Craig Hanson is a founding partner at Next World Capital, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm focused on expansion-stage, enterprise tech companies. With offices in Paris, London, and Brussels, Next World aims to help U.S. startups do business in Europe. The firm raised its first fund in 2010 and has $200 million in assets under management. Its most notable investments include BrightRoll, GoodData, and Zuora. Hanson graduated from the Stanford Sloan Master’s Program in 2007 and cofounded Next World with a classmate, Sebastien Lepinard.
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