Distributed Ventures
Venture capitalChicago · Seed–Series A · 15 people tracked
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 Aug 11, 2026.
Team · 15 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 18 of 30 portfolio companiesHealthtech ×7SaaS ×7AI & Machine Learning ×6Fintech ×6Digital Health ×5InsurTech ×5HR Tech ×4PropTech ×2
HQs:United States×12
Investments · 30 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2023 · 12022 · 12021 · 12019 · 25 dated
Clarksville, US
Matan Slagter(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardLansdon Robbins(Director)
Board seatAdam Blumencranz· per SEC Form D · $5M raise · filed Dec 2024
New York, US
Andrew Lerner(Director)Stuart Winchester(Executive Officer, Director)Tiffine Wang(Director)
Board seatAdam Blumencranz· per SEC Form D · $4.2M raise · filed Nov 2022
CoverTree offers home, renters, and landlord insurance products, providing coverage for home value, personal property, other structures, and belongings.
FintechInsurTechDetroit, US
RISHIE MODI(Executive Officer, Director)DIVYANSH SHARMA(Executive Officer, Director)ADARSH RACHMALE(Executive Officer, Director)
End-to-end fringe dollar optimization and benefits administrator for federal contractors.
Enterprise-compliant AI for agenda prep, note taking, tasks, and followups for financial advisors.
Real estate insurance company offering customized policies via a digitally native, AI-enabled platform.
Honeycomb offers property insurance for condo associations (HOAs), building owners, property managers, and developers, using an AI-powered Inspector App that lets customers get quotes by taking property photos instead of arranging in-person inspections.
AI & Machine LearningInsurTechPropTech
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)
BoardAlex Kolicich(Director)
Kai Health offers an AI platform for "Autonomous Performance Improvement" that helps healthcare organizations reduce diagnostic errors and documentation gaps across clinical, operational, and financial performance, using real-time analytics, personalized training, and clinical decision support based on the RSQ clinical methodology.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Focal is an AI meeting notetaker built for financial advisors, generating meeting summaries, follow-up emails, and tasks while addressing advisor-specific compliance and security needs.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Automates back-office operations to help pediatric therapists build and grow private practices.
Interview intelligence platform helping enterprises make better, more equitable hiring decisions.
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)
BoardEric Tobias(Director)Scott Dorsey(Director)
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
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)
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
Christopher Crawford(Executive Officer)Williams Evans(Director)Chris Crawford(CEO & Founder)inJace Mouse(CTO & President)
BoardShawn Ellis(Director)
Sage provides care solutions designed to improve the lives of people needing care and their caregivers.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Ellen Johnston(CPO & Co-founder)in
Customizable hearing benefit providing employees with holistic hearing health care.
HealthtechNew York, US
Ofer Raz(Executive Officer)Danny Aronson(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardShawn Ellis(Director)
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 MironovGreg Franczyk
BoardShawn Ellis(Director)David Ulevitch(Director)Priya Saiprasad(Director)
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 companiesSage · healthcareittoday.com · Jul 14, 2026
Presta · wearepresta.com · Jan 5, 2026
Wellth · latimes.com · Sep 15, 2025
Wingspan · techcompanynews.com · Aug 1, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- 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.
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
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