# N47

> N47, formerly Next47, is a Siemens-backed global venture firm investing in enterprise applications, infrastructure, and systems. It combines product-focused investment judgment with customer introductions, sales support, and recruiting for founders across the US, Europe, and Israel.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, United States
- **Founders:** Lak Ananth (Founding CEO; Global Managing Partner)
- **Products:** Venture capital investment, Go-to-market partnership, Founder playbooks and Builders podcast
- **Notable:** N47 reports helping startups close more than 350 customer deals and generate over $100 million in bookings., Its Encord partnership report attributes five customer wins and $1.5 million in annual contract value to targeted introductions., Portfolio outcomes listed by N47 include DeepScale’s acquisition by Tesla in 2019 and Armorblox’s acquisition by Cisco in 2023.

## Products & services

- **Venture capital investment** — Equity capital for enterprise applications, infrastructure, and systems, including seed and Series A investments and later rounds.
- **Go-to-market partnership** — Customer discovery, qualified buyer introductions, pipeline development, sales playbooks, and commercial hiring support.
- **Founder playbooks and Builders podcast** — Public advice and conversations on product, sales, talent, and company building.

## Achievements

- N47 reports helping startups close more than 350 customer deals and generate over $100 million in bookings.
- Its Encord partnership report attributes five customer wins and $1.5 million in annual contract value to targeted introductions.
- Portfolio outcomes listed by N47 include DeepScale’s acquisition by Tesla in 2019 and Armorblox’s acquisition by Cisco in 2023.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Announced leading Longeye’s $20 million Series A on October 21.
- **2026-09** — Announced leading Euno’s $23 million Series A on September 9.
- **2026-09** — Published a Builders podcast conversation with Patlytics co-founder Paul Lee on September 23.
- **2026-04** — Lak Ananth wrote that more than 20% of N47 portfolio companies were Physical AI companies.

## Links

- Website: https://www.n47.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/n47capital/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/n47capital
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/Nextfortyseven/

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Last updated: 2026-10-27