Allianz Life Ventures

Allianz Life Ventures, established in 2016 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, serves as the corporate venture arm of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America. The firm focuses on investing in a range of sectors including insurance, retirement, fintech, digital health, enterprise technology, and transformational technology. By leveraging its financial strength and in-house expertise, Allianz Life Ventures aims to support the success of its partners through strategic investments in innovative companies across North America.

Brittany Clements

MD

Ron Gonen

Investor

Brian Muench

VP

Bill Oswald

VP

Chad Virgin

MD

11 past transactions

Covr Financial Technologies, Inc. is a digitally enabled brokerage general agency that specializes in providing life, long-term care, and disability insurance solutions for financial institutions and their clients. Founded in 2016 and based in Boise, Idaho, Covr offers a range of digital platforms, including Covr Advisor for financial advisors, Covr Consumer for banks and credit unions to sell insurance online, and Covr Insights for managing in-force life insurance policies. The company serves over 24,000 financial advisors and approximately 13 million customers across 30 financial institutions, such as wealth management firms and credit unions. Covr's technology empowers financial professionals to address their clients' insurance needs effectively while facilitating direct access to products for consumers. The company has garnered the support of prominent venture capital firms and boasts an advisory board composed of notable leaders from the financial services sector.

Ellevest

Venture Round in 2020
Ellevest, Inc. is an employee owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to women clients. It manages separate client-focused portfolios. The firm invests in different asset classes in markets across the globe. The firm employs fundamental analysis along with top-down approach to create its portfolios. It was formerly known as Ellevate Financial, Inc. Ellevest, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in New York City.

Human API

Series C in 2020
Human API is a health data platform that facilitates the connection and sharing of personal health information across various applications and devices. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the platform enables developers to create applications that access health data from a wide range of sources, including hospitals, electronic medical records, pharmacies, and over 300 wearable devices. Human API provides users with a single sign-on feature, allowing them to authenticate and manage their health data securely. The platform's unified data API ensures that the information is presented in a consistent format, making it easier for medical researchers and healthcare providers to utilize actionable data. This network empowers consumers to control their health data sharing, while offering businesses a streamlined approach to access fragmented data sources. Human API's services are utilized by telemedicine companies, disease management platforms, wellness organizations, and traditional healthcare facilities.

Accern

Series A in 2020
Accern Corporation, based in New York, develops a no-code web surveillance software platform that automates research and data analysis processes. Its technology is particularly beneficial in financial research, fundamental investing, coverage banking, and quantitative trading, serving a range of clients, including hedge funds, asset managers, and news media sectors. Accern's platform leverages advanced natural language processing and forecasting features to extract insights from unstructured data, thereby minimizing time to value and maximizing return on investment. The company partners with significant industry players and is recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30 company. Accern was incorporated in 2014 and is supported by various venture capital firms.

Halo Investing

Series B in 2019
Halo Investing is a financial technology startup that provides an independent multi-issuer platform focused on an investment product known as Structured Notes. Structured Notes are a pre-defined outcome investment product offering downside protection, previously only available to the ultra-high net worth. Halo is empowering and democratizing access to the product by building technology to analyze, purchase, and manage the full lifecycle of the product while building efficiencies for issuing banks.

Gainfully

Series A in 2019
Gainfully is a financial services platform that helps financial professionals generate new business and connect with their clients better.

Vestwell

Series B in 2019
Vestwell is a digital retirement platform founded in 2016 and based in New York, New York. The company simplifies the offering and administration of 401(k) plans by addressing common challenges faced by advisors, employers, and employees. Vestwell streamlines the process through seamless plan design, automated onboarding, and efficient administration, while also providing flexible investment strategies at competitive prices. By serving as a single point of contact, Vestwell modernizes retirement offerings, focusing on the best interests of both plan sponsors and participants.
Covr Financial Technologies, Inc. is a digitally enabled brokerage general agency that specializes in providing life, long-term care, and disability insurance solutions for financial institutions and their clients. Founded in 2016 and based in Boise, Idaho, Covr offers a range of digital platforms, including Covr Advisor for financial advisors, Covr Consumer for banks and credit unions to sell insurance online, and Covr Insights for managing in-force life insurance policies. The company serves over 24,000 financial advisors and approximately 13 million customers across 30 financial institutions, such as wealth management firms and credit unions. Covr's technology empowers financial professionals to address their clients' insurance needs effectively while facilitating direct access to products for consumers. The company has garnered the support of prominent venture capital firms and boasts an advisory board composed of notable leaders from the financial services sector.

Gainfully

Seed Round in 2017
Gainfully is a financial services platform that helps financial professionals generate new business and connect with their clients better.

LifeYield

Venture Round in 2017
LifeYield is a software company that helps forward-thinking financial firms, advisors, and investors make more and keep more money. LifeYield's software takes a comprehensive view of investors'​ assets and provides simple tools to help improve their financial health. The company does so through the LifeYield Advantage Suite™ of asset optimizing software programs including Portfolio Advantage, Social Security Advantage, and Income Advantage. Based in Boston and founded by acclaimed finance, technology, and industry experts, LifeYield is passionate about helping people live the retirement of their dreams.

blooom

Series B in 2017
Blooom, Inc. is an online investment advisory firm based in Leawood, Kansas, that specializes in managing individual accounts within employer-sponsored retirement plans, such as 401(k)s and 403(b)s. Established in 2013, the company was founded by experienced financial advisors who recognized the need to provide accessible financial guidance to a broader audience, particularly those without access to traditional financial advisors. As a Registered Investment Advisor with the SEC, Blooom focuses on delivering fiduciary best practices through low-cost solutions, appropriate asset allocation, and diversification. The firm aims to assist millions of Americans who have workplace retirement accounts but may lack the expertise or desire to manage their investments independently.