Clocktower Technology Ventures

Clocktower Technology Ventures invests in the insurance, payments, personal finance, lending, credit, and asset management sectors. The firm’s expertise investing across financial services and its related ecosystem of global institutional allocators, policymakers, and hedge fund managers have created a community that offers a distinct value-add to portfolio companies. Since launching, Clocktower Technology Ventures has invested in 96 fintech companies in North America, Europe, and Latin America. It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

Natalie Charney

Principal

Ned Daoro

Principal

Steve Drobny

Partner

David Lofthouse

Venture Partner

Adriana Saman

Associate

Ben Savage

Partner

Past deals in Life Insurance

Openly

Series C in 2022
Openly is an insurance company that specializes in premium home insurance sold through independent agents. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Gaia

Series A in 2022
Gaia combines reproductive health data with financial technology to make IVF treatments more accessible, affordable, and personal.

Sagewell Financial

Seed Round in 2022
Sagewell Financial is a company focused on transforming the financial landscape for older adults. It offers a financial platform designed to enhance security for this demographic, enabling users to construct their own retirement paychecks and access free checking services. Additionally, Sagewell Financial provides personalized support through retirement success advocates, who guide clients in making informed financial decisions for retirement. With a team of professionals from technology, insurance, and financial services backgrounds, Sagewell Financial aims to empower older individuals in managing their financial futures effectively.

Insurate

Seed Round in 2021
Insurate is a work comp MGA leveraging data science and analytics to more accurately assess risk. We help agents write and retain business with our appetite for hard-to-place codes and unbeatable premiums for safe companies.

DigiSure

Seed Round in 2021
DigiSure is focused on becoming a leader in trust, safety, and insurance for digital businesses, particularly in mobility marketplaces. By providing on-demand insurance services, the company aims to empower its partners with unprecedented access to user data, enabling them to manage their insurance ecosystems effectively. Founded in 2018 by experienced professionals from the insurance, mobility, and sharing economy sectors, DigiSure leverages connected data and automation to enhance risk management, making it more transparent and responsive. The company's platform includes services such as screening, insurance management, and claims processing for mobility and short-term rental operators. Based in San Francisco, DigiSure aspires to create a safer, more secure, and environmentally friendly world by reimagining insurance for future mobility.

Guros

Seed Round in 2021
Guros is a digital insurance technology company based in Mexico that specializes in providing an end-to-end embedded insurance experience for businesses and their customers. Founded in 2013, Guros has developed proprietary technology that allows partners such as Kavak, Creditas, and Coppel to seamlessly integrate auto insurance offerings into their purchasing processes. This integration enables users to obtain quotes and manage policies through a straightforward, one-click system. Guros focuses on enhancing customer experience by simplifying the insurance journey, and it plans to expand its services into additional sectors, including mobile devices, electronics, and home insurance. The company's mission is to streamline the insurance purchasing process, making it more accessible and user-friendly for consumers.

Wagmo

Series A in 2021
Wagmo operates a pet wellness platform that offers pet insurance and routine care. Its platform offers preventative care through reimbursements for routine expenses like exam fees, vaccinations, and flea, tick, and heartworm prevention by using veterinary data.

Bequest

Seed Round in 2021
No-nonsense life cover in just a few minutes.

Matic Insurance

Series B in 2020
Since 2014, Matic has changed the landscape of the insurtech industry by integrating insurance within the home and auto ownership experience. Today, Matic’s digital insurance marketplace has 40+ A-rated home and auto carriers, as well as distribution partners in industries ranging from mortgage originations and servicing to banking, real estate, personal finance, and more. With a single-minded focus on advocating for policyholders, Matic has created an easy and transparent comparison shopping process, saving customers hours of work and over 30% in premiums each year.

Breathe Life

Series A in 2020
Breathe Life is an enterprise Software-as-a-Service, or SaaS, for the life insurance industry. We provide insurers with a modern end-to-end platform that increases the speed of policy delivery and reduces operational costs for the distribution of financial security products.

Gaia

Seed Round in 2020
Gaia combines reproductive health data with financial technology to make IVF treatments more accessible, affordable, and personal.

Wagmo

Seed Round in 2019
Wagmo operates a pet wellness platform that offers pet insurance and routine care. Its platform offers preventative care through reimbursements for routine expenses like exam fees, vaccinations, and flea, tick, and heartworm prevention by using veterinary data.

Energetic Capital

Seed Round in 2019
Energetic Insurance, Inc. is an InsurTech company based in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 2016. It specializes in providing solar insurance solutions that address credit and counterparty risks associated with commercial and industrial solar photovoltaic projects. The company offers a product called EneRate, which protects third-party solar developers and asset owners from repayment risks and revenue losses due to defaults on power purchase agreements (PPAs). Energetic Insurance employs a data-driven approach as a Managing General Underwriter, developing innovative risk management products that facilitate solar financing for unrated or below investment grade organizations. This enables solar project developers to undertake more projects and access capital by mitigating payment default risks, thereby enhancing project economics through lower interest rates and improved financial structuring.

Insurami

Seed Round in 2018
Insurami provides smart deposit replacement insurance. Arnor K. Davidsson and Majed Chaaraoui founded it in 2018, with its headquarters in London in the United Kingdom.

Kindur

Series A in 2018
Kindur is a new-kind of financial company that helps baby boomers embrace modern retirement. Through Kindur’s straight forward digital advice, we make sense of your savings, insurance, social security and healthcare costs so that you can focus on enjoying your hard-earned retirement with confidence. We want you to always know where you stand, how much you have to spend and help you prepare for the unexpected. Our signature retirement paycheck puts you in the driver’s seat to retire fearlessly. Learn more at www.kindur.com

TowerIQ

Seed Round in 2018
TowerIQ is a broker first platform that brings transparency to insurance markets. The company seamlessly brings clients from application to binding by augmenting broker expertise with a low touch technology platform that distributes ingestible data directly to any carrier. This frees brokers and agents to focus their efforts on solving the business challenges facing the clients that allow them to win more business and improve client retention. TowerIQ was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Tomorrow Ideas

Seed Round in 2017
Tomorrow Ideas develops an application that helps in protecting family’s financial future. Its application includes last will and testament for the family and the laws of the state, a revocable living trust, guardianship for children and pets, net worth and life insurance calculator, term life insurance comparison, and a complimentary insurance policy. Tomorrow Ideas' application can be downloaded from iOS and Android. David Hanley, Erik Berg, Joshua Heckathorn, and Wayne Rambo founded it in 2015, with its headquarters in Seattle in Washington.

LeaseLock

Seed Round in 2016
LeaseLock Inc. is an insurance technology company that provides lease guarantor services for renters by replacing traditional security deposits with insurance. Founded in 2013 and based in Marina Del Rey, California, LeaseLock streamlines the rental process through its online application, eliminating the need for cosigners and facilitating instant lease approvals. The company's flagship product utilizes artificial intelligence to optimize coverage based on property history, resulting in significant improvements in conversion rates and reduced vacancy for property owners. LeaseLock has insured over $1 billion in leases, backed by insurance rated A (Excellent) by A.M. Best. The company has strategic partnerships with notable investors, including SoftBank Ventures Asia and Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, which support its mission to enhance the rental experience and minimize financial risks for apartment operators.

Bunker

Seed Round in 2016
Bunker is a prominent provider of insurance compliance and verification solutions. The company has developed a digital business insurance platform that enhances contract-related insurance experiences for enterprises, suppliers, and independent contractors. By offering a comprehensive marketplace for contract-related insurance, Bunker identifies small business insurance buyers and delivers tailored policies precisely when needed. The platform integrates Smart Certificate of Insurance (COI) screening and compliance verification, streamlining the insurance process for its users. Through its innovative approach, Bunker aims to improve the overall insurance experience, particularly in the context of contingent staffing models.

Embroker

Seed Round in 2015
Embroker is the easiest way to intelligently ensure any business. By pairing technology and broker expertise, Embroker helps growing businesses save time and find the best value on the right coverage. As the leading digital insurance brokerage, Embroker is working to massively improve the $800 billion property and casualty (P&C) insurance market. Headquartered in San Francisco, we have offices in Chicago and Boston and customers in all 50 states.
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