Plug and Play

Plug and Play, founded in 2006 and based in Sunnyvale, California, operates as a business accelerator and venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage and seed investments in technology startups. The firm runs 12 industry-specific accelerator programs annually, connecting startups with corporate partners and investors to foster collaboration and growth. Plug and Play's investment strategy encompasses a wide range of sectors, including fintech, health and wellness, travel, cybersecurity, and sustainability, allowing it to support diverse startups from any country. The firm provides various resources, including funding, mentorship, office space, and networking opportunities, and has a global presence with offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Plug and Play has a strong track record, having helped numerous startups secure over $9 billion in funding since its inception. Its programs aim to refine business models and facilitate introductions to potential investors, ultimately contributing to the growth of the startup ecosystem.

Saeed Amidi

Co-Founder & Co-Chief Executive Officer

Kiswana Browne

Associate

Gabriela Dow

Co-Founder and Partner

Matt Helmers

Director of Strategy and Innovation

Alex Roudi

Managing Partner, San Diego

Marc Steiner

General Counsel

Jupe Tan

Managing Partner, Asia Pacific & Senior Vice President, Global Operations

Phillip Vincent

Managing Partner, East Asia

Chen Zhao

Managing Partner, China

Past deals in InsurTech

DriveX Technologies

Convertible Note in 2022
DriveX is a technology partner for insurers. With the proprietary AI-assisted verification, companies can inspect vehicles remotely. Insurers save costs, reduce fraud risk and provide a better, digital customer experience. Whether selling motor insurance policies or managing claims, DriveX solutions are there to help employees and customers.

Stere.io

Seed Round in 2021
Stere is a one-stop shop for businesses to find capacity and access digital tools to launch, improve, and grow insurance programs. It aims to empower businesses to launch and grow insurance programs with a full-stack infrastructure, by providing the right services and tools such as digital platforms, data analytics, a network of capacity providers, innovative tech, and more. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Dover, Delaware.

FutureProof Technologies

Convertible Note in 2021
FutureProof Technologies is a financial analytics software company specializing in physical climate risks.

Upsurance

Convertible Note in 2021
Upsurance operates a mid-market commercial insurance platform that enhances the speed and efficiency of insurance transactions. By utilizing a risk matching algorithm, the platform connects insurers with retail brokers, facilitating a streamlined process for browsing marketplace offerings and completing transactions. Upsurance's technology ensures a secure, auditable trail for all interactions, significantly improving the return on investment for insurers and providing brokers with unparalleled access to commercial insurance solutions.

Stere.io

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Stere is a one-stop shop for businesses to find capacity and access digital tools to launch, improve, and grow insurance programs. It aims to empower businesses to launch and grow insurance programs with a full-stack infrastructure, by providing the right services and tools such as digital platforms, data analytics, a network of capacity providers, innovative tech, and more. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Dover, Delaware.

Surround Insurance

Seed Round in 2021
Surround designs customer-centric insurance products for modern lifestyles. The company’s first offering is a subscription starter pack of insurance coverages for young, urban professionals who rent, share, borrow, and freelance.

Onesight

Seed Round in 2021
Onsight develops AR technology solutions.

Verikai

Series A in 2020
Verikai Inc. is an insurance technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2018. The company provides a consumer insights platform designed for insurance and financial services firms in the United States. By leveraging alternative data and machine learning, Verikai enables users to predict individual consumer behavior and assess risk more accurately. Its comprehensive database includes over 4,000 behavioral attributes pertaining to more than 250 million individuals, offering valuable insights into their health risks. This information assists insurance companies in enhancing underwriting precision, speed, and efficiency, ultimately facilitating greater access to a wider range of insurance products for consumers and small businesses.

Everyday Life

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Everyday Life Insurance uses technology to redefine financial security for middle income families. Its first product, Predictive Protection, saves consumers money by automatically adjusting coverage based on predictable life events like kids growing up or retirement. It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Relay Platform

Seed Round in 2020
Relay Platform Inc. develops online Software-as-a-Service solution that helps ceding teams, insurance underwriters and brokers to structure and secure reinsurance and large insurance placements simpler and faster. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Buddy

Seed Round in 2019
Buddy Technology, Inc. provides insurance brokerage services. It offers health and accidental insurance plans to customers who are involved in risky outdoor activities. The company also operates an online platform to provide the insurance plans and interact with customers. Buddy Technology, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in Richmond, Virginia.

Onesight

Seed Round in 2019
Onsight develops AR technology solutions.

VOOM Insurance

Series A in 2019
VOOM is the world’s first on-demand, telematics-based InsurTech platform for Specialized Mobility products, dedicated to protecting users for anything they ride, fly, or sail. The company’s first product, SkyWatch.AI, leverages the power of machine learning to assess and mitigate risks and provide on-demand insurance for thousands of drone pilots operating across the US. VOOM’s data-driven, usage-based insurance products include multiple high-risk, episodic-usage mobility verticals, including e-scooters, e-bikes, powersports, motor boats, and small planes. Headquartered in Tel Aviv with an office in Palo Alto, CA, VOOM is a licensed insurance broker in all 50 US states.

Ushur

Series A in 2019
Ushur, Inc. develops a service engagement platform to automate backend processes and external conversations with customers. The company’s solutions include ServiceNow, an online platform for transforming incident management and ticketing with automated messaging; Salesforce, an artificial intelligence-based platform for integrations between customer communications and salesforce; Jira Service Desk for workflow; and slack that automates tasks and communications. Its automation platform provides customer support, claims processing, billing, agent assistance, and sales enablement services. It serves insurance, finance, telecommunication, and customer service industries. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Santa Clara, California with an additional office in Bengaluru, India.

Surround Insurance

Convertible Note in 2019
Surround designs customer-centric insurance products for modern lifestyles. The company’s first offering is a subscription starter pack of insurance coverages for young, urban professionals who rent, share, borrow, and freelance.

MedPilot

Convertible Note in 2019
MedPilot is a tool designed to make healthcare billings & collections departments more effective and efficient. Our software uses data science and behavioral targeting to recommend patient engagement methods, personalize communications and resolve outstanding balances. MedPilot’s analytics reporting can also increase the productivity of in-house & third party call centers. A Techstars Company

Zeguro

Seed Round in 2018
Zeguro Inc. develops a cyber security and cyber insurance platform. The platform enables small businesses identify their risk and then purchase corresponding insurance. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Flock

Seed Round in 2018
Flock was founded in 2015 on the conviction that insurance was no longer fit for purpose in our fast-moving, hyper-connected world. Their mission is to make the world a safer, smarter place by bridging the gap between the insurance industry of today and the emerging technologies of tomorrow. The London based Insurtech began in the commercial drone industry where they launched Europe's first pay-as-you-fly drone insurance product, using real-time data (like population density and wind speed) to quantify, insure, and mitigate drone flight risks.They now have insure thousands of innovative drone operations globally, from agricultural surveyors to NHS medical delivery flights. Flock's technology has now helped thousands of pilots around the world to fly safer, reducing their risk exposure by 15% on average. Flock recently expanded into the rapidly evolving world of commercial motor fleets with a division focused on connected vehicles. Modern fleets change on a daily basis; expanding, contracting, and adopting the latest technology. They need an insurance policy that’s as agile and data-driven as they are. The world is becoming increasingly connected and autonomous, bringing both amazing opportunities and complex risks. As the insurer of the future, Flock aims to not only pay claims when incidents occur; they help customers understand and mitigate their own risks, to avoid things going wrong in the first place.

Omniscience Corporation

Seed Round in 2018
Omniscience Corporation provides underwriting automation and risk intelligence via distribution of complex machine learning algorithms and alternate data sources. It offers a suite of applications for underwriting and capital management. Omniscience Corporation was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Insurdata

Seed Round in 2017
Insurdata provides insurance and reinsurance underwriters property-specific data to support their pricing, underwriting and portfolio management decisions. The firm specializes in high-resolution, peril-specific exposures and building-level risk data, using technology that includes mobile augmented reality and 3-D model creation, providing both desktop and mobile products.

Slice Labs

Series A in 2017
Slice Labs is the insurance engine behind tomorrow’s cloud-based, on-demand digital services ecosystems for the new economy. Through Slice’s Insurance Cloud Services (ICS) platform, Slice is enabling insurers, technology companies, and other service providers to build truly intelligent and intuitive, pay-as-you-go digital insurance products protecting the insured anytime and anywhere. Slice is licensed in the US and the UK, and recently launched in Asia Pacific.

Wellthie

Funding Round in 2017
Wellthie Inc., an insurance technology company, offers broker and carrier shopping tools to simplify insurance distribution for small businesses and individuals. It offers cloud-based e-commerce platform for selling tools, medical and ancillary quotes, broker management dashboard, modeling and scenario planning, online storefront, custom client proposals, distribution channels, marketplace product promotion, small group and individual analysis, market insights, and consumer engagement. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Omniscience Corporation

Seed Round in 2017
Omniscience Corporation provides underwriting automation and risk intelligence via distribution of complex machine learning algorithms and alternate data sources. It offers a suite of applications for underwriting and capital management. Omniscience Corporation was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Omniscience Corporation

Convertible Note in 2015
Omniscience Corporation provides underwriting automation and risk intelligence via distribution of complex machine learning algorithms and alternate data sources. It offers a suite of applications for underwriting and capital management. Omniscience Corporation was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Indigio Technologies

Seed Round in 2011
Indigio Technologies