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Venture Capital Intelligence
Firms, funds, partners, companies and rounds from sworn filings, firm sites and announcements, kept as a graph with a date and a source on every edge. Facts, inferences and estimates are labelled as such. A fund target is never a close, GAV is never dry powder, and a round size is never an investor’s check.
Firms / Story Ventures
Story Ventures
Story invests in the building blocks of automated systems — starting with the very first check. Today's technologies will tell the story of tomorrow.
name or self-description says seed
Importance
46
elevated
Active deployment
90
high
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
75
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
28
moderate
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Westport, CTadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 55 POST RD W, 2ND FLOOR, Westport, CT, 06880adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 914-924-4234adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- https://storyventures.vc/
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 30, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 27 (27 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $455Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business email
- hello@storyventures.vcstoryventures.vcpublished by the subject
- business phone
- 914-924-4234adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
41 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- ai, deep tech, logistics, industrial, media
- Stages
- not stated or not yet read
- Geography
- new york
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- seed
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation
series c 100%
Stage at first entry
series c 100%
Sectors
unknown 85%Other Technology 8%Other 5%Computers 3%
lead rate 0%follow-on rate 0%new logos, 12 months 38
Funds and vehicles
22 reported, 3 no longer reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR-0520 Fund I, a series of Nebular Expansion II, LP | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2026 form d first sale | Newly closed | unknown | unknown | $768,000 of $768,000 | Jun 5, 2026 |
| Story VP, L.P. | Fund | 2025 form d first sale | Newly closed | unknown | unknown | $10.0M of $10.0M | Sep 12, 2025 |
| Story Data III, L.P. | Fund | 2024 form d first sale | Fundraising | unknown | unknown | $32.7M of $50.0M | Sep 23, 2025 |
| Viaphoton Pre Series B-2, a Series of Story Ventures Series Investments LLC | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2023 adv first reported | Active deployment | $1.9M Mar 1, 2024 | 10 | $0 of $3.0M | Dec 2, 2022 |
| True Footage Series A-2, a Series of Story Ventures Series Investments LLC | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2023 adv first reported | Active deployment | $1.3M Mar 1, 2024 | 15 | $2.0M of $2.0M | Jul 8, 2022 |
| Particle Health Series B, a Series of Story Ventures Series Investments LLC | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2023 adv first reported | Active deployment | $1.1M Mar 1, 2024 | 8 | $0 of $2.0M | Jun 30, 2022 |
| Particle Health Series B Parallel, a Series of Story Ventures Series Investments LLC | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2023 adv first reported | Active deployment | $946,935 Mar 1, 2024 | 8 | $0 of $2.0M | Jul 8, 2022 |
| Story Ventures Pilot Vehicle V, LLC | Fund | 2022 adv first reported | Active deployment | $3.8M Mar 1, 2024 | 19 | unknown | unknown |
| Motorq Series B, a Series of Story Ventures Series Investments LLC | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2022 adv first reported | Active deployment | $3.0M Mar 1, 2024 | 38 | unknown | unknown |
| Viaphoton Pre Series B, a Series of Story Ventures Series Investments LLC | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2022 adv first reported | Active deployment | $2.4M Mar 1, 2024 | 27 | unknown | unknown |
| True Footage, Series a, a Series of Story Ventures Series Investments LLC | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2022 adv first reported | Active deployment | $2.0M Mar 1, 2024 | 28 | unknown | unknown |
| Petal Pre Series D, a Series of Story Ventures Series Investments LLC | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2022 adv first reported | Active deployment | $908,387 Mar 1, 2024 | 3 | unknown | unknown |
| Newtonx Pre Series B, a Series of Story Ventures Series Investments LLC | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2022 adv first reported | Active deployment | $624,436 Mar 1, 2024 | 7 | unknown | unknown |
| Newtonx Series B, a Series of Story Ventures Series Investments LLC | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2022 adv first reported | Active deployment | $504,580 Mar 1, 2024 | 4 | unknown | unknown |
| Metaversal Series a, a Series of Story Ventures Series Investments LLC | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2022 adv first reported | Active deployment | $353,176 Mar 1, 2024 | 5 | unknown | unknown |
| Story Ventures III, L.P. | Fund | 2021 form d first sale | Mature | $43.2M Mar 1, 2024 | 93 | $22.0M of $50.0M | Jul 8, 2021 |
| Story Ventures Iii-A, L.P. | Feeder or parallel | 2021 form d first sale | Mature | $5.1M Mar 1, 2024 | 34 | $3.9M of $4.9M | Jan 13, 2022 |
| Story Ventures Pilot Vehicle IV, LLC | Fund | 2019 form d first sale | Mature | $2.1M Mar 1, 2024 | 13 | $757,831 of $800,000 | Jun 27, 2019 |
| Story Ventures II, L.P. | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $37.2M Mar 1, 2024 | 85 | $0 of $40.0M | Nov 20, 2018 |
| Story Venture Partners Fund I, LLC | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $11.7M Mar 1, 2024 | 18 | unknown | unknown |
| Story Ventures Ii-A, L.P. | Feeder or parallel | unknown | Unknown | $5.5M Mar 1, 2024 | 3 | $0 of $40.0M | Apr 1, 2019 |
| viaPhoton Pre Series B-3, a series of Story Ventures Series Investments LLC | SPV or co-invest vehicle | unknown | Unknown | unknown | unknown | $0 of $5.0M | Apr 3, 2024 |
| Chapter F-1, a Series of Yac Prologue, LP | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2022 adv first reported | Wound down | $1.9M Mar 23, 2023 | 23 | unknown | unknown |
| A-Jlq-15-Fund, a Series of Ax-Stores-Funds, LLC | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2022 adv first reported | Wound down | $893,042 Mar 23, 2023 | 26 | unknown | unknown |
| FRE Fund 1, a Series of Story Network, LP | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2022 adv first reported | Wound down | $255,077 Mar 23, 2023 | 8 | unknown | unknown |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
4 current, 0 departed
Brian Alexander Yormak
Managing partnerManaging Partner · since Jun 1, 2016
Jacob Yormak
Managing partnerManaging Partner · since Jun 1, 2016
Edward Antell Mcgehee
Platform and operationsCfo And General Counsel · since Jan 1, 2023
Gagan Chawla
Platform and operationsChief Financial Officer, Gagan oversees Story's day to day finance, legal, and back-office operations.
Investments on record
41 edges, 40 companies, 3 partner-attributed
“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.
Co-investors
39 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
U.S. Venture Partners 2 shared · recurringCore Venture Capital 2 shared · recurringSempervirens Ventures LLC 2 shared · recurringScale Venture Partners 2 shared · recurringNyca Management LLC 1 shared · one timeCRE Venture Capital, Inc. 1 shared · one timeJ2 Ventures Advisors, LLC 1 shared · one timeAfore Capital Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeFemhealth Ventures Management LLC 1 shared · one timeShine Capital 1 shared · one timeMonta Vista Capital 1 shared · one timeHack Vc Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeMatchstick Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one timeNelstone Ventures Advisors 1 shared · one timeSignal Peak Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one timeNotation Capital Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeCourtside Ventures 1 shared · one timeAvenir Management Company, LLC 1 shared · one timeArtis Ventures Management, L.P. 1 shared · one timeIcon Ventures 1 shared · one timeSJF Management LLC 1 shared · one timeShrug, LLC 1 shared · one timeNoemis Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeRosecliff Venture Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeUnless Management LP 1 shared · one timeCRV, LLC 1 shared · one timeLerer Hippeau Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeNava Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one timeArtis Capital Management, L.P. 1 shared · one timeFM Capital 1 shared · one timeVintage Investment Partners 1 shared · one timeAvenir Growth Capital 1 shared · one timeLightbank 1 shared · one timeInsight Venture Partners 1 shared · one timeNewview Capital Management, LLC 1 shared · one time · they led 1Primary Ventures 1 shared · one timeCamber Creek 1 shared · one timeHOF Capital 1 shared · one time · they led 1InMotion Ventures 1 shared · one time
Limited partners
0 disclosed
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Timeline
26 dated events
- Sep 16, 2026IntuitiveMotion.AI no longer listed on Story Ventures's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceIntuitiveMotion.AIVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 14, 2026Story Ventures: INSTITUTIONAL_VC -> SEED_FUND_MANAGER (name or self-description says seed)Classification changedClassificationInferenceno URL
- Mar 1, 2024Chapter F-1, a Series of Yac Prologue, LP no longer reported on Form ADV by Story VenturesFund no longer reportedFundsInferenceChapter F-1, a Series of Yac Prologue, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 1, 2024FRE Fund 1, a Series of Story Network, LP no longer reported on Form ADV by Story VenturesFund no longer reportedFundsInferenceFRE Fund 1, a Series of Story Network, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 1, 2024A-Jlq-15-Fund, a Series of Ax-Storesfunds, LLC no longer reported on Form ADV by Story VenturesFund no longer reportedFundsInferenceA-Jlq-15-Fund, a Series of Ax-Stores-Funds, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 23, 2023Particle Health Series B Parallel, a Series of Story Ventures Series Investments LLC first reported on Form ADV by Story Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $956,900
- Mar 23, 2023True Footage Series A-2, a Series of Story Ventures Series Investments LLC first reported on Form ADV by Story Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $1,170,910
- Mar 23, 2023Viaphoton Pre Series B-2, a Series of Story Ventures Series Investments LLC first reported on Form ADV by Story Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $685,000
- Mar 23, 2023Particle Health Series B, a Series of Story Ventures Series Investments LLC first reported on Form ADV by Story Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $1,076,210
- Jun 7, 2022Chapter F-1, a Series of Yac Prologue, LP first reported on Form ADV by Story Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $1,501,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactChapter F-1, a Series of Yac Prologue, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jun 7, 2022Motorq Series B, a Series of Story Ventures Series Investments LLC first reported on Form ADV by Story Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $3,235,000
- Jun 7, 2022Metaversal Series a, a Series of Story Ventures Series Investments LLC first reported on Form ADV by Story Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $357,143
- Jun 7, 2022True Footage, Series a, a Series of Story Ventures Series Investments LLC first reported on Form ADV by Story Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $1,530,610
- Jun 7, 2022Petal Pre Series D, a Series of Story Ventures Series Investments LLC first reported on Form ADV by Story Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $1,289,464
- Jun 7, 2022Story Ventures Pilot Vehicle V, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Story Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $5,072,303Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactStory Ventures Pilot Vehicle V, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jun 7, 2022Newtonx Series B, a Series of Story Ventures Series Investments LLC first reported on Form ADV by Story Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $510,204
- Jun 7, 2022Newtonx Pre Series B, a Series of Story Ventures Series Investments LLC first reported on Form ADV by Story Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $630,054
- Jun 7, 2022Story Ventures Pilot Vehicle IV, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Story Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $2,098,288Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactStory Ventures Pilot Vehicle IV, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jun 7, 2022Story Ventures Iii-A, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Story Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $4,552,081Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactStory Ventures Iii-A, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jun 7, 2022Viaphoton Pre Series B, a Series of Story Ventures Series Investments LLC first reported on Form ADV by Story Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $2,470,000
- Mar 1, 2022Edward Antell Mcgehee joined Schedule A of Story Ventures as General Counsel
- Mar 31, 2021Story Ventures III, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Story Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $40,000,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactStory Ventures III, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Sep 24, 2019Story Ventures II, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Story Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $19,325,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactStory Ventures II, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Sep 24, 2019Story Ventures first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Sep 24, 2019Story Ventures Ii-A, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Story Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $2,000,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactStory Ventures Ii-A, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Sep 24, 2019Story Venture Partners Fund I, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Story Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $6,000,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactStory Venture Partners Fund I, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 14, 2026Seed fund manager (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)name or self-description says seed
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $124M across 23 vehicles
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $124M across 19 vehicles
Evidence
49 observations from 3 sources