# Next Ventures

> Next Ventures is a VC fund in Doha backing Software, Analytics and Marketing. See 1 investments, round sizes, portfolio. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Doha, Qatar
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2026
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Oct 2026

Next Ventures is a Venture Capital firm.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Analytics | 1 | 100% |
| Marketing | 1 | 100% |
| Reputation | 1 | 100% |
| Social Media | 1 | 100% |

10 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aligator Technology | Aligator Technology develops an AI-driven media monitoring and reputation intelligence platform for organizations and communication teams. The platform tracks brand mentions across news, social media, and review channels in multiple languages, including Arabic. It provides dashboards, real-time unified feeds, sentiment and thematic analysis, and historical timelines to help users interpret coverage and reputation trends. Reporting tools support alerts, competitive and advanced analytics, newsletter creation, and exportable reports for stakeholders. An API exposes media coverage and reputation insights for integration into existing dashboards, business intelligence systems, and custom applications. Typical users include PR, marketing, and communications teams that monitor brand health, manage crises, benchmark competitors, and research industry trends. | $1.2M | Seed | Sep 30, 2026 | https://www.aligator.ai |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Qatar Development Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qatar-development-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Next Ventures invest in?

Next Ventures invests primarily in Software, Analytics and Marketing startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Qatar. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Next Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Next Ventures closed in Sep 2026. Shizune tracks 1 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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