGen Venture Partners backing Software and SaaS. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [NextGen Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nextgenvp)
- Location: Virginia Beach, United States
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodaniel/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/dcvcjen
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- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jennifer.odaniel

Jennifer O'Daniel is a seed investor at NextGen Venture Partners in Virginia Beach focused on Software and SaaS. Jennifer O'Daniel is responsible for sourcing, diligence and closing of seed and early stage investments. O'Daniel is also responsible for management of the CIT GAP Funds portfolio and CIT's Entrepreneur Education Programs. Throughout her career, O'Daniel has invested in 43 seed and early-stage companies via CIT GAP Funds whichhas been recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine's Annual VC100 list since 2006. O'Daniel is an active member of the Young Atlantic Venture Association (YAVA), MIT Enterprise Forum, CFA Society of Washington and the Young Venture Capital Society. In addition to serving on various board of directors for GAP portfolio companies, O'Daniel currently sits on the board of directors for The Venture Forum and has previously served on the boards of Leadership Fairfax, Northern Virginia Therapeutic Riding Program, Virginia Tech Business Technology Center, and William and Mary's Technology and Business Center. Prior to joining CIT, O'Daniel worked with the Business/Technology Center in Blacksburg, Virginia spinning-out technology and life science companies from Virginia Tech, writing SBIR proposals, and helping companies raise angel and venture capital. O'Daniel also worked as a financial consultant for SVIT Holding Company in Maribor, Slovenia. She also started and ran two companies while in college. O'Daniel holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Information Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 25% |
| SaaS | 3 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 15% |
| FinTech | 2 | 10% |
| Retail | 1 | 5% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 5% |
| Series A | 1 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 13 | 65% |
| France | 1 | 5% |
| Hungary | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rising Tide | Rising Tide is the first blockchain-enabled AI solution for the logistics and services industries, automating processes and empowering frontline personnel. | $1.2M | Seed | May 19, 2025 |  |
| Thumbprint Furniture | Thumbprint is to provide the furniture industry with the most fulfilling specifying experience while utilizing all available technology. Thumbprints were only sketches on tracing paper. Their team has expanded, pilot manufacturers have joined, and the platform's initial build is prepared for testing. |  | Pre-Seed | Oct 03, 2024 |  |
| OpsCanvas | OpsCanvas streamlines the complexity of contemporary cloud installations by centralizing software deployment activities into a simple, visual user interface. |  | Seed | Jul 10, 2023 |  |
| Wellthi | Wellthi offers a B2B embedded social finance software designed to help financial institutions turn one customer into a community of customers. Wellthi offers a suite of white-label, configurable APIs, mobile apps and payment solutions to help clients leverage the power of online communities, shared financial goals and positive peer accountabilityto attract and retain customers and increase assets under management. Bank customers can use wellthi to structure their financial goals with family and friends and build community through their bank's mobile app. |  | Seed | May 25, 2023 |  |
| AtWork Systems | AtWork Systems, Inc. is a computer software company based in Herndon, Virginia. Our SaaS platform OneLynk offers a complete suite of cloud-based apps that provide a comprehensive shared services back-office ecosystem to small and medium-sized firms, such as, commercial professional services firms or government contractors. |  |  | Apr 05, 2023 |  |
| AtWork Systems | AtWork Systems, Inc. is a computer software company based in Herndon, Virginia. Our SaaS platform OneLynk offers a complete suite of cloud-based apps that provide a comprehensive shared services back-office ecosystem to small and medium-sized firms, such as, commercial professional services firms or government contractors. |  | Seed | Apr 05, 2023 |  |
| Please Assist Me | Please Assist Me is a home management platform that offers home resident services for apartments and clients. Residents truly experience luxury when they return home to groceries in the fridge, laundry and dry-cleaning done, a clean home, errands run, and more. It provides home management services like home cleaning, grocery shopping, laundry, andmore.Please Assist Me was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia, |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 08, 2023 |  |
| LLAMAWOOD | Llamawood offers an on-demand firewood delivery platform. |  | Seed | Mar 06, 2023 |  |
| Fenris | The single best API for data and insight used to streamline customer acquisition and improve retention for insurance products. Our clients (agencies, carriers, financial services providers) leverage our APIs to inject insights and data into their workflows, to increase conversions, and deliver killer Amazon-like customer journeys.Developer-first in our approach, it's the easy, secure way to access external data and custom algorithms that identify your best customer and ease the way. Our suite of APIs covers 95% of the US (255m adults, 130m households, 99% properties (residential and commercial), 35m small businesses, and 40m new life events annually). Machine learning analytics engine that consistently hones our predictive scores to deliver more results right at the point of quotesignals and scoring that streamline work flows and improve turn around time in traditional and embedded purchase pathways. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 05, 2023 |  |
| Veracity Verification Solutions | Veracity Verification Solutions bridges the gap between EdTech and Educators through merit-based verification system. |  | Seed | Nov 16, 2022 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Portfolia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portfolia) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Center for Innovative Technology](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/center-for-innovative-technology) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [InsurTech Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insurtech-ny-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [New Dominion Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-dominion-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northwestern-mutual-future-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Praxis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/praxis-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About NextGen Venture Partners

VC Fund · Baltimore, United States

NextGen Venture Partners invests $1-2M in seed-stage companies with the participation of 1,800+ Venture Partners. The firm specializes in the fields of private equity, business strategy, start-up acceleration, and fundraising.

5 contacts available at NextGen Venture Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Hansen | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-hansen |
| Frank Ambrose | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frank-ambrose |
| Lauren Knausenberger | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lauren-knausenberger |
| Lisa Cuesta | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lisa-cuesta |
| Ajay Kapoor | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajay-kapoor-70dc |

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## FAQ

### What does Jennifer O'Daniel invest in?

Jennifer O'Daniel invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 20 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 Jennifer O'Daniel last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jennifer O'Daniel closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 20 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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