Grand Ventures

VC Grand Rapids, United States · Founded 2017

Grand Ventures invests in early-stage B2B SaaS companies in emerging regions of the US and Canada, focusing on fintech, supply chain, DevOps, and digital health. They aim to support visionary founders disrupting large markets through software, often providing the first institutional check and offering hands-on guidance to help companies scale from seed to Series A.

About Grand Ventures

Grand Ventures is a Michigan-based early-stage venture firm with a thesis focused on B2B software and technology businesses across the Midwest, with selective healthcare exposure where the thesis aligns with their core competence in vertical SaaS, automation, and applied technology. The grandvcp.com website confirms an active regional venture platform with check writing into seed and Series A businesses. For healthcare AI founders, Grand Ventures is a credible match if your business is fundamentally a B2B software play with healthcare buyers, particularly with Midwest health system or insurer customer relationships (Beaumont, Spectrum, Trinity, Priority Health, BCBS Michigan are all in their backyard). Plausible check sizes run 500K to 2M at seed and Series A, with selective follow-on. The firm leads or co-leads in regional rounds. Founders building healthcare workflow automation, payer technology, provider operations software, or healthcare data infrastructure with B2B SaaS economics should approach. Founders building deep biotech, regulated medical devices, or consumer healthcare without a B2B angle should look at thesis-aligned alternatives. Entry path is LinkedIn outreach to partners with a clear B2B SaaS framing, or warm introduction through Michigan and Midwest founder networks. The firm reads inbound and responds to substantive pitches with regional relevance or strong B2B characteristics. Diligence will be sharp on B2B SaaS metrics with a Midwest market layer. Bring evidence of regional health system or insurer customer interest if you have it; that is the asset they uniquely amplify. The value-add includes Midwest customer introductions, regional operator network access, and patient capital from a regionally anchored fund.

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Other portfolio companies

Companies in Grand Ventures's portfolio not currently in our directory.

  • TimeDoc Health
  • Manatee
  • MedZero
  • Navidence

Team

Tim Streit
General Partner & Co-Founder
Nathan Owen
General Partner
James Hill
General Partner
Kelly Wiarda
Head of Marketing
Jacqueline Lensing
Investment Associate
Nicholas Cohn
Investment Associate

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