# Nathan Owen

> Nathan Owen is a seed investor at Grand Ventures backing Internet and Information Technology. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Grand Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grand-ventures)
- Location: Grand Rapids, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanowen
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/nathan_owen
- Website: https://x.com/nathan_owen
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nathanowen8487

Nathan Owen is a seed investor at Grand Ventures in Grand Rapids focused on Internet and Information Technology. Nathan Owen is based out of Grand Rapids, Michigan and is the General Partner at Grand Ventures. Nathan previously worked at HYCU as a COO. Nathan Owen attended the Central Michigan University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 2 | 50% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 50% |
| CMS | 1 | 25% |
| Compliance | 1 | 25% |
| Cyber Security | 1 | 25% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Scorbit | Scorbit develops a platform for pinball players and pinball machine owners and operators. | $5M | Seed | Nov 13, 2025 |  |
| Comp AI | Comp AI is revolutionizing the compliance industry with its groundbreaking open source compliance automation platform. Our mission is to assist 100,000 companies in achieving SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR compliance by 2032. By seamlessly integrating with your existing systems, our platform simplifies the compliance process and ensures that yourorganization meets the necessary standards. Here are the key features and benefits of Comp AI’s compliance automation platform:Automate Compliance Tracking: Effortlessly track compliance progress in real-time. Evidence Collection: Automatically collect and organize evidence to streamline audits. Risk Assessment: Identify and assess potential risks to proactively mitigate compliance issues. Vendor Management: Manage vendor compliance requirements efficiently from a single platform.With Comp AI’s open source compliance automation platform, you can achieve and maintain compliance with ease. Say goodbye to manual processes and embrace a more efficient and effective approach to compliance management. Join us in our mission to transform the compliance landscape and secure a compliant future for your organization. | $2.6M | Pre-Seed | Jul 31, 2025 |  |
| Tembo | Dev-first, fully-extensible managed Postgres. | $14M | Series A | Jul 03, 2024 |  |
| Payload | Payload CMS is a self-hosted, headless TypeScript CMS created with Node, React, and MongoDB. | $4.7M | Seed | Nov 15, 2022 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cintrifuse Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cintrifuse-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Defined](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/defined-bb57) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Detroit Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/detroit-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Exceptional Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exceptional-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gradient](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gradient-ventures) — 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 Nathan Owen invest in?

Nathan Owen invests primarily in Internet, Information Technology and CMS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 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 Nathan Owen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nathan Owen closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 4 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?

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