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Grand Ventures

Founders Maitlan Cramer McKeel Hagerty Tim Streit

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Total investments 36
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$6M
Portfolio companies 23
Rounds per year 5.14
Lead investments 3
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.36
Exits 2
Key employees 4
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Financial Services
  • Software
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • SaaS
  • Supply Chain Management
Summary

Grand Ventures appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2017. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Grand Rapids. The venture was found in North America in United States.

The fund was created by Maitlan Cramer, McKeel Hagerty, Tim Streit. We also calculated 4 valuable employees in our database.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight TimeDoc Health, ENGAGE Talent, Sigstr. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Data Integration, Collaboration. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States.

The top activity for fund was in 2019. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The typical startup value when the investment from Grand Ventures is 5-10 millions dollars. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019. Comparing to the other companies, this Grand Ventures performs on 18 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 36 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 participants. Despite the Grand Ventures, startups are often financed by M25, South Carolina Research Authority, Router Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Refinery Ventures, Wireframe Ventures, High Alpha. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by High Alpha, Wireframe Ventures, South Carolina Research Authority.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Iron Sheepdog

Apps
Construction
Finance
Software
$10M25 Mar 2024 Williamsburg, Virginia, United States

Paccurate

Developer APIs
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Logistics
Software
Supply Chain Management
$3M22 Jun 2023 Brooklyn, New York, United States

InvestNext

Consulting
Financial Services
Funding Platform
Real Estate Investment
$8M31 Mar 2023 Detroit, Michigan, United States

Elements Advisors

Advice
Apps
Financial Services
Software
Web Apps
$5M24 Jan 2023 South Jordan, Utah, United States

Terminal 49

Freight Service
Logistics
Shipping
Software Engineering
Supply Chain Management
Transportation
$6M19 Jan 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Carputty

Automotive
Consumer
Financial Services
FinTech
$12M06 Dec 2022 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Payload CMS

CMS
Information Technology
Internet
$4M15 Nov 2022 Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

iink Endorsements

Financial Services
InsurTech
Payments
$3M01 Nov 2022 Tampa, Florida, United States

MedZERO

Financial Services
Health Care
Mobile
$8M19 Oct 2022 Kansas City, Missouri, United States
News
Enterprise Supplier Data Optimization Company Tealbook Raises $14.4 Million

– Tealbook is a trusted source of supplier data.
– The company raised $14.4m in Series A funding.
RTP Global led the round and joined by BDC Capital, Grand Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, Refinery Ventures, S&P Global, Stand Up Ventures and Workday Ventures.
– The company plans to use the funds to support the platform’s continued innovation, and drive sales and marketing initiatives further expanding the company’s global footprint.

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Total investments 36
Average round size 6M
Rounds per year 5.14
Peak activity year 2022
Lead investments 3
Follow on index 0.36
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.97

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Iron Sheepdog

Apps
Construction
Finance
Software
$10M25 Mar 2024 Williamsburg, Virginia, United States

Paccurate

Developer APIs
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Logistics
Software
Supply Chain Management
$3M22 Jun 2023 Brooklyn, New York, United States

InvestNext

Consulting
Financial Services
Funding Platform
Real Estate Investment
$8M31 Mar 2023 Detroit, Michigan, United States

Elements Advisors

Advice
Apps
Financial Services
Software
Web Apps
$5M24 Jan 2023 South Jordan, Utah, United States

Terminal 49

Freight Service
Logistics
Shipping
Software Engineering
Supply Chain Management
Transportation
$6M19 Jan 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Carputty

Automotive
Consumer
Financial Services
FinTech
$12M06 Dec 2022 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Payload CMS

CMS
Information Technology
Internet
$4M15 Nov 2022 Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

iink Endorsements

Financial Services
InsurTech
Payments
$3M01 Nov 2022 Tampa, Florida, United States

MedZERO

Financial Services
Health Care
Mobile
$8M19 Oct 2022 Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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