About Story Ventures
Story Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of Jul 2026, Story Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 39 companies, with 4 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and HealthTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of 10Beauty Overall, Story Ventures portfolio has seen 4 acquisitions, namely Petal, WaystoCap and Explorer.ai. A lot of funds co-invest with Story Ventures, with names like Gaingels sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Story Ventures has team of 19 people including 6 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 3 more
Deals in last 12 months
Story Ventures' List of Top Investments
Story Ventures has a portfolio of 39 companies. Their most notable investments are in WaystoCap and Polymer.Their portfolio spans across United States, India, Colombia and 4 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, HealthTech and 18 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 3 more. Here is the list of top investments by Story Ventures:
1. Inspiren
Inspiren provides services for the patient assistant. It provides an AI-based computer vision and hybrid sensing device called Augi for analyzing the interactions between providers and patients, room environmental factors, and medical equipment. The device provides real-time patient monitoring, clinical data management, patient behavioral trends analysis, reporting, and more.
Key facts about Inspiren
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Brooklyn (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $155M
- Employee Count: 173 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Summit Partners, Studio VC and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jun 25, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Nanit
Provider of smart baby monitoring systems with sleep and breathing analysis. The systems offer real-time safety notifications, video history, and personalized sleep coaching. Features include breathing motion monitoring without sensors and advanced sleep insights. The company provides a range of compatible accessories, including breathing wear and display screens. It also offers membership plans for expanded data and video history.
Key facts about Nanit
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $125M
- Employee Count: 208 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: AME Cloud Ventures, Flextronics and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Dec 16, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Jiko
Platform enabling T-bill investing for businesses. It is a vertically integrated financial institution, combining its nationally chartered bank and registered broker-dealer to hold cash as T-bills in custody.
Key facts about Jiko
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $80M
- Employee Count: 162 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Anthem Venture Partners, La Maison Partners and 22 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Oct 08, 2025, $*****
4. FreightWaves
Online platform offering logistics-related news. It provides information on trucking news, supply chain, logistics, freights, parcels, delivery systems, and more. It also provides analytics on the state of the freight market and tools that provide actionable outcomes. Monetizes through display ads. It offers tools for viewing ratings and reviews on freights, events organized, ratings, and pricing on logistics.
Key facts about FreightWaves
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Chattanooga (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $108M
- Employee Count: 104 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Section Partners, Advisors.Fund and 22 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 19, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Petal
Provider of credit cards designed to help users build credit. The company offers various cards with different features, such as cash back rewards and credit limit increase programs. Eligible applicants can link their bank accounts to potentially improve their chances of approval. The cards are equipped with contactless payment technology.
Key facts about Petal
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: West Sacramento (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $298M
- Employee Count: 51 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: GR Capital, Trinity Capital and 65 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Aug 03, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Story Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Story Ventures has invested in 39 companies over the last 9 years, with an average of 3 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 6 investments, while as of Jul 2026, it has made 3 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in 10Beauty and most recent follow-on round was in Inspiren.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2025 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2020 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Story Ventures' Investments by Stage
Story Ventures has made 11 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $4.59M, 11 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $11.6M, 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $32M, 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $40M and 1 investment in Unattributed stage with an average round size of $6.14M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 11 |
Series A | 11 |
Series B | 1 |
Series C | 1 |
Unattributed | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Story Ventures' Investments by Sector
Story Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, HealthTech, Vertical SaaS, FinTech and High Tech. Notably, it has invested in 35 Tech companies, 31 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 20 Software companies and at least 13 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 12 |
HealthTech | 7 |
Vertical SaaS | 6 |
FinTech | 5 |
High Tech | 4 |
Others | 19 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Story Ventures' Investments by Geography
Story Ventures has made most investments in United States (20), followed by India where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 20 |
India | 2 |
Colombia | 1 |
Morocco | 1 |
Nigeria | 1 |
Others | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Story Ventures' recent investments
Story Ventures has made 3 investments in 2026 so far. 10Beauty and True Footage are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Story Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jul 01, 2026 | United States | Series A | 7397 | - | |
Apr 08, 2026 | United States | Series C | 4610 | [+6] | |
Mar 02, 2026 | United States | Series A | 2145 | [+1] | |
Nov 04, 2025 | United States | Seed | 7693 | [+3] | |
Aug 21, 2025 | Colombia | Seed | 5502 | [+2] |
Acquired companies in Story Ventures' Portfolio
4 companies from Story Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Petal in Apr 2024 by Empower for $*****.Here are Story Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 09, 2024 | Sep 10, 2017 | Seed | 8219 | |
Aug 25, 2021 | Jun 07, 2017 | Seed | 9368 | |
Jan 07, 2019 | - | - | 7461 | |
Apr 16, 2018 | - | - | 1265 |
Team profile of Story Ventures
Story Ventures has a team of 19 members including 6 Partners and 2 Venture Partners located in United States. Story Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Story Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | Boston | - | - | |
Partner | San Diego | - | - | |
Venture Partner | New York City | - | ||
Venture Partner | New York City | - | - |
Co-investors of Story Ventures
Over the past 9 years, 260 investors have co-invested in Story Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Story Ventures: Primary Venture Partner, Upfront Ventures and 58 others have invested in rounds before Story Ventures. There is 1 company where Primary Venture Partner has invested before Story Ventures and 1 company where Upfront Ventures has invested before Story Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Story Ventures: 127 investors entered a company along with Story Ventures. These include investors like Gaingels (3 companies).
- Invested after Story Ventures: A total of 73 investors have invested in Story Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Insight Partners (2 companies), Kelvin Beachum (2 companies) and Scale Venture Partners (1 company).
Recent News related to Story Ventures
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10Beauty Raises $23.5 Million in Funding Led by Story VenturesMassinvestor•Jul 02, 2026•Story Ventures, 10Beauty
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True Footage Raises $40M Series C FundingFinSMEs•Apr 08, 2026•PagsGroup, Cox Enterprises, Nava Ventures, True Footage and 2 others
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Procode AI Raises $4M in Funding; Acquires The Auctus GroupFinSMEs•Mar 02, 2026•Progression Fund, Story Ventures, TryProCode
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AI impact measurement startup, Parable, raises $16.5 millionPR Newswire•Nov 05, 2025•Triple Impact Capital, SuperCharger Ventures, InMotion Ventures, Panache Ventures and 3 others
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Parable Raises $11M in Seed FundingFinSMEs•Nov 04, 2025•HOF Capital, Triple Impact Capital, Supercharge Capital, InMotion Ventures and 3 others
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Inspiren Raises $100M Series B to Lead Senior Living's AI-Driven FuturePR Newswire•Sep 25, 2025•Inspiren, Insight Partners, Avenir Growth Capital, Third Prime and 8 others
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Empo Health Secures $7M to Advance Home-Based DFU MonitoringSilicon Valley Journals•Jun 24, 2025•Empo Health, Story Ventures, VTC Ventures, Ulu Ventures and 3 others
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Brooklyn Health Secures $6.5M to Expand AI-Powered Precision for Clinical Trial EndpointsHIT Consultant•May 27, 2025•Brooklyn Health, Metrodora, HealthX, RiverPark Ventures and 1 other
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Inspiren Raises $35M in Series A FundingFinSMEs•Mar 20, 2025•Inspiren, Primary Venture Partner, Story Ventures, Third Prime and 1 other
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Delfina Care Raises $17M in Series A FundingFinSMEs•Jan 29, 2025•Delfina, USVP, Artis Ventures, Mayo Clinic and 6 others
