QED Investors

QED Investors, established in 2007, is a venture capital firm headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, with an additional office in New York City. It specializes in early-stage investments, focusing on disruptive financial services and fintech companies. QED invests in seed, early venture, and mid venture stages across the United States, Latin America, and the United Kingdom. The firm provides not only capital but also strategic support to its portfolio companies, emphasizing the role of information in their success and fostering a collaborative, hands-on approach.

Gbenga Ajayi

Partner

Shruti Batra

Principal

Tommy Blanchard

COO

Laura Bock

Partner

Matt Burton

Partner

Past deals in Insurance

CoverForce

Series A in 2025
CoverForce is a platform that facilitates instant quoting, payment, and binding of commercial property and casualty insurance via API. It integrates insurance solutions into existing workflows, enhancing operational efficiency for businesses. The platform offers tools to manage insurance requirements effectively while ensuring a seamless user experience.

Amparo

Seed Round in 2024
Amparo is a digital platform designed to assist families in managing practical, financial, and emotional challenges following the loss of a loved one. It simplifies coordination of care, relationships, and transactions, providing essential support during difficult times.

Kin Insurance

Series D in 2023
Kin Insurance, Inc. is a digital insurance agency that specializes in homeowners insurance and related products. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with an additional office in St. Petersburg, Florida, the company aims to enhance the convenience and affordability of insurance by operating directly with consumers, eliminating the need for external agents. Kin Insurance offers a variety of products, including homeowners, mobile home, condo, flood, and landlord insurance, among others. The company leverages extensive property data to ensure precise pricing and improve underwriting outcomes, providing personalized coverage options and efficient claims services through its technology-driven platform.

Kin Insurance

Series D in 2023
Kin Insurance, Inc. is a digital insurance agency that specializes in homeowners insurance and related products. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with an additional office in St. Petersburg, Florida, the company aims to enhance the convenience and affordability of insurance by operating directly with consumers, eliminating the need for external agents. Kin Insurance offers a variety of products, including homeowners, mobile home, condo, flood, and landlord insurance, among others. The company leverages extensive property data to ensure precise pricing and improve underwriting outcomes, providing personalized coverage options and efficient claims services through its technology-driven platform.

Kin Insurance

Series D in 2022
Kin Insurance, Inc. is a digital insurance agency that specializes in homeowners insurance and related products. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with an additional office in St. Petersburg, Florida, the company aims to enhance the convenience and affordability of insurance by operating directly with consumers, eliminating the need for external agents. Kin Insurance offers a variety of products, including homeowners, mobile home, condo, flood, and landlord insurance, among others. The company leverages extensive property data to ensure precise pricing and improve underwriting outcomes, providing personalized coverage options and efficient claims services through its technology-driven platform.

Betterfly

Series C in 2022
Betterfly is a purpose-driven wellbeing and insurance platform founded in 2018 and based in Santiago, Chile. The company aims to enhance the health and wellbeing of organizations and their employees while fostering positive community impact. Betterfly's innovative platform rewards individuals for adopting healthy habits by providing life insurance coverage that increases daily. Additionally, every healthy activity is converted into a charitable donation, enabling businesses to integrate corporate wellness and social responsibility into their employee benefits programs. This unique approach not only promotes individual health but also encourages corporate engagement in community support.

Tint.ai

Series A in 2022
Tint.ai is a data intelligence platform founded in 2018, based in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in enhancing artificial intelligence models by enabling data scientists to efficiently access and evaluate external data. It automates the process of sourcing external data from vendors and leverages machine learning to assess its quality, thereby improving model performance. Additionally, Tint.ai offers an AI-empowered insurance platform that provides the tools necessary for launching, managing, and optimizing insurance programs. The platform is designed to enhance profitability while simultaneously improving the customer experience. Its API-based technology serves as the foundational infrastructure for property and casualty insurance programs, streamlining risk selection and pricing processes, and significantly reducing the engineering and data science resources required for development.

CoverForce

Seed Round in 2022
CoverForce is a platform that facilitates instant quoting, payment, and binding of commercial property and casualty insurance via API. It integrates insurance solutions into existing workflows, enhancing operational efficiency for businesses. The platform offers tools to manage insurance requirements effectively while ensuring a seamless user experience.

Betterfly

Series B in 2021
Betterfly is a purpose-driven wellbeing and insurance platform founded in 2018 and based in Santiago, Chile. The company aims to enhance the health and wellbeing of organizations and their employees while fostering positive community impact. Betterfly's innovative platform rewards individuals for adopting healthy habits by providing life insurance coverage that increases daily. Additionally, every healthy activity is converted into a charitable donation, enabling businesses to integrate corporate wellness and social responsibility into their employee benefits programs. This unique approach not only promotes individual health but also encourages corporate engagement in community support.

Trellis Technologies

Series A in 2021
Trellis makes insurance easy by meeting consumers where they are–and helping them find the right personal insurance to meet their needs. Powered by consumer-permissioned data, Trellis Connect is a property and casualty pre-fill solution that delivers a simplified user experience, unlocks the full value of data in personal insurance accounts, and protects users’ security and privacy. Trellis Technologies was established in 2019 by Daniel Demetri in San Francisco, California.

Betterfly

Series A in 2020
Betterfly is a purpose-driven wellbeing and insurance platform founded in 2018 and based in Santiago, Chile. The company aims to enhance the health and wellbeing of organizations and their employees while fostering positive community impact. Betterfly's innovative platform rewards individuals for adopting healthy habits by providing life insurance coverage that increases daily. Additionally, every healthy activity is converted into a charitable donation, enabling businesses to integrate corporate wellness and social responsibility into their employee benefits programs. This unique approach not only promotes individual health but also encourages corporate engagement in community support.

Provide

Series A in 2020
Provide, Inc. is a financial software company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in innovative solutions for dentists, veterinarians, and healthcare professionals. Founded in 2013 and originally known as Lendeavor, the company focuses on enhancing practice finance by offering a range of services including lending, business bank accounts, and insurance. Provide aims to support healthcare providers by streamlining financial processes and improving access to essential financial resources, particularly in the context of challenges posed by the global pandemic.

Decent

Series A in 2020
Decent Inc. is a health insurance provider based in Mill Valley, California, that focuses on offering affordable medical insurance plans tailored for self-employed professionals. Founded in 2018, the company aims to improve healthcare access by aligning incentives to enhance health outcomes and reduce costs. One of its key offerings is the Trailblazer Plan, a comprehensive health plan designed specifically for freelancers. By prioritizing the needs of its members, Decent seeks to create a more effective and personalized healthcare experience.

Kin Insurance

Series B in 2020
Kin Insurance, Inc. is a digital insurance agency that specializes in homeowners insurance and related products. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with an additional office in St. Petersburg, Florida, the company aims to enhance the convenience and affordability of insurance by operating directly with consumers, eliminating the need for external agents. Kin Insurance offers a variety of products, including homeowners, mobile home, condo, flood, and landlord insurance, among others. The company leverages extensive property data to ensure precise pricing and improve underwriting outcomes, providing personalized coverage options and efficient claims services through its technology-driven platform.

Pitzi

Series D in 2019
Pitzi is a leading insurtech company based in São Paulo, Brazil, specializing in direct-to-consumer smartphone warranty services. The company leverages innovative customer experience design and a streamlined supply chain to enhance the way Brazilians engage with insurance products. Pitzi collaborates with major insurance companies to offer comprehensive smartphone protection, safeguarding over one million consumers across the country. Its platform allows users to easily access professional assistance in case of smartphone damage, providing efficient and effective support for unavoidable accidents.

ComparaGuru

Series A in 2017
Coru is a platform that intelligently connects users with credit and insurance products employing the power of machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Insuretech Connect

Seed Round in 2016
InsureTech Connect, founded in 2016 and based in New York, United States, focuses on facilitating connections within the insurance technology sector. The company organizes events that bring together tech entrepreneurs, investors, and industry professionals. These gatherings serve as a platform for presenting innovative ideas, discussing current trends, and exploring future business opportunities within the insurance ecosystem. By fostering collaboration between various stakeholders, InsureTech Connect aims to advance the insurtech landscape and support the growth of new ventures in the industry.

Knip

Series B in 2015
Founded in 2013 by Dennis Just and Christina Kehl, Knip is a technology company specializing in insurance management. Headquartered in Zurich with offices in Berlin and Belgrade, the company employs over 100 individuals. Knip's flagship product is an innovative mobile application that enables users to track their insurance policies, premiums, and benefits. The platform offers electronic adjustment of premiums, execution of new policies, cancellation of old ones, and unbiased advice from insurance experts.

DriveFactor

Venture Round in 2013
DriveFactor, founded in 2010 and headquartered in Glen Allen, Virginia, is a company specializing in insurance telematics technology solutions. It offers a software platform that analyzes driving data and provides insurance companies with a comprehensive system for underwriting driving insurance based on a proprietary metric known as the DriveFactor Score. The platform features a dynamic, scalable architecture that accommodates various data input methods, facilitating easy integration and data sharing with business partners. By leveraging its technological expertise, DriveFactor enables clients to customize telematics solutions tailored to both short-term and long-term requirements.

DriveFactor

Series A in 2011
DriveFactor, founded in 2010 and headquartered in Glen Allen, Virginia, is a company specializing in insurance telematics technology solutions. It offers a software platform that analyzes driving data and provides insurance companies with a comprehensive system for underwriting driving insurance based on a proprietary metric known as the DriveFactor Score. The platform features a dynamic, scalable architecture that accommodates various data input methods, facilitating easy integration and data sharing with business partners. By leveraging its technological expertise, DriveFactor enables clients to customize telematics solutions tailored to both short-term and long-term requirements.

Valen Analytics

Venture Round in 2011
Valen Analytics is a data and analytics company specializing in predictive modeling for property and casualty insurance carriers. Established in 2002 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Valen Analytics partners with insurers to enhance underwriting performance and portfolio management. Its flagship product, the InsureRight Platform, offers unique insights into portfolio metrics and risk characteristics, enabling clients to identify areas of pricing inadequacy and profitability. Additionally, the platform provides access to a comprehensive contributory database that includes industry comparisons and predictive scores for over 20 million insurance policies. By employing modern approaches to pricing, risk selection, claims triage, and fraud detection, Valen Analytics empowers its clients to remain competitive and effectively manage adverse selection.
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