Markd

Markd is a venture capital firm dedicated to funding and partnering with transformative insurtech companies. Based in Boulder, Colorado, the firm manages capital on behalf of insurance companies, focusing on the future of the insurance industry. Founded by fifth-generation insurance professional Parker Beauchamp, Markd launched its debut fund of $100 million in March 2022, making 68 investments in 22 active portfolio companies. In October 2025, the firm announced the reopening of its debut fund up to an additional $500 million in commitments, with the possibility of further increasing the overall fund size to accept additional commitments from insurance companies. This expansion aims to continue Markd's exclusive focus on the insurance industry's future, investing strategically in private companies to seek investment returns and innovation partnerships for its insurance company investors and their distribution partners. The firm may also seek to become more acquisitive, taking on larger stakes in its targets. Markd's mission is to power substantial work and continually inspire more ideas to prevent hurt and loss, paying homage to the insurance industry's legacy while helping design its future. The firm's investment philosophy prioritizes evolution over disruption, seeking to identify and support transformative insurance ideas of high-potential startups not getting the attention and funding they deserve. With ideas around the metaverse, blockchain, and everything in between, Markd is committed to seeking investment partners who not only provide capital but possess industry expertise to create, reinvent, and innovate conventional insurance models. The team at Markd has worked and built in the insurance technology space for decades, bridging the gap between established insurance leaders and new school founders. Open to various insurance sectors, Markd focuses on investing in transformational founders with innovative ideas and ambition to follow through on their vision. The firm aims to be there at the first spark of a great idea, leveraging existing relationships, know-how, ideas, regulatory access, carriers, fulfillment, and distribution teams to help startups get further faster so founders can keep more of their equity longer. Markd's portfolio includes companies such as Fenris, a women-founded and women-led insurtech company, and OCHO, a women-founded insurtech company, both of which received seed funding from the firm. The firm's investment strategy is to back founders at the earliest stages of their journey, specializing in seed and pre-seed stages, aiming to be the first money in to support founders from the very beginning. Markd leverages data-backed expertise to find promising investment opportunities before anyone else, valuing founders' time and striving to be efficient in their process. Additionally, the firm has a network of top VCs managing over $3 trillion at disposal, which it can tap into to provide even more momentum for funding rounds and support companies in the next fundraising stages. Markd's commitment to the insurance industry's future and its focus on transformative insurtech companies position it as a significant player in the venture capital landscape, dedicated to driving innovation and evolution within the sector.