Managing Director Emeritus
North Coast VenturesCheck size: The firm does not publish a person-specific check-size range on its current official website.
Clay Rankin is part of North Coast Ventures's current team. No narrower person-specific investment mandate is published, so this profile uses the firm's official strategy: Back early-stage applied-AI and B2B software companies and connect them with a large network of investors, operators, and corporate decision makers.
The firm publicly emphasizes back early-stage applied-AI and B2B software companies and connect them with a large network of investors, operators, and corporate decision makers.
No person-specific pass list is public. Opportunities outside the firm's published stage, sector, geography, or traction criteria appear less aligned.
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Clay Rankin is Managing Director Emeritus at North Coast Ventures, according to the firm's current official roster. To avoid mistaken identity, no unsupported prior employment, education, or portfolio attribution has been inferred.