About Markd
Markd is a venture capital firm founded in 2022. It is primarily based out of Boulder, United States. As of Oct 2025, Markd has invested in 12 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to FinTech and InsurTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Irys A lot of funds co-invest with Markd, with names like Greenlight Re sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Markd has team of 2 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed & Series A
Deals in last 12 months
Markd's List of Top Investments
Markd has a portfolio of 12 companies. Their most notable investments are in CrashBay and Scription.Their portfolio spans across United States, United Kingdom, Anguilla and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, FinTech, InsurTech and 3 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Markd:
1. COVU
Provider of insurance agency management solutions. It offers a real-time customer self-service app for insurance policies. It uses a combination of AI and sales for renewals and buying new insurance covers. Allows intermediaries to remotely monitor their agencies and manage operations efficiently.
Key facts about COVU
- Founded Year: 2004
- Location: Redwood City (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $50M
- Employee Count: 74 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: ManchesterStory Group, Benhamou Global Ventures and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Aug 28, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Pinpoint
Provider of risk selection platform using behavioral predictors and advanced AI. The platform helps property and casualty insurers quantify the profitability of current and prospective business. It offers loss predictions and risk scores for homeowners and personal auto. The platform gives carriers a prospective view towards risk to maximize profitable growth. It maintains programs for fairness, security, privacy, and insurance regulation.
Key facts about Pinpoint
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $23M
- Employee Count: 20 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: StartX, JAZZ Venture Partners and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 09, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
No-code insurtech platform selling and managing the insurance policies. The platform enables insurance companies, managing general agencies, and brokers to distribute policies.
Key facts about Loro Insurtech
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Dover (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $1.85M
- Employee Count: 27 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Lloyd’s Lab Accelerator, InsurTech Hub Munich and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jul 16, 2025, $*****
4. Indemn AI
Developer of insurance-native AI platform for automating policy sales and service. This platform deploys AI agents to automate complex workflows, including customer acquisition, policy issuance, and routine service requests. It facilitates omnichannel distribution, enabling conversational interactions across various channels like web, SMS, and voice. The architecture is designed specifically for insurance operations, incorporating compliance frameworks and human-in-the-loop design for oversight and escalation. The goal is to enhance revenue capacity, operational efficiency, customer retention, and strategic control for insurance carriers, agencies, and distribution organizations.
Key facts about Indemn AI
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $1.9M
- Employee Count: 16 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: InsurTech NY, Everywhere and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jan 31, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Irys
Cloud-based customer management solution for insurance agents and brokers. Provides a platform that provides all users with real-time access to essential data. It helps oversee and coordinate the operations, strategies, and performance of the business, optimize data-driven insights and analytics automating the tasks and flows, and more.
Key facts about Irys
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Tampa (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $16M
- Employee Count: 10 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Florida Opportunity Fund, Cofounders Capital and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Oct 13, 2025, $*****
Markd's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Markd has invested in 12 companies over the last 4 years, with an average of 3 new investments annually in the last 3 years. In 2025, it made 3 investments. Its most recent first time investment was in COVU and most recent follow-on round was in Irys.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
2024 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
2023 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Markd's Investments by Stage
Markd has made 9 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.68M and 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $17.5M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 9 |
Series A | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Markd's Investments by Sector
Markd has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the FinTech, InsurTech, Enterprise Applications, Vertical SaaS and Consumer. Notably, it has invested in 11 Tech companies, 9 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 5 Software companies and at least 4 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
FinTech | 10 |
InsurTech | 10 |
Enterprise Applications | 5 |
Vertical SaaS | 4 |
Consumer | 2 |
Others | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Markd's Investments by Geography
Markd has made most investments in United States (8), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 8 |
United Kingdom | 2 |
Anguilla | 1 |
Canada | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Markd's recent investments
Markd has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Markd:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Oct 13, 2025 | United States | Seed | 4852 | [+4] | |
Jul 16, 2025 | United States | Seed | 7048 | - | |
Jan 2025 | Anguilla | Seed | 4255 | ||
Oct 10, 2024 | United States | Conventional Debt | 9033 | ||
Oct 10, 2024 | United States | Series A | 4542 |
Team profile of Markd
Markd has a team of 2 members located in United States. Markd's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Markd
Over the past 4 years, 36 investors have co-invested in Markd's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Markd: ManchesterStory Group, UpHonest Capital and 1 other have invested in rounds before Markd. There is 1 company where ManchesterStory Group has invested before Markd and 1 company where UpHonest Capital has invested before Markd.
- Top Co-investors of Markd: 26 investors entered a company along with Markd. These include investors like Greenlight Re (2 companies).
- Invested after Markd: A total of 7 investors have invested in Markd's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include TGV (1 company), DeepWork Capital (1 company) and Florida Opportunity Fund (1 company).
Recent News related to Markd
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Irys Insurtech Secures $12.5 Million Investment to Revolutionize Insurance SoftwarePR Newswire•Oct 13, 2025•Irys, Markd, DeepWork Capital, Hico Ventures and 2 others
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Loro Secures $1.1M Seed Round to Transform Specialty Insurance Distributionintelligence360•Aug 04, 2025•Loro Insurtech, Markd
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Loro Secures $1.1M Seed Funding to Transform Specialty Insurance DistributionGlobal Fintech Series•Jul 17, 2025•Loro Insurtech, Markd
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Canada's Scription Maintenance Secures $7.8M in Seed FundingFinSMEs•May 13, 2025•Scription, IA Capital Group, Markd
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COVU Secures an Additional $12.5 Million in Series A FundingThe Joplin Globe•Oct 10, 2024•Markd, ManchesterStory Group, COVU, Benhamou Global Ventures and 1 other
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Insurtech Startup Cake Secures $1.3M in Pre-seed FundingPR Newswire•Feb 14, 2024•Cake, Markd, 2ndF, 101 Weston Labs and 2 others
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AI-Driven Insurance Platform Indemn Raises $1.9 MillionInsurance Journal•Feb 01, 2024•Indemn AI, Markd, AfterWork Ventures, Everywhere
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