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Board Member
Mar 2021
JustAir provides local air pollution monitoring solutions to cities to bring greater transparency into the disparities of air quality among our communities. With proper visibility from JustAir’s neighborhood-level air quality monitors, local leaders can more accurately identify sources of pollutants and thus develop data-driven solutions in order to protect the breathing environment for our most vulnerable groups.
Board Member
Jan 2021
Our indoor market features 20+ food vendors and private event facilities. We offer several exceptional spaces throughout the site, including a rooftop greenhouse, modern banquet room, and meeting spaces. The Market is LEED Gold certified, featuring a green roof, live walls, geotherm wells, rain gardens, and plenty of other innovative sustainable features.
Aside from being a premier venue in Grand Rapids for weddings and corporate events, our Incubator Kitchen supports local food entrepreneurs in every stage of business development. Affordable commercial kitchen rental rates along with professional licensing guidance is available to anyone looking to kickstart their food startup!
The Downtown Market is a delicious destination located in downtown Grand Rapids, close to the city's best hotels and attractions. Learn more on our website!
Board Observer
Mar 2019
The largest, fastest-growing high school sports marketing and media network. Partnered with over 20% of the nation's high schools, VNN connects local sports communities together.
Board Member or Observer
Jan 2016
We’re the company that set the standard for enterprise-grade integration for IT monitoring. We believe that data is dimensional, not flat, and health and performance metrics must include their relationship to other components in the IT stack to truly provide insights. We deliver this Dimensional Data using the industry’s first IT monitoring integration service (MIaaS), BindPlane. For more information, visit bluemedora.com.
Board Member or Observer
Jan 2016
observIQ builds cutting edge observability tools for businesses, private users, and open source projects. Our mission is to advance observability technology through promoting and contributing to open source communities. We are a proud partner of the OpenTelemetry project.
Docs: https://docs.bindplane.observiq.com/docs/about
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2021
Board Member
Mar 2021
JustAir provides local air pollution monitoring solutions to cities to bring greater transparency into the disparities of air quality among our communities. With proper visibility from JustAir’s neighborhood-level air quality monitors, local leaders can more accurately identify sources of pollutants and thus develop data-driven solutions in order to protect the breathing environment for our most vulnerable groups.
Board Member
Jan 2021
Our indoor market features 20+ food vendors and private event facilities. We offer several exceptional spaces throughout the site, including a rooftop greenhouse, modern banquet room, and meeting spaces. The Market is LEED Gold certified, featuring a green roof, live walls, geotherm wells, rain gardens, and plenty of other innovative sustainable features.
Aside from being a premier venue in Grand Rapids for weddings and corporate events, our Incubator Kitchen supports local food entrepreneurs in every stage of business development. Affordable commercial kitchen rental rates along with professional licensing guidance is available to anyone looking to kickstart their food startup!
The Downtown Market is a delicious destination located in downtown Grand Rapids, close to the city's best hotels and attractions. Learn more on our website!
2019
Board Observer
Mar 2019
The largest, fastest-growing high school sports marketing and media network. Partnered with over 20% of the nation's high schools, VNN connects local sports communities together.
2016
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Wakestream Ventures
Investment Partner
Apr 2016
Investment Partner
Apr 2016
Wakestream Ventures finds its motivation and inspiration from our regions rich history in innovation, industrial design, manufacturing, and emerging technology. We consider ourselves an early stage generalist fund with deal sizes ranging from $150K–500K in initial investment size with follow on commitments for 2nd and 3rd rounds up to $1.5M cumulative.
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