ManchesterStory

ManchesterStory Group is a venture capital firm based in West Des Moines, Iowa, established in 2016 by Dave Miles and Matt Kinley. The firm specializes in investing in early-to-growth stage companies within the InsurTech, FinTech, and HealthTech sectors. As a Registered Investment Adviser, ManchesterStory Group focuses on identifying innovative startups and established companies that are poised for significant growth, aiming to provide strategic support and capital to enhance their development and market presence.

Mads Jensen

Senior Associate

Kinley, Matthew P.

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Miles J.D., David Wayne

Founding Partner

Past deals in Life Insurance

Better Agency

Series A in 2022
Better Agency is a platform that gives insurance agents a high-tech, easy-to-use solution for marketing, prospecting, sales, and retention. The company is headquartered in Mesa, Arizona, United States.

Plum Life

Seed Round in 2022
Plum Life is on a mission to create the ideal life insurance experience where the confidence of working with an advisor the and convenience of buying online meet in one place. The company offers an agent only digital experience designed to simplify the entire process of selling life insurance from quoting to application and to issue. Designed especially for the life insurance industry, Plum Life’s integrated platform combines the capabilities of a modern technology company and the personal attention and service of an advisor.

Just Insure

Convertible Note in 2021
Just provides auto insurance that is, well, more just. Instead of your rate being set by who you are - your age, zipcode and marital status - your rate is set by how you drive. This means that for the first time, there is a real financial incentive for people to make smart driving decisions. Unsafe driving doesn't lead to the possibility of an accident, it leads to the certainty of paying more on your insurance. For younger drivers, or those who might have been in an accident, or just happen to live in the wrong zipcode, this means better - perhaps dramatically better - rates. Just Insure launched in Arizona in October 2019.

reThought Insurance

Series A in 2021
reThought Insurance is a technology-centric managing general agency that specializes in commercial flood insurance services.

Circle

Seed Round in 2021
Circle is an AI data management and customer relationship SaaS platform that makes it easier for our customers, health plans, value-based care providers, and brokers to get rewarded for better serving their members.

Limit Financial

Seed Round in 2021
Limit Financial is a managing general underwriter (MGU) specializing in credit insurance and reinsurance solutions. They help clients diversify risks through best-in-class underwriting, maximum transparency, and unparalleled service to the (re)insurance community. Its platform focuses on low-loss, conservatively structured credit risks where there is not considered to be an optimal private capital or capital markets solution. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.

Matic Insurance

Series B in 2020
Since 2014, Matic has changed the landscape of the insurtech industry by integrating insurance within the home and auto ownership experience. Today, Matic’s digital insurance marketplace has 40+ A-rated home and auto carriers, as well as distribution partners in industries ranging from mortgage originations and servicing to banking, real estate, personal finance, and more. With a single-minded focus on advocating for policyholders, Matic has created an easy and transparent comparison shopping process, saving customers hours of work and over 30% in premiums each year.

Circle

Seed Round in 2020
Circle is an AI data management and customer relationship SaaS platform that makes it easier for our customers, health plans, value-based care providers, and brokers to get rewarded for better serving their members.

Verikai

Series A in 2020
Verikai is an insurance technology company. It leverages alternative data and machine learning to change the way the insurance industry views risk. Focused primarily on underwriting efficiency, Verikai provides insurance companies with risk reports to optimize the underwriting process. This greater insight helps increase new business, reduce losses, and ultimately provide consumers and businesses with greater access to a broader range of insurance products.

Just Insure

Seed Round in 2020
Just provides auto insurance that is, well, more just. Instead of your rate being set by who you are - your age, zipcode and marital status - your rate is set by how you drive. This means that for the first time, there is a real financial incentive for people to make smart driving decisions. Unsafe driving doesn't lead to the possibility of an accident, it leads to the certainty of paying more on your insurance. For younger drivers, or those who might have been in an accident, or just happen to live in the wrong zipcode, this means better - perhaps dramatically better - rates. Just Insure launched in Arizona in October 2019.

Anagram

Series A in 2020
Founded in 2014, Anagram is a unified revenue cycle management SaaS for eye care providers

Matic Insurance

Series A in 2017
Since 2014, Matic has changed the landscape of the insurtech industry by integrating insurance within the home and auto ownership experience. Today, Matic’s digital insurance marketplace has 40+ A-rated home and auto carriers, as well as distribution partners in industries ranging from mortgage originations and servicing to banking, real estate, personal finance, and more. With a single-minded focus on advocating for policyholders, Matic has created an easy and transparent comparison shopping process, saving customers hours of work and over 30% in premiums each year.
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