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Morgan Stanley Next Level
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“There is an immense opportunity to provide overlooked entrepreneurs with much-needed capital and resources to help them succeed.” – Alice Vilma, Co-Portfolio Manager, Morgan Stanley Next Level Fund
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has successfully closed its Morgan Stanley Next Level Fund, L.P. at the targeted $50 million in capital commitments. This fund, created in collaboration with Hearst, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and Walmart (NYSE: WMT), is part of MSIM’s $200 billion alternative business. The strategic investors include corporate partners such as Hearst, Microsoft, Walmart, Altria (NYSE: MO), Ten Figures Ventures, and Phalanx Impact Partners.
Next Level aims to invest in early-stage technology and technology-enabled companies, particularly those with underrepresented founders. The fund draws on the expertise of the Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures Lab and HearstLab. Target sectors include technology, consumer/retail, financial technology, healthcare, consumer products, and media and entertainment.
The fund has already deployed a quarter of its capital across nine companies, many of which were founded by underrepresented groups. Examples incl
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has announced the close of its Morgan Stanley Next Level Fund, aimed at early-stage tech companies led by underrepresented entrepreneurs.
The fund has closed at its target size of $50 million of total capital commitments with investors including Hearst, Microsoft, and Walmart.
Morgan Stanley’s Next Level
Morgan Stanley’s Next Level is MSIM’s impact-focused private equity business.
It makes privately negotiated equity and equity-related venture capital investments in primarily stage tech and tech-enabled companies with women or underrepresented founders as part of the founding team.
“We believe Next Level offers a differentiated and advantaged strategy to both investors and target companies in that it has the ability to leverage the global resources, brand, and capabilities of Morgan Stanley,” said Alice S. Vilma, co-head of the Next Level Fund.
“For companies, this access and institutional engagement could be critical to their success.”
The Next Level strategy will build off the expertise of the Firm’s Inclusive Ventures Lab, which is Morgan Stanley’s in-house start-up accelerator.
It promotes financial inclusion an
Morgan Stanley Next Level Fund Raises $50 Million to Invest in Early-Stage Technology Companies
- Created in partnership with Hearst, Microsoft and Walmart
- Builds on expertise from the ground-breaking Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures Lab and HearstLab sourcing disruptive technology and technology-enabled start-ups
NEW YORK - November 21, 2023
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) announced the final close of Morgan Stanley Next Level Fund, L.P. (“Next Level” or the “Fund”) at its target size $50 million of total capital commitments. Investors in the tactic include the inaugural corporate partners Hearst, Microsoft and Walmart as well as Altria, Ten Figures Ventures and Phalanx Impact Partners.
Next Level, part of MSIM’s $200 billion alternative business, builds upon the expertise of the Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures Lab and HearstLab to invest in primarily early-stage technology and technology-enabled companies with underrepresented members as part of the founding team. Target sectors contain technology, consumer/retail, financial technology, healthcare, consumer products and media and entertainment. In addition to capital, e
Morgan Stanley Next Level Fund Raises $50 Million to Invest in Early-Stage Technology Companies
- Created in partnership with Hearst, Microsoft and Walmart
- Builds on expertise from the ground-breaking Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures Lab and HearstLab sourcing disruptive technology and technology-enabled start-ups
NEW YORK - November 21, 2023
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) announced the final close of Morgan Stanley Next Level Fund, L.P. (“Next Level” or the “Fund”) at its target size $50 million of total capital commitments. Investors in the strategy include the inaugural corporate partners Hearst, Microsoft and Walmart as well as Altria, Ten Figures Ventures and Phalanx Impact Partners.
Next Level, part of MSIM’s $200 billion alternative business, builds upon the expertise of the Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures Lab and HearstLab to invest in primarily early-stage technology and technology-enabled companies with underrepresented members as part of the founding team. Target sectors include technology, consumer/retail, financial technology, healthcare, consumer products and media and entertainment. In addition to capital, each portfolio company may b