Grand’s May Newsletter
Catch up on the latest from Grand Ventures in our May Newsletter, including:
- Three Exits, One Thesis, a blog by Nathan Owen
- Portfolio company momentum, including:
- Astronomer introduced Otto, an AI data engineering agent for Apache Airflow.
- InvestNext launched Transact, a purpose-built business account.
- Knockri CEO Jahanzaib Ansari was named one of the Ottawa Board of Trade and Ottawa Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 recipients.
- medZERO was named a Top Rated Vendor in the BenefitPitch Spring Buyer’s Guide.
- Paccurate released their MODEX 2026 recap, including “4 Trends Reshaping Fulfillment”.
- Piere was featured by Plaid about “Making personal finances effortless with AI”.
- Scorbit launched real-money arcade tournaments for pinball and bar games.
- Where we’re traveling next, including:
- Jacqueline Lensing & Tim Streit: Michigan Tech Week, Detroit
- Nathan Owen: Observability Summit North America, Minneapolis, MN
- Tim Streit: Tech Week 2026, NYC
- Tim Streit: Great Lakes Venture Capital Summit, Traverse City, MI
- Highlights from the Grand team, including:
- Tim Streit will speak at Michigan Tech Week on the “State of Venture Capital in Michigan & Beyond”.
- Tim recently recapped his conversation with TimeDoc Health CEO Aqil Chishty.
- Save the date for Tuesday, September 15. We’re bringing back our largest networking event during Tech Week Grand Rapids.
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