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Insurance and risk management tools for startups and growth-stage…
Insurance... sounds slow, old-fashioned, and unexciting. Exactly. Insurance is broken, and it's failing fast-moving, innovative startups. Vouch is a new, technology-first insurance company backed with $185M in funding from world-class investors. Like Stripe for payments or Brex for credit cards, Vouch is creating the go-to business insurance for high-growth companies. We're doing this by making insurance fast, responsive, and focused on our high-growth and innovative customers. Instead of printed PDF applications and week-long waits, Vouch is building new technology to solve real problems, writing policies that actually cover relevant startup scenarios, and designing simple experiences in an otherwise frustrating industry.
Vouch is a business insurance broker and risk advisor focused on growing companies, offering fast quotes and specialized coverage that scales with startups across technology, healthcare, life sciences, financial services, and professional services. It positions itself as a risk management partner for founders and investors, providing industry-specific coverage and guidance.
Vouch provides insurance brokerage and risk advisory services for growing companies, offering instant or rapid quoting, coverage configured to stage and industry, and ongoing risk management solutions. Its offerings include new business insurance setups, founder/investor protection, contract requirements review, workforce compliance, comprehensive coverage reviews, and claims advocacy, all designed to scale with a company as it hires, raises funds, and expands.
Who it’s for: Growing technology, healthcare, life sciences, financial services, and professional services companies, including startups and growth-stage firms with regulatory and investor requirements.
Customers: Middesk, Cocoon, Langar Holdings, Arc HEALTHCARE, OSSOVR, Seek AI
Hiring/traction mentions (e.g., 6k+ companies insured, 74+ NPS, 81% same-day quoting, 500+ partners) indicating notable traction and scale in the market.
Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Vouch, better business insurance for technology start-ups. Previously co-founder and MD of Funding Circle US (IPO in 2018, FCH.L), and various operating and investing roles focused on financial and insurance technology and B2B software. Live/work in SF.
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