About HSCM Ventures
HSCM Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. It is primarily based out of Stamford, United States. As of Jun 2025, HSCM Ventures has invested in 5 companies. It primarily invests in Series B round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from FinTech to InsurTech and Enterprise Applications. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of Inclined Overall, HSCM Ventures portfolio has seen 1 unicorn, namely Branch. A lot of funds co-invest with HSCM Ventures, with names like Foundation Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. HSCM Ventures has team of 4 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Seed & 2 more
Portfolio Unicorns
Portfolio Soonicorns
HSCM Ventures' List of All Investments
HSCM Ventures has a portfolio of 5 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments are in Insurate and Inclined.Their portfolio spans across United States and Mexico. They have invested in FinTech, InsurTech, Enterprise Applications and 4 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed and 2 more. Here is the list of all investments by HSCM Ventures:
1. Momento
App-based platform offering driver assistance services. The platform offers assistance services for drivers. It provides information like vicinity-based gas station details, parking space details, risk zone details, driver scores, etc. The mobile application is available for the Android platform.
Key facts about Momento
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Mexico City (Mexico)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $21.3M
- Employee Count: 81 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Foundation Capital, Picus Capital and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Aug 28, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Branch
Provider of auto and home insurance solutions. It offers claims and offers insurance, home insurance, auto insurance, bundled insurance, and remote jobs. It also offers a way to file a claim and switch insurance companies. It simplifies the insurance buying experience with instant pricing and coverage options.
Key facts about Branch
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Columbus (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $280M
- Employee Count: 328 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Foundation Capital, Elefund and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Oct 29, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Parsyl
Parsyl is a startup developing solutions in the field of cargo/shipment tracking and management. Offers an integrated hardware and software solution to enable real-time tracking & monitoring of cargo/shipments and its physical parameters such as temperature, humidity, pressure, light exposure, etc.
Key facts about Parsyl
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Denver (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $67.1M
- Employee Count: 49 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Lloyd’s Lab Accelerator, FirstTracks Ventures and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Dec 20, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Inclined
Provider of a refinancing solution for policy loans. It enables policyholders to refinance existing insurance premiums. Its offering includes online loan applications, line of credit analytics, underwriting system analytics, and online underwriting.
Key facts about Inclined
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Sausalito (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $23.5M
- Employee Count: 42 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Foundation Capital, Northwestern Mutual and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jun 06, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Insurate
Risk management solutions for agents, carriers, and businesses. It offers solutions for realigning workers' comp premiums, healthcare & financial protection, and more. It also offers data science and analytics solutions to identify businesses that are significantly safer than the industry average.
Key facts about Insurate
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Seattle (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $4.5M
- Employee Count: 29 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Foundation Capital, Revolution and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Oct 04, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
HSCM Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
HSCM Ventures has invested in 5 companies over the last 5 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment. Its most recent first time investment was in Momento and most recent follow-on round was in Inclined.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
HSCM Ventures' Investments by Stage
HSCM Ventures has made 2 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $12.8M, 1 investment in Seed stage with an average round size of $4.5M, 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $25.2M and 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $147M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 2 |
Seed | 1 |
Series B | 1 |
Series C | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
HSCM Ventures' Investments by Sector
HSCM Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the FinTech, InsurTech, Enterprise Applications, Financial Services and Auto Tech. Notably, it has invested in 5 Tech companies, 3 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 3 Software companies and at least 2 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
FinTech | 4 |
InsurTech | 3 |
Enterprise Applications | 2 |
Financial Services | 2 |
Auto Tech | 1 |
Others | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
HSCM Ventures' Investments by Geography
HSCM Ventures has made most investments in United States (4), followed by Mexico where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 4 |
Mexico | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
HSCM Ventures' recent investments
HSCM Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by HSCM Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jun 06, 2025 | United States | Series B | 1174 | ||
Dec 20, 2024 | United States | Series C | 1401 | [+2] | |
Aug 09, 2023 | Mexico | Series A | 7113 | ||
Sep 23, 2022 | United States | Series A | 1932 | ||
Jun 11, 2022 | United States | Series C | 1906 | [+7] |
Unicorns in HSCM Ventures' Portfolio
HSCM Ventures has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Branch. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Branch which became a unicorn in 2022.Here is a list of unicorns in HSCM Ventures' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
63 | Provider of auto and home insurance solutions | 2017 | Columbus | Series D | cpnrpxz |
Team profile of HSCM Ventures
HSCM Ventures has a team of 4 members including 2 Partners located in United States. HSCM Ventures' team sits on the board of 1 company.Co-investors of HSCM Ventures
Over the past 5 years, 34 investors have co-invested in HSCM Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes only funds.
- Invested before HSCM Ventures: Y Combinator, Anthemis Group and 13 others have invested in rounds before HSCM Ventures. There is 1 company where Y Combinator has invested before HSCM Ventures and 1 company where Anthemis Group has invested before HSCM Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of HSCM Ventures: 12 investors entered a company along with HSCM Ventures. These include investors like Foundation Capital (2 companies).
- Invested after HSCM Ventures: A total of 7 investors have invested in HSCM Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Hedosophia (1 company), American Family Ventures (1 company) and Hudson Structured Capital Management (1 company).
Recent News related to HSCM Ventures
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Inclined Raises $8M Series B to Simplify Liquidity Access to Whole Life Insuranceintelligence360•Aug 28, 2025•Northwestern Mutual, Inclined, HSCM Ventures
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Inclined Raises $8M in Series B FundingFinSMEs•Aug 12, 2025•Northwestern Mutual, Inclined, HSCM Ventures
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Lightsmith Group Backs Sea-Cargo Insurer ParsylThe Wall Street Journal•Jan 08, 2025•The Lightsmith Group, Parsyl, GLP Capital Partners, FirstTracks Ventures and 2 others
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Layr: Insurance Tech Company Secures $10 MillionPulse 2.0•Nov 09, 2023•Flyover Capital, Sandbox Industries, Hudson Structured Capital Management, The K Fund and 3 others
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Momento Seguros’ $10.5 Million FinancingGlobal Legal Chronicle•Aug 09, 2023•Gunderson Dettmer, Momento, Foundation Capital, HSCM Ventures
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Dayforward Raises $25 Million and Acquires Commercial Travelers Life Insurance Company to Expand Life Insurance Offering NationwideAiThority•Jan 24, 2023•Travelers, Dayforward, AXA Venture Partners, HSCM Ventures and 2 others
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HSCM Ventures participates in life insurtech Dayforward’s $25m roundArtemis•Jan 23, 2023•HSCM Ventures, Dayforward, AXA Venture Partners, Juxtapose and 1 other
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Dayforward Raises $25M in Funding; Acquires Commercial Travelers Life Insurance CompanyFinSMEs•Jan 21, 2023•Dayforward, AXA Venture Partners, HSCM Ventures, Juxtapose and 2 others
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Ghanaian agtech Farmerline raises $1.5M from Dutch investor OikocreditTechCrunch+•Sep 27, 2022•Inclined, HSCM Ventures, Anthemis Group, Mergdata and 13 others
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U.S.A-based Inclined raises USD 15 million in Series AVcbay News•Sep 24, 2022•Inclined, HSCM Ventures, Anthemis Group
