York IE
Venture capitalManchester · Pre-Seed–Series A · 24 people tracked
Also known as YORK IE HOLDINGS, LLC
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Investment thesis
York IE combines venture investing with an integrated operating platform to help B2B SaaS companies scale. It provides funding from pre-seed to Series A alongside hands-on operational expertise spanning product research and development, AI transformation, go-to-market services (website, SEO, marketing, PR, sales and RevOps), and corporate strategy including financial modeling and pricing. The firm positions itself as an active investor that puts entrepreneurs first, offering deep access to a network of partners and advisors and a global team of operators. Its approach aligns founders, investors, and their teams toward long-term growth across companies in all industries.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.
Team · 24 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directories
What they invest in
from 25 of 36 portfolio companiesSaaS ×17AI & Machine Learning ×14Enterprise Software ×12Cybersecurity ×4Data & Infrastructure ×4Marketing Tech ×4Developer Tools ×3Fintech ×3
HQs:United States×25Canada×1Norway×1
Investments · 36 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22025 · 32024 · 42023 · 52022 · 72021 · 52020 · 42019 · 232 dated
MedStack provides a compliance platform that lets developers deploy healthcare applications on their choice of cloud provider while automatically meeting healthcare privacy regulations and industry security requirements (such as PHI protection and SOC 2).
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsDigital HealthHealthtech
Balaji Gopalan(Co-founder)inSimon Woodside(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsBCF VenturesArchangel Network of FundsArgonautic VenturesBlu Venture InvestorsPanache VenturesScaleUP Ventures+2 more
PeakMetrics provides a narrative intelligence platform that detects, maps, and tracks evolving storylines across news, social media, forums, and other channels in real-time for risk, communications, and security teams.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechMarketing TechLos Angeles, US
Nicholas W. Loui(Executive Officer, Director)Nicholas (Nick) Loui(Executive Officer, Director)Robert Lincoln(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardCraig Adams(Director)Brent Kelton(Director)in
Board seatJoe Raczka· per SEC Form D · $8.9M raise · filed Sep 2025
Co-investorsGutbrain VenturesMoneta VenturesParameter VenturesTechstarsArgon VenturesArgonautic Ventures
Rewst is an automation platform for managed service providers (MSPs) that connects disconnected systems and automates manual workflows.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSOdessa, US
Aharon Chernin(Chief Executive Officer)inMichael Chernin(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardAlex Clayton(Director)inMarc Blumenthal(Director)inCasber Wang(Director)in
Board seatTom Holahan· per SEC Form D · $35M raise · filed Aug 2024
Co-investorsSapphire VenturesTDF VenturesFlorida FundersOpenView Venture Partners
Castine, US
Wyllys Terry(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardDavid Ford(Director)Abigail Carroll(Director)Cindy Lawry(Director)
Board seatJoe Raczka· per SEC Form D · $2.5M raise · filed Feb 2026
Veterinary Care Logistics provides inventory management consulting and system optimization services specifically for veterinary practices and hospital groups.
EdTechEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechLogistics & Supply ChainVancouver, US
Emmitt Nantz(Chief Executive Officer)
BoardNicole Clausen(Founder)in
Board seatMarshall Everson· per SEC Form D · $2M raise · filed Oct 2025
Bento operates a dental benefits platform that lets employers, associations, and health plans offer self-insured, customizable dental and vision plans with transparent pricing and AI-enabled real-time claim adjudication.
HealthtechInsurTechSaaS
Ram Sudireddy(CEO & Founder)in
Co-investorsCompanyon VenturesSchooner Capital
BlueTrace provides a cloud-based inventory and operations management platform for seafood businesses, replacing outdated legacy systems and spreadsheets with integrated software for receiving, shipping, picking, packing, and loading.
AgTechFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechSaaS
Co-investorsCEI VenturesiSelect FundMaine Venture Fund
BluStream offers Polly, a proactive AI product advisor that initiates personalized post-purchase conversations with customers, captures zero-party product usage data, and feeds it into a brand's CRM to drive retention and expansion.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketing TechWorcester, US
Kenneth Rapp(Executive Officer, Director)Gregory Baker(Director)Robert Bean(Director)Michael Piraino(Director)Bhaskar Panigrahi(Director)in
BoardBruce Clarke(Director)
Co-investorsGutbrain VenturesService Provider Capital
CloudTruth is a configuration data platform that centralizes management of application and infrastructure configuration variables and secrets across development, operations, and security teams.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Co-investorsStage 1 VenturesGlasswing Ventures
Cognitive Space develops AI-driven automation software for satellite operations, enabling constellation operators to scale while meeting operational requirements.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechSaaSSpace TechHouston, US
Marc Bell(Co-Founder and CEO)Guy de Carufel(CEO & Founder)inDax Garner(CTO)inJeff Edwards(VP of Engineering)inHanna Steplewska(Executive Officer, Director)Jennifer Roberts(Director)in
Co-investorsCapital InnovatorsCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Draper AssociatesGlasswing VenturesGrit VenturesGutbrain Ventures+8 more
Defendify provides an all-in-one, multi-layered cybersecurity platform combining tools, modules, and expert support to give organizations ongoing protection.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSPortland, US
T. Andrew Rinaldi(Executive Officer, Director)inRob Simopoulos(Co-Founder)inAndrew(Co-Founder)Jim(Chief Marketing Officer)Heather(Chief of Staff)
BoardNorman Mentz(Director)
Co-investorsCEI VenturesFreshTracks CapitalThe Alchemy FundMaine Venture FundWasabi Ventures
Finmark was a financial planning and modeling software startup that helped startups and SMBs build financial models, forecast cash flow, and plan budgets without spreadsheets.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSRaleigh, US
Rami Essaid(Founder)inGreg Lissy(Founder)inJeremy Neuberger(Founder)in
BoardLISTER DELGADO(Director)in
Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.Bessemer Venture PartnersDecibel PartnersService Provider CapitalWayfinder VenturesY Combinator+1 more
Franzy is a digital platform that helps individuals research, match with, and purchase franchises using AI-driven algorithms.
AI & Machine LearningMarketplacesCharlotte, US
Alexander Smereczniak(Executive Officer, Director)Alex Smereczniak(Founder)inBrett Hines(Founder)inChristopher Wright(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJoe Razcka(Director)
Co-investorsAvalanche VCOverline
Givzey offers a gift agreement platform that lets nonprofit and university fundraising teams document gift intent, formalize verbal pledges, and manage multi-year and one-time commitments from creation through fulfillment.
AI & Machine LearningImpact & Social GoodSaaSNewton, US
Adam Martel(Founder)in
BoardJere Doyle(Director)Scott Lingle(Director)Christopher Mirabile(Director)inJay Love(Director)
Co-investorsBantam GroupLaunchpad Venture Group
HourWork provides an AI-driven employee engagement and retention platform for quick-service restaurant (QSR) operators, integrating with HRIS systems to run automated text and email outreach, sentiment analysis, and employee feedback.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaS
Co-investorsService Provider CapitalDorm RoomImpact EngineOneValley VenturesRelish WorksUnderscore VC
Juicer is a margin management platform for restaurants that connects to a restaurant's POS to track costs, competitor pricing, sales, and delivery commissions.
FoodTechRetail TechSaaS
Co-investorsBranded Strategic HospitalityMudita VentureRedstick VenturesAugment VenturesKitchen Fund
Lytica provides SupplyLens™ Pro, a SaaS platform that uses AI-driven analytics and real market pricing data to help electronics procurement teams with spend analysis, supplier negotiation, risk intelligence, and design-to-source collaboration.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSKanata
Kyle York(Director)Shawn Bradley(Vice President of Product Management)Kenneth Bradley(Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer)Mark Tayles(Executive Vice President of Industry Applications)Chris Rhodes(Director)Martin Sendyk(President & CEO)
Maxa is an agentic platform that uses AI agents to build and maintain production-grade dbt data pipelines for finance and operations teams, unifying enterprise systems like SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, and Workday into a single data model.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Alexis C. Steinman(Founder)in
Co-investorsFramework Venture PartnersGraphite VenturesNAventuresAQC CapitalBDC Capital Corporation
Metadata builds a Marketing OS (operating system) for B2B marketers to automate manual and repetitive marketing tasks.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Gil Allouche(Executive Officer, Director)inYan Manevich(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardBobby Lent(Director)in
Co-investors500 GlobalAcorn Pacific VenturesBeyond CapitalEmery CapitalGraph VenturesNext47+8 more
MindRhythm develops a portable, non-invasive medical device that uses the Headpulse algorithm and AI to triage stroke patients in the prehospital setting, helping paramedics identify Large Vessel Occlusion strokes and route patients to appropriate hospitals faster.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDigital HealthMedical Devices
John Keane(Co-Founder & CEO)inPaul Lovoi(Co-Founder & CTO)inWade Smith(Co-Founder & Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board)
Co-investorsDCVC (Data Collective)venBio Partners
Ovation UP provides reporting and analytics software designed for multi-unit restaurants to identify operational areas needing improvement across locations.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechTravel & Hospitality
Zack OatesinScott WeinertinSeth Weinertin
Co-investors500 GlobalBranded Strategic HospitalityMonta Vista CapitalTIA VenturesOneValley
SetSale is an AI-powered sales and quoting tool that generates dynamic multi-option quotes and helps identify AHRI matchups for HVAC sales.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechCharlotte, US
ASSAF WEINBERG(Executive Officer, Director)inSETH URE(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardMATT SHAPIRO(Director)in
Co-investorsPrimordial VenturesPrimordial
Stockpress provides a digital asset management system that helps organizations store, organize, and collaborate on digital files.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS
Jessica (.(Founder)in
Co-investorsStage 2 CapitalAlumni VenturesArgon VenturesArgonautic Ventures
Seattle, US
BoardShruti Gandhi(Director)inTrevor Cox(Director)Krishna Srinivasan(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsArray Ventures Management LlcSUPPLY CHANGE CAPITAL
Boston, US
Serkan ?zal(Executive Officer, Director)Ismail Azeri(Director)Timothy Daniels(Director)
BoardNeeraj Agrawal(Director)Berkay Mollamustafaoglu(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsScaleX VenturesBattery Ventures
San Francisco, US
R. Charles White(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)James Thomas White(Executive Officer)
BoardDoug Chertok(Director)
Co-investorsSWO Angel GroupDCVC (Data Collective)Perseverance Capital
uConnect provides a virtual career center platform that makes career services accessible online for students, alumni, and career center staff at educational institutions.
EdTechFuture of WorkSaaSBoston, US
David Kozhuk(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsGrowth Street Partners
Völur provides AI-driven optimization software for the meat production industry, helping producers improve sustainability, efficiency, and profitability through data-driven decision-making across their operations.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningFoodTechSaaS
Co-investorsFusionIdékapitalScribble VenturesSerra Ventures
Co-investorsAmino CapitalMS&AD VenturesIndus Valley Capital
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Wunderite builds software for independent insurance agencies to streamline operations and management.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechInsurTechSaaSBourne, US
Peter MacDonald(Co-Founder, CEO)inJoe Schnare(Co-Founder, COO)in
BoardAlex Finkelstein(Director)inDavid Pope(Director)F. Michael Heffernan, III(Director)
Co-investorsBoston Seed CapitalTechstarsCorrelation VenturesDorm RoomSpark Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
40gridGlasnosticKompany39VETRO FiberMapWinrateZippity
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.
Exits · 1
1 acquisitionsFinmarkacq. by Bill.com Holdings, Inc.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesJuicer · finsmes.com · Aug 13, 2026
Blustream · york.ie · Jul 22, 2026
Völur · york.ie · Jul 22, 2026
PeakMetrics · latimes.com · May 21, 2026
SetSale · bizjournals.com · Mar 26, 2026
Franzy · pulse2.com · Feb 25, 2026
Ovation · qsrmagazine.com · Feb 10, 2026
Triage · evtoday.com · Nov 24, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has York IE made?
- York IE has 36 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 5 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does York IE invest at?
- York IE invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does York IE focus on?
- York IE focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Where is York IE located?
- York IE is headquartered in Manchester, US.
- Does York IE lead rounds?
- Yes, York IE leads investment rounds.
From the blog
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Media · Podcasts & interviews
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Hall Martin · Joe Raczka
Building Value in Startups: Adam Coughlin and the Unique Approach of York IE
Maker Manager Money · Adam Coughlin
Redefining Startup Growth with Kyle York at York IE
Gene Hammett · Kyle York
Maximizing Conversion: Simplifying Messaging & Highlighting Value | Adam Coughlin from York IE
Pathmonk · Adam Coughlin
Kyle York, Co-Founder & CEO at York IE
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York IE's Investment Focus, With Joe Raczka
Mindset Startup Academy - Verlin Gradney · Joe Raczka
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Co-investors · 5
Resolute Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that leads pre-seed and seed rounds, backing founders with grit, energy and conviction.
Madrona Venture Group is a Seattle-founded venture firm that partners with founders across early and acceleration stages, providing capital plus hands-on support in recruiting, strategy, business development, and fundraising.
Operator Partners is an investment firm run by operators that invests its own capital in technology companies from inception through Series B.
Positive Sum Capital is a venture capital firm that backs founders pursuing their life's work.
BGF provides minority growth capital and support to entrepreneurial small and medium-sized businesses across the UK and Ireland, from university spinouts to established brands.
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