# Top 50 InsurTech Angel Investors in United States in June 2026

## Kevin Mahaffey
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

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

## Robert Smithson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: FinTech, InsurTech, Insurance

Robert Smithson - Co-Founder @ CrowdScores

## Oleg Parashchak
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Insurance, FinTech, Finance

Enterpreneur, Private Investor, Insurance Media, InsurTech & Crypto Enthusiast

## Sam Hodges
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Insurance

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

## Tom Mannings
- Type: Angel
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: News, FinTech, Medical

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.

## Spike Lipkin
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: InsurTech, SaaS, Travel

Spike Lipkin - Co-Founder & CEO @ Newfront

## Sudeep Ramnani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Sports

Sudeep Ramnani is the Founder & Managing Partner of 885 Capital. He previously worked at PalmPay as Co-Founder, Board Member, and Investor. Sudeep attended the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he studied economics.

## Ryan Petersen
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech

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.

## Jai Mahtani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments

Jai is an entrepreneur and investor based in the UAE. He has a track record of building and scaling sports and digital businesses, including Sporty Group and PalmPay.At 885 Capital, he backs ambitious founders and ideas at the intersection of sports and technology - diversifying into other high-impact fields, with a specific interest in realestate.Jai holds a BSc in Management Studies from Nottingham University.

## Robin Harbage
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, InsurTech, Financial Services

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.

## John Bunch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Jewelry, InsurTech, Insurance

John Bunch

## Darian Shirazi
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Darian Shirazi is the Managing Partner of Gradient.

## Ben Porterfield
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

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.

## Jay Weintraub
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Software, SEO

Jay Weintraub

## Gokul Rajaram
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services

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

## Wiley Cerilli
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Food and Beverage

Wiley Cerilli

## Christian Faes
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance

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.

## Alexandre Scialom
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology

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

## Arnaud Achour
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Credit, FinTech, InsurTech

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

## Elon Musk
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: FinTech, SMS, Transportation

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

## Helen Sayles
- Type: Angel
- Location: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, InsurTech, Financial Services

Helen Sayles is the President of Entrepreneurial Scotland Foundation USA.

## Shlomo Kramer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Cyber Security, Security

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.
@office.ceohq@gmail.com

## David Bonderman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Austin, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

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.

## Sean Harper
- Type: Angel
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Enterprise Software, FinTech, Software

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.

## Randy Reddig
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

Excellent wedding dancer

## Brendan Wallace
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech

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

## Errol Damelin
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance

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.

## Louis Beryl
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

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

## Caribou Honig
- Type: Angel
- Location: Richmond, Virginia, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: InsurTech, Insurance, EdTech

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.

## Garrett Koehn
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Insurance, InsurTech, Software

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.

## Christian Angermayer
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain

Christian Angermayer is based out of London, England and is the Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of Enhanced Games. Christian Angermayer attended the University of Bayreuth.

## Ariel Poler
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Social Media, Internet

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.

## Allison Barr Allen
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Internet, SaaS

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

## Joe Schmidt IV
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Insurance, SaaS, Software

Joe Schmidt is a Partner at Andreessen Horowitz.

## Aviram Jenik
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cupertino, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence

Venture Capitalist, investor and former Enterpreneur.
Founder x5, profitable bootstraps, 3 exits; investor x30+ in Israel, Silicon Valley and Korea; passion for: cyber security, building scalable B2B companies

## Toshi Otani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series C, Series A
- Focus: Software, Cloud Computing, Analytics

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

## Richard Aseme
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Credit, InsurTech

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

## Vincent J. Dowling
- Type: Angel
- Location: Farmington, Connecticut, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: InsurTech, Financial Services, FinTech

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.

## Gordon Wintrob
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series B
- Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Software

Gordon Wintrob - Co-Founder & CTO @ Newfront

## Chad Nitschke
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Focus: Insurance, InsurTech, Financial Services

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

## Artie Minson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, InsurTech

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.

## Constance Freedman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Real Estate, Software, SaaS

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

## Michael Arrieta
- Type: Angel
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Retail, E-Commerce, Construction

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.

## Charles Delingpole
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments

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.

## David Helgason
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Gaming, Information Technology

David is a technologist, the founder of Unity Technologies, non-exec director to others, and a restless entrepreneur with a passion for creating feedback loops between innovation and teams and products, applying new and old business models to changing industries, and pushing people to do the very best they can do.David's background is inprogramming, an assortment of university dabbling, creating companies, and helping entrepreneurs. He served as CEO of Unity Technologies since co-founding it in 2003 and until October 2014, with an unflinching vision to democratize game development, and to develop technology and business models for the next phase of the games industry. David Helgason attended the University of Copenhagen.

## Amber Illig
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, InsurTech

Amber Illig Head of Ops at Atmos | Partner at The Council

## Dylan Taylor
- Type: Angel
- Location: Denver, Colorado, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Aerospace, Space Travel, Satellite Communication

Dylan Taylor is based out of Denver, Colorado, and is the Chief Executive Office and Chairman at Voyager Technologies. Dylan Taylor attended University of Arizona.

## Philip Cabaud
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, InsurTech, Insurance

Philip Cabaud is the Chief Executive Officer of NOW Insurance Services. Philip Cabaud attended Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware.

## Jon Stein
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Real Estate, Software, InsurTech

Jon Stein - Founder and Chairman of the Board @ Betterment

## Klemens Hallmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Credit, FinTech, InsurTech

Klemens Hallmann is an Austrian entrepreneur and investor. He is founder and sole owner of Hallmann Corporate Group, one of the larger Austrian groups of companies, specializing in sales, renovation, and development of real estate projects, in addition to a wide-ranging portfolio of investments including finance and film production

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