Looking Back at 2025

We spent 2025 focused on what we know best: backing early-stage companies, helping teams embed financial infrastructure and AI into operations, and writing about the execution decisions that move companies forward. Some of that work came from companies we’ve backed directly. Some came from platforms we’ve supported for years. All of it reflects our belief […]
Great North Ventures Leads $2M Seed Round for NROC Security to Secure Employee Use of GenAI

Minneapolis and New York – September 29, 2025 – Great North Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm, today announced it is leading a $2 million seed funding round for NROC Security, an innovative AI security company headquartered in New York and Helsinki, Finland. Additional investors in the round include Icebreaker.vc and Hannu Turunen (cofounder of […]