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Looking for Bootstrapped Startups to Invest $500k to $2M In

Looking for a capital partner to help you accelerate the growth of your startup?

The VC fund I founded is currently investing out of a $41M early-stage fund, looking to write initial checks of $500k to $2M into bootstrapped or lightly funded startups that have achieved $250k or greater of ARR and looking for a partner to help them scale. Primarily focused on B2B software, fintech, and marketplaces.

I started Great North Ventures with my twin brother after having successfully exiting our bootstrapped startup that we grew for 16 years. We have worked with a handful of other bootstrapped/lightly funded startups and had a lot of success the past few years so looking to find others to partner with.

U.S. only.

on June 5, 2025
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    Prepping for our first raise now — early AI product aimed at restaurant ops. Curious if your investors responded better to traction or team story?

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      Shoot me an email at rob at greatnorthventures dot com. Happy to share feedback

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    It seems like a really good idea, I'm still starting out on my projects and many of them aren't even profitable yet, but I hope to get there one day.

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    Congratulations on your success to date! Any chance you would consider a boostrapped start up that has validated demand in the US, UK and Australia that is registered in New Zealand? We're planning a SAFE round next month but open about alternative approaches.

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      Shoot me an email at rob at greatnorthventures dot com. Happy to share feedback

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    Really great to see a VC fund that focuses on supporting bootstrapped and lightly funded founders — love the philosophy. I’m still in the early stages (building Leivoo — a social app for real-time connections in nightlife/events, ranked top 30 on IH) but definitely will be following your work as I grow. Very inspiring!

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    Thanks for sharing this really inspiring journey! I'm currently building a scalable Airbnb arbitrage model ,where we lease properties long-term and re-rent them short-term on platforms like Airbnb. It's capital-efficient, cash-flow positive, and growing fast.

    Would love to explore if this could fit within your investment scope happy to send over a short deck if you're open to it.

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      We have a handful of investments in the hospitality space. Let's schedule an intro call some time. Shoot me an email to rob at greatnorthventures dot com and we can get a call scheduled.

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    Hey sounds exciting..I am the co-founder ReelCraft AI. We bootstrapped for $200k and did a revenue of $500k and now looking for seed capital to scale. We are based out of Dallas and would love to chat. Cheers

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      Let's schedule an intro call some time. Shoot me an email to rob at greatnorthventures dot com and we can get a call scheduled.

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      Hey, we would like to explore further, you can message me, I can connect with you an angel syndicate who is exploring something like this.

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        I'm new to IndieHackers. I'm actually not sure how to message on here

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          You can drop me a mail at codelifehere at gmail dot com

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    This is an exciting opportunity for some folks (not me yet, lol)! Great North Ventures - where are you based? I was thinking you might be in Canada until I saw the US-only requirement.

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      We are based in Minnesota and looking for startups based in the U.S.

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        Cool - definitely respect people doing tech startup things outside the typical hotspots. I’m located in North Idaho (grew up in Michigan) and there’s a small tech community here- hopefully it grows.