# Spike Lipkin

> Spike Lipkin is a seed investor at Newfront (San Francisco) backing InsurTech and Software. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Newfront](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abe-4)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spike-lipkin-8173651b/

Spike Lipkin is a seed investor at Newfront in San Francisco focused on InsurTech and Software. Spike Lipkin - Co-Founder & CEO @ Newfront

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $400k–$6.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| InsurTech | 4 | 67% |
| Software | 3 | 50% |
| FinTech | 2 | 33% |
| Insurance | 2 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 17% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vial | Vial was founded to execute on a mission to reimagine clinical trials by delivering faster and more efficient trials for sponsors. Vial’s powerful technology platform delivers faster, more efficient trials that are up to 50% cheaper. | $67M | Series B | Nov 30, 2022 |  |
| Sensible | Sensible is a document orchestration platform that transforms documents into structured data. The platform's infrastructure uses AWS to provide robust scalability and performance. Multi-region deployment and SLAs for enterprise customers. Sensible is accessing data in documents is as simple as calling an API. With Sensible's documentquery language, SenseML, they can avoid the complexities and headaches of PDF parsing. | $6.5M | Seed | Nov 17, 2022 |  |
| Nirvana Insurance | Nirvana Insurance is an AI-driven commercial trucking insurer that utilizes telematics data to enhance safety and reduce fleet costs.The company leverages artificial intelligence and telematics data to offer personalized insurance solutions that reward safe driving practices. Nirvana provides tailored policies for both fleet and non-fleetoperators, including options such as auto liability, auto physical damage, general liability, and motor truck cargo coverage. By analyzing telematics data, Nirvana offers upfront discounts of up to 20% for safe driving behaviors. Their Safety Intelligence Platform delivers AI-powered insights to help fleets enhance safety and efficiency. Utilizing real-time data, Nirvana streamlines the claims process, enabling faster resolutions and reducing downtime for drivers. | $22M | Series A | Feb 23, 2022 |  |
| Sensible Weather | Sensible Weather is a climate risk technology company that is de-risking weather for travelers and travel partners. It offers a partner-branded Weather Guarantee service that automatically reimburses travelers when bad weather impacts their in-trip experience through its proprietary climate data and risk analytics platform that calculates WeatherGuarantee pricing in real-time, generates new revenue for partners, and enhances experiences for travelers. | $400K | Seed | Dec 13, 2021 |  |
| Ascend | Ascend is a modern, all-in-one payments solution purpose-built for insurance. We automate insurance payments end-to-end — from online customer payments including premium financing to the distribution of commissions and carrier payables. We help digital distributors sell more insurance by simplifying operations, reducing payment friction anddelivering the modern checkout experience customers expect. | $5.5M | Seed | Sep 15, 2021 |  |
| Anzen | Anzen is a management insurance and operations tool using real-time HRIS and SaaS integrations to identify and avoid management risks. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. |  | Seed | Aug 25, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [MGV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maschmeyer-group-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [75 & Sunny](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/75-sunny) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BoxGroup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boxgroup) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Buckley Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/buckley-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Newfront

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Newfront is the modern commercial insurance brokerage. No 20-page applications, confusing policy terms, or painful renewal cycles. Newfront's experienced brokers and technology remove the headache from business insurance.

5 contacts available at Newfront.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mike Brown | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-brown |
| Spike Lipkin | Co-Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spike-lipkin |
| Todd Burns | Senior Vice President / Market Leader | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/todd-burns-56e6 |
| Aaron Forth | Chief Product Officer; Chief Product Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-forth |
| Anna Beach | Chief Operations & Insurance Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anna-beach |

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## FAQ

### What does Spike Lipkin invest in?

Spike Lipkin invests primarily in InsurTech, Software and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Spike Lipkin's check size?

Spike Lipkin typically joins rounds of $400k–$6.5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Spike Lipkin participates in.

### When did Spike Lipkin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Spike Lipkin closed in Nov 2022. Shizune tracks 6 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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