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ManchesterStory
Venture capital · West Des Moines, IA, United States · North America
ManchesterStory is a venture capital firm based in West Des Moines, Iowa, that invests in early stage technology companies in the insurance, financial services and healthcare sectors. It is backed by 24 insurance carriers, brokers and wholesalers and typically acts as a lead investor, working alongside portfolio companies.
Invests inFintechHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsinsurtechfintechhealthtechinsuranceearly stagestrategic capital
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Or find every investor that fitsManchesterStory lists 38 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 6 funding rounds, 4 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (39%), Healthcare & Biotech (34%) and AI & Machine Learning (6%). 91% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside IA Capital Group, Anthemis and Benhamou Global Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name ManchesterStory, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not ManchesterStory's whole history. Rounds on record name 6 companies; its own site lists 38. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 33% |
| Series A | 67% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 5 | 4 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 76th | 38 companies |
| Recent activity | 86th | 5 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 64th | 33% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 87th | 16% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 72th | 39% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 39% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 34% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 6% | 18% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 3% | 3% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 3% | 7% |
| Cybersecurity | 3% | 4% |
| Human Resources | 3% | 1% |
| Enterprise Software | 3% | 8% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| IA Capital Group | 4 |
| Anthemis | 2 |
| Benhamou Global Ventures | 2 |
| City Light | 2 |
| Clocktower Ventures | 2 |
| Dallas Venture Capital | 2 |
| FINTOP | 2 |
| Global Insurance Accelerator | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers3592%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company38%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with IA Capital Group
Compare ManchesterStory head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with ManchesterStory| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Nov 2026 | Series A | |
| 5 May 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 30 Jan 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 23 Jan 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 11 Sept 2025 | Series A |
Round details for ManchesterStory
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in ManchesterStory's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
38 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anagram automates medical and vision eligibility, claims, payments, and revenue cycle workflows for optometry practices and optical retailers. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a customer relationship management platform for insurance agencies | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Betterview provides insurance property intelligence software | FintechReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Carver Edison helps public companies deliver equity to employees while reducing stock-based compensation expense and dilution | FintechHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Ciba Health is a physician-led precision care platform that treats chronic diseases such as cardiometabolic, autoimmune, and GI conditions. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a healthcare membership management platform | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| COVU helps property and casualty service operations by turning service work into structured tasks that can be handed off, measured, and improved. | FintechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Cowbell provides specialty insurance services, including cyber insurance and risk management solutions, to small businesses and middle market companies. | FintechCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| FinMkt provides embedded lending and payments technology to enterprises and financial institutions. | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| FloatMe provides cash advances and financial management tools to its users | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an AI platform for employers to manage health insurance transitions for departing employees. | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Jan 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Fringe provides an employee experience platform that offers rewards, wellbeing, perks, and more to employees | Human ResourcesHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Agency provides security, compliance, and assurance services to organizations | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Goose designs and curates insurance products to help protect what matters most. | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | |||
| Flora provides individually-owned fertility insurance to help cover the cost of potential future treatments | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Apr 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Journey Meditation provides mental health support and solutions to organizations to help them identify and address mental health risks earlier | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Kinetic Insurance provides workers' compensation for frontline industries. | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| LimitFi sources, underwrites, and manages credit exposure for insurers and reinsurers, delivering insurance protection to banks and lenders | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Matic compares home and auto insurance quotes from various carriers | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- manchesterstory.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 11 Sept 2025
- Companies checked
- 38
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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