Dan Reed
Founder. President, and MD @ American Family Ventures
Madison, United States
Dan Reed is a seed investor at American Family Ventures in Madison focused on Finance and FinTech. Dan Reed is based out of Madison, Wisconsin, and is the Founder, President, and Managing Director of American Family Ventures. Dan previously worked at American Family Insurance as a Director. Dan Reed attended Stanford University.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 80%
Last updated:
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Finance 3 (60%)
- FinTech 2 (40%)
- Software 2 (40%)
- InsurTech 2 (40%)
- Real Estate 2 (40%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (20%)
- Series A 1 (20%)
- Series B 1 (20%)
- Private Equity 1 (20%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (20%)
Country
- United States 4 (80%)
- Canada 1 (20%)
Investments
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| Hometap is on a mission to make homeownership less stressful and more accessible. Our home equity investment product provides homeowners with a fast, simple, and straightforward way to access the equity in their home without taking out a loan or having to sell. By investing alongside homeowners, Hometap offers debt-free cash in exchange for a shareof their home’s future value — all without any monthly payments or interest over the life of the investment. Through a combination of financial innovation and best-in-class customer service, Hometap enables people to get more from homeownership so they can get more from life. | $60M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 06, 2021 | ||
| With Relay, brokers drastically increase their close and renewal rates by securing and comparing quotes and creating winning proposals faster. Relay is the single-entry multi-carrier comparative-rating solution that can handle all P&C lines, across all mediums including both instant (“API”) and email quoting, at any level of complexity. Relayfacilitated over $2.15 billion in bound coverage across insurance and reinsurance since launching in April 2020. With a rapidly growing client base in North America, Relay also counts among the few Lloyd’s accredited London market e-platforms, and just launched its Cyber+ I5 Automated Proposal portal. Visit www.relayplatform.com or email contact@relayplatform.com for a demo | $3M / Seed / Jan 01, 2020 | ||
| One is a technology company that specializes in digital payment solutions for the insurance industry. It develops digital payments software that combines inbound and outbound payment capabilities with industry-specific reporting and reconciliation along with a host of functions including policy administration, rating and billing with dataanalytics, customer relationship management (CRM), payment processing and agency management. | $15.5M / Private Equity / May 02, 2017 | ||
| Cozy is an online property management service designed for landlords and renters. Its products is for rent payments, rental applications, and tenant screening. Cozy helps small and medium landlords and renters to get things done. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon. | $8.5M / Series B / Aug 30, 2016 | ||
| Rentable is an internet company that specializes in providing a web-based platform that allows its users to conduct an online internet apartment search. The company was established in 2011 and is based in Madison, Wisconsin. | $1.3M / Series A / Jul 30, 2014 |
Co-Investors
About American Family Ventures
American Family Ventures invests in early-stage startups that are redefining the future of the insurance industry. Founded in 2013, AFV aims to help create category-leading companies through minority equity positions, active partnership and collaboration, an extensive InsurTech network, and a comprehensive platform of value-add programs. AFVtypically invests in Seed to Series B rounds, with initial checks ranging from $500k to $5m.
American Family Ventures Contacts
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Brittany Clements
Managing Director
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Katelyn Staley Johnson
Managing Director
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Dan Reed
Founder. President, and MD
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Mike Mansell
Principal
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Peter Gunder
Chief Business Development Officer
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What does Dan Reed invest in?
Dan Reed invests primarily in Finance, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Dan Reed closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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