Three Exits, One Thesis
By: Nathan Owen, General Partner, Grand Ventures Last month, Dynatrace closed its acquisition of Bindplane. That ended an…
A Founder’s Guide to Breaking Down Barriers and Breakout Growth
By: Tim Streit, Co-Founder and General Partner, Grand Ventures A year ago, one of our…
From Vibes to Visibility to ServiceNow
Why an AI-native open source bet on OpenTelemetry was always going to work By: Nathan…
Why We Invested in Navidence
By: James Hill At Grand Ventures, we spend a lot of time identifying companies that…
Grand’s 2025 Year in Review
As we close the books on 2025, our team has been reflecting on the extraordinary…
Blog Feature: “Next Chapter” with Jacqueline Lensing
The Michigan Venture Capital Association is proud to offer the Venture Fellows Program to Michigan’s…
Why We Invested in Piere
Ushering in the Era of Self-Driving Money By: Tim Streit At Grand Ventures, we invest…
Why We Invested in Scorbit
By: Nathan Owen This past week, Scorbit announced the release of its v2 platform, a milestone that…
Why We Invested in Comp AI
An Open Source, AI-First Rethink of Compliance By: Nathan Owen There’s a well-known recipe for…
15 Years in the Making: Lessons from Ambiq Micro’s Journey to the NYSE
By: Tim Streit In 2010, while at Huron River Ventures (my first fund), my partner…
From Payload to Figma: A Journey of Bold Vision and Open Source Execution
Congratulations to James Mikrut and the Team on Payload’s Acquisition by Figma By: Nathan Owen…
From Vibes to Visibility: Why We Invested in Traceloop
Shining a light on the dark corners of AI agents By: Nathan Owen Modern software…