TruAgents Raises $3.4M Seed Round Led by ManchesterStory with Participation from Unum and Other Investors

TruAgents, a leading AI communications platform, today announced it has closed a $3.4 million oversubscribed Seed round led by ManchesterStory, with participation from Unum, Plug and Play, and Cultivation Capital.

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April 9, 2026

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.

June 21, 2017

ManchesterStory Welcomes Industry Veteran Michael O’Halleran

DES MOINES, IA–(Marketwired – June 20, 2017) – ManchesterStory Group (ManchesterStory), a venture capital firm focused on insurance-relevant FinTech and Healthcare companies, is pleased to announce that Michael O’Halleran has joined the company as a special advisor and chair of the advisory board of the ManchesterStory Venture Fund, L.P. (the Fund).

July 10, 2025

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."

July 9, 2025

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.

June 2, 2025

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.