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NFX Fund IV trims size as venture capital resets

• $325 million Fund IV is 28% smaller than the $450 million 2021 Fund III, matching lower startup valuations and early-stage round sizes that Levy-Weiss said.
• A smaller pool sets a steadier pre-seed and seed pace, in line with the reset Levy-Weiss describes.
• Levy-Weiss said “lower entry valuations created a sense of scarcity,” which opens opportunity as seed prices look saner than in 2021.
• The fund closed quickly at the end of 2024. NFX now manages about $1.5 billion in assets, a sign of LP confidence in its pre-seed plus seed focus.

Israeli AI seed rounds create near-term openings for cloud vendors and Series A funds

• Fund IV aims at AI tooling plus applications. The firm keeps a focus on Israeli tech, creating a near-term flow of seed teams in biology, gaming, cybersecurity, productivity.
• Cloud infrastructure providers plus enterprise software partners should see demand for Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) platforms, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) compute, security tooling within months of funding as teams scale.
• Series A investors can track new NFX portfolio adds for co-investments, since NFX centers on pre-seed plus seed and has backed nearly 200 startups across Israel, the United States. Levy-Weiss said “more money [is] going into fewer companies, with a focus on quality,” which hints at tighter competition and rewards early movers.