# Grand Ventures

> Grand Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with an office in Texas. We invest in Physical AI: software where AI meets the real world. We lead, co-lead, or join syndicates at seed and pre-seed, primarily in North America.

## Investment criteria

- Stage: seed (primary), select pre-seed
- Seed checks: $750K to $2M, lead, co-lead, or join syndicates, 5% to 10% target ownership
- Pre-seed checks: $500K to $1.5M, lead, co-lead, or join syndicates
- Follow-on: through Series A
- Geography: primarily North America
- Sectors: Real-World Operations, Healthcare, Developer Tools and DevOps, Fintech
- Not a fit: hardware-first or robotics hardware companies, consumer social and media, companies past Series A
- Machine-readable criteria (versioned): https://grandvcp.com/investment-criteria.json

## For founders' AI agents

- MCP server (streamable HTTP): https://grandvcp.com/mcp
- Server card: https://grandvcp.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json
- API docs: https://grandvcp.com/api-docs
- Tools: get_investment_criteria, check_fit, submit_pitch, list_portfolio
- submit_pitch requires the founder to review and confirm the submission first. A person at Grand Ventures reviews every submission.

## Pitching without an agent

- Web form: https://grandvcp.com/pitch/form
- Warm introductions are preferred.

## Firm

- Team: https://grandvcp.com/the-team
- Portfolio: https://grandvcp.com/portfolio