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Astronomer rockets into 2022

When I joined Grand Ventures last year, a significant part of my decision-making criteria is that I wanted to work for a Venture firm that…

May 26, 2022

Astronomer rockets into 2022

May 26, 2022

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Why Grand Invested in Tembo: Postgres today, Postgres tomorrow, Postgres forever

We’re excited to announce our recent investment in Tembo. We are joining lead investor, GreatPoint Ventures, alongside existing investors…

Jul 3

Why Grand Invested in Tembo: Postgres today, Postgres tomorrow, Postgres forever

Jul 3

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Evaluating Open Source Startups: Community Discussion Forums

In a previous blog post, The Open Source Metrics That Grand Ventures Looks For, I laid out the various dimensions Grand Ventures looks at…

Mar 25

Evaluating Open Source Startups: Community Discussion Forums

Mar 25

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The Open Source Metrics That Grand Ventures Looks For

With the launch of Grand Venture’s 2nd Fund in September, our focus has narrowed to a much smaller set of thematic investment areas, of…

Dec 11, 2023

The Open Source Metrics That Grand Ventures Looks For

Dec 11, 2023

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A couple of Observability related Twitter Lists

For years I’ve leveraged Twitter lists extensively to track market segments/sectors, notable individuals in certain spaces, or even the…

May 31, 2023

A couple of Observability related Twitter Lists

May 31, 2023

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‘Observability data’ vs ‘Data Observability’

Over the past year, Grand Ventures has been closely tracking the Observability and Data Observability spaces, and as part of that effort…

May 22, 2023

‘Observability data’ vs ‘Data Observability’

May 22, 2023

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Why GV invested in Terminal49: Investing in the future of ocean terminal visibility

We are excited to announce our recent investment in Terminal49. We are joining lead investor, Stage 2 in Terminal 49’s $6.5M Series A…

Jan 25, 2023

Why GV invested in Terminal49:
Investing in the future of ocean terminal visibility

Jan 25, 2023

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Developer-led Content Management: Why Grand Ventures is excited to invest in Payload CMS

We’re thrilled to announce Grand Venture’s latest investment in the team behind Payload CMS, the open source “headless CMS” project that…

Nov 16, 2022

Developer-led Content Management: Why Grand Ventures is excited to invest in Payload CMS

Nov 16, 2022

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Software That Changed the Game

Recently someone asked me for the software where I had some sort of “A-ha” moment, or more simply stated, software that blew my mind. I did…

Jun 27, 2022

Software That Changed the Game

Jun 27, 2022

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Chain.io takes the next step in connecting the Supply Chain Digital Nervous System

Supply chains have historically been plagued by rigid, inefficient, and slow point-to-point connections managed by error-prone, manual…

Jun 23, 2022

Jun 23, 2022

Nathan Owen

Nathan Owen

Partner at Grand Ventures, focused primarily on DevOps, the Developer Tool-chain, and Infrastructure software. Operator (CEO, COO, CRO) in prior life.

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