# Simon Burton

> Simon Burton is a Series A investor at Greenlight Reinsurance backing InsurTech and Insurance. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Greenlight Reinsurance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greenlight-reinsurance)
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 86%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-burton-637884162/

Simon Burton is a Series A investor at Greenlight Reinsurance focused on InsurTech and Insurance. Simon Burton is the Founder & CEO of Greenlight Reinsurance.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| InsurTech | 3 | 43% |
| Insurance | 3 | 43% |
| FinTech | 2 | 29% |
| Real Estate | 2 | 29% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 29% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 43% |
| Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 43% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 14% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 14% |
| South Africa | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vertical Insure | Vertical Insure is an insurance company built for vertical SaaS platforms. | $2M | Seed | Jan 18, 2023 |  |
| Safely | Safely. Trust insured.Safely answers the two most pressing questions in the vacation home rental industry: Who is staying in my house? What happens when something goes wrong? Combining a rigorous guest verification program with the most comprehensive insurance available, Safely gives property managers and homeowners peace of mind thattheir homes are safe and protected. | $12M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 18, 2022 |  |
| Blueprint Title | Blueprint Title offers a modern approach to title insurance and closing. |  |  | Nov 11, 2021 |  |
| Blueprint Title | Blueprint Title offers a modern approach to title insurance and closing. | $16M | Series B | Sep 01, 2021 |  |
| Cove | Cove is a New Zealand company bringing a touch of innovation and simplicity to the insurance industry. | $2M | Series A | Jul 30, 2019 |  |
| Click2Sure | We started in 2015 with the “Problem to Solve” of buying insurance as an embedded experience. Traditionally customers will buy an item in-store or online, and then try to find the appropriate insurance product, and make a decision of which is the right one to get. We took that cumbersome and inefficient process and offer the solution that improvesthe process for both customers and businesses selling insurance – with minimum friction, completing the buying process in minutes, and not hours or days. We also enable you to engage with your customer across multiple touchpoints, which advances accessibility, making the process simpler through the automation aspect. This is a huge opportunity for insurers to communicate better with customers, and deliver a clear and simple product, as well as automate many internal outdated manual administration processing |  | Series A | Oct 17, 2018 |  |
| Galileo Platforms | Galileo Platforms is a platform technology company serving the insurance sector. Using blockchain technology we connect all participants in the insurance industry efficiently and in realtime.Their platform drives efficiency through the entire value chain by having a central source of encrypted client and contract data that the distributor,insurer and reinsurer all view with permissioned access. |  | Series A | Sep 28, 2018 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Avanta Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avanta-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bull City Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bull-city-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Forté Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forte-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Groove Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/groove-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Highgate Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/highgate-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Greenlight Reinsurance

VC Fund · George Town, Cayman Islands

Greenlight Re (www.greenlightre.ky) is a specialist property and casualty reinsurance company based in the Cayman Islands and Ireland. The company provides a variety of custom-tailored reinsurance solutions to the insurance, risk retention group, captive and financial marketplaces. Established in 2004, Greenlight Re selectively offers customizedreinsurance solutions in markets where capacity and alternatives are limited. With a focus on deriving superior returns from both sides of the balance sheet, Greenlight Re's assets are managed according to a value-oriented, equity-focused strategy that complements the Company's business goal of long-term growth in book value per share.

4 contacts available at Greenlight Reinsurance.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brian O'Reilly | Head Of Innovation | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-o-reilly-05f0 |
| Neil Greenspan | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neil-greenspan-6212 |
| Simon Burton | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-burton-2d35 |
| Tom Curnock | Chief Risk Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-curnock |

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## FAQ

### What does Simon Burton invest in?

Simon Burton invests primarily in InsurTech, Insurance and FinTech startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Simon Burton last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Simon Burton closed in Jan 2023. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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