North Coast Ventures
VC Fund
Cleveland, United States
North Coast Ventures is a VC fund in Cleveland focused on Health Care and Software. North Coast Ventures (formerly North Coast Angel Fund) is comprised of four contributed capital funds with a focus on early-stage technology investments. Our membership consists of a number of Ohio's leading investors, entrepreneurs, and business leaders who are dedicated to accelerating early-stage ventures.North Coast Ventures members playan active role by generating deal flow, serving on due diligence teams, working with portfolio companies, or serving on the Investment Screening and Executive Committees. Through this involvement, our goal is to provide a supportive environment for our portfolio companies and ultimately enhance the performance of our Fund.Northeast Ohio has a long tradition of active and successful angel investing, but until recently, the success of this crucial form of funding has hinged on the efforts of a relatively small number of individual investors. As the region’s first professionally managed angel fund, North Coast Angel Fund works to improve the early-stage funding environment for both entrepreneurs and investors.
- Total investments:
- 105
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 21%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries North Coast Ventures invests in
Stages North Coast Ventures invests in
Countries North Coast Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Round size
- Seed
- $500k–$5.5M
- Series A
- $1.2M–$14M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 24 (23%)
- Software 19 (18%)
- Medical Device 13 (12%)
- Information Technology 13 (12%)
- SaaS 11 (10%)
Stage
- Series A 31 (30%)
- Seed 30 (29%)
- Funding Round 9 (9%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 8 (8%)
- Series B 6 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Claiborne R. Rankin
Managing Member
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Managing Member | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
Daniel Luketic
Director
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Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Todd Federman
Executive Director
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Executive Director | Total investments: 18 | Find email | |
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Ben Sheridan
Member
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Member | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Ben Sheridan
Member
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Member | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
| See all 7 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agilis Air is a developer and manufacturer of low-cost, American-made drones and autonomy technologies. | $1.4M / Seed / Sep 14, 2026 | ||
Agilis Air
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Agilis Air, Inc., a defense tech drone startup spun out of legacy drone manufacturer Theiss UAV Solutions specializes in low-cost, adaptable, and AI-driven unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for dual-use defense and commercial applications. | $1.4M / Seed / Sep 14, 2026 | |
| Healia is a company that provides revolutionizing health insurance for dual-income households, saving employers 85% each registered family. | $14M / Series A / Jul 28, 2026 | ||
| FinOpsly is on a mission to redefine cloud cost management through the power of artificial intelligence. As your AI Copilot for implementing FinOps, the platform delivers a comprehensive, single-view solution for multi-cloud environments. It delivers complete visibility and transparency into unit cost economics, equips you with intelligentrecommendations and anomaly detection, and offers virtual tagging and governance capabilities, all through a user-friendly interface designed to drive collaboration and accountability across finance, product and engineering teams. FinOpsly isn't just about cost savings – it’s about enhancing the quality and velocity of your cloud investments. | $6.4M / Seed / Jan 14, 2026 | ||
| InnerActiv is a cybersecurity software company that protects organizations from insider threats, fraud, and data loss at the endpoint. Built with an AI-driven, behavior-based approach, InnerActiv delivers real-time visibility into how users interact with sensitive data, systems, and devices—detecting risky activity such as data grazing, policytesting, and low-and-slow reconnaissance before it leads to a breach. The platform’s lightweight, encrypted agents and endpoint-first design provide proactive protection, faster response, and seamless integration with existing security stacks. | $2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 31, 2025 | ||
| Primum is a digital platform that connects general oncologists to subspecialist oncologists for help on their most complex cases. | Seed / Sep 25, 2025 | ||
| TandemStride provides genuine, individualized support to survivors and their loved ones, whether in the form of a peer mentor with training, resources, or just someone who knows what it's like to be in recovery. | $5.5M / Seed / Sep 08, 2025 | ||
| 1Logtech provides an AI-driven self-service connectivity platform for EDI and API integrations in logistics. The solution allows operational teams, without coding expertise, to build and manage integrations with carriers, customers, TMS, ERP, and WMS systems. | $1.5M / Seed / Jan 30, 2025 | ||
| OnStation is the leading digital stationing platform for road construction. Founded in 2013, OnStation replaces physical survey stakes, paper field logs, and GPS rovers with live, station-referenced location and documentation on any phone — no special hardware required.Field crews, CEI inspection teams, and state DOT agencies use OnStation toknow exactly where they are on a project, document work in real time with geo-referenced photos and notes, and build defensible records for pay applications, change orders, and DOT closeout. Every photo, flag, and note is automatically anchored to a precise station reference and timestamp.OnStation is used on more than 5,000 road construction projects by over 400 contractor organizations and 16+ state DOT agencies across the United States. Customer retention is approximately 97%. The platform is SOC 2 Type 2 certified.Key outcomes reported by customers include $18,000 saved per density technician per year (Mathy Construction), guardrail location disputes resolved in seconds vs. hours (RS&H — I-4 Corridor), and elimination of GPS rover dependency from daily field workflows (APEX Engineering). | $8.5M / Series A / Jun 10, 2024 | ||
| Redi.Health is a healthcare technology company that develops health management platforms for patients. The company aims to connect patients with chronic diseases to patient support programs. These programs are created in partnership with pharmaceutical manufacturers and are always free to patients.Founded in 2021, the company is based inColumbus, Ohio, United States. | $14M / Series B / Feb 28, 2024 | ||
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FAQ
What does North Coast Ventures invest in?
North Coast Ventures invests primarily in Health Care, Software and Medical Device startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 105 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does North Coast Ventures invest in?
North Coast Ventures typically joins rounds of $500k–$5.5M at Seed and $1.2M–$14M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not North Coast Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds North Coast Ventures took part in.
How do I contact North Coast Ventures?
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Who are the partners at North Coast Ventures?
The team at North Coast Ventures includes Claiborne R. Rankin (Managing Member), Daniel Luketic (Director) and Todd Federman (Executive Director), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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