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Tj Rylander

General Partner at Next47

Menlo Park, California

Overview 

TJ Rylander is a General Partner at Next47, specializing in venture capital and entrepreneurship in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a strong background in strategic consulting and corporate development, he has made significant investments in companies like Skydio and Vitally.io, contributing to their successful Series E and Series B funding rounds, respectively.

Work Experience 

  • Board Member

    2024 - Current

  • General Partner

    2017

    Venture capital investor and manager of U.S. investments team at Next47.

Next47 invests in groundbreaking enterprise entrepreneurs and accelerates revenue growth by opening doors to customers around the world.

  • Board Member

    2024

Encord is an AI data development platform for computer vision and multimodal AI teams.

Raised $50,000,000.00 from Y Combinator, Next47, Crane Venture Partners and CRV.

  • Investor

    2024

Skylo is a global non-terrestrial service provider that allows smartphone and IoT cellular devices to connect directly over satellites.

Raised $153,000,000.00 from Next47, Intel Capital, Seraphim Space, BMW i Ventures, Innovation Endeavors and Samsung Catalyst Fund.

  • Board Member

    2022

Vitally is a customer success platform (CSP) designed for maximizing productivity, visibility and collaboration, plus eliminate churn.

Raised $39,320,000.00 from NewView Capital, HubSpot Ventures, Next47 and Andreessen Horowitz.

  • Investor

    2021

The leader in cloud security powered by runtime insights

Raised $729,500,000.00 from Goldman Sachs, Bain Capital Ventures, Guggenheim Partners, Accel, PremjiInvest, Glynn Capital Management, Next47, DFJ Growth, Third Point Ventures and Permira.

  • Board Member

    2020

Software collects data to help developers and teams learn from their data, increase productivity, and code smarter.

Raised $22,000,000.00 from Next47 and 8VC.

  • Board Member

    2019

Skydio uses artificial intelligence to create flying drones that are used by consumer, enterprise, and government customers.

Raised $740,000,000.00 from KDDI, Axon, Linse Capital, Linse Capital, Hercules Capital, Axon, Andreessen Horowitz, DoCoMo Capital, Next47 and UP Partners.

  • Board Member

    2019

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