# James Hill

> James Hill is a seed investor at Grand Ventures (Chicago) backing Software and Product Research. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Grand Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grand-ventures)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesdonaldhill

James Hill is a seed investor at Grand Ventures in Chicago focused on Software and Product Research. James joined Grand Ventures with over ten years of experience in venture capital investing in healthcare information technology, enterprise software and financial technology. In his previous role as Vice President of Venture Capital and Private Equity at First Trust Capital Partners, the private investment arm of a $200 billion AUM asset managerwith over 90 portfolio companies, James led a range of healthcare and fintech investments, including Phynd Technologies, SteadyMD, TouchCare, ClinOne, ProofPilot, Circuit Clinical, Korio and Flexwise Health.From 2013 to 2019, James worked as Vice President at Edison Partners, which targets high-growth financial technology, healthcare IT and vertical SaaS companies located outside of Silicon Valley. He managed the digital health and fintech investment pipelines, led the Edison Director Network, helped close more than ten growth-stage investments, and served as a Board Director for multiple healthcare portfolio companies. Some of his investments included Solovis (acquired by Nasdaq), Clinverse (acquired by BioClinica), Trialscope (acquired by Informa), BlueMedora (acquired by VMare), ItemMaster (now Syndigo and acquired by Gladson), Predata (acquired by FiscalNote), PurpleLab, Signet Accel, Inc., and Virtual Health.James earned an MBA in finance JD focused on corporate law from Michigan State University. He also holds a degree in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Product Research | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Navidence | Navidence provides a transformative Real World Evidence (RWE) Design platform that enables organizations to efficiently adapt to the ever-increasing ecosystem of Real World Data (RWD) sources. The company unlocks the power of Computable Operational Definitions (CODefs) for RWE Design and RWD Assessment. Navidence's RWE Sherpa platform offerstools to streamline the process of defining an RWE study's data, making it easier for researchers to conduct their studies in the age of data. |  | Seed | Jan 27, 2026 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Nina Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nina-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Grand Ventures

VC Fund · Grand Rapids, United States

Grand Ventures is an early stage venture fund investing in seed stage B2B SaaS companies in emerging regions of the US and Canada.

5 contacts available at Grand Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Camila Noordeloos | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/camila-noordeloos |
| Craig R. Jablonski | Investor / Limited Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-j |
| James Hill | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-hill-2 |
| Nathan Owen | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nathan-owen |
| Tim Streit | Co-Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tim-streit |

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## FAQ

### What does James Hill invest in?

James Hill invests primarily in Software, Product Research and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did James Hill last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Hill closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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