Tom Ball

Tom Ball is the co-founder and Managing Director of Austin-based Next Coast Ventures (NCV). He has been in the technology industry for over 25 years as an entrepreneur and investor. He currently sits on multiple boards, including Marqii, Savi Solutions, Scorabilty, UpEquity, Enboarder, CoPilot, TrustRadius, GOJA, and GoodKind. Prior to co-founding NCV in 2015, Tom was a General Partner at Austin Ventures (AV) and was involved in investing and managing over 20 investments resulting in numerous exits and strong returns. Tom also founded a number of successful companies: Openfield Technologies, eCoupons; and Tahoe Domains. He received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BS in Finance from the University of Florida.