Grant Van Cleve Email & Phone Number

Tirana, Al

AmCham Albania is the voice of U.S. and Albanian business interests in Albania and works for specific economic development incentives, more effective import and export support policies, and a better business infrastructure. AmCham Albania’s membership currently comprises 256+ companies representing more than a fifth of the overall economy. Members include some of the world’s biggest brands and leading multinationals from across all industries and business sectors. The result is an organization with significant influence on the direction of the country as a whole.

Tirana, Al

Irvine, California, Us

Hangar 75 has a new way to do venture that solves a number of issues for angel investors looking for a better return profile, and for corporations hoping for a more productive way to innovate. Our Asset Factory is focused on the continual origination of great ideas that are converted into assets which are sold to eager buyers in a compressed time frame. Our Asset Factory allows our shareholders, investors, and teams to retain a larger proportion of the value created from our catalytic work. Rather than invest in others’ startups, Hangar 75 is focused on originating, launching and scaling our own portfolio of ventures. And we create those ventures focused from day one on orchestrating a trade sale to a global corporation - many of whom are clients of the group. By building an asset production line and by targeting earlier exits we provide investors an opportunity to make more consistent returns, in less time, which is expected to lead to higher IRR than typical startup venture portfolios. Hangar 75 works with organizations that have recognized that they need to acquire unique assets that will allow them to increase market share, fend off emerging competition, and find new ways of generating increased shareholder value. We provide a safer way to launch new products able to unearth their initial market traction and delight their users. We combine this with a frictionless pilot, acquisition and migration process. We sell our assets at a discount to the value they generate, making an acquisition attractive to the buyer.We produce both Speculative Assets, which we originate and intend to sell into a corporation through a pilot & acquisition, and Joint Venture Assets, where a corporation signs an upfront agreement that includes a license fee for use of the asset and an option to buy.

Irvine, California, Us

TCA Venture Group (formerly Tech Coast Angels) includes chapters in Orange County, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Central Coast, and Inland Empire and specialist groups like MEDA for med tech. They coordinate their efforts through a Board of Governors. Grant Van Cleve was asked to serve as leader of this board, after his role as President of the Orange County Chapter. He was Vice Chairman in 2018, and Chair for 2019. 2019 was the most active investment period in TCA's history. TCA is a catalyst in helping to build Southern California’s economy... and now beyond through its expanding national footprint. TCA is actively seeking great startups to fund. Providing more than just money, TCA brings connections, knowledge, mentoring and operational assistance to bold early-stage entrepreneurs with game-changing ideas. Between its large size (about 50o members), history of successful exits, high portfolio IRR over 20 years, and thought leadership in the angel space, TCA is considered the premiere angel group in the nation. TCA's leadership role includes calalyzing the Angel Syndication Network ('ASN', https://www.techcoastangels.com/angel-syndication-network/) and serving on the board of the Angel Capital Association ('ACA' https://www.angelcapitalassociation.org/), influencing it's 13,000+ angels in 260+ angel groups. Let us help you to turn your vision into a sustainable and successful business.

Irvine, California, Us

Tech Coast Angels is the premiere angel investor group in the United States. Its 430+ members provide funding and guidance to early-stage, high-growth companies in Southern California and beyond. TCA has a highly collaborative approach to screening potential companies and doing due-diligence. Once a TCA member chooses to invest, they give companies more than just capital; they also provide counsel, mentoring and access to an extensive network of potential investors, customers, strategic partners and management talent. About $250 million has gone into more than 450 companies across diverse industries (not just 'tech'). These companies then proceeded to attract nearly $2.1 billion in additional investment capital. Grant is an active angel: In addition to investing he serves as a mentor and advocate within the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem. Grant served as President of the Orange County TCA chapter in 2016-2018, then transitioned to being the Chairman of the Board of Governors over TCA's 5 chapters until 2020. He remains active in the organization of Chairman Emeritus and statesman.Involved in Parcel Pending, Immuno Gum, Fitn - Wildfire, SomaBar, LeaseLock, Portfolium, Edufii, Schlep & Fetch, iPourIt, EveryStory, Dthera Sciences, Twigtale, NabThat, Korner, BeatShare, Enmotus, Unbooked Appointments, Immersive Entertainment, Connected Signals, iBesties, TinyKicks, LoveLab, Authenticating, What Pumpkin Games, MovoCash, KangarooTime, InvestED, Codelucida, Mobilize Solutions, Onramp Bioinformatics, GoVYRL, Buy It Installed, DTx Pharma, Smart Armor, Razberi, Terecircuits, Single Pass, Rosalind, Carro, ACE 20 SD fund, ACE 20 OC fund, ACE 21 OC fund.

Pristina, Kosovo, Al

I've been inspired of late to do what I can to help the startup ecosystem evolve in the Balkans and Middle East. As elsewhere, growth is held back by limited early stage 'seed' investing into those startups. Before the new companies qualify for bank loans or venture capital. It's been an honor to be an active investor and statesman for angel investing in California, USA. Now I have a chance to join a great collection of investors doing the same for Southeast Europe. They connected with global heavyweight Keiretsu to launch something that can impact the Balkans and beyond. I'm honored to join them.

Global early-stage venture capital investor and business incubator/accelerator. VC Invest has successfully brought many products and services to market with a broad geographic and market footprint. Southern California based, but with portfolio investments elsewhere in the US, and with a priority interest in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. International thought-leader for BAM.Involved in more than 100 ventures, including: Velexo, Perfectna, Unlicensed Chimp Technologies, SugarsGone, Lumi, Waterotor, Enmotus, Joint Mints, Finess, Land Clicker, Compass, Sovereign's Capital, mobilePouch, mCryption, Dezignwall, Genesis Development Collaborative, Mentor Mint, FUNraise, Youngry, Inklocker, EduBuddy, March, BuyGive, Styleriser, Givsum, Neocharge, CloudKeyz, Cheese Financial, Aira Power, ChatterWorks, Wise Financial, Solid, Sovereign's Capital, 70 Million Jobs, EduPal, MindHeart Lab, Hangar 75 Ventures, Trust Olive, Plybot, Objects City, FlikflixArchytas, Smart Armor, Renata Medical, FlikFlix, Queie, Vela Group, Holberton School Albania, ZeroCarbonOffsets, Idea Factory Sweden, Epishine, Ligna, Stenbrinken, Ekto VR, Oasis, Freedom Ventures, Chisos Ventures, Decode Bio, Reinforced Ventures, Y Combinator, Shkolla Digjitale, INVIA, Alphatechs, MENASEE Ventures, HOLSEE (Holberton SouthEast Euorpe), GREX Group.

Tirana, Albania, Al

I am excited to lead the first round of investment into the Tirana expansion for www.digitalschool.eu As an active EdTech investor I am thrilled to have discovered this gem. The founders - Hana Qerimi and Darsej Rizaj - are some of the best Albanian entrepreneurs out there. Their Digital School | Shkolla Digjitale is a world-class learning management system that trains thousand of kids, age 7-18 around the world, in software coding using novel methods, attention grabbing gamification, and all in a great system that treats parents and teachers as active stakeholders. And with Dritan Vreshta leading the charge, and Benereta Kademi running the school, this new initiative should be the right configuration for bringing this amazing program to Tirana starting January 2024

Entrelliance is a global community of founders, mentors, and investors working together to build great companies in a different model where the focus is on leadership and close collaboration over years to unlock the full potential of human capital.

Newport Beach, Ca, Us

Low voltage integrators - Get your time back! How much time do your Audio Visual, security, or IT teams spend estimating projects? Jetbuilt gives you most of that back (You're welcome). We help you do bids faster, with easier ways to control value to your client, while preserving your bottom line. Estimate your projects with lightning speed, manage projects, keep track of inventory, and monitor sales leads. All of your go-to products are on tap, often with your dealer pricing already integrated. What started as an estimator for the A/V industry has not become the industry leading comprehensive platform for the whole low voltage industry.

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

Our goal is to empower entrepreneurs to achieve their dreams by providing a path for entrepreneurs who need investment and mentorship. Expert Dojo invests in strong founders across the globe who are looking to expand globally. We invest in each company in our cohort to help them grow their business. Apply to our next accelerator today! https://expertdojo.com/international-accelerator/

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

MOVO is an innovative mobile payments startup delivering peer-to-peer payments and on demand mobile banking solutions to promote financial inclusion for underserved Millennials. MOVO is the creator of P2P2P™ (Peer-2-Peer-2-Purchase), which combines free peer-to-peer payments coupled with a complimentary bank account to deliver a solution for the underserved Millennial consumer market. Using the MOVO app, consumers can instantly send money to friends and family and create digital prepaid cards on demand that can be spent in-store, in-app, and online anywhere major credit cards are accepted. MOVO leverages proprietary payment technology to decrease costs and latency found in traditional solutions, while increasing consumers’ ability to control, manage and interact with their money in real-time.

Carlsbad, Ca, Us

Perfectna is a SaaS based financial tech firm empowering Forex brokers in a connected world. We increases a broker's returns, as well as his clients', through our proprietary Echo-Trading platform. All backed by world-class, yet simple to use, analytics. Perfectna's white-labeled solution allows brokers to take advantage of our patent pending technology by branding it as their own.

Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, Us

We are enthusiastic about entrepreneurs and passionate teams pursuing their dreams. We predominantly invest in early-stage investments in technology start-ups. Wharton Alumni Angels seeks to add value and actively provide mentoring and assistance to young companies.Wharton Alumni Angels is an active angel investment group composed of University of Pennsylvania alumni and non-Penn alumni who have joined our community. Our members are entrepreneurs, senior business executives, and institutional investors with a global reach. Our members are located on every continent and invest in start-ups worldwide.We have a deep network and working relationships with venture capital funds, other angel networks, and innovation ecosystems globally to cultivate the growth of technology start-ups. Wharton Alumni Angels participates most often in seed and Series A investments, and occasionally later-stage rounds. We do not focus on specific verticals or industries.

Irvine, California, Us

https://innovation.uci.edu/ I have enjoyed helping this amazing innovation hub get it's legs in the early days. The founding head of the institute was a fellow Tech Coast Angels leader, and we were able to use TCA's institutional help, along with the energy and insights of some key ecosystem builders like ourselves to help build momentum and credibility in it's early stages. Part of that was serving in the "The Experts-in-Residence (EiR) program which provides novice entrepreneurs with the opportunity to meet one-on-one with successful business experts and entrepreneurs. The EiR program is striving to maximize the chance of successful business launches; accelerate business growth; and foster funding initiatives by providing insightful and actionable mentorship to participants. EiRs are an elite group of professionals, who are volunteering their time, selected based on their expertise in business formation and operations, their skills as advisors, and their desire to give back to the community."

Freetown, Sl

Connecting Mobile Education to Micro-Investment: Mosabi is an android app based entrepreneurship training platform. Our animated curriculum is focused on grassroots entrepreneurship in lesser developed countries. The InvestED platform connects vetted borrowers to trusted lenders in emerging markets. Performance within the program, user data, and market research yields a credit score, enabling Microfinance banks (MFIs) to provide loans via mobile money. mosabi.co

Bakersfield, California, Us

Embedded into apparel e-commerce sites the STYLE IQ technology enables visitors to provide a selfie for instantly matching products that will fit they individual complexion. Facial features get quickly analyzed in the background and the visitor’s unique color signature applied against the current stock of that particular shop resulting in best matching product to be suggested only moments later. Visitors appreciate the built-in virtual shopping assistant presenting best matches in real time which will affect CR, customer loyalty and result in reduced product returns.

Tirana, Al

A world-class education should be available to everyone – regardless of background, gender, or ethnicity. That’s why Holberton’s college alternative program is offering students multiple ways to finance their tuition. Graduates have gone to work as software engineers at top employers, including Apple, MercadoLibre, Pinterest, Google, Rappi, and LinkedIn. Holberton School trains software engineers in both practical knowledge and theory by utilizing project-based and peer learning. Founded in Silicon Valley, Holberton School has 28 campuses all over the world. The Albanian campus will begin classes in January 2022, and be the first of multiple sites in the Balkan region.

Buy It Installed, Inc. automates the complex human system that is installed sales. Using artificial empathy it has invented a process that fully automates the integration of installation services throughout the supply chain, enabling online retailers to dynamically connect consumers with qualified installers. For consumers, the Buy It Installed solution means simple, “one-click” access to professional installation services of purchased products. For retailers, the Buy It Installed solution means an enhanced consumer experience that leads to exponential sales growth Company.

Genesis Development Collaborative is an advanced technology enterprise focused on global human development. GenDev is using advanced virtual reality technology to create an ad-supported platform for global education, entertainment and intercultural collaboration where both students and adults can learn, explore and engage subjects, cities, topics and virtual business competitions that they find stimulating and fulfilling. Easy applicability to less developed countries makes GenDev a game changer for empowering global education.

Immersive Entertainment brings a unique blend of experience to the design of highly realistic, immersive and emotionally engaging Virtual Reality content. Our multidisciplinary team consists of experts in the areas of gaming, art, science and technology seeking to harness the power of VR and AR in all its forms.

Inklocker is a leading global cloud-based printer platform designed apparel designers who want to utilize small and medium-sized print shops to produce orders closest to the customer. Print shops can use the software to streamline production, outsource jobs, and integrate across multiple sales channels, including leading shopping carts like Shopify and Woo Commerce. Inklocker platform was engineered for network capabilities with a uniformed production software across the custom product manufacturing industry.

Littleton, Co, Us

Lumi provides affordable electricity to low-income customers living off the grid in developing countries. Our target market starts where the power lines end. Lumi operates in places like Uganda where mobile phone penetration is 70% but access to power is only 10%. 90% of homes go dark after the sun goes down and 60% struggle to charge their phones. Lumi's Pay-As-You-Go platform is delivering high efficiency lighting and mobile phone charging services for $2 per week, reducing customers' expenses up to 50% compared to dangerous, toxic, expensive kerosene lamps. Decreasing lung disease and burns, and increasing educational and work productivity, at half the current cost. US engineering and solar technology marries years of Eastern Africa field distribution experience, enabling game-changing social impact to become a growing business.

Velexo is a software-enabled-services company. We invented a process that integrates service throughout the supply chain so that consumers can purchase products bundled with trusted factory certified service. Consumers simply Push a Button and Get it Installed. It is that simple. Analytics prove demand for products and services jump up to 42% when Consumers can easily add installation to their purchase. Retailers and manufacturers sell more products and contractors sell more services. www.velexo.com

SugarsGone is a niche e-commerce platform that focuses on curating certified, luxury handbags to enhance the online consignment shopping experience.Life can still be sweet, even if the sugar's gone. Resell to reimagine, reclaim, recreate, repurpose, reinvent, reawaken, remember.

Land Clicker is an online Peer-to-Real-Estate (“P2RE”) investment gallery. Our mission is to solve the inefficient, and fragmented of private investments. Private real estate investments were once available only to deep-pocketed real estate investors. Now accredited investors can directly access quality investment opportunities in a more efficient and transparent way than ever before. Land Clicker is free for investors. Real Estate sponsors pay us a technology licensing and advertising fees. Our platform values quality, transparency, and trust. We leverage technology to give accredited investors quality Real Estate investment deal flow, and the proper tools to view, browse and invest in our investment gallery at their best convenience. In addition, we never touch investors’ money, so we never take a cut on investors’ potential return. We believe investors should build their own relationship with their subject real estate sponsor. All of investor's money goes entirely into their investments. Land Clicker is the bridge for investors and real estate sponsors to meet together.

Our company exists for the purpose of enabling people to live longer, happier, healthier lives. Wildfire represents our dream to start a collective movement of getting communities active and sweating together. Our app gives members access to thousands of classes with true fitness freedom. Explore everything from yoga, Pilates, spin, barre, boxing, boot camp, CrossFit, kayaking, indoor rock climbing, dance, gyms and so much more. Members can attend the same studio and/or class as many times as they like at hundreds of studios through out their city with one monthly fee.

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Apartment industry leader in resident-retention.

Real Estate Development, Consulting, Tourism, Master-planned communities, Small business incubation, BAM

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relief, development, educational training, intra-faith relations, government outreach, B.A.M.

83 non-profit organizations worked in Albania under the AEP partnership. As Managing Director I was involved in networking, strategic planning, vision casting, member care, public relations, liaising with government, lobbying for legislation, and international statesmanship. All in cross-cultural context. 400 foreign workers in the coalition, along with thousands of local staff. The results of building out a healthy ecosystem were incredible. Unity and camaraderie increased. Duplication of efforts increased. Pace of new initiatives increased. Multiple governmental laws and decisions were implemented. I also served on board of the emerging 'VUSH' which took over AEP's mantle of representation. Efforts in those transitional days set the stage for a transforming of the national perception of this faith community - leading to official acceptance as a historic Albanian religion. This had dramatic impact at a social and political (and geo-political) level. Both the AEP and VUSH ecosystems continue to this day, a testament to the durability of the ecosystems we created.

Real Estate Finance

Bs, Business/Managerial Economics

Ma, Intercultural Studies

Semester At Sea, Worldwide Study

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