# NFP Ventures

> NFP Ventures is a VC fund in New York backing Insurance and Health Care. See 37 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 37
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 24%
- Last fund: Mar 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nfp-ventures/
- Website: https://www.nfpvf.com

NFP Ventures is a VC fund in New York focused on Insurance and Health Care. NFP Ventures' mission is to find, fund and work successfully with visionary entrepreneurs, applying NFP’s expertise to facilitate long-term success. Typically, the firm targets companies seeking Seed to Series B investments that can benefit from NFP's distribution, human capital and other unique assets to accelerate their growth.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$10M |
| Series A | $3.3M–$30M |
| Series B | $15M–$32M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Insurance | 7 | 19% |
| Health Care | 7 | 19% |
| FinTech | 6 | 16% |
| InsurTech | 6 | 16% |
| Software | 5 | 14% |

41 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 9 | 24% |
| Seed | 8 | 22% |
| Series B | 4 | 11% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 5% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 21 | 57% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shawn Ellis | EVP & MD | 27 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shawn-ellis |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Axio | Axio helps organizations understand cyber exposure, calculate risk, and make data-driven decisions that improve their security and risk posture and accelerate the maturity of an organization’s capability to manage cyber risk. A business can quantify cyber risk and measure your cyber resiliency by determining the effectiveness and cost and of yourcyber risk capabilities, assessing if they are reasonable and optimal for an organization, and determining what other controls (not just technologies) need to be put in place. Axio provides all stakeholders with a common framework to proactively manage cyber risk, in terms that the entire organization can understand. CISOs can now explain what they do, how they do it, and what it means with regards to overall cyber risk for the business. Risk officers can optimize their insurance portfolio and invest in the specific types of cyber insurance and limits that protect their business. Board members and executive leadership can now be confident in their cyber strategy and their ability to achieve and sustain resiliency. Axio delivers cyber resilience optimization. | $23M | Series B | Aug 04, 2022 |  |
| CoverTree | CoverTree offers a digital insurance solution for manufactured home residents. The company's primary goal is to bring digital distribution, automated underwriting, and data-driven pricing to specialty personal lines of insurance. CoverTree’s manufactured home product is available in Arizona, Indiana, Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio, Illinois, andTennessee.The company is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. | $10M | Seed | May 18, 2022 |  |
| Vivante Health | Since 2016, Vivante Health has been revolutionizing digestive health and wellness, one person at a time. Our category-defining digital health solutions provide personalized, comprehensive care for people with digestive conditions. Our all-in-one digestive health program GIThrive® combines clinically-backed interactive tech, targeted nutrition, and24/7 personal support to improve digestive disease outcomes, and reduce the cost of care. GIThrive is used by large employers and health plans to reduce the costs of chronic disease, improve employee health, and workplace absenteeism. | $16M | Series A | Mar 08, 2022 |  |
| Cylinder | Founded in 2021 and offered as an employer benefit, Cylinder (formerly Vivante Health) delivers personalized, clinician-backed care to those suffering from digestive issues through its virtual health platform. Cylinder’s tech-forward, human-first program connects members to the right level of support at the right time through an easy interface,bringing the healthcare ecosystem together to align around member needs. Cylinder’s dedicated care teams help members proactively address their gut health from every angle – decreasing costs, reducing absenteeism, and improving their quality of life, at scale. Cylinder’s vision is to create a world where people receive convenient, personalized, and affordable access to the quality digestive healthcare they need to improve their overall health. Learn more at cylinderhealth.com. | $16M | Series A | Mar 08, 2022 |  |
| Ascend | Ascend is a modern, all-in-one payments solution purpose-built for insurance. We automate insurance payments end-to-end — from online customer payments including premium financing to the distribution of commissions and carrier payables. We help digital distributors sell more insurance by simplifying operations, reducing payment friction anddelivering the modern checkout experience customers expect. | $30M | Series A | Jan 27, 2022 |  |
| Honeycomb | Honeycomb (fka Agilius) is the only place where you can buy a condo/apartment building master policy online in less than 3 minutes at a fraction of the cost! Instant, free, no hassle quotes, online everything and up to 40% savings. With all that we're bringing simplicity and transparency to the real estate insurance space for condoassociations (HOAs), building owners, property managers, and developers everywhere. This is what we do. This is all we do. | $15.4M | Series A | Jan 19, 2022 |  |
| TrustLayer | TrustLayer is an insurtech solution company that automates insurance verification with machine learning & AI. TrustLayer helps companies eliminate error-prone, manual processes and streamline existing workflows to increase insurance compliance and decrease organizational risk. Customers in multiple billion-dollar industries such as constructionand property management rely on TrustLayer for its ease of use, tracking and verifying certificates of insurance and other business documents, increased vendor compliance, and the ability to utilize their platform for multiple use cases. | $15.1M | Series A | Aug 17, 2021 |  |
| Harness Wealth | Harness Wealth is the next generation wealth management solution created for builders - individuals founding, scaling, and investing in businesses. It is a holistic wealth platform that seeks to make bespoke financial advice accessible, intuitive, and valuable through a combination of innovative technology and exceptional advisory firms. | $15M | Series A | Jun 28, 2021 |  |
| Honeycomb | Honeycomb (fka Agilius) is the only place where you can buy a condo/apartment building master policy online in less than 3 minutes at a fraction of the cost! Instant, free, no hassle quotes, online everything and up to 40% savings. With all that we're bringing simplicity and transparency to the real estate insurance space for condoassociations (HOAs), building owners, property managers, and developers everywhere. This is what we do. This is all we do. | $3.3M | Series A | Jun 22, 2021 |  |
| Honeycomb | Honeycomb (fka Agilius) is the only place where you can buy a condo/apartment building master policy online in less than 3 minutes at a fraction of the cost! Instant, free, no hassle quotes, online everything and up to 40% savings. With all that we're bringing simplicity and transparency to the real estate insurance space for condoassociations (HOAs), building owners, property managers, and developers everywhere. This is what we do. This is all we do. | $3.3M |  | Jun 22, 2021 |  |

10 of 37 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does NFP Ventures invest in?

NFP Ventures invests primarily in Insurance, Health Care and FinTech startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 37 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 NFP Ventures's check size?

NFP Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$10M at Seed, $3.3M–$30M at Series A and $15M–$32M 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 NFP Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact NFP Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at NFP Ventures?

The team at NFP Ventures includes Shawn Ellis (EVP & MD). 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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