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Based in Des Moines, Iowa, the insurance capital of the world, we strategically leverage these relationships to accelerate our investments.

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We could not have wished for better partners than ManchesterStory to help us launch and grow Cowbell Cyber. They have supported us from day one with capital, guidance, far-reaching resources and trusted relationships to accelerate our journey.

Among our senior executives, investing in the ManchesterStory Fund has become the most popular investment our team has ever made.

When we polled our innovation teams across the enterprise, ManchesterStory was ranked as the most valuable strategic relationship (1st or tied for 1st) by every team.

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Flora Fertility Closes $5M USD Seed Round to Accelerate First-Of-Its-Kind Fertility Insurance Platform

Flora Fertility, the first individually-owned fertility insurance platform, today announced the close of a $5 million USD seed round, to expand access to reproductive care across the U.S. market, with Canada to follow. The round was led by ManchesterStory, a leading InsurTech venture firm, with participation from Slauson & Co., a culturally-aligned consumer fund based in Los Angeles, TruStage Ventures and BDC Capital, leaders in financial services, along with Marathon Fund, Adara Venture Capital and select strategic angel investors. Prior investors include Highline Beta, Everywhere Ventures, and Cartography Capital.

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ManchesterStory Promotes Nicole Gunderson to Partner and Mads Jensen to Principal

Promotions deepen the firm’s leadership bench as ManchesterStory continues to expand its venture platform across the insurance value chain.

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Trussed AI and Gruve announce joint go-to-market initiative to help enterprises move AI from pilot to production

Today, Trussed AI and Gruve are announcing a joint go-to-market initiative to help enterprises move AI from pilot to production, safely, compliantly, and at scale.

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Trussed AI Raises Seed Funding Led by ManchesterStory

Trussed AI, a company helping regulated enterprises deploy AI while meeting regulatory and audit requirements, today announced the closing of its seed financing round led by ManchesterStory, a preeminent early-stage investor in technology companies focused on insurance, financial services and health care. ManchesterStory invested through its Discovery Fund II and BrokerTech Fund. First Trust Capital Partners and Elefund also participated in the round. ...

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When Secures $10.2M Series A Round

When announces $10.2M Series A funding round co-led by ManchesterStory and 7wire Ventures, along with participation from new and existing investors.

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Salvo Health Announces $8.5M Series A to Advance Hybrid Care Future for GI and Metabolic Treatment

Salvo Health announces a $8.5M Series A funding round co-led by ManchesterStory, City Light Capital, and Threshold Ventures, with participation from new investors including The Artemis Fund, Contour Venture Partners, and others.

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Now Hiring: Venture Capital Intern

**This application has closed.** ManchesterStory is seeking to hire a VC intern to contribute to the investment team, which is currently comprised of 2 Partners, 1 Principal, 1 Senior Associate and 1 Analyst. We are an active lead investor focused on Seed and Series A InsurTech startups. This position is designed to be a summer opportunity, aligned with the Insure Your Future program, with potential to extend the role into the Fall semester. For more information on this opportunity, please visit the link provided.

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Penguin Ai Secures $29.7M in Venture Funding to Tackle the $1 Trillion Administrative Burden in the Healthcare Industry

Penguin Ai, a healthcare artificial intelligence company that solves administrative burdens, announced today that it has secured $29.7 million in venture funding, including a $25M Series A led by Greycroft. Other participants in the financing include UPMC Enterprises, SemperVirens, Snowflake Ventures, Watershed Ventures and Horizon Mutual Holdings, Inc, the parent of New Jersey's largest and oldest health insurer. The round also included support from the original lead seed investors ManchesterStory and Overwater Ventures, as well as California Health Care Foundation, and Matt Kozlov, formerly of Techstars and now at Multiball Capital. Canvas Prime, Plug and Play and individual angels like John Santelli, former CIO of UnitedHealthcare and Eric Larsen, formerly of the Advisory Board also helped fund the company's seed round last year. The funding will support hiring, product development, and scaling deployments with payers and providers.

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Journey Raises $8M to Replace Outdated EAPs with the First Proactive Mental Health Platform for Workplaces

Journey, the leading provider of proactive mental health solutions for modern companies, announced today the closing of its $8 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Cambrian Growth Partners with participation from ManchesterStory, Canaan Partners, J-Ventures, J-Impact, Life Science Angels, HealthTech Capital, and others.

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Meet the women paving the way in Iowa venture capital

ManchesterStory's Nicole Gunderson featured in Business Records, innovationIOWA. | "Kaylee Williams, Liz Keehner, Mikayla Mooney and Nicole Gunderson are a part of a surge in women leadership in venture capital in Iowa. All four women grew up in Iowa and received their undergraduate education in the state. Now, all four are interested in showing other women — and founders in general — how the rate of innovation in Iowa can accelerate when more women are given a seat at the venture capital table."

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Stitch Secures Funding from ManchesterStory and BrokerTech Fund to Launch Insurance-First Agentic AI Platform

Stitch, an AI platform purpose-built for the insurance industry, today announced it has closed a $3M Seed round led by ManchesterStory, a premier InsurTech-focused venture capital firm. ManchesterStory invested through its InsurTech-focused MS Discovery Fund II, and through BrokerTech Fund which together invest in innovative companies driving carrier and broker-centric innovation across the insurance value chain.

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FinMkt wins Best LendTech Solution at the Banking Tech Awards USA 2025

Congratulations to our portfolio company FinMkt on winning Best LendTech Solution at the Banking Tech Awards USA 2025. We're proud to support their next chapter.

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ManchesterStory has partnered with BrokerTech Ventures on a first-of-its-kind venture fund focused on technology startups developing solutions specifically addressing the needs of insurance brokers and wholesalers. The BrokerTech Fund is backed by six leading commercial brokers.

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Flora Fertility Closes $5M USD Seed Round to Accelerate First-Of-Its-Kind Fertility Insurance Platform

ManchesterStory Promotes Nicole Gunderson to Partner and Mads Jensen to Principal

Trussed AI and Gruve announce joint go-to-market initiative to help enterprises move AI from pilot to production

Trussed AI Raises Seed Funding Led by ManchesterStory

When Secures $10.2M Series A Round

Salvo Health Announces $8.5M Series A to Advance Hybrid Care Future for GI and Metabolic Treatment

Now Hiring: Venture Capital Intern

Penguin Ai Secures $29.7M in Venture Funding to Tackle the $1 Trillion Administrative Burden in the Healthcare Industry

Journey Raises $8M to Replace Outdated EAPs with the First Proactive Mental Health Platform for Workplaces

Meet the women paving the way in Iowa venture capital

Stitch Secures Funding from ManchesterStory and BrokerTech Fund to Launch Insurance-First Agentic AI Platform

FinMkt wins Best LendTech Solution at the Banking Tech Awards USA 2025

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