Vertical AI in Action: Inhabitr Partners with IHG Hotels & Resorts
Great North Ventures portfolio company Inhabitr recently announced a major milestone, entering into a strategic vendor partnership with IHG Hotels & Resorts. Under a new Master Goods Agreement, Inhabitr is now an official furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FF&E) vendor for IHG, initially launching across the Mexico, Latin America and Caribbean (MLAC) and Canada regions. This […]
From Bootstrapping a $70M Company to Leading a VC Fund: Lessons for Founders
By Graeme Thickins Twin brothers Rob and Ryan Weber, founding partners of Great North Ventures, have raised two funds and invested in more than 50 startups to date and counting, throughout the Midwest and the rest of the county. Well before that success, however, they were founders themselves of their own ventures, beginning in their […]
Taking the Founders Pledge, Inhabitr, and gBETA Pitch Night
Happy Thanksgiving, and welcome back to the Great North Labs newsletter! This is the perfect time of year to reflect on what we are thankful for, and for giving back. We are most thankful for our investors, our advisors, and our portfolio companies, of course! They are the reasons we exist, work, and succeed. We […]