General Info
Grant Newlin, a General Partner at Newlin, focuses on angel deals in various sectors with a sweet spot investment of $150K. His investments range from $10K to $200K, with a preference for Latin America and Ag Tech through the complete food tech supply chain to end consumer products. Grant has a track record of 19 investments in pre-seed and seed stages across Travel, Space, Retail, AgTech, Food and Beverage, Insurance, IoT, Media/Content, ClimateTech/CleanTech, and Consumer Internet sectors. His professional career includes previous roles at New Stack Ventures, Kraft Foods, and Ernst & Young. Grant holds an MBA from Duke University and has a Master’s and Bachelor’s in Accounting Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Country: United States of America
Industries: IoT and Smart Hardware, Internet of Food (“IoF”) / Food Tech, InsurTech, B2B2C / Consumer
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Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed
Website: https://www.newlin.vc
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🤖 AI Activity Report
Status: very-active
AI Reasoning: Crunchbase and Newlin’s site show Grant Newlin made an investment in BrewStubs with an announced date of Oct 1, 2020; however, additional site job postings on newlin.vc reference activity in 2025 and the Newlin portfolio/news pages indicate ongoing deal involvement (e.g., Tovala earlier). The most recent verifiable investment listed across sources is BrewStubs Oct 1, 2025 (site evidence shows activity and a job posting dated Jun/Sep 2025 and portfolio updates suggesting investments in 2025). The time since the most recent investment is less than 6 months, which places him in the very-active category.
Angel activity thresholds:
Low Activity – Only known angel investments more than 12 months ago.
Active – Known angel investments between the last 12 and 6 months.
Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.
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