What NextGen Connect does

NextGen Connect LLC is a Chicago-based custom software development and digital services firm founded in 2017, operating with a small team of 1-10 employees. The company designs and develops custom software experiences, with a modular intranet portal as its core product offering — comprising 12 configurable components including employee onboarding, appellate tracker, conflicts check reports, business development tracking, pitch document generation, client intake, document management, and firm directory features. Many modules are workflow-tailored for law firms, indicating deliberate vertical specialization in the legal sector. Beyond the intranet platform, the company offers full scrum team staffing (UI/UX, developers, business analysts, QA, DevOps, certified scrum masters), corporate branding, website design, multimedia production, and digital consulting. Technically, engagements run on agile processes with continuous integration and automated testing, and the team positions itself in "platform engineering" for massive-scale personalization systems, data transformation infrastructure, and payment/billing systems.

Revenue is generated through two primary streams: professional services engagements (custom software development and team augmentation on a project-based or multi-year contract basis) and one-time licensing of intranet modules. Pricing is non-public and determined through a free, non-binding bid/proposal process, with project budgets cited as ranging from $7,000 to $500,000. The company distributes via direct enterprise sales, a content marketing blog, and contact-driven lead generation. Its sole named enterprise customer is Clark Hill PLC, a law firm, and it broadly targets organizations of 11-500+ employees across verticals.

The company is founder-owned and operated (Brian Cozzi as CEO and Marko Mitreski as CTO, reportedly 6 founders total), with no external funding, no disclosed revenue, no patents, and no partnerships disclosed. It operates from a single Chicago office with no verified international presence despite marketing language referencing global service delivery.

Name

NextGen Connect

Legal name

NextGen Connect LLC.

Website

https://nextgenconnect.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

NextGen Connect is a Chicago-based custom software firm (1-10 employees) building modular intranet portals and providing agile scrum team augmentation, primarily serving law firms and mid-market enterprises via project-based professional services engagements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Custom Software Development: Design and development of custom software applications tailored to specific client needs. Projects are quoted through a free non-binding bid/proposal process. Revenue is generated through project-based engagements that can include individual consultants or full teams.
2. Intranet Solutions: Pre-built intranet modules and components including employee onboarding, document management, business development tracking, and content management that can be customized and deployed for clients.
3. Team Augmentation: Providing skilled professionals (individual consultants or full teams) to integrate with client engineering organizations for ongoing project work.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

NextGen Connect provides custom software development services and a modular intranet portal product for enterprise clients, primarily in the legal industry. The company assembles full agile scrum teams (scrum masters, developers, UX designers, QA engineers, and project managers) to deliver end-to-end bespoke software projects. Offerings span custom intranet portals, website design, corporate branding, and digital transformation consulting.

Product overview

NextGen Connect operates as a custom software development and digital services firm offering a modular intranet platform that can be customized with add-on modules. The core offering is the Custom Intranet Portal with configurable modules including Employee Onboarding, Appellate Tracker, Business Development Tracking, Pitch Document Generation, Conflicts Check Reports, Client Intake Process, News Manager, User Management, Dynamic Search, Document Management, Content Management, and Firm Directory. These modules are designed to work together within the intranet platform to provide comprehensive enterprise solutions. In addition to the intranet platform, NextGen Connect provides professional services including Corporate Branding, Website Design, Software Development, and Digital Consulting. The company deploys full scrum teams consisting of UI/UX designers, software developers, business analysts, QA/testers, DevOps, system administrators, and certified scrum masters to deliver projects using an agile development process.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Intranet Portal
• Software Development Services End-to-end custom software development delivered by full agile scrum teams consisting of certified scrum masters, developers, UX designers, QA engineers, and project managers. Targeted at enterprise clients needing bespoke web applications, workflow tools, and platform engineering.
• Digital Consulting Services Advisory and consulting services to help enterprise clients plan and execute digital transformation initiatives, including technology strategy and modernization roadmaps. Intended for organizations undertaking broader digital change programs.
• Website Design Services Custom website design services for enterprise and mid-market clients, covering design, development, and deployment of corporate web properties.
• Corporate Branding Services Corporate branding services including brand identity development and visual design for enterprise clients, complementing the firm's website and digital offerings.

Quantifiable outcome

• We do working demos and video screencasts to show progress every day.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• NetDocuments: Cloud-based document management and productivity platform targeted at legal professionals. Overlaps with NextGen Connect's document management and intranet modules for law firms.
• iManage: Legal-vertical document and email management platform used by law firms including Am Law 200. Adjacent to NextGen Connect's legal intranet offering as a potential product competitor or integration partner.

Direct peers

• Bounteous: Mid-size digital product agency offering custom software development, design, and platform engineering. Directly comparable as a similarly scaled custom dev firm with enterprise clients and agile team delivery.
• Table XI: Chicago-based custom software development shop providing full scrum teams and digital transformation services. Direct geographic and offering overlap with NextGen Connect.
• Four Kitchens: Digital agency offering custom web development, platform engineering, and team augmentation for enterprise clients. Comparable scale and project-based services portfolio.
• DockYard: Custom software consultancy delivering end-to-end product development with cross-functional agile teams. Comparable delivery model and enterprise client focus to NextGen Connect.
• Toptal: Premium freelance talent marketplace for software developers and scrum teams. Directly comparable to NextGen Connect's team augmentation revenue stream and enterprise-focused delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Globant: Global IT services firm delivering custom software, platform engineering, and digital transformation at enterprise scale. A scaled incumbent competing for the same custom dev engagements NextGen Connect targets.
• Rightpoint: Larger digital experience and technology consultancy with offices in Chicago offering custom software, intranets, and enterprise platform engineering. Overlaps with NextGen Connect's offering but at a significantly larger scale.

Regional players

• West Monroe Partners: Chicago-based management and technology consultancy with custom software and digital transformation practices. Regional overlap and comparable enterprise delivery model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/NxtGenConnect
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nextgen-connect-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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