Grand’s September Newsletter
This month at Grand Ventures, we’re highlighting a major funding round for one of the fastest-growing companies in our portfolio, new launches and milestones across the portfolio, and a busy fall ahead for the Grand team.
Comp AI Raises $34M Series A
Grand Ventures co-led Comp AI’s $34M Series A alongside Roo Capital following a breakout year that included 15x YoY ARR growth and more than 1,000 customers.
Nathan Owen shares why we doubled down, what stood out about the team from the beginning, and why we believe Comp AI has an opportunity to reshape how companies approach compliance and cybersecurity.
Portfolio Momentum
Several Grand Ventures portfolio companies announced new funding, products, customers, and recognition this month, including:
- Carputty closed its Series B, bringing total funding to more than $40M to scale its AI-powered auto finance platform.
- BrokerBot continued expanding its customer base with several new brokerage and real estate customers.
- InvestNext was named PropTech Breakthrough’s Investment Management Platform of the Year for the second consecutive year.
- medZERO launched medACCESS, a participant-paid GLP-1 access program employers can offer at no cost.
- Sutton, formerly Digit, introduced Studio to help customers build custom tools on their operational data.
- Terminal49 brought container tracking directly into AI tools including ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot.
- TimeDoc Health was recognized by TIME and Statista as one of the World’s Top HealthTech Companies of 2026 for the second consecutive year.
Grand on the Road
Fall travel is underway for the Grand Ventures team, with stops in Detroit, Milwaukee, Atlanta and Dallas throughout October. We’ll be attending Venture Forward Emerging Manager Office Hours, Renaissance Venture Undemo Day, Venture North, Venture Atlanta, the MVCA Annual Awards Celebration, and Venture Dallas.
If you’ll be at one of these events, we’d love to connect.
Around Grand
A few highlights from the Grand team:
- Our Annual Meeting brought together investors, founders, and portfolio leaders in Grand Rapids, followed by a dedicated CEO session the next day.
- Jacqueline Lensing joined fellow investors for a day of fishing in Maryland.
- Tim Streit headed to NYC for the Primary Ventures Summit.
- Nathan Owen took the stage at Tech Week Grand Rapids to share lessons from building and exiting Blue Medora.
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