# Country Insurance & Financial Services

> Country Insurance & Financial Services is a VC fund backing Legal and Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bloomington, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jan 2008
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/country-financial-
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/hellocountry
- Website: http://www.countryfinancial.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/countryfinancial

Country Insurance & Financial Services is a VC fund in Bloomington focused on Legal and Software. COUNTRY Financial serves about one million households and businesses throughout the United States. It offers a full range of financial products and services from auto, home and life insurance to retirement planning services, investment management and annuities.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Legal | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |
| Predictive Analytics | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brad Hildestad | Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brad-hildestad |
| Kelvin Schill | Senior Vice President, Financial Services | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kelvin-schill |
| Kurt Bock | Chief Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kurt-bock-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RiverGlass | RiverGlass is the Internet information solution from people who actually helped create the InternetRiverGlass was founded in 2003, by some of the original pioneers of the World Wide Web and originators of Web data analytics. The University of Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) played a key role in the birthand growth of the Internet and NCSA Mosaic was the first widely used graphical search engine whose offspring include both Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. Michael Welge, head of NCSA's automated learning group, recognized the tremendous benefit of offering more specialized, highly selective data analytics solutions to help businesses and governments gather, organize, merge and analyze data from disparate sources throughout the Internet. He then transformed the D2K (data-to-knowledge) software environment when he co-founded the company that is RiverGlass today.To launch the business, the company partnered with IllinoisVENTURES, a service firm that works with University of Illinois researchers to turn university research projects into viable commercial ventures. With their help, a software solution for a select group of researchers was transformed into a dynamic startup with tremendous business growth opportunity.Today, RiverGlass delivers software solutions to a prestigious list of Fortune 1000 companies and governmental agencies for which access to accurate, concise and oftentimes obscure information is essential. | $2.4M |  | Jan 21, 2008 |  |
| RiverGlass | RiverGlass is the Internet information solution from people who actually helped create the InternetRiverGlass was founded in 2003, by some of the original pioneers of the World Wide Web and originators of Web data analytics. The University of Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) played a key role in the birthand growth of the Internet and NCSA Mosaic was the first widely used graphical search engine whose offspring include both Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. Michael Welge, head of NCSA's automated learning group, recognized the tremendous benefit of offering more specialized, highly selective data analytics solutions to help businesses and governments gather, organize, merge and analyze data from disparate sources throughout the Internet. He then transformed the D2K (data-to-knowledge) software environment when he co-founded the company that is RiverGlass today.To launch the business, the company partnered with IllinoisVENTURES, a service firm that works with University of Illinois researchers to turn university research projects into viable commercial ventures. With their help, a software solution for a select group of researchers was transformed into a dynamic startup with tremendous business growth opportunity.Today, RiverGlass delivers software solutions to a prestigious list of Fortune 1000 companies and governmental agencies for which access to accurate, concise and oftentimes obscure information is essential. | $4M | Series B | Feb 05, 2007 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Illinois Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/illinois-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [RPM Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rpm-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Illinois Finance Authority](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/illinois-finance-authority) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Country Insurance & Financial Services invest in?

Country Insurance & Financial Services invests primarily in Legal, Software and Analytics startups, most often at Series B and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Country Insurance & Financial Services?

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### Who are the partners at Country Insurance & Financial Services?

The team at Country Insurance & Financial Services includes Brad Hildestad (Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer), Kelvin Schill (Senior Vice President, Financial Services) and Kurt Bock (Chief Executive Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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