# TruStage Ventures

> TruStage Ventures is a VC fund backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 51 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madison, United States
- Total investments: 51
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 35%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cmfg-ventures/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/cmfgventures
- Website: http://www.cmfgventures.com/

TruStage Ventures is a venture capital arm of CUNA Mutual Group that advances financial and insurance solutions through investments and innovation for consumers and financial institutions. The firm helps credit unions and hardworking Americans build financial security. It seeks to invest in financial technology, data analytics, education andprotection, and digital channel sectors.CMFG was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.3M–$5.4M |
| Series A | $5M–$28M |
| Series B | $15M–$50M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 24 | 47% |
| Financial Services | 21 | 41% |
| Finance | 11 | 22% |
| Software | 8 | 16% |
| Personal Finance | 7 | 14% |

53 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 16 | 31% |
| Series B | 11 | 22% |
| Seed | 7 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 6% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 33 | 65% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Ireland | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elizabeth McCluskey | Director, Discovery Fund | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elizabeth-coston |
| Sam Das | Managing Director | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sam-das |
| Mike Kraus | principal | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-kraus-9c12 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Debbie | Points for the 99%. Get paid to pay off your debt and save. Debbie partners with mission-aligned financial institutions to acquire and engage young consumers by rewarding them for positive financial habits. | $5.3M | Seed | Apr 13, 2026 |  |
| Flora | Flora Fertility is dedicated to empowering the next generation of parents by putting the control of reproductive health outcomes back where they belongs—in your hands. It aims to revolutionize how women's health and family building are approached, making fertility care more accessible, transparent, and personalized. By reimagining thefinancial and medical aspects of family planning, we help you navigate the journey to parenthood with greater confidence, ease, and support, ensuring that your fertility choices align with your personal goals and circumstances. | $5M | Seed | Apr 07, 2026 |  |
| RenoFi | RenoFi Loans use the after renovation value instead of your home's current value, enabling you to borrow the most money at the lowest rates. RenoFi is not a lender, rather we’ve partnered with lenders who offer RenoFi Loans. These lenders leverage RenoFi's technology platform to seamlessly offer RenoFi Loans. | $22M | Series B | Mar 03, 2026 |  |
| Piere | Piere offers a budget planner app designed to help users achieve their financial goals through effective budget tracking and personalized finance insights. The app includes features such as custom budgeting tools and integrated split payments support, catering to individuals looking to manage their personal finances more efficiently. With a focuson empowering users with the tools they need to understand and control their spending, Piere's app aims to simplify financial planning and enhance financial literacy among its users. | $2.1M | Pre-Seed | Oct 21, 2025 |  |
| The Beans | The Beans offers a software application platform that creates personalized cash flow plans designed for its users. The Beans is Simplifying the path to financial balance through design and technology so that people can focus on what they love. | $5.4M | Seed | Oct 14, 2025 |  |
| Arkatechture | Arkatechture delivers SaaS BI solutions that integrate all data sources and provide a suite of executive dashboards and advanced analytics. Their services include business intelligence services, analytics services, tableau consulting, staff augmentation, data strategy, capabilities statement, business intelligence, and managed services. It usesdashboard insights to make decisions that improve performance against key metrics. They identify new member segments and increase wallet share with current members.Arkatechture was established in 2012 and is based in Portland, Maine. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 14, 2025 |  |
| Clutch | We build loan application and recapture portals for Credit Unions. Through intelligent and highly converting user experiences, we turn every Member touchpoint into a recapture opportunity.Hundreds of integrated third party data sources allow us to discover debt your applicants and Members have elsewhere. We surface these savings opportunities inreal-time so that your applicants and Members can save thousands of dollars while you increase share of wallet. | $65M | Series B | Jan 23, 2025 |  |
| Debbie | Points for the 99%. Get paid to pay off your debt and save. Debbie partners with mission-aligned financial institutions to acquire and engage young consumers by rewarding them for positive financial habits. | $2.8M | Seed | Jan 08, 2025 |  |
| Uprise | Uprise is building wealth management for all - bringing the tools and the tricks of the 1% to everyone :). The company was founded by Chris Goodmacher and Jessica Chen Riolfi. | $3.3M | Seed | Oct 21, 2024 |  |
| Remynt | Launched at the Founder Institute, Remynt empowers consumers to rebuild credit while resolving debt, enabling creditors to gain revenue from non-performing delinquencies. Remynt buys portfolios of charged-off consumer credit card debt and offers the opportunity to earn new credit, financial management tools, community, rewards, and a savingsaccount while repaying debt to rebuild credit. The debt secures a credit charge card, which allows monthly payment reporting on an active credit account, helping consumers rebuild their credit scores more quickly. Leveraging AI, community, automated workflows, a customer-centric model, and a captive audience, Remynt empowers subprime consumers to grow their financial literacy and rehabilitate their credit. Employing best-in-class digital techniques to reach consumers, eschewing dreaded debt collection calls, and providing a tangible benefit to repayment, Remynt drives people online to resolve their debt. |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 02, 2024 |  |

10 of 51 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does TruStage Ventures invest in?

TruStage Ventures invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Finance startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 51 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is TruStage Ventures's check size?

TruStage Ventures typically joins rounds of $2.3M–$5.4M at Seed, $5M–$28M at Series A and $15M–$50M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds TruStage Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact TruStage Ventures?

Public channels for TruStage Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at TruStage Ventures?

The team at TruStage Ventures includes Elizabeth McCluskey (Director, Discovery Fund), Sam Das (Managing Director) and Mike Kraus (principal). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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