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    North Coast Ventures

    Cleveland, Ohio, United StatesFounded 2006
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    North Coast Ventures is a Cleveland-based venture capital firm investing in early-stage, B2B applied AI and SaaS companies. Founded in 2006 as North Coast Angel Fund, it has deployed over $90M into 67+ high-potential ventures and is preparing to launch its largest fund, Acceleration Fund III, targeting $50M.

    Average disclosed round size is $10.9M (across 25 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    24

    Fund Size

    $50M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Clay Rankin

    Clay Rankin

    Managing Director Emeritus

    Todd Federman

    Todd Federman

    Managing Director

    Daniel Luketic

    Daniel Luketic

    Director

    Michael Leonard

    Michael Leonard

    Investment Associate

    Ann Kirschner

    Ann Kirschner

    Chief Financial and Operating Officer

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    28 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    1LogTech logo1LogTechSeed$1.5MJan 2025
    OnStation logoOnStationSeries A$8.5MJun 2024
    Redi Health logoRedi HealthSeries B$14MFeb 2024
    Thrivable logoThrivableUnknown$6MDec 2023
    Society Brands logoSociety BrandsGrowth$11MOct 2023
    Bloomfilter logoBloomfilterSeed$7MMay 2023
    Vytalize Health logoVytalize HealthSeries C—Feb 2023
    BetterYou logoBetterYouSeries A$6MJan 2023
    Cloverpop logoCloverpopSeries A—Dec 2022
    UUnify JobsSeed$4.5MJun 2022
    Because logoBecauseSeed$3MMay 2022
    Bubble logoBubblePre-Seed$1.8MJan 2022
    Vytalize Health logoVytalize HealthSeries B$50MJan 2022
    Thrivable logoThrivableUnknown$1.7MJun 2021
    Alviere logoAlviereSeries B$50MJan 2021
    ReadySet Surgical logoReadySet SurgicalSeries A$5.5MMar 2020
    Readyset logoReadysetSeries A$5.5MMar 2020
    reMesh logoreMeshSeries A$25MMar 2020
    reMesh logoreMeshSeed—Apr 2017
    Ahalogy logoAhalogySeries A$3.1MJan 2014
    Stik logoStikSeries A$2.3MJan 2013
    Bloomfilter logoBloomfilterSeed$7M—
    ScriptDrop logoScriptDropSeries A$15M—
    FinOpsly logoFinOpslySeed$4.5M—
    OnShift logoOnShiftSeries D$18M—
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    Top Co-Investors

    Techstars6 shared
    JumpStart Ventures4 shared
    Plug and Play Tech Center4 shared
    Draper Triangle4 shared
    HPA3 shared
    Sequoia Capital3 shared
    Index Ventures2 shared
    General Catalyst2 shared
    LionBird2 shared
    M252 shared
    Early Light Ventures2 shared
    Hyde Park Venture Partners2 shared
    Mairs & Power Venture Capital2 shared
    Draper Associates2 shared
    Innovation Endeavors1 shared
    Bowery Capital1 shared
    Studio VC1 shared
    Harlem Capital1 shared
    Exor Ventures1 shared
    Gaingels1 shared

    Last updated: 20 October 2026