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Top 50 InsurTech Angel Investors in United States in July 2025

Last updated: Jul 2025 A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Insurtech startups based in United states. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Insurtech companies from United states. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 InsurTech Angel Investors in United States in July 2025

Investor	InsurTech United States investments
Robert Smithson	4
Sam Hodges	3
Spike Lipkin	3
Ryan Petersen	3
Kevin Mahaffey	3
Tom Mannings	3
Toshi Otani	2
Darian Shirazi	2
Randy Reddig	2
Gokul Rajaram	2
Garrett Koehn	2
Constance Freedman	2
Joe Schmidt IV	2
Charles Delingpole	2
Christian Faes	2
Alexandre Scialom	2
Shlomo Kramer	2
Ben Porterfield	2
Helen Sayles	2
Gordon Wintrob	2
Arnaud Achour	2
Christian Angermayer	2
Jai Mahtani	2
Elon Musk	2
Michael Arrieta	2
Errol Damelin	2
Brendan Wallace	2
Louis Beryl	2
Allison Barr Allen	2
Jay Weintraub	2
Robin Harbage	2
Caribou Honig	2
Ariel Poler	2
Sudeep Ramnani	2
Vincent J. Dowling	2
Richard Aseme	2
Artie Minson	2
David Bonderman	2
Sean Harper	2
John Bunch	2
Wiley Cerilli	2
Chad Nitschke	2
Larry RosenBerger	1
Glenn Hubbard	1
Ali Moiz	1
Keith Rabois	1
Zachary Perret	1
Mike Reust	1
Jonathan Doerr	1
Jonathan Crystal	1

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Robert Smithson - Co-Founder @ CrowdScores

Investment focus

FinTech, InsurTech, Insurance
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
United States

Portfolio highlights

Just Insure — Revolutionary car insurance that charges you only for the miles you drive. Save money with usage-based auto insurance.

Sam Hodges is the Co-founder and CEO of Vouch. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Insurance
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Stream — Generative AI for workers' comp - turn documents into actionable summaries with AI LLM models trained specifically for WC.
Meanwhile — The world's first regulated Bitcoin life insurance. Tax-efficient wealth planning for long-term Bitcoin holders.
Nirvana Insurance — Modern fleet insurance that rewards safety

Spike Lipkin - Co-Founder & CEO @ Newfront

Investment focus

InsurTech, SaaS, Developer Tools
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States

Portfolio highlights

Vial — Next-generation pharma company advancing a pipeline of potentially best-in-class biologics and RNA therapeutics across areas of unmet need
Sensible — Fast & flexible data extraction from documents. Onboard documents in minutes with a single sample. Extract data in seconds.
Nirvana Insurance — Modern fleet insurance that rewards safety

Ryan Petersen is the CEO and Founder of Flexport. Prior to starting Flexport to fix the user experience in global trade, Ryan was co-founder and CEO of ImportGenius.com, a data-as-a-service business for global shipping. He holds a degree in economics from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from Columbia University.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, India, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Nuvo — The only onboarding platform with native fraud prevention and automated credit risk assessment from a portfolio of credit risk insights.
Teleport — Teleport is ridesharing reimagined as a protocol. By distributing ownership and governance of the network, riders get cars cheaper and faster, drivers earn more, and entrepreneurs can innovate on top.
Little Umbrella — Future is Fun with Social & AI Games. At Little Umbrella, we create AI-powered games that deliver immersive experiences, bringing families, friends, and communities closer together. Proudly serving a growing community of over 30 million players

Kevin Patrick Mahaffey is the Founder of Lookout and SNR. He is also the Executive Chairman of Stork Club and an Investor.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Canada, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Karman+ — Mining near Earth asteroids
Knostic — Knostic provides need-to-know access controls for Large Language Models (LLMs). Its knowledge-centric capabilities enable enterprises to expedite the deployment of LLMs and drive AI-powered innovation while maintaining value, security, and safety.
Fleet Device Management — Open-source IT and security for teams with lots of workstations and servers. (Linux, macOS, Windows, cloud, data center, OT/ICS, Chrome)

Tom Manning is the Founder of Cyber Intelligence 4U and he received a bachelor’s degree in East Asian Studies from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from the Graduate School of Business of Stanford University.

Investment focus

News, FinTech, Medical
Angel, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States

Portfolio highlights

Otto Radio, Inc. — We are built on the idea that your digital lifestyle doesn’t have to stop just because you’re on the go. We exist to transform the time our listeners spend on everyday tasks like driving, cooking and exercising into opportunities to learn, be entertained and stay informed about the things they care about most.
RiskQ Inc. — Pioneers of the digital assets approach to cyber risk. We understand the actual exposures and performance of cybersecurity tools, processes and policies

Toshi Otani is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of TransLink Capital. He attended Stanford Graduate School of Business and Keio University.

Investment focus

Software, Cloud Computing, Analytics
Series B, Series C, Series A
United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Makersite — AI, data and apps for procurement, product design and expert teams to make faster sustainable product and supply chain decisions, at scale.
Plus One Robotics — The fastest and most reliable parcel handing robotics solutions in your warehouse.
Omniscience Corporation — Chaos is opportunity. Omniscience is the first company to handle and decipher complex, hyperdimensional data sets without any approximations.

Darian Shirazi is the Managing Partner of Gradient.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Germany, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Valdera — Valdera is the sourcing and procurement platform that makes it easy to buy or sell chemicals, ingredients, and raw materials. We partner with segment leaders, ranging from the world's largest CPG manufacturers to household names in the beauty industry.
Twenty (YC S23) — Building a better Salesforce, powered by the Open Source community.
Twenty — Twenty builds the modern salesforce, powered by the open source community.

Excellent wedding dancer

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
United States, Argentina

Portfolio highlights

Scannable — Scannable helps Arborists, Rope Access Technicians, Riggers, and Rescuers easily manage PPE and safety equipment.
Myria — Annually, the wealthiest 300,000 people spend $1.3 million each on their lifestyle, but still struggle to find everything they want. - The most sought-after products, services, and experiences are never listed online. - Private events, private clubs, and numerous other categories are not accessible. - The best people don't need the web tofind clients or jobs. Myria is a private marketplace & community where all participants are fully vetted. Our offers are exclusive and otherwise unavailable online. Myria helps off-market sellers reach the nicest, richest, and most quailed buyers on Earth. In turn, we help the world’s most successful people find the best of everything and get the most out of life.
Range — Experience all-in-one wealth management from Range. Access wealth management services from our team of Certified Financial Planners and unified financial management through one thoughtfully designed platform. Learn more about becoming a member.

Gokul Rajaram is a founding partner at Marathon Management Partners and Board of Director of Niural.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, India, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Laurel — Time by Ping frees lawyers from timekeeping so they can focus on their work, and firms can understand where time is being spent.
Toma — Toma automates customer communications and operational tasks, helping dealerships boost revenue and enhance customer experiences with a conversational AI.
Delphi — Delphi turns your expertise into an always-on presence, so you can grow your reach, serve your audience, and lead with clarity, without burning out.

20+ years of complex commercial insurance experience with 20+ years experience in a senior executive position. Partner or senior management equity holder in 4-successful buy/sell private equity transactions. Active angel investor / start-up advisor with focus on marketplaces, fintech, insuretech, cryptos and others...https://angel.co/garrett-koehnAreas of insurance practice: Cyber Insurance (since '95), Directors and Officers Insurance, Intellectual Property Insurance. Highly experienced in insurance product creation and insurance distribution strategy.

Investment focus

Insurance, InsurTech, Software
Seed, Series A
United States

Portfolio highlights

Coverdash — Coverdash helps make insurance accessible to businesses of all shapes and sizes. Get the coverage you need in a dash.
Ascend — Ascend is an online payments platform that automates insurance payments end-to-end: from online customer payments and financing to the distribution of commissions and carrier payables.
Oyster — Get peace of mind for things you own instantly. With no fine print or complicated forms, Oyster gets you tailored personal insurance products designed for your lifestyle.

Constance Freedman is the Member Board Of Directors at Equity LifeStyle Properties.

Investment focus

Real Estate, Software, SaaS
Funding Round, Seed, Series B
United States, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Porch Group — Seattle-based Porch Group, the vertical software platform for the home, provides software and services to more than 20,000 home services companies such as home inspectors, mortgage companies and loan officers, title companies, moving companies, real estate agencies, utility companies, and warranty companies. Through these relationships and itsmultiple brands, Porch provides a moving concierge service to homebuyers, helping them save time and make better decisions on critical services, including insurance, warranty, moving, security, TV/internet, home repair and improvement, and more.
EasyKnock — Sell your home with EasyKnock. Enjoy the benefits of selling your home without the hassles of moving. Explore home equity loan alternatives on your time with your terms.
Super — Super is a San Francisco-based insurtech company. Powered by a proprietary data platform and backed by leading investors, Super offers subscription-based care for your home. Partnering with the best local servicers to deliver quick and effective home repair and maintenance at a predictable cost, Super’s vision is to make caring for a home carefree.

Joe Schmidt is a Partner at Andreessen Horowitz.

Investment focus

Insurance, InsurTech, SaaS
Seed, Series A
United States, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Oyster — Get peace of mind for things you own instantly. With no fine print or complicated forms, Oyster gets you tailored personal insurance products designed for your lifestyle.
Super Seguros — Super Seguros is an insurance company that developed radical insurance products. The company's automated assessment technology allows its users to buy a policy today and covered tomorrow. It was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Mexico City, Distrito Federal.
Oyster Technologies — Get peace of mind for things you own instantly. With no fine print or complicated forms, Oyster gets you tailored personal insurance products designed for your lifestyle.

Charles Delingpole is Founder and CEO of ComplyAdvantage, a technology company focused on wiping out financial crime using Machine Learning. As CEO, Charles leads the product development and growth of the company. His passion for the issue came from his time as the MLRO of a previous startup he founded when he realized how inefficient processesaround money laundering are. Charles previously worked at The Student Room as a Founder and CEO. He attended the University of Cambridge and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).Over 99% of money laundering is successful, ComplyAdvantage is working to stop it completely. Founded in 2014 with offices in London, New York, Singapore, and Cluj, ComplyAdvantage work with over 350 firms across 45 countries. Charles set up his first company, The Student Room Group, now the world’s largest student discussion forum when he was 16. After completing his MA in Politics at Trinity College Cambridge, and then an MSc in Management, Strategy, and Finance from the LSE, he became an associate at J.P. Morgan Cazenove.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Ascendx Cloud — Supercharge Salesforce with connected apps that streamline sales, automate data, and drive enterprise-scale growth - Salesforce Solutions By Ascendx
Isembard — Isembard has experience from the military, government, large enterprises, and a successfully exited technology business.
Stackfix — Stackfix operates as a software comparison platform.

Christian Faes was previously co-founder and CEO of LendInvest, which is a technology driven mortgage lender and a leading Fintech company. The company has over £3.5 billion of Funds Under Management, and is one of the largest non-bank mortgage lenders in the UK. Now building Faes & Co.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Knoma — Knoma offers a payment solution and marketplace for lifelong learning. The business is tackling the digital skills gap as the global economy shifts into the fourth industrial revolution. We help people looking to future proof their career or move into new areas of work by reducing the barrier of payment and removing the pain point of sourcingtechnical courses.The business is built upon the firm belief in the importance of lifelong education to drive improvements in our customers’ future prosperity. We believe education should be accessed in a short, but frequent manner; at a lower price point and a focus on gaining technical, digital and data skill-sets. All users can gain access up to £10,000, where the cost of a course can be spread over 12 months with flexible repayments. The product is completely free to all end users with no interest or fees applicable. Knoma works with leading coding and tech schools. We are a fun and driven team, ready to make an impact!
Volume — Payment Infrastructure for the Internet
Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.

Was first employee @box, Head of Product at @fundersclub, @elasticbox • Founder @coursebook • @university-of-california-berkeley, @epf-lausanne alumnus

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, France, Peru

Portfolio highlights

Orchata — Te presentamos orchata, tu super en 15 minutos. Te regalamos 100 pesos en tu primer pedido.
Smartcuts — Smartcuts develops an online browser tool that automates repetitive computer work. It offers a software that records every click and keystrokes, turns them into no-code automation, and repeats everything on a website. Smartcuts was founded in 2019 by Brian Noguchi.
arnata — Zerobroker is building the best logistics system to empower businesses globally to automate their supply chain processes and ship all their products broker-free. The company was founded by Georgy Melkonyan and is based in San Francisco, California.

Shlomo is co-founder and CEO of Cato Networks. He is a network security expert and a serial entrepreneur. Shlomo has co-founded Check Point Software, who created the first commercial Firewall, and Imperva, the innovator of the Web Application Firewall. Shlomo has made early investments in successful cybersecurity companies including Palo AltoNetworks, Trusteer, and numerous others. He was named CEO of the Year by SC Magazine in 2008, one of “20 luminaries who changed the network industry” by Network World in 2006, and was inducted into the InfoSec Hall of Fame in April 2013.Shlomo holds a master’s degree in computer science from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and computer science from Tel Aviv University.

Investment focus

Software, Cyber Security, Security
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Nagomi Security — Nagomi is changing the way security teams balance risk and defense, empowering customers to focus on what matters now. By mapping customers’ existing security tools to the threats that matter and providing prescriptive remediation plans, the Nagomi Proactive Defense Platform finally makes it possible to optimize, measure, and maximize the ROI ofsecurity investments. By taking a threat-centered, data-driven, and actionable approach to risk and cybersecurity, customers are able to provide high-level cybersecurity maturity metrics to executives while simultaneously showing security practitioners exactly what to do to reduce risk, fix misconfigurations, and make strategic decisions with business context. Learn more at nagomi.security.
Token Security — Token is the new approach designed for the identity boom era. Introducing Machine-First Identity Security.
Clutch Security — Clutch Security provide security teams with comprehensive, clear, and actionable tools for Non-Human Identity security.

Ben Porterfield is the co-founder and VP of engineering at Looker. He held positions for various companies including Readyforce, Rally Up Inc., BlackArrow, and Sticky Inc. Ben holds a BS in computer science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Kubecost — IBM Kubecost provides a comprehensive cost monitoring and optimization solution for teams running Kubernetes that you can install in 5 minutes or less.
Depot — The fastest place to build Docker images.
Digger — AWS made simple for startups. Just connect your code repositories, digger does the rest. Digger transparently and seamlessly manages your AWS account through infrastructure-as-code: You don’t need to worry about DevOps — or hire specialists — but you still retain full control.

Helen Sayles is the President of Entrepreneurial Scotland Foundation USA.

Investment focus

FinTech, InsurTech, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

Surround Insurance — Helping consumers in their 20s and 30s get started with insurance that's fast, simple, and personalized for modern life.

Gordon Wintrob - Co-Founder & CTO @ Newfront

Investment focus

SaaS, InsurTech, FinTech
Seed, Angel, Series B
United States

Portfolio highlights

Vial — Next-generation pharma company advancing a pipeline of potentially best-in-class biologics and RNA therapeutics across areas of unmet need
Rillet — Rillet automates majority of month-end close and offers powerful GAAP and SaaS reporting. The software has built-in revenue recognition, invoicing, and AI-powered accounting.
Sensible — Fast & flexible data extraction from documents. Onboard documents in minutes with a single sample. Extract data in seconds.

Managing Director, Financial Sponsors / Private Equity at SG Corporate & Investment Banking - SGCIB.

Investment focus

Credit, FinTech, InsurTech
Seed, Series A
United States

Portfolio highlights

TheGuarantors — TheGuarantors unlock opportunity and financial advantage for renters. Empowering renters with tools and resources to access the life you deserve.

Christian Angermayer - Founder & CEO @ Apeiron Investment Group

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain
Seed, Series A, Series B
Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

TRIP — TRIP is the UK's most trusted CBD Oils and CBD Drinks Supplier. Shop the UK's best CBD oils available online with FREE UK Shipping.
Plasma — Plasma is an operational setting that supports payments, real-world assets, and DeFi, with trustless settlement on Bitcoin.
Enhanced Games — At Enhanced, we are pioneering a new era in athletic competition that embraces scientific advancements to push the boundaries of human performance.

Jai Mahtani

Investment focus

Credit, FinTech, InsurTech
Seed, Angel
United States

Portfolio highlights

Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.

Elon Musk is the Co-Founder, Product Architect, and CEO of Tesla. Elon Musk attended the University of Pennsylvania.

Investment focus

FinTech, SMS, Transportation
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

Cmax System — Cmax System designs, manufacture, and distributes an innovative system of emergency shelters to improve the living conditions and enhance the dignity of the millions of refugees.It is designed with many unique characteristics: foldable, mobile, affordable, reusable, and more. It is the lightweight, All-in-One solution fully equipped with survivalnecessities, and assembles tool-free in just 11 minutes. The rigid and raised floor design prevents collapse and makes Cmax an innovative replacement to the primitive tent.
HempNFibers — Growing hemp. Making a bio fuel to start. Than also an insulation out of it as well. Will look at doing more as company grows. I also know a way to power a whole warehouse by just the plants it’s self but I need funding to get this started. I’m building the transportation side just so I can gain an income to try and get this started.
Quarterly Global — Quarterly Global is an established leader of targeted marketing and advertising solutions. We enable companies and individuals to excel in their respective industries.Our portfolio of products and solutions offer clients competitive intelligence, advertising, training, consulting, marketing, lead generation and readership. Our solutions liketargeted advertising, marketing, training and consulting are based on Quarterly Global’s track record of helping companies grow through organic brand discovery strategies.Our marketing and advertising portfolio include the brands like Network Story, Keywords Today, Trade and Money, Bouncegate, Socialyk, Sparterr, Wheels and Bikes, Gears and Tools, Better Ad Spend, Better Adverts, Peprfeed, Curation Land, Community Cult, Politixer, Funcxnal, Be Bollywood, Insane Hollywood, The Cricket Hub, Read to Code, Voucher Bird and 100 others.Quarterly Global delivers proprietary content, digital products, insights, training, branding, targeted advertising and marketing excellence through these brands.Quarterly Global’s products provide customers with competitive advertising and marketing intelligence. Exclusive reports, insights and case studies by Quarterly Global help clients outgrow their competition. These insights and reports are actionable and independently verified from various trusted sources.Our products help the marketing and advertising needs of various industries through engagement with over 75 million targeted readers across all our brands. We help companies Discover. Connect. Convert.

Michael Arrieta is a private equity investor, venture capitalist, and technology entrepreneur.He is the Founder & CEO of Garden City Companies, a purpose-driven holding company that acquires small to mid-sized companies and grows them through culture, technology, and sales.In 2016, he also founded MAV Ventures to serve as Michael &Veronica Arrieta’s private family-office investment company. They have now invested in nearly 100 companies and funds including Impossible Foods, Lime, Blue Bottle Coffee, Tonal, SalesLoft, Styleseat, Pray.com, OneFootball, Unqork, etc. Michael was an early employee at DocuSign where he served as Global Vice President, General Manager, and Chief of Staff to the Chairman/CEO. DocuSign ($DOCU) which ultimately achieved a $50B market cap with 5,000 employees. Prior he was a leader at Wyse Technology, which sold to Dell in 2012 for $1B+ where he went on to serve as the youngest-ever Chief of Staff at Dell. Michael is the cofounder and Board Director at New Story, a non-profit that has built 2,000+ new homes in developing countries and is known for creating the world’s first 3D printed home in which he was recognized by Forbes as “30 under 30” for social impact. He graduated from the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Management, lives in Atlanta.Michael is passionate about helping companies grow and people thrive, while honoring God in everything he does.

Investment focus

Retail, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
Seed, Series A, Series C
United States

Portfolio highlights

AdQuick — AdQuick is a marketplace to buy and sell outdoor advertising. Founded in 2016, the company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Garden City Equity — Garden City is a purpose-driven, private equity holding company. We buy, grow and hold family-owned service businesses across the Southeast. It's like private equity, but with no intention of ever selling. Our mission is to create the most caring and innovative service companies in the world where
Rhone Apparel — Official Site: Men's high-performance activewear engineered for comfort with anti-stink technology. Buy now with fast shipping and free returns/exchanges!

Errol Damelin is the Founder, CEO, chairman, or original investor and backer of over 75 digital and tech companies around the world, including in the US, the UK, most of Europe, Israel, Indonesia, Brazil, Turkey, South Africa, and Nigeria. He concentrates his efforts on SaaS, fintech, crypto, marketplaces and data analytics as well as on health andwellness. He is also a technologist and has three granted patents to his name with another four pending.Among the companies co-founded by Damelin are groundbreaking fintech company Wonga, and SME banking startup Tide. His early investments include Wise, Cazoo, Purplebricks, K Health, YuLife, Sure, Demyst, Zoe, Farewill, CityMapper, Modifi, UnBabel, Thimble, HiBob, Modifi, Elliptic, Lendingkart, and VivaReal. Using his own personal equity, Damelin continues to invest early on in the next generation of entrepreneurs so that he can help them succeed. He is not an institutional VC fund and does not maximize the assets under his management. He best describes his approach as Riding Shotgun.Damelin's success as a founder has been recognized by The Guardian, which named him Digital Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011; by Ernst and Young, which named him the UK's Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011 as well; and by TechCrunch, which named him Founder of the Year in 2010.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Zelt — Manage everything from HRIS, payroll, pension, devices, apps and more seamlessly in one central hub, for all processes and applications, third-party included. Improve productivity through enhanced employee experience.
Claimer — Claimer is a self-service application that gets credit claims done easily of money spent on research and development. Its platform empowers company owners and advisors to prepare their claims, without any specialist knowledge, no matter how big or small the claim. It also prepares and submits the amended tax return for free.Claimer was founded in2019 by Adam McCann and is headquartered in Croydon, United Kingdom.
OurRitual — Couple Goals Made Possible. Relationship Support For Busy People, Practical Tools & Expert Feedback

Brendan Wallace is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Fifth Wall. Brendan Wallace attended Princeton University.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Spain, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

dot.LA — dot.LA is a digital newsroom covering L.A.'s startup and tech community. dot.LA’s mission is to celebrate and empower the Los Angeles startup and tech community, fueling innovation around the world.
Allbirds — Allbirds is an apparel and fashion company that specializes in manufacturing eco-friendly wool shoes. It is dedicated to making the most sustainable footwear using premium natural materials, designed for the to and fro of everyday life.The company is driven by a mission to prove that comfort, good design, and sustainability don’t have to bemutually exclusive. Its commitment to making better shoes in a better way is fueled by a belief that the shoe industry needs to focus less on flash and more on thoughtfulness.Allbirds is based in San Francisco and founded in 2015.
Yellow — eNaming.com is excited to exclusively offer YELLOW.APP the domain name to the public for the first time. We believe the .APP top-level domain is a critically im

3X Founder of Earnest, SolidEnergy, and now working on the next one. Formerly a16z and YC. Active angel investor and board member.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

TokerBud — TokerBud, a cannabis website, is known for its exceptional products. Their website is a showcase of diverse cannabis varieties, from traditional flower strains to potent concentrates and appetizing edibles, serving different customer requirements and tastes. The platform's user-friendly design and commitment to superior quality
UberPlug — UberPlug, an eCommerce website, is known for its exceptional cannabis products. Their website is a showcase of diverse cannabis varieties, from traditional flower strains to potent concentrates and appetizing edibles, serving different customer requirements and tastes. The platform's user-friendly design and commitment to superior quality
OnRamp — Move onboarding projects along faster by putting customers at the center of a simple, guided experience. OnRamp is the customer onboarding platform built for customer success and implementation teams.

Allison Barr Allen serves as LP at Operator Collective. Allison graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor's Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders.

Investment focus

FinTech, Internet, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Ireland, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

BukuWarung — Kemudahan untuk beragam transaksi digital dengan EDC, mini ATM, dan layanan keuangan lainnya. Beli lewat aplikasi BukuWarung sekarang!
SquareDash — Claim funding, online invoicing, and collections process automation to help roofers get paid faster.
Fonoa — Manage your sales tax, VAT, and GST obligations seamlessly through our API, globally. For internet businesses around the world, we make taxes simple, automated, borderless, and accessible via our API.

Jay Weintraub

Investment focus

Mobile, Software, SEO
Seed, Series A
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

BriteCo — Their cloud-based BriteCo Appraisal Management System is the gateway to making the jeweler’s life easier and more productive—-and customers happier and more secure with immediate insurance coverage of their fine jewelry and watches.
Picatic — Eventbrite is the leading events management and growth platform helping creators and entrepreneurs thrive. Get started for free.
Siftery — Siftery is a database of sorts where companies list their software stacks. Siftery compares companies with similar stacks and looks for differences to make some recommendations.

Robin Harbage is an insurance industry expert with more than 30 years’ experience as a chief actuary, insurance product manager, and general manager overseeing pricing, marketing, and product development across multiple states for top tier insurance carriers.

Investment focus

FinTech, InsurTech, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

Surround Insurance — Helping consumers in their 20s and 30s get started with insurance that's fast, simple, and personalized for modern life.

Caribou Honig enjoys pursuing harebrained ideas and supporting the creation of new businesses. He is Chairman and co-founder of the InsureTech Connect conference, the largest event of its type bringing together entrepreneurs, investors, and innovation executives. He is also co-founder of the HR Transform conference focused on the impact oftechnology on the workplace, and insurAPI.io, a catalog of insurance-related APIs. He previously cofounded QED Investors, a boutique venture capital firm focused on data-driven companies. Caribou and his wife live in Richmond, Virginia with their two children and two occasionally annoying dogs.

Investment focus

InsurTech, Insurance, EdTech
Seed, Series A
Kenya, Colombia, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

HUNTY — HUNTY is a platform that help people find jobs by connecting them with world class mentors who prepare them for the job search process. And people only pay when they get hired.
BriteCo — Their cloud-based BriteCo Appraisal Management System is the gateway to making the jeweler’s life easier and more productive—-and customers happier and more secure with immediate insurance coverage of their fine jewelry and watches.
Lami — Lami is an end-to-end digital insurance platform and API that enables companies across sectors to offer insurance products. Its API allows underwriters to connect with consumer-facing companies that can provide embedded insurance as a value add for existing customers, many of whom are uninsured.

Ariel Poler is the Co-Founder of Reveri Health. Ariel is an Internet entrepreneur, mentor, and investor. He was the founder of IPRO, the first web analytics company, and of Topica, one of the first email communities. Ariel was a board member of Kana Software, LinkExchange, Odeo, LOLapps, and StumbleUpon. He currently serves on the boards of FreedomFinancial Network, MixTent, Strava, and Scan Inc. Ariel’s angel investments include AdMob, Flixster, Slideshare, Xobni, RockYou, and Outright, BrightRoll, Instructables, Causes, Kongregate and NexTag. Ariel holds a B.S. in Mathematics with Computer Science from MIT and an MBA from Stanford University. He is originally from Venezuela and lives in San Francisco with his wife and three children.

Investment focus

Software, Social Media, Internet
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Mexico, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Goin — Goin is a mobile application to save money easily and take advantage of it without knowing how to invest, through Machine Learning algorithms that allow you to accumulate the user's money through small daily gestures. he three Spanish founders, David, Carlos and Gabriel, were looking for a way to optimize their own money, and decided toconduct an experiment by exchanging their debit cards and thus saving 62% during those two months of rehearsal. This is how Goin emerged, which aims to meet the needs of 100% of Millennials, of which 83% confess that they do not know how to save, making available an easy-to-use tool that enhances their finances and lifestyle. On the one hand, the Barcelona startup allows the user to add money automatically and multiply it without having previous knowledge of investment. Goin uses a simple system that first asks to know the user through questions about their habits and, in this way, they are offered automatic systems and methods of saving. Once the user adds money to the app, they can transfer part or all of it to investment, or to their bank account. Its Smart Saving technology manages to accumulate money with small, everyday gestures, such as rounding a payment.
Reloadly — Unlock global access with Reloadly's powerful API for digital gift cards and mobile top- ups.Simplify payouts, boost engagement, and grow your business with customizable, easy- to - integrate solutions.
Openlytics — Openlytics is a visual analytics platform. It allows Data Workers to create pipelines for data transformation and analysis, in a visual way. Our mission is to empower everyone in the organization to solve data problems, without waiting for developers.Openlytics is an early-stage company, looking to build a founding team that can shape thedirection of the product. We’re seed-funded, remote-first, and hiring.If you're interested in learning more, email us at hello@openlytics.io.

Sudeep Ramnani is a Technology Entrepreneur and Investor

Investment focus

Credit, FinTech, InsurTech
Seed, Angel
Nigeria, United States

Portfolio highlights

Chowdeck — Enjoy fast delivery from best restaurants near you. Order African food, Asian food, Pizza, fit-fam, Drinks from restaurants near you in Ikeja, Yaba, Surulere, Ogudu, Lekki.
Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.

Vincent J. (VJ) Dowling is the Founder, Chairman and Managing Partner of Dowling & Partners. He was a Partner at Fox-Pitt, Kelton. He attended Harvard Business School.

Investment focus

InsurTech, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

Stable Insurance — Stable offers insurance and other tools to help vehicle owners that earn on mobility platforms the ability to do so more efficiently and profitably.
Dellwood Insurance — Dellwood Insurance is an innovative excess & surplus lines (E&S) insurance company.
Surround Insurance — Helping consumers in their 20s and 30s get started with insurance that's fast, simple, and personalized for modern life.

Richard Aseme is the VP, International Marketing and Distribution, EMEA at Paramount Pictures. He attended Oxford University (Jesus College) oct 1996 - June 2000.

Investment focus

FinTech, Credit, InsurTech
Seed, Angel
Egypt, United States

Portfolio highlights

Axis — With axis, you can send money to friends instantly and for free, buy anything online, request money from anyone, earn rewards and cashback, and understand your spending habits so that you can budget.
Octo — Experience infinite possibilities with financial solutions tailored to fit your lifestyle. From swift payments to personalized credit options, Octo is here to make every transaction seamless.
Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.

Arthur (Artie) Minson is an American businessman and currently President and Chief Executive Officer of LeafLink. Previously Minson was the Co-CEO and President and CFO of WeWork. Prior to WeWork, Minson was the Executive Vice President and CFO of Time Warner Cable and prior to that was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of AOL.Minson began his career at Ernst & Young where he became a CPA.Minson is also the Founder of 715 Capital Partners which has provided early stage funding and operational advice to a number of startups including Flatiron School (empowering tomorrow’s workforce through education), TwoBirds (reimagining the childcare experience for the entire family), Bookaway (online ground transportation booking platform), Daisy (reinventing property managment), Forta (family powered autism therapy), Trullion (bringing machine learning and AI to the accounting industry), YAA (simplifying all aspects of car ownership) and 1Fort (cyber protection band insurance for small businesses).Minson was born and raised in Rockaway Beach, New York and is a graduate of Regis High School where he has served on their Board of Trustees.Minson earned a bachelor’s degree cum laude from Georgetown University and has served on Georgetown’s Board of Regents and is a member of the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Advisory Board. Minson was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Georgetown in 2017. Minson received an MBA with a concentration in Finance from Columbia Business School.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, InsurTech
Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

Trullion — Trullion is a financial workflow automation platform that takes unstructured data such as PDFs and translates them into real-time financial images, including Lease Accounting and Revenue Recognition.
1Fort — Get peace of mind from digital threats with combined cyber insurance and security. All in a few clicks - no tech expertise needed.

David Bonderman is a founding partner of TPG. TPG generally makes significant investments in operating companies through acquisitions and restructurings across a broad range of industries throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. TPG and its affiliates have more than $45 billion of capital under management. Portfolio companies controlledby TPG have combined revenues of over $85 billion, operate in more than 130 countries and employ approximately 400,000 people. Among the portfolio companies of TPG are: Burger King; PETCO; Debenhams; Shenzhen Development Bank; Avaya; Harrah’s Entertainment, Energy Future Holdings (TXU); Neiman Marcus; and Univision.Prior to forming TPG in 1992, Mr. Bonderman was Chief Operating Officer of the Robert M. Bass Group, Inc. (now doing business as Keystone Group, L.P.) in Fort Worth, Texas. Prior to joining RMBG in 1983, Mr. Bonderman was a partner in the law firm of Arnold & Porter in Washington, DC, where he specialized in corporate, securities, bankruptcy, and antitrust litigation. From 1969 to 1970, Mr. Bonderman was a Fellow in Foreign and Comparative Law in conjunction with Harvard University, and from 1968 to 1969, he was Special Assistant to the US Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division. From 1967 to 1968, Mr. Bonderman was Assistant Professor at Tulane University Law School in New Orleans.Mr. Bonderman graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1966. He was a member of the Harvard Law Review and a Sheldon Fellow. He is a 1963 graduate of the University of Washington in Seattle. Mr. Bonderman serves on the Boards of the following public companies: Armstrong Worldwide Industries, Inc., CoStar Group, Inc., and Ryanair Holdings, plc, of which he is Chairman. He also serves on the Boards of The Wilderness Society, the Grand Canyon Trust, The University of Washington Foundation, and the American Himalayan Foundation.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Parrot — Stenographic Transcription and Digital Reporting for Depositions and EUOs. Nationwide court reporting service combined with cutting-edge AI to deliver more accurate transcripts and make attorneys more effective and cost-efficient.
Parrot — The all-in-one platform for remote depositions. Reliable and remarkably easy.
Story Protocol — Powering web3 narrative universes via story legos

Sean is a several-time entrepreneur based in Chicago. He was behind TSS-Radio and FeeFighters.He studied Computer Science and Economics at the University of Chicago and got his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.Outside of his startup activities he has worked at Longworth Venture Partners and the Boston ConsultingGroup.

Investment focus

FinTech, Enterprise Software, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Qumis — Qumis uses the power of large language models to create the world's first insurance policy interpretation engine. Turn any insurance policy PDF into a live, citation enriched document empowered by the collective expertise of your team.
Uprise — Uprise is building wealth management for all - bringing the tools and the tricks of the 1% to everyone :). The company was founded by Chris Goodmacher and Jessica Chen Riolfi.
Meanwhile — The world's first regulated Bitcoin life insurance. Tax-efficient wealth planning for long-term Bitcoin holders.

John Bunch

Investment focus

Jewelry, InsurTech, Insurance
Series A
United States

Portfolio highlights

BriteCo — Their cloud-based BriteCo Appraisal Management System is the gateway to making the jeweler’s life easier and more productive—-and customers happier and more secure with immediate insurance coverage of their fine jewelry and watches.

Wiley Cerilli

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Food and Beverage
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

Clark — Save time and grow your tutoring business with Tutor Management Software from Clark. Automate payments and track hours from the admin or tutor dashboards
Opus — Opus is a mobile-first training solution that meets workers where they are in order to help them perform, stay, and grow at work.
Cleancult — At Cleancult, we believe clean should mean clean in every single way. That we should refill not landfill, that paper is mightier than plastic, and that lots of small actions add up to great change. We're on a mission to help more people switch from a bad plastic habit to a cleaner refill ritual.

Chad Nitschke is the President, Vouch Specialty at Vouch Insurance. He attended University of St. Thomas - Opus College of Business.

Investment focus

Insurance, InsurTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
United States

Portfolio highlights

Kin Insurance — Protect what you love. Kin Insurance offers easy, affordable homeowners insurance designed for your needs. Call today at 855-717-0022 or get an online quote now!
Sensible — Fast & flexible data extraction from documents. Onboard documents in minutes with a single sample. Extract data in seconds.
Vouch — Vouch is a new kind of digital insurer that protects startups from mistakes, litigation and attack.

Larry Rosenberger was named FICO's first Research Fellow in 2007, following more than 33 years of service to the company. In this capacity, he continues to pursue research projects that advance FICO's analytic science. From 1999 to 2007, he led FICO’s Research Unit, focused on early stage innovation in such areas as decisionanalytics/Strategy Science and Consumer Capacity Index. From 1991 to 1999, he served as President and CEO. During that time, FICO experienced consecutive years of record growth, with annual revenues increasing from $31 million to over $276 million. Prior to that position, he managed the Engineering, Research, and Development Division. In that capacity, he was responsible for the technical development, production and marketing of the company's most advanced products. Mr. Rosenberger holds a B.S. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MS in physics and operations research from the University of California, Berkeley. He is also chairman of the board of directors of the Marin Education Fund and board member of the Marin Community Foundation.

Investment focus

Analytics, FinTech, Finance
Series A, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

MeasureOne — Our consumer-permissioned data exchange platform provides verifications, credit decision and more. See how it works. Request a demo today!
Fenris — The single best API for data and insight used to streamline customer acquisition and improve retention for insurance products. Our clients (agencies, carriers, financial services providers) leverage our APIs to inject insights and data into their workflows, to increase conversions, and deliver killer Amazon-like customer journeys.Developer-first in our approach, it's the easy, secure way to access external data and custom algorithms that identify your best customer and ease the way. Our suite of APIs covers 95% of the US (255m adults, 130m households, 99% properties (residential and commercial), 35m small businesses, and 40m new life events annually). Machine learning analytics engine that consistently hones our predictive scores to deliver more results right at the point of quotesignals and scoring that streamline work flows and improve turn around time in traditional and embedded purchase pathways.
Bridge To College — Bridge to College Inc uses a free survey to match students to colleges that are a social, financial, and academic fit. Next, our team of researchers (PhDs and EdDs with expertise in higher education, race, machine learning, and organizational leadership) provides the data with research to colleges and high schools to support their admissions andcounseling processes.

Glenn Hubbard - Dean Emeritus & Professor @ Columbia University

Investment focus

FinTech, InsurTech, Insurance
Series A, Series B
United States

Portfolio highlights

Boost — Boost enables companies in any industry to offer digital insurance products to their customers through a fully integrated experience embedded in their front-end environment.

Ali Moiz is a Founder at Stonks. He attended Williams College.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Jar — Jar is a daily gold savings app that lets you save money. It invests spare change from your online transactions into digital gold, automatically. Jar is the 1st Made in India app to come up with an innovative solution to save money daily & invest in digital gold.
Key — Key provides a unique method to making significant professional relationships while also promoting career advancement, financial well-being, and work-life balance
Justpoint — Justpoint is a venture-backed AI-first company redesigning the medical malpractice industry. Our first product allows for a faster and better understanding of the legal merits of a claim as well as an instant understanding of its likely settlement amount.We have previously created companies that effectively changed their industries, fromhealthcare insurance to clinical trial recruitment. To advance the medical malpractice industry, we have put together a team with extensive achievements in healthcare technology, medical malpractice litigation, and artificial intelligence.

Keith Rabois is the Co-Founder of Datadoor.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States

Portfolio highlights

Delphi — Delphi turns your expertise into an always-on presence, so you can grow your reach, serve your audience, and lead with clarity, without burning out.
Pomelo — Pomelo is a fintech startup combining credit and international money transfer in one unified product.
Palm Tree Crew — Palm Tree Crew operates and invests in companies at the intersection of consumer, entertainment, and technology. Palm Tree Crew was co-founded by Kygo, alongside Myles Shear and Austin Criden.

Zachary Perret is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Plaid. He previously worked at Bain as a Consultant. Zachary Perret attended Duke University.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, Banking
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Goldsky — Index and transform on-chain data. Query with GraphQL, SQL, and more.
Ansa — The closed loop platform built for your customers.
Exponential DeFi — View risk assessment ratings and expert research for 500+ decentralized finance pools from Exponential DeFi.

Mike Reust is the Head of Engineering at Betterment.

Investment focus

InsurTech, Insurance, Real Estate
Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

Spruce Holdings — Spruce is building the one-click checkout for real estate transactions. With a focus on title insurance, escrow, and related services, our APIs and dashboards enable lenders and real estate companies to better service homeowners.

Jonathan Doerr is the CEO of Daraz. Prior to this, Jonathan served as the managing director of Jumia Nigeria.

Investment focus

Credit, Retail, FinTech
Seed, Angel, Debt Financing
United States, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Opontia — Opontia was founded by e-commerce experts, to provide a fast and fair way for small e-commerce business owners to sell their companies.
Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.

Jonathan Crystal

Investment focus

InsurTech, Insurance, Big Data
Seed, Series A
United States

Portfolio highlights

Delos Insurance — An insurance company which uses advanced technology and artificial intelligence to protect California homeowners from wildfires.
Sixfold AI — Sixfold AI is a generative artificial intelligence tool that is developed and educated to handle the most difficult problems in the insurance industry. The company provides AI-powered tools to underwriters.
Better Agency — Easy To Use. Boosts Cross-Sells. Save 10-20 Hours/Month Minimum. Retain & Win More Clients. Grow Your Sales & Retain More Clients With Our Easy-To-Use Software. Schedule a Demo Today. Automate Your Selling. 100+ Built-in Automations. Check Out Our Demo Video.

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