Distributed Ventures
Venture capitalChicago · Seed–Series A · 15 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Distributed Ventures backs early-stage founders at the frontier of risk, investing in the health, insurance, and wealth verticals where it believes risk can be transformed into opportunity with the right capital. It leads Seed and Series A rounds across the United States, writing $1-5M checks with a 15-20% ownership target and taking board seats or observer rights. Beyond capital, the firm emphasizes helping founders with enterprise distribution channels and focused go-to-market strategies, leveraging its network and expertise to connect startups with customers, guidance, and access to accelerate growth and reach product-market fit.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.
Team · 15 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directories
What they invest in
from 22 of 30 portfolio companiesSaaS ×12Fintech ×8Healthtech ×8AI & Machine Learning ×7Digital Health ×7InsurTech ×7HR Tech ×4Consumer ×2
HQs:United States×15
Who they back
founder profiles across 15 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×102 founders×23 founders×3
Where their founders studiedfrom 20 founders with education data
Emory University - Goizueta Business School ×2University of Michigan ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 16 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×5Economics ×4Finance & Accounting ×4Computer Science ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 21 founders with career history
Mercer ×2
3 hold an MBA (of 20 with degree data)
Investments · 30 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12024 · 12023 · 32022 · 22021 · 12019 · 22018 · 111 dated
Ascend is a financial operations platform purpose-built for insurance agencies, wholesalers, MGAs, and carriers, combining AI-powered accounting automation, payments, and premium financing.
AI & Machine LearningInsurTechSaaS
Praveen Chekuri(Founder)in
Co-investorsBoxGroupFinancial Venture StudioMGV.VCNFPNycaNyca Partners+3 more
Axio provides cyber risk quantification and analysis for enterprises, using an organization's own past, present, and target security posture to identify and prioritize control gaps.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsFin CapitalAccelElevation CapitalOmidyar Network IndiaPeak XV Partners
CVRD provides a SaaS platform and administration services for managing fringe benefits and ICHRA (Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements) for government contractors.
GovTechHR TechSaaSMcLean, US
Co-investorsNFPUpfront Ventures
CoverTree provides insurance exclusively for manufactured homes, offering plans that can be purchased online with potential savings.
FintechInsurTechSaaSDetroit, US
RISHIE MODI(Executive Officer, Director)inDIVYANSH SHARMA(Executive Officer, Director)inAdarsh Rachmale(Founder)in
Co-investorsAV8 VenturesEverywhere VenturesNFPAnnox CapitalDetroit Venture PartnersLudlow Ventures+2 more
Cylinder Health is a data-driven digestive health organization that develops value-based care programs, products, and payment models in the gastrointestinal space.
Digital HealthHealthtech
Bill Snyder(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investors7wire VenturesBig Pi VenturesCorewell Health VenturesFCA Venture PartnersHealth Catalyst CapitalSemperVirens Venture Capital+5 more
Focal provides AI-powered meeting automation and workflow tools for financial advisors, automating pre-meeting preparation, note-taking, CRM data entry, and client onboarding tasks.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Jerry Jihao Bai(Founder)in
Co-investorsNFPWischoff Ventures
Honeycomb Insurance is a team of insurance and AI experts building technology to simplify the real estate insurance process for better coverage discovery and pricing.
AI & Machine LearningInsurTechPropTech
Itai Ben-Zaken(Founder)in
Indio is a cloud-based software platform that automates the insurance application and renewal process for agencies, brokerages, and insurers.
Cloud ComputingInsurTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Matthew Watson(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Adam Bratt(Executive Officer)Michael Furlong(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in
BoardAlex Kolicich(Director)in
Co-investors500 Global8VC9Mile LabsBetter Tomorrow VenturesMenlo VenturesMerus Capital+2 more
Kai Health builds technology to systematically prevent preventable medical errors, offering an Autonomous Performance Improvement platform aimed at helping health systems reduce liability, recover revenue, and drive continuous improvement.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Hallie Woods Kosena(Chief Executive Officer, Accessum Health)
Co-investorsNFPIMM InvestmentSBVASmilegate InvestmentTranslink Investment
Marble is a platform that helps customers manage and optimize their insurance policies by comparing quotes from multiple insurance providers and reducing costs.
ConsumerFintechInsurTechSaaSNew York City, US
Co-investorsBlue CollectiveFinTech VenturesMS&AD VenturesIA Capital Group
Origin provides in-home pediatric speech, occupational, and physical therapy, connecting families with local licensed therapists and offering insurance-covered sessions.
Digital HealthHealthtechMarketplaces
Co-investorsNFPThe MBA FundAcadian Ventures Management, LlcFELIX CAPITALNotion Capital
AI Interview Companion (formerly Pillar, now part of Employ) is an AI tool that assists interviewers with transcription, summarization, interview guides, structured question generation, and interviewer coaching.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSIndianapolis, US
Mark Simpson(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardEric Tobias(Director)inScott Dorsey(Director)in
Co-investorsElevate VenturesService Provider CapitalHigh Alpha
PlanFees offers fee benchmarking tools for retirement plan advisors, including Prism for investment, recordkeeping, administrative, and advisor fee benchmarking, Prism365 for advisor fee and service benchmarking, and RFP Express for generating custom quotes from recordkeepers.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Posterity Health is a US men's reproductive health provider offering male fertility evaluation, semen analysis, vasectomy, vasectomy reversal, hormone and sexual health care through fellowship-trained reproductive urologists and advanced practice providers.
HealthtechCentennial, US
Pamela Joy Pure(Chief Executive Officer)Barrett Edward Cowan(Director)Donald A Holzworth(Director)Dylan Lawrence Pure(Director)
BoardKyle Maierhofer(Director)Gerald M. McCarthy, Jr.(Director)
Co-investorsFCA Venture PartnersNFPSteelSky Ventures
Presta is a platform that provides end-to-end loan process management, enabling users to originate, underwrite, close loans, send disbursements, and receive monthly payments.
FintechCleveland, US
Peter Truog(Founder)in
Co-investorsMatchstick VenturesTechstarsZeal Capital PartnersThe Fund
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RxSaveCard offers a service that lets large self-insured employers and their employees access lower cash and discount card prices for prescription drugs without switching Pharmacy Benefit Managers, while maintaining ERISA fiduciary compliance.
Digital HealthFintechHealthtechHR TechChicago, US
Chris Crawford(CEO & Founder)inJace Mouse(CTO & President)inWilliams Evans(Director)
BoardShawn Ellis(Director)in
Co-investorsRock HealthRock Health Capital
Sage Health provides a connected platform powered by AI that adapts to evolving care and technology requirements.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechLongevityNew York City, US
Matt Lynch(CTO & Co-founder)inEllen Johnston(CPO & Co-founder)inRaj Mehra(CEO & Co-founder)in
Co-investorsIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)MaveronMerus CapitalP101 VenturesPLUS CapitalSummit Peak Investments
TrustLayer offers a platform that automates the collection, storage, and verification of vendor compliance documents such as certificates of insurance (COIs), providing centralized tracking and audit trails.
AI & Machine LearningFintechGovTechInsurTechSaaSBrandon, US
John Fohr(Executive Officer)inVincenzo Acinapura(Founder)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesPropel Venture PartnersPruVen Capital PartnersSuffolk TechnologiesCraft VenturesGraham+3 more
Tuned is a digital hearing health company offering employer-sponsored hearing care and AI-based self-fitting hearing aids.
Co-investorsNext Coast VenturesFirst Check Ventures
Tuned offers online hearing health services for employers, providing screenings, virtual audiology consultations, and discounted or fully-covered hearing aids and related solutions across multiple plan tiers.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & FitnessNew York, US
Ofer Raz(Executive Officer)inDanny Aronson(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardShawn Ellis(Director)in
Wellth helps individuals with chronic diseases develop positive behavioral habits that improve health outcomes and quality of life.
Digital HealthHealthtech
Matthew Loper(CEO)in
Co-investorsComcast VenturesFCA Venture PartnersMercato PartnersNew York Life VenturesPortfoliaSignalFire+3 more
Wingspan provides a platform for businesses to automate the full lifecycle of managing flexible workforces, including onboarding, invoicing, payments, compliance, and benefits.
FintechFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSNew York, US
Anthony Mironov(Co-founder)inGreg Franczyk(Co-founder)in
BoardShawn Ellis(Director)inDavid Ulevitch(Director)inPriya Saiprasad(Director)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzSwift Ventures186 VenturesAsymmetric Capital PartnersGood FriendsLong Journey Ventures+3 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Armadillo Home SolutionsMarble Pay, Inc.401KplansCVRDHoneycombOrigin TherapyPillar
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Cylinder · fiercehealthcare.com · Aug 5, 2026
Origin · finance.yahoo.com · Jul 26, 2026
Tuned · trysignalbase.com · Jul 15, 2026
Sage · healthcareittoday.com · Jul 14, 2026
Kai Health · distributedventures.substack.com · Jul 7, 2026
Presta · wearepresta.com · Jan 5, 2026
RxSave Card · rockhealth.com · Nov 6, 2025
Focal · finsmes.com · Oct 9, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Distributed Ventures made?
- Distributed Ventures has 30 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Distributed Ventures invest at?
- Distributed Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Distributed Ventures's typical check size?
- Distributed Ventures typically writes checks of $1M – $5M.
- What sectors does Distributed Ventures focus on?
- Distributed Ventures focuses on Digital Health, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, InsurTech, Mental Health, SaaS.
- Where is Distributed Ventures located?
- Distributed Ventures is headquartered in Chicago, US.
- Does Distributed Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Distributed Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does Distributed Ventures co-invest with?
- Distributed Ventures most often shares deals with NFP, FCA Venture Partners, Merus Capital, among 55 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamShawn Ellis from Distributed Ventures!
Digital Health Heavyweights · Shawn Ellis
Episode 11 : Shawn Ellis, Managing Partner at Distributed Ventures
Digital Health Heavyweights · Shawn Ellis
Co-investors · 14
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