June Newsletter
Stay up to date with Great North Ventures here! With execution as our North Star we fund, build and scale innovative tech companies. Quick Ask Deal Flow – We are actively investing out of our $41 million second fund and welcome any opportunities that you think fits our investment thesis What’s New Left to Right: […]
Head of Finance & Fund Administration- Venture Capital Firm (Remote)
Great North Ventures is an established early-stage VC fund with $70M in AUM. GNV is investing out of its recently closed Fund 2 into high growth startups across the spectrum of early stage (pre-seed to series A.) This head of finance and accounting role presents the candidate with an opportunity to gain deep experience in […]
Demystifying Startup HR
The following is the first guest post in a series authored by Victoria Schanen, founder of Ghrow.io, a consulting services firm specializing in fractional human resources and recruiting leadership for startups. We’ve enjoyed our conversations with her and are pleased to share this series of guest posts with you. Prior to launching Ghrow, Victoria served […]
3 Portfolio Companies Make Inc. 5000 + Quicklly & Instacart Expand
Welcome back to the Great North Ventures newsletter! We have 3 portfolio companies ranked on Inc. 5000, Quicklly expanding with Instacart, as well as our monthly roundup of portfolio company updates. Congratulations to three of our portfolio companies, Branch, Dispatch, and WithMe (formerly known as PrintWithMe) for making the Inc. 5000 List! Being recognized is […]
Mike Schulte, Principal at Great North Ventures, on Episode 15, “Execution is King” (Part 2)
In the second of a two-part episode, we cover the most common concerns startup founders run into on fundraising, from our guest Mike Schulte, Principal and in-house legal expert at Great North Ventures who holds a JD/MBA from St. Thomas University. Schulte at St. Thomas, covered the Healthcare IT sector as an MBA student manager […]
Mike Schulte, Principal at Great North Ventures, on Episode 14, “Execution is King” (Part 1)
In the first of a two-part episode, we cover the most common concerns startup founders run into on startup formation, from our guest Mike Schulte, Principal and in-house legal expert at Great North Ventures who holds a JD/MBA from St. Thomas University. Schulte at St. Thomas, covered the Healthcare IT sector as an MBA student […]
3 Portfolio Companies Ranked on The Inc. 5000 List
The Inc. 5000 List is Inc. Magazine’s data-driven list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. Companies are ranked according to revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. To qualify, a company must have been generating revenue by March 31, 2018. Congratulations to three of our portfolio companies, Branch, Dispatch, and WithMe (formerly known as PrintWithMe) for […]
iraLogix closes $22M + Branch expands with Uber
Welcome back to the Great North Ventures newsletter! We have first product shipped, a large funding, as well as our monthly roundup of portfolio company updates and jobs. Portfolio company iraLogix raises $22M in Series C funding to accelerate growth with proceeds funding accelerated product development and sales expansion. The company grew by +100% each […]
iraLogix closes $22M Series C
iraLogix is a technology company offering fully paperless, white label, IRA record keeping and technology solutions. iraLogix is a Great North Ventures Fund I portfolio company. The company announced on July 13th, 2022 a $22 million Series C raise led by a group of individual financial technology investors represented by Matt Vettel and Nick Cayer, […]
Flywheel lands Gates Foundation grant
Welcome back to the Great North Ventures newsletter! We have grant funding news, as well as our monthly roundup of portfolio company updates and jobs. Portfolio company Flywheel has earned a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for its work making data accessible to medical researchers! Flywheel is the leading data management platform for biomedical research and […]