# York IE

> York IE is a VC fund in Manchester backing Software and SaaS. See 77 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Manchester, United States
- Total investments: 77
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 42%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/york-ie
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/yorkgrowth
- Website: https://york.ie
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yorkgrowth

York IE is a VC fund in Manchester focused on Software and SaaS. York IE® is an advisory and investment firm that helps technology companies grow. York IE leverages a 200+ person global operating team, data and automation technology, and deep ecosystem relationships to provide advisory as a service across product, go-to-market, and finance and to selectively invest in early-stage B2B SaaS startups. Founders,operators, and investors at all stages rely on York IE to help build, scale and monetize their business. Fuel® Your Strategic Growth at York IE.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$5.3M |
| Pre-Seed | $1M–$3.3M |
| Series A | $4M–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 27 | 35% |
| SaaS | 16 | 21% |
| Information Technology | 15 | 19% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 14 | 18% |
| Machine Learning | 8 | 10% |

108 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 41 | 53% |
| Series A | 12 | 16% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 49 | 64% |
| Canada | 4 | 5% |
| Norway | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Coughlin | CMO & Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-coughlin |
| Janelle Gorman, CPA | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/janelle-gorman |
| Joe Raczka | COO & Managing Partner | 17 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-raczka |
| Katelyn Campbell | Vice President, Advisory Services | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katelyn-campbell |
| Kyle York | CEO & Managing Partner | 36 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyle-york |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lexful | Lexful is an AI-native IT documentation platform designed exclusively for MSPs. Innovative and insightful, Lexful automatically harvests and manages IT documentation, transforming static, obsolete information, as well as tribal knowledge, into reliable, contextual intelligence that teams can use. | $7M | Seed | Jun 08, 2026 |  |
| SetSale | SetSale is an AI-powered sales platform that provides automated pricebook, CRM integration, and financial calculation for HVAC contractors. | $2.6M | Seed | Mar 17, 2026 |  |
| WorkHero | WorkHero is the AI-powered back office for small HVAC contractors, combining industry experts with custom AI agents to handle invoicing, permits, rebates, equipment warranties, pricebook creation, and much more. Founded in 2024 by Furman Haynes, Kyler Evitt, and Gerald Chertavian, WorkHero is a Workshop Ventures company. | $5M | Seed | Oct 27, 2025 |  |
| Franzy | Franzy is the "Zillow for franchising"—a smarter, more transparent way to find, compare, and finance franchise opportunities. We match aspiring entrepreneurs with the right franchise brands based on their goals, experience, and budget, making the path to business ownership simpler, faster, and more accessible. | $2.2M | Seed | Jul 15, 2025 |  |
| Chief | hief is the first and only predictive operations platform designed for B2B SaaS enterprises in their growth stage. Chief turns unprocessed data into useful insights by combining and scaling up machine learning and generative. | $3.3M | Pre-Seed | Apr 15, 2025 |  |
| Cold | Cold is a sustainability compliance platform for startups and medium-sized businesses. | $2.7M | Pre-Seed | Oct 31, 2024 |  |
| Winrate | Winrate is an AI-powered application designed to simplify meeting scheduling. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Sep 04, 2024 |  |
| Cypris | We make innovation data accessible, understandable and actionable by centralizing technology-driven research to one user-friendly, collaborative platform and providing AI-powered insights from disparate data sets. In doing so, we’re helping R&D and innovation teams accelerate their R&D strategy buildout. Cypris was founded in 2019 and isheadquartered in New York City. | $5.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 28, 2024 |  |
| Terrantic | A stealth mode company. | $3.5M | Seed | Jun 23, 2024 |  |
| JUICER | JUICER is helping restaurants automate their pricing within their existing technology stack using machine learning algorithms. By taking a data-driven approach to pricing, restaurants can significantly increase revenue and profitability. With dynamic pricing, restaurants can increase profits during peak periods, increase volume during slowerperiods, and improve the customer experience by providing deals to price-sensitive customers, and by lowering wait times for customers during busy periods. | $5.3M | Seed | Apr 09, 2024 |  |

10 of 77 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Argon Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/argon-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Resolve Growth Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/resolve-growth-partners) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Maine Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/small-enterprise-growth-fund-of-maine) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Wasabi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wasabi-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does York IE invest in?

York IE invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 77 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 York IE's check size?

York IE typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$5.3M at Seed, $1M–$3.3M at Pre-Seed and $4M–$10M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds York IE participates in.

### How do I contact York IE?

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### Who are the partners at York IE?

The team at York IE includes Adam Coughlin (CMO & Managing Partner), Janelle Gorman, CPA (Chief Financial Officer) and Joe Raczka (COO & Managing Partner), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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