# Great North Ventures

> Great North Ventures is a VC fund in Minneapolis backing Software and FinTech. See 44 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Minneapolis, United States
- Total investments: 44
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 16%
- Fund size: $40M
- Last fund: May 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/great-north-ventures
- X (Twitter): http://www.twitter.com/greatnorthvc
- Website: http://www.greatnorthventures.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greatnorthventures

Great North Ventures is a VC fund in Minneapolis focused on Software and FinTech. Great North Ventures invests in entrepreneurs who are using the latest breakthrough technologies to innovate industries still dominated by analog processes. From Seed to Series B, the team provides guidance, capital, and connections. The fund looks for the best startups wherever they are located, because the next generation of great companies aregrowing outside of Silicon Valley. Built by successful founders, Great North Ventures values the ability to execute above all else.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$6.3M |
| Pre-Seed | $600k–$2M |
| Series A | $4M–$86M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 23% |
| FinTech | 4 | 9% |
| Internet | 4 | 9% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 9% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 9% |

77 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 21 | 48% |
| Series A | 9 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 7% |
| Series B | 3 | 7% |
| Series C | 2 | 5% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 31 | 70% |
| Mexico | 2 | 5% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pradip Madan | Managing Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pradip-madan |
| Robert Weber | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-weber |
| Ryan Weber | Managing Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-weber |
| Josef Siebert | Director of Marketing | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/josef-siebert |
| Sanjay Jesrani | Founder & CEO | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sanjay-jesrani |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Benji | Benji is a modern API for loyalty programs. It helps businesses enhance conversion rates and profitability by providing clients with a new way to pay using rewards points. | $6.3M | Seed | May 19, 2026 |  |
| Yipy | Yipy is a cloud-based standards management and auditing platform built specifically for hotels. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jan 13, 2026 |  |
| Mango | Mango offers suppliers and contractors in the construction industry real-time risk analytics, automated B2B payments, and embedded credit. | $3M | Seed | Jul 15, 2025 |  |
| Waterlily | Waterlily analyzes a family's future long-term care needs and costs using AI modeling software. | $7M | Seed | Jan 29, 2025 |  |
| LendAPI | LendAPI can run any custom machine learning models, Python code, PMML, or PKL files.LendAPI's decision engine allows clients to run their own A/B testing, backtesting, and shadow scoring to optimize digital onboarding performance. | $3.2M | Seed | Nov 06, 2024 |  |
| OCN | Car subscription startup for bank-ignored gig workers in LATAM. | $86M | Series A | Jul 15, 2024 |  |
| OCN | Car subscription startup for bank-ignored gig workers in LATAM. | $86M | Debt Financing | Jul 15, 2024 |  |
| Coldcart | Coldcart is a technology platform which orchestrates, optimizes and scales frozen and refrigerated parcel logistics for leading D2C and B2B companies - unlocking unprecedented new efficiencies in perishable parcel logistics. | $6.5M | Seed | Jun 27, 2024 |  |
| HLRBO | HLRBO is an online hunting network that connects landowners and hunters. List your property on HLRBO. No fees. No commissions. Hunters contact you directly with questions or to lease. | $1M | Seed | Feb 20, 2024 |  |
| BetterYou | BetterYou is a digital wellness platform that helps to make better health and wellness decisions every day. The platform leverages the data exhaust created from using their devices every single day to create insight around where people spend their time vs. what's actually important to them. Their users define what “time better spent” lookslike, and to help them stay on track.BetterYou provides population-level insights back to organizations, helping them drive health savings downstream by improving their employees’ digital and overall wellness. It also allows individuals to maximize their time and stay focused on goals that matter. | $6M | Series A | Dec 06, 2023 |  |

10 of 44 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Great North Ventures invest in?

Great North Ventures invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 44 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 Great North Ventures's check size?

Great North Ventures typically joins rounds of $1M–$6.3M at Seed, $600k–$2M at Pre-Seed and $4M–$86M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Great North Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Great North Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Great North Ventures?

The team at Great North Ventures includes Pradip Madan (Managing Partner), Robert Weber (Co-Founder & Managing Partner) and Ryan Weber (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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