# Matt Kinley

> Matt Kinley is a Series A investor at ManchesterStory Group backing Insurance. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [ManchesterStory Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manchesterstory-group-2)
- Location: Des Moines, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 83%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-kinley-6abb7a1/

Matt Kinley is a Series A investor at ManchesterStory Group in Des Moines focused on Insurance and Financial Services. Matt Kinley is based out of Des Moines, Iowa, and is the Managing Partner of ManchesterStory Group. Matt previously worked at Pappajohn Capital Resources as an EVP. Matt Kinley attended the University of Northern Iowa.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Insurance | 4 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 33% |
| FinTech | 3 | 25% |
| Finance | 3 | 25% |
| Health Care | 3 | 25% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 6 | 50% |
| Seed | 5 | 42% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 75% |
| Canada | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Xcaliber | Xcaliber provides a digital health platform that automates healthcare data tasks using AI agents. The platform supports integration across various healthcare systems, including EHRs, APIs, and clinical data. It offers agents for data management, workflow automation, and compliance tasks, with customizable options for different healthcare needs. Theplatform ensures secure data access, governance, and traceability while supporting both technical and non-technical teams through APIs and natural language interfaces. | $6.5M | Seed | May 05, 2026 |  |
| Salvo Health | Salvo is emerging as the leader in helping GI providers leap into a hybrid-care vision of the future of medicine, providing brick & mortar clinics with an easy to implement continuous care platform that saves time, increases revenue and improves patient outcomes.The company has announced agreements with 771 GI’s, representing 15% of allindependent GI’s in the US, to deploy wraparound care for their clinic patients. Included in its customers are five of the largest GI practices in the country, together seeing over 1.1 million GI patients a year. Salvo provides the tech and care delivery for modern, interdisciplinary care to treat chronic conditions that have surged in cost and prevalence: --IBS and IBD (over 40M affected) -- GERD and Celiac (over 50M affected) --MASH/MASLD, what was previously called “fatty liver disease” (over 80M) --Obesity (over 100M) The care benefits patients (76% of patients reported improved symptoms, five accepted medical conference abstracts on outcomes), generates incremental profit for practices (over $2M EBITDA improvement for a 100 GI practice), and reduces total healthcare costs (79% drop in GI-related ER utilization). | $8.5M | Series A | Jan 22, 2026 |  |
| COVU | Founded and advised by a team of world-renowned insurance, finance, and technology industry veterans with a passion for transparent and unbiased advice, COVU's mission is to help everyday people and growth-oriented insurance professionals reduce risk and manage insurance smarter.COVU’s holistic approach ensures agencies thrive by managingthe business side of insurance operations to provide an extraordinary customer experience through a unique combination of AI technology, human intelligence, real-time service, and top-tier sales support. | $12.5M | Series A | Oct 10, 2024 |  |
| Wisedocs | Wisedocs offers a machine-learning SaaS platform for insurance, legal, and independent medical evaluation firms to review medical records with ease. It was created to help the IME, diagnostics, medico-legal, and insurance industries organize and understand unstructured medical data. The company caters to the auto, liability, disability,workers' compensation, tort law, and similar markets. It offers an easy-to-integrate solution that enhances accuracy and speed to improve outcomes in processing medical records. | $9.5M | Series A | Jan 30, 2024 |  |
| Trailblazer Technology | Trailblazer Technology provides setup tools for business professionals and small insurers. Their products can be utilized as a full suite, or any combination of our products can be deployed as an integrated component of your existing third-party tools. |  | Seed | Nov 16, 2022 |  |
| COVU | Founded and advised by a team of world-renowned insurance, finance, and technology industry veterans with a passion for transparent and unbiased advice, COVU's mission is to help everyday people and growth-oriented insurance professionals reduce risk and manage insurance smarter.COVU’s holistic approach ensures agencies thrive by managingthe business side of insurance operations to provide an extraordinary customer experience through a unique combination of AI technology, human intelligence, real-time service, and top-tier sales support. | $10M | Seed | Aug 17, 2022 |  |
| Plum Life | Plum Life is on a mission to create the ideal life insurance experience where the confidence of working with an advisor the and convenience of buying online meet in one place. The company offers an agent only digital experience designed to simplify the entire process of selling life insurance from quoting to application and to issue. Designedespecially for the life insurance industry, Plum Life’s integrated platform combines the capabilities of a modern technology company and the personal attention and service of an advisor. | $5.3M | Seed | Mar 02, 2022 |  |
| FloatMe | FloatMe is a developer of a financial wellness platform offering an app to help millennials cover cash gaps and improve their finances. Its platform provides transparent wage advances with no interest and overdraft protection. They feature bank-grade encryption and overdraft alerts that enable individuals to build an emergency stash and increasetheir financial health. | $3.7M | Seed | Dec 03, 2020 |  |
| Verikai | Verikai is an insurance technology company. It leverages alternative data and machine learning to change the way the insurance industry views risk. Focused primarily on underwriting efficiency, Verikai provides insurance companies with risk reports to optimize the underwriting process. This greater insight helps increase new business, reducelosses, and ultimately provide consumers and businesses with greater access to a broader range of insurance products. |  | Series A | Jul 08, 2020 |  |
| PLNAR | Smart Picture Technologies, Inc. develops digital measurement systems for collecting and storing accurate measurement data. Its systems enable users to create and share dimensions embedded in images between users, customers, and their contractors. The company solutions include visual scene information, dimension data, and user defined tags. Itoffers its solutions for applications, such as DIY and home improvement, medical and biometrics, package delivery and tracking, and field service and repairs. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Austin, Texas. |  | Series A | Aug 20, 2018 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Benhamou Global Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benhamou-global-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [City Light Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/city-light-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Recursive Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/recursive-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Torch Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/torch-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Active Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/active-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About ManchesterStory Group

VC Fund · West Des Moines, United States

ManchesterStory Group is an early-to-growth stage venture capital firm focused on InsurTech, FinTech, and HealthTech sector. It was founded by Dave Miles and Matt Kinley in 2017 and is based in West Des Moines, Iowa, United States.

3 contacts available at ManchesterStory Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Miles | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-miles-44c1 |
| Matt Kinley | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-kinley |
| Jason Gross | Vice President and Head of Platform | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-gross-3cd0 |

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## FAQ

### What does Matt Kinley invest in?

Matt Kinley invests primarily in Insurance, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Matt Kinley last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matt Kinley closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 12 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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