Michael Perrin
Principal at Next Level Ventures
Des Moines Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
Principal
2023 - Current
Next Level Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Des Moines, Iowa. We manage multiple funds all focused on innovation in fintech, biosciences, agriculture, collaboration, manufacturing, and other areas where we see talented leaders. We focus on helping early-stage companies that want to scale rapidly, and our typical investment size is $0.5 to $10.0 million per business. After we invest, we take a proactive role in helping our portfolio companies succeed with financial, operational, and networking expertise. We are entrepreneurs, technologists, and executives with extensive experience in raising capital, selling and marketing products, analyzing strategic options, and running businesses. Please see www.nextlevelvc.com for more information.
Managing Director
2022 - 2023
Vice President
2020 - 2022
Senior Associate
2019 - 2020
Next Level Ventures provides capital for great entrepreneurs and growing companies; focus on ag/bio, b2b/data, and fintech
Principal
2021
Launched in 2020 by progressive, industry-leading credit unions of Members Development Company (MDC), and Next Level Ventures, Curql is steered by a collective of veteran leaders and disrupters in the VC space. We're currently looking to partner with fintech startups that have the potential to revolutionize and innovate how people engage with their money and achieve their goals.
Curql empowers credit unions with fintech solutions, offering expertise and support to drive innovation from incubation to acceleration.
Board Member
2023
A.I.-driven customer intelligence tools that give companies the power to discover & engage the humans in their data.
BlastPoint is a software company that provides customer intelligence and analytics solutions to optimize revenue growth.
Raised $6,200,000.00 from Curql, Mudita Venture Partners, eLab Ventures, Innovation Works, Innovation Works, Allos Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Boston Seed Capital, Cardumen Capital and Stout Street Capital.
Board Observer
2023
The first tech-enabled commercial appraisal firm
Bowery Valuation utilizes cloud-based appraisal software and a mobile app, enabling faster production of high-quality appraisals.
Raised $78,050,000.00 from Builders VC, Navitas Capital, Nine Four Ventures, Camber Creek, MetaProp, Capital One Ventures, Curql, Fika Ventures, StepStone Group and Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
Board Member
2022
Credit Mountain is on a mission to allow credit unions, banks, and fintech companies help their members access asset building credit.
Fintech SaaS solution that allows lenders to offer rejected borrowers a "Path to Approval"
Raised $5,150,000.00 from Omri Dahan, Commerce Ventures, Curql, Authentic Ventures, J. Hunt Holdings and Mark Goines.
Commercial Banking
2018 - 2019
Great Western Bank is a large retail bank operates in the Western United States providing personal and business banking services.
Senior Manager II
2017 - 2018
Merchandising Operations - Pricing Solutions
Senior Manager
2015 - 2017
E3 Strategy and Finance Program Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions - Aug '15 to Jun '16 Sam's Club Merchandise Finance - Regional Buying - Jun '16 to Feb '17
Walmart is a retail corporation that operates several chains of supermarkets, discount stores, and e-commerce platforms.
Raised $5,000,000,000.00.
Corporate Strategy & Finance MBA Intern
2014 - 2014
Walmart is a retail corporation that operates several chains of supermarkets, discount stores, and e-commerce platforms.
Raised $5,000,000,000.00.
Portfolio Management and Investor Relations Group
2012 - 2013
Analyst
2011 - 2012