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Michael Grinich

North America, California, United States, San Francisco

Description

Michael Grinich - Founder & CEO @ WorkOS

Investor Profile

Michael Grinich has backed more than 7 startups, with 4 new investments in the last 12 months alone. The firm has led 0 rounds, about 0% of its total and boasts 0 exits across its portfolio.

Investment Focus Highlights

  • Concentrates on Series A, Seed, Angel rounds (top funding stages).
  • Majority of deals are located in United States, United Arab Emirates, Sweden.
  • Strong thematic focus on Software, Cloud Infrastructure, Open Source.

Stage Focus

  • Series A (43%)
  • Seed (43%)
  • Angel (14%)

Country Focus

  • United States (71%)
  • United Arab Emirates (14%)
  • Sweden (14%)

Industry Focus

  • Software
  • Cloud Infrastructure
  • Open Source
  • Developer Tools
  • Saas
  • Developer Apis
  • Email
  • Information Technology
  • Developer Platform
  • Real Time
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does Michael Grinich frequently co-invest with?

Preface Ventures
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 1
basecase capital
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1
Y Combinator
North America, California, United States, Mountain View
Co-Investments: 2
TB
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1
SV Angel
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1
Craft Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1
Worklife
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1
Expa
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1
Afore Capital
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1
Accel
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Co-Investments: 2

Which angels does Michael Grinich often collaborate with?

Paul Copplestone
Asia, Singapore
Shared Deals: 2
David Cramer
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 2
KB
Europe, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands, Amsterdam
Shared Deals: 2
GR
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 3
JK
North America, California, United States, Oakland
Shared Deals: 1
ZR
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 2
TM
Europe, England, United Kingdom, London
Shared Deals: 2
SB
North America, New York, United States, New York
Shared Deals: 1
AG
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
AA
North America, California, United States
Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by Michael Grinich?

Polar

Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden

Polar is a subscription network for open-source maintainers and backers.

Open SourceSoftwareSubscription Service
SeedJun 18, 2025
Amount Raised: $10,000,000
Digger

San Francisco, California, United States

Securing Terraform deployments

Cloud InfrastructureCloud SecurityDeveloper ToolsDevOpsOpen SourceSoftware
SeedJun 17, 2025
Amount Raised: $3,600,000
Nuon

Beverly Hills, California, United States

Nuon is a software company that develops cloud applications to build deployment models.

Cloud InfrastructureCloud ManagementSaaSSoftware
Series ADec 17, 2024
Amount Raised: $16,500,000
Lightdash

San Francisco, California, United States

Lightdash turns a dbt project into a full-stack BI platform.

AnalyticsBusiness IntelligenceData VisualizationOpen SourceSaaSSoftware
Series AOct 8, 2024
Amount Raised: $11,000,000
Knock

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Knock helps product and engineering teams send notifications to their customers.

Series AFeb 15, 2024
Amount Raised: $12,000,000
Dimension

Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The collaboration platform for modern engineering teams.

Cloud InfrastructureDeveloper PlatformReal Time
AngelOct 22, 2023
Amount Raised: $1,550,000
Resend

San Francisco, California, United States

Resend is an email API for developers.

Developer APIsDeveloper ToolsEmailInformation Technology
SeedJul 18, 2023
Amount Raised: $3,000,000