# Grant Van Cleve

> Grant Van Cleve is a seed investor at TCA Venture Group (Orange) backing Software and SaaS. See 33 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [TCA Venture Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tech-coast-angels)
- Location: Orange, United States
- Total investments: 33
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grantvc
- Website: https://x.com/grantvc

Grant Van Cleve is a seed investor at TCA Venture Group in Orange focused on Software and SaaS. Grant Van Cleve is the President of American Chamber of Commerce in Albania. He is also the Managing Partner at Hangar 75. He is chairman emeritus of TCA Venture Group. He attended the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $100k–$5.7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 9 | 27% |
| SaaS | 4 | 12% |
| FinTech | 3 | 9% |
| Medical | 3 | 9% |
| Education | 3 | 9% |

72 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 13 | 39% |
| Convertible Note | 8 | 24% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 18% |
| Angel | 2 | 6% |
| Series A | 2 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 26 | 79% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Albania | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stampisti | Stampisti is a platform that combines technology and creativity to offer product customisation. | $22.7K | Angel | Apr 22, 2025 |  |
| Entrelliance | Entrelliance a global organization of founders, mentors, and investors working together to grow and manage companies. | $285K | Seed | Jan 06, 2023 |  |
| NuFund Venture Group | NuFund Venture Group formerly known as TCA-San Diego (TCA-SD) is the San Diego chapter of Tech Coast Angels. | $3.5M | Seed | Dec 01, 2022 |  |
| Waterotor Energy Technologies | Waterotor Energy Technologies is a firm that provides renewable energy solutions. They provide services that include renewable energy, hydrokinetic energy, and hydropower. | $100K | Seed | May 31, 2022 |  |
| Single Pass | Single Pass is a developer of a disposable bipolar electrocautery device that can cauterize deep tissue through a guide needle. |  | Seed | Jul 09, 2021 |  |
| Terecircuits | Terecircuits develops processes and materials to support microassembly and mass transfer for displays and advanced electronics. |  | Seed | Sep 29, 2020 |  |
| Renata Medical | Renata Medical develops purposeful medical devices. To deliver safe and versatile products, the company focuses on unmet congenital needs. The solution is to develop, innovate, and market congenital heart disease solutions. | $4.4M | Series A | Jul 15, 2020 |  |
| Solid Financial Technologies, Inc | Solid's platform enables banks & companies to offer embedded banking, payments, and card products, in a safe, secure & compliant way. | $5.7M | Seed | Apr 29, 2020 |  |
| NeoCharge | Optimizing home electric vehicle charging. |  | Seed | Apr 22, 2020 |  |
| Chatterworks | ChatterWorks is a recruiting platform that helps recruiters find, engage, and close hard-to-hire talent. The platform provides with personal contact information for the candidates they want to speak with. ChatterWorks now notifies you when a candidate is active on social media sites and with whom they are interacting. Increase response rates byengaging candidates when and where they are on topics of interest to them. | $600K | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2020 |  |

10 of 33 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [TCA Venture Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tech-coast-angels) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Abstract](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-list-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Backend Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/backend-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Base10 Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/base10-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bossa Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bossanova-investimentos) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About TCA Venture Group

VC Fund · Newport Beach, United States

TCA Venture Group is the largest angel investor group in the United States, possessing more than 300 members in five networks in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Central Coast, and the Inland Empire. Its members provide funding and guidance to more early-stage, high-growth companies in Southern California than any other investment group.Members invest in companies in a wide range of industries, including the life sciences, biotech, IT, services, retail, Internet, financial, software, media, consumer products, and tech startups. TCA as a whole gives companies more than just capital; they also provide counsel, mentoring, and access to an extensive network of potential investors, customers, strategic partners, and management talent. Tech Coast Angels has been ranked by CB Insights to be among the Top 20 Angel Groups in the US; TCA was also ranked as #1 for Network Centrality, meaning we have more connections than anyone! If you are in the game-changing business, we are here to help.

5 contacts available at TCA Venture Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Friedman | Angel Investor, Chairman, TechCoastAngels Board of Governors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-friedman-87ae |
| Grant Van Cleve | Chairman Emeritus | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grant-van-cleve |
| Brian Coryat | Member & Angel Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-coryat |
| Brian Horner | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-horner |
| Chris Hameetman | Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-hameetman |

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## FAQ

### What does Grant Van Cleve invest in?

Grant Van Cleve invests primarily in Software, SaaS and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Convertible Note stage. Most of the 33 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Grant Van Cleve's check size?

Grant Van Cleve typically joins rounds of $100k–$5.7M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Grant Van Cleve participates in.

### When did Grant Van Cleve last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Grant Van Cleve closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 33 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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