Brewer Lane Ventures

At Brewer Lane Ventures, we take a different approach to investing in early-stage insurtech and fintech startups. Our investment philosophy is that technology should be used to improve people’s lives, and we partner with founders determined to transform the market for companies and consumers alike. Using our deep knowledge and experience of working in the insurance and finance industries from founding and scaling startups, venture investing and running Fortune 100 companies, we partner with entrepreneurs focused on creating new business models, empowering incumbents, and leveraging insights from data & analytics. Our expert networks are unmatched, with industry leaders in technology, finance, banking, and across all sectors of insurance (including life, health, and property & casualty), excited to work with the best innovators to help them achieve significant scale and enjoy market success.

David Castellani

Principal

George Castineiras

Operating Principal

Chris Downer

General Partner

John Yong Kim

Founder and Managing Partner

Rohan Malhotra

General Partner

Martha Notaras

General Partner

Sotiriou C.F.A., Stephen

Investment Associate

14 past transactions

EvolutionIQ

Series A in 2022
EvolutionIQ, operating under DeepFraud Technologies Inc., specializes in predictive analytics for the insurance sector, focusing on general liability, workers' compensation, and group disability insurance. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, the company offers a platform that leverages artificial intelligence and data collection to enhance claims analytics. Its technology supports time series analytics, individualized medical processing, and natural language processing, facilitating intelligent fraud and malingering detection as well as predictive claim processing. By training large-scale models to identify bad actors, EvolutionIQ provides insurance companies with advanced tools to improve workflow and streamline claims management.

January

Series A in 2022
Debtsy is building and enforcing trust in consumer finance. Borrowers in delinquency and default face harassment, hidden fees, and harmed credit scores. Creditors lose out on recoveries, expose themselves to compliance and operational risks, and compromise the trust on which their relationships with borrowers are built. Debtsy is designed from the ground up to utilize technology to provide a more streamlined, compliant, and effective resolution process for borrowers and creditors alike.

Socotra

Series C in 2022
Socotra, Inc. is a technology company that offers a modern cloud-based platform tailored for the insurance industry. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, Socotra's software facilitates various essential functions, including policy administration, underwriting, claims management, billing, and reporting. Designed for both property and casualty and life insurance sectors, the platform leverages advanced technologies to deliver a transparent, reliable, flexible, and secure solution. This enables insurers to efficiently develop and distribute products that meet the evolving needs of their customers.

Eaglebrook Advisors

Series A in 2022
Eaglebrook Advisors is a crypto-focused investment firm that provides financial advisors with simple, secure and compliant access to bitcoin through the Eaglebrook Bitcoin SMA

Cape Analytics

Series C in 2021
Cape Analytics uses deep learning and geospatial imagery to provide instant property intelligence for buildings across the United States. Cape Analytics enables insurers and other property stakeholders to access valuable property attributes at time of underwriting—with the accuracy and detail that traditionally required an on-site inspection, but with the speed and coverage of property record pre-fill. Founded in 2014, Cape Analytics is backed by leading venture firms and comprised of computer vision and risk analysis experts.

Ansel Health

Series A in 2021
Brella is modernizing supplemental health benefits to build a world where health hardship doesn’t mean financial hardship. Brella’s simple supplemental plan covers 13,000+ conditions and pays cash on the diagnosis that you can use for anything that is needed on the road to recovery. Brella Insurance was founded in 2019 and is based in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Hi Marley

Series B in 2021
Hi Marley, Inc. provides a conversation platform for the insurance industry. It offers Marley, a conversational service platform that connects insurance companies with customers through intelligent messaging and human touch. The company’s Marley web application enables insurers to build connections with their customers through messaging, as well as to update customers and respond to routine questions. It serves auto, home, and business insurance companies. Hi Marley, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Powerlytics

Series B in 2020
Powerlytics helps organizations address significant risk and compliance-related challenges. Powerlytics does this by providing unique economic and financial reports, and analytical insights, that mainly leverage U.S. government-supplied data. These products utilize intelligence about individuals, customers, suppliers and competitors to enable organizations to make more informed decisions. Powerlytics’ initial product allows companies to generate benchmarking and market sizing reports covering 27 million businesses and 140 million individuals broken down to very granular geographic, industry and size (sales, assets, employees) parameters. Powerlytics was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA.

Cape Analytics

Venture Round in 2020
Cape Analytics uses deep learning and geospatial imagery to provide instant property intelligence for buildings across the United States. Cape Analytics enables insurers and other property stakeholders to access valuable property attributes at time of underwriting—with the accuracy and detail that traditionally required an on-site inspection, but with the speed and coverage of property record pre-fill. Founded in 2014, Cape Analytics is backed by leading venture firms and comprised of computer vision and risk analysis experts.

Ladder

Series C in 2020
Ladder Financial Inc. operates an online platform that provides term life insurance services in the United States. Founded in 2015 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company offers instant, fully underwritten life insurance policies with competitive pricing and transparency, featuring no hidden fees. Ladder's model allows customers to adjust or cancel their coverage at any time, addressing the significant life insurance gap affecting underinsured families and communities. By leveraging artificial intelligence and a direct-to-consumer approach, Ladder aims to make life insurance more accessible and fair for its clients.

Socotra

Series B in 2020
Socotra, Inc. is a technology company that offers a modern cloud-based platform tailored for the insurance industry. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, Socotra's software facilitates various essential functions, including policy administration, underwriting, claims management, billing, and reporting. Designed for both property and casualty and life insurance sectors, the platform leverages advanced technologies to deliver a transparent, reliable, flexible, and secure solution. This enables insurers to efficiently develop and distribute products that meet the evolving needs of their customers.

Avibra

Series A in 2019
Avibra, Inc. designs and develops a platform that allows users to increase their life insurance coverage by keeping health habits. It offers Avibra, an application that uses artificial intelligence technology to track daily habits and enables users to know what they are doing well in areas that span across their health, finances, career, relationships, and their community involvement. Avibra, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey.
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