Evan Gappelberg, investor, entrepreneur, futurist, founded Nextech in January 2018, with a back of the napkin idea that AR / 3D was Going to be a Mega-trend and then raised $3 mill to see if he was right. He went public in October 2018 with big plans - In 2019 reality hit when both Apple & Google explained it was a bit early to the AR party… so he pivoted and purchased a few ecommerce sites and a virtual event platform in 2019/2020. Timing is EVERYTHING!!…2020 turned out to be a 1 in 100 year storm in which his ecommerce + virtual events business grew exponentially along with the stock price growing 40X with our market cap topping out at $700 million… In August of 2021, he placed a largest bet on AI by acquiring AI startup Threedy.ai for $10 million.

Fast forward to summer of 2022, with AI becoming our secret sauce and a clear path to 3D profits and scale, he doubled down on AI…sensing something magical about AI - he went all in! Timing is EVERYTHING! …, in 2023 we are the future of ecommerce- building Generative AI-powered software to scale the production of 3D models for ecommerce …only now he has a battle tested amazing team. TODAY- Evan leads the ONLY publicly traded company that is a preferred 3D model supplier for Amazon, TGT, Kohls, Dyson and hundreds of ecommerce brands and sites.

After 5 years & 10 acquisitions Evan has not only acquired pivotal tech but also talented like minded people. Through these acquisitions he has incubated, invested and commercialized exciting new technologies.