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North Coast Ventures
Venture capital · Cleveland, OH, United States · North America
North Coast Ventures is an early-stage investor that backs business-to-business Applied AI companies and connects them to enterprise customers through its investor network. It invests out of multiple funds and has deployed over $100M across roughly 100 companies.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning
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Or find every investor that fitsNorth Coast Ventures lists 49 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 4 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (31%), AI & Machine Learning (19%) and Fintech (11%). 90% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside JumpStart Ventures, JobsOhio Ventures and M25.
Counts come from funding rounds that name North Coast Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not North Coast Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 49. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 50% |
| Series A | 50% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 83th | 49 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 73th | 50% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 60th | 4% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 54th | 31% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 31% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 19% | 18% |
| Fintech | 11% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 9% | 8% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 8% | 7% |
| Education | 7% | 7% |
| Cybersecurity | 5% | 4% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 4% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| JumpStart Ventures | 15 |
| JobsOhio Ventures | 8 |
| M25 | 5 |
| Rev1 Ventures | 5 |
| Allos Ventures | 3 |
| Connetic Ventures | 3 |
| CoreNetwork Fund | 2 |
| Draper Triangle | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers4898%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company12%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with JumpStart Ventures
Compare North Coast Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with North Coast Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 28 Jul 2026 | Series A | |
| 30 Oct 2025 | Round | |
| 29 Aug 2025 | Round |
Round details for North Coast Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in North Coast Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
49 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides logistics integration solutions for various transportation management systems and other logistics software | Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| 7SIGNAL continuously monitors the real-world performance of devices, machines, and applications that businesses depend on. | Healthcare & BiotechCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Agilis designs and manufactures unmanned systems for the U.S. military | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Alviere provides a platform for enterprises to offer financial services to their customers | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | |||
| Axuall provides a healthcare data network that delivers AI-assisted insights to help healthcare organizations make informed decisions and reduce workload for providers and administrators. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| B-Atomic automates insurance remarketing, endorsements, and proposals for insurance agencies | FintechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| BetterYou develops innovative wellness solutions that promote healthier habits using AI and cognitive science. | Healthcare & BiotechEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Bloomfilter connects frontier models to workflow systems to help enterprises measure, scale, and optimize the value of their agents. | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Cloverpop sells a decision intelligence software platform with AI assistants that help enterprises make and track business decisions. | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Cycle Labs provides enterprise test automation for supply chain systems | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Docket provides AI-driven QA testing for mobile, web, and desktop platforms | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Exacter provides solutions for enhancing grid performance, including transmission surveys, distribution vision analytics, and substation equipment threat identification. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| FenixPyre provides a Post-Authentication Data Security (PADS) platform | Cybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| FinOpsly provides a platform for AI cost governance, helping teams manage and track their AI spend across various platforms | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| ForMotiv understands the intent behind every policyholder interaction and turns it into real-time decisions for insurance companies | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| GenomOncology transforms complex and fragmented oncology data into actionable intelligence. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Givzey provides a platform for nonprofit gift documentation management | EducationFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Graici empowers people by securely acquiring and organizing the information they need to make better decisions, access resources, and navigate life with confidence. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- northcoast.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 29 Aug 2025
- Companies checked
- 49
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