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Adam Rogers

Partner at Next Coast Ventures

Boca Raton, Florida

Overview 

Adam Rogers is a former intern who has risen to become the CTO & CEO at Ultimate Software (now UKG) and is currently a Partner at Next Coast Ventures, specializing in advising B2B SaaS businesses. His career highlights include leading Ultimate Software as CEO and being a key figure in the growth and success of the company, as well as actively investing in and advising various SaaS businesses through Next Coast Ventures.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2021 - Current

    Support Next Coast Venture’s “built by entrepreneur” mantra by identifying, investing in, and mentoring promising entrepreneurs to help them build and scale their companies through the next stages of growth. Drive investment decisions throughout lifecycle, from leads and due diligence to post-funding support, with a strong emphasis on helping entrepreneurs enhance operations and performance while navigating complex business challenges. Create shareholder value and ensure long-term success and scalability of Next Coast Venture’s portfolio companies.

  • Venture Partner / Entrepreneur's Council

    2020 - 2021

  • Board Member

    2021

Schoox specializes in the fields of corporate training, online training, eLearning, LMS, talent development, and SaaS.

Raised $6,464,998.00 from Vista Equity Partners and Saratoga Partners.

  • Board Observer

    2021

    Advise on go-to-market strategy, assist with sales optimization, and provide insight on organizational design to support rapid growth and scale.

Aclaimant offers a risk reduction platform designed to save time and money on workplace incidents and insurance.

Raised $30,431,176.00 from Royal Street Ventures, Mercury, KEC Ventures, Next Coast Ventures and Aspen Capital Group.

  • Board Member

    2021 - 2024

The world’s first DevOps-as-a-Service platform. Automate deployments, service discovery, and network security all at once.

Raised $6,500,000.00 from Comcast Ventures, Marc W. Chenn, Jean Sini, Abstraction Capital, Spike Ventures, Chris Nguyen, JJ Fliegelman, Next Coast Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners and Alumni Ventures.

  • Board Observer

    2020 - 2022

    Serve as a strategic sounding board for Molecula’s senior management team with a primary focus on translating product functionality into value propositions that resonate with the broader market, developing processes and procedures to scale the business, and mentoring and recruiting top talent.

Circuit offers a platform for feature extraction to streamline data preparation for AI and machine learning.

  • Chief Executive Officer at Ultimate Software

    2020 - 2020

  • Co-Chief Executive Officer

    2019 - 2020

  • Chief Technology Officer

    1997 - 2020

    Responsible for building and directing product strategy, development, and delivery via cloud computing. Leads a team of over 2000 employees and drives constant innovation in the quest to consistently deliver the most advanced and creative HCM solution in the cloud. UltiPro® is a comprehensive HR, payroll, and talent management solution designed to manage every aspect of the workforce, from recruitment to retirement. UltiPro’s unique, end-to-end functionality and 24-7 access unleash greater potential and strategic capabilities for HR and generate serious business benefits for the entire organization.

Ultimate Kronos Group is a provider of cloud-based people management solutions.

Raised $19,088,273.00 from HarbourVest Partners.

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