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Blog

June 9, 2026

ManchesterStory Launches Quarterly Newsletter: Know the Story

May 1, 2026

What We Heard in Our First InsurTech Open Office Hours

Last week, we tried something new: open office hours. No formal agenda. No pitch decks required. No filter. First come, first served. Just 20-minute conversations with founders, operators, and people beginning to explore ideas across insurance. The prompt was simple: what would be useful to you?

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.

News

September 28, 2022

Vision benefits company XP Health raises $17.1M and more digital health fundings

XP Health, a company developing a digital-first vision benefits platform, raised $17.1 million in a Series A funding round led by HC9 Ventures, Valor Capital Group and ManchesterStory. Additional investors include Core Innovation Capital, GSR Ventures, Canvas Ventures, Plug and Play, CameronVC, Ken Goulet, Kevin Hill, Jeff Epstein and Brett Rochkind. This recent funding round followed a $5.5 million raise in 2021.

August 18, 2022

InsurTech Covu raises $10mn in seed funding led by ManchesterStory Group

Newly launched InsurTech Covu has raised $10mn in seed funding led by ManchesterStory Group to back its AI-enabled digital platform for insurance agencies.

May 2, 2022

Better Agency Raises $8 Million in Series A Financing

PHOENIX, May 2, 2022 (Newswire.com) - Better Agency, the agency success platform for insurance agents, announced today that they raised $8m in a Series A round, led by Teamworthy Ventures. There was additional participation from ManchesterStory Group, PHX Venture Partners, and Crystal Venture Partners.