ManchesterStory Group, LLC
Venture capitalWest Des Moines · Seed–Series B · 8 people tracked
Also known as MANCHESTERSTORY FUND MANAGEMENT, LP
Investment thesis
ManchesterStory operates a specialized venture platform focused on insurance, making lead investments in early-stage startups at the intersection of InsurTech, FinTech and HealthTech. Built over nine years, the firm combines deep sector expertise, lead-investor discipline and a network of strategic industry partners. It works alongside entrepreneurs and industry incumbents to accelerate innovation across the insurance value chain, providing founders with strategic capital, relationships and insight in a complex, highly regulated and relationship-driven market.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 11, 2026.
Team · 8 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 24 of 41 portfolio companiesInsurTech ×12SaaS ×11AI & Machine Learning ×10Enterprise Software ×6Fintech ×6Healthtech ×6Cloud Computing ×3Digital Health ×3
HQs:United States×14Canada×1
Investments · 41 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2022 · 12020 · 12016 · 13 dated
Concord, US
Paul Blake(Executive Officer, Director)Ronald Christian(Executive Officer, Director)Karl Weeks(Executive Officer, Director)Christopher Dax Coan(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMatt Kinley(Director)David Miles(Director)
Board seatMatt Kinley· per SEC Form D · $6M raise · filed Sep 2016
Agency provides outsourced security and compliance operations for enterprise companies, combining forward-deployed U.S.-based compliance engineers with proprietary AI.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US
Amir Tarighat(Founder)inTyler Carbone(Founder)in
Mesa, US
Jordan Hatch(Executive Officer, Director)McBilley Sy(Executive Officer, Director)Nicholas Ayers(Executive Officer, Director)William Shaw(Executive Officer, Director)
Betterview provides a property intelligence platform that combines high-resolution aerial imagery with AI to detect roof condition, property perils, and risk factors, and integrates 2,500+ external data points with insurers' internal policy data.
AI & Machine LearningInsurTechPropTechSan Francisco, US
Carver Edison provides equity plan management software for public companies, enabling employees to participate in stock purchase plans through patented cashless participation technology that reduces expense and dilution while creating employee wealth.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechHR TechSaaSAustin, US
Greg Barton(Executive Officer)Aaron Shapiro(Executive Officer, Director)Lawrence Hamilton(Director)Prakash Sinha(Executive Officer)Sarah Gielchinsky(Executive Officer)Christine Woodhouse(Director)
Ciba Health provides an AI-powered virtual chronic care platform designed to manage Type 2 diabetes, obesity, and other chronic conditions for employers, health plans, and health systems.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechNew York, US
Innocent Clement(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMiraj Sanghvi(Director)Peter Lee(Director)
Redwood City, US
Seyed Ali Safavi(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Matthew Kinley(Director)
Individually-owned fertility insurance platform expanding access to reproductive care.
Fringe provides an employee experience platform that consolidates rewards, wellbeing, and perks into a single interface for companies to manage employee benefits.
HR TechSaaS
Journey is an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that combines predictive analytics, personalized outreach, and a clinical network — powered by its Journey Signal AI engine — to detect employee mental health risk early and provide proactive care.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechMental Health
Stephen Sokoler(Founder & CEO)Sue Zbikowski(Chief Clinical Officer)
LimitFi is a manager of credit liabilities that deploys insurance capital into private, illiquid, and underserved credit markets through bespoke risk-transfer and distribution structures.
FintechInsurTech
Adam Budnick(Co-Founder & Managing Partner)Zach Smith(Co-Founder & Managing Partner)Krishnan Nair(Chief Risk Officer & Head of Analytics)
Powerbroker AI builds AI/ML-based software for insurance professionals to generate revenue and scale accounts.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareInsurTechSaaS
Rainwalk provides pet insurance policies with expanded coverage options and enhanced value for cat and dog owners.
InsurTechColumbia, US
Joshua Snead(Executive Officer, Director)
reThought Flood is a flood insurance underwriting platform that lets insurance brokers quote and bind flood coverage, assessing each building individually along with the full policy portfolio for risk-based pricing.
FintechInsurTechSaaSBroomfield, US
Joe Zuk(Director)Cory Isaacson(Chief Executive Officer)David G. Miles(Director)Venky Ganesan(Director)James Rice(Chief Sales Officer/Acting Chief Operations Officer)Nicholas Lamparelli(Chief Underwriting Officer)
Rollick connects manufacturers, dealers, and finance and insurance providers with in-market consumers to manage the customer journey from pre-purchase through re-purchase.
B2B MarketplacesMarketing TechMarketplacesSaaSSales TechAustin, US
Gary Papilsky(Director)Amit Maheshwari(Director)Bernie Brenner(CEO)
BoardMorgan Flager(Director)
HealthtechNew York, US
Jeffrey Glueck(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardEmily Melton(Director)Rachel Parlier(Director)
StitchStudio builds an AI platform that embeds AI agents directly within insurance workflows to close the "last mile" gap between insight and execution across manual, disconnected operations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareInsurTechSaaS
Karan Mishra(Co-founder)Santoash Rajaram(Co-founder)
FinMkt provides an API-driven cloud platform for embedded lending and payments, enabling banks, credit unions, and enterprise partners to offer consumer lending and point-of-sale financing solutions.
Cloud ComputingFintechSaaS
Luan Cox(Founder, Chief Executive Officer)inSri Goteti(Founder, Chief Technology Officer)in
Trailblazer Technology builds cloud-based software for the insurance industry, focused on policy management, underwriting, and modernizing operations for small and midsize insurers.
Cloud ComputingInsurTechSaaS
Aaron Shapiro(Founder)
Trussed AI builds infrastructure and tooling that helps enterprises deploy generative and agentic AI systems reliably and securely in production across public and hybrid cloud environments.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Ajay Dankar(Co-Founder)Branden McIntyre(Co-Founder)Sunita Reddy(Co-Founder)
Behavioral data platform for the insurance
San Francisco, US
Hariharan Sundram(Executive Officer, Director)Brett Coffin(Executive Officer, Director)Jeff Chen(Executive Officer)
BoardMatt Kinley(Director)
Wisedocs is an AI-powered platform that automates the processing of medical records and insurance claims documentation, combining machine learning with human expert review.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechInsurTechLegalTechToronto, CA
Connor Atchison(President & Co-Founder)Jenna Earnshaw(CEO & Co-Founder)
XCaliber Health builds AI assistants and a data platform that connects and processes structured and unstructured healthcare data, including real-time EHR data, for clinicians and healthcare organizations.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Prakash Khot(Co-Founder & CEO)Trushna Dave(Co-Founder, Business Development & Marketing)Bhupender Kumar(Co-Founder & Product)Vasanth Kumar(Co-Founder & Architect)
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 companiesAgency · insidehighered.com · Jul 18, 2026
Fringe · city-journal.org · Jul 16, 2026
Matic · coverager.com · Jun 24, 2026
Carver Edison · nasdaqprivatemarket.com · Apr 3, 2026
Wisedocs · claimsjournal.com · Mar 24, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does ManchesterStory Group, LLC invest at?
- ManchesterStory Group, LLC invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What sectors does ManchesterStory Group, LLC focus on?
- ManchesterStory Group, LLC focuses on Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, InsurTech.
- Where is ManchesterStory Group, LLC located?
- ManchesterStory Group, LLC is headquartered in West Des Moines, US.
- Does ManchesterStory Group, LLC lead rounds?
- Yes, ManchesterStory Group, LLC leads investment rounds.
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Co-investors · 21
City Light is an impact-focused investment firm that partners with experienced teams to build scalable companies addressing challenges in education, safety and care, and the environment.
MTech Capital is a venture capital firm focused on the insurance technology (InsurTech) sector, backing startups in insurance, P&C claims automation, and related fields while providing industry expertise and strategic partnership support.
QED Investors is a venture capital firm founded by former Capital One executives that invests in founders building transparency and fairness into financial services.
Threshold Ventures is a venture capital firm that partners with founder-led companies at inflection points of breakout growth, engaging early and providing hands-on advice during moments of market transformation.
Torch Capital is a venture capital firm that combines investing, operating, and business-building experience to help entrepreneurs build category-leading companies.
Valor Capital Group is a cross-border venture fund connecting the US, Latin American, and global technology markets, investing in consumer internet and enterprise software companies.
Human Ventures is a venture capital firm and startup studio based in New York City that invests in consumer technology companies at the pre-seed through Series A stages, focusing on emerging market categories.
Thomson Reuters Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Thomson Reuters, investing in early-stage enterprise technology companies and leveraging Thomson Reuters' assets and expertise to support founders.
Brewer Lane Ventures is an early-stage venture firm backing founders reinventing financial services, insurance, and healthcare, including how consumers and companies engage with these services and how risk is assessed and managed.
True Global Ventures is a MAS-licensed fund management company that backs AI-first, category-defining founders from late-seed to Series A, primarily in the Bay Area, supported by a global network of operating partners across eight cities.
The Artemis Fund is an early-stage venture firm backing founders building technology aimed at creating financial resilience, wealth-building, and economic mobility for families and businesses.
Dellin Investments is an investment firm that allocates capital through strategic partners across private equity, early-stage venture, and search fund strategies, taking active roles in due diligence and board representation.
▶9 more co-investors
Tri-Valley VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersPlug and Play VenturesSoftBank Vision FundRecursive VenturesCrosscut VenturesActive CapitalOwl CapitalHonda Innovations Silicon Valley
Firms observed investing alongside ManchesterStory Group, LLC, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with ManchesterStory Group, LLC's recorded portfolio.
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