‘Embedded Everywhere’: Tim Li on the future of lending, AI, and VC scrutiny
Tim Li is a fintech veteran with two decades of experience working at the intersection of banking and technology. After earning a master’s in engineering and building microprocessors at Intel, he pivoted to financial services in the early 2000s, joining JPMorgan Chase to help launch its first digital banking platforms. As the financial crisis hit […]
How Long Does It Take for a Startup to Get to a Big Exit?
Big exits are important for venture investors because they require large distributions to make up for any underperforming investments. How much capital is burnt to get to those big exits impacts the return multiple a venture investor will realize. Startups that grow in a capital efficient manner and achieve a big exit become the real […]
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 […]
$40M Fund II Raised!
Welcome back to the Great North Ventures newsletter! The big news this month is the closing of Fund II! We have closed our $40M Fund II! Great North is excited to build on its Fund I success investing in startups from Seed to Series A, with a new, larger fund. Fund II Snapshot: Investment Themes: “Digital […]
Great North Ventures Raises $40 Million Fund II
Doubling Down on Success Investing in Trailblazers Minneapolis – May 23, 2022 – Early-stage VC firm Great North Ventures announced today it has closed $40 million for its second venture fund (“Fund II”). The fund aims to continue the firm’s success investing in startups from Seed to Series A stages. New investments will address three […]
Investment Theme: Community-Driven Applications
Great North Ventures Investment Themes Great North Ventures is a network-driven, generalist early-stage fund that prioritizes exceptional execution. Founded by founders, for founders – we back repeat founders, we back strong first-time founders, and we form founder teams in our venture studio. Our innovator network and team’s connections drive our value-add to startups, and our […]
Investment Theme: Digital Transformation Through AI
Great North Ventures Investment Themes Great North Ventures is a network-driven, generalist early-stage fund that prioritizes exceptional execution. Founded by founders, for founders – we back repeat founders, we back strong first-time founders, and we form founder teams in our venture studio. Our innovator network and team’s connections drive our value-add to startups, and our […]
Investment Theme: Solving Labor Problems
Great North Ventures Investment Themes Great North Ventures is a network-driven, generalist early-stage fund that prioritizes exceptional execution. Founded by founders, for founders – we back repeat founders, we back strong first-time founders, and we form founder teams in our venture studio. Our innovator network and team’s connections drive our value-add to startups, and our […]
Portfolio raises $125M + talking fundraising with Branch CEO
Welcome back to the Great North Ventures newsletter! We have a couple of big raises to report, along with updates and job listings from our portfolio. Branch has raised $75M in Series C funding. With $133M raised to date, Branch has grown 2,000% in the last three years and has had 700% year-over-year platform growth in 2021. […]
Best Advice from the Great North Annual Event: Episode 7, Execution is King
In this compilation episode, Josef features the best advice for founders that we picked up at our 2021 Annual Event. Every year, Great North gathers investors, founders, and ecosystem builders together for networking and progress updates. In this episode, you can hear advice from our stakeholders- people who have proven they can execute- on hiring […]