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Techstars

Techstars Central LLC, founded in 2006 and based in Boulder, Colorado, operates as a startup accelerator and venture capital firm focused on supporting early-stage technology-oriented companies. It specializes in a mentorship-driven accelerator program, selecting ten startups each summer to participate in a three-month incubation period, offering funding of $120,000 in exchange for equity. Techstars invests primarily in sectors such as fintech, artificial intelligence, blockchain, augmented reality, and IoT, while avoiding investments in medical devices, healthcare technology, and local service-oriented businesses. In addition to its primary accelerator, Techstars has various specialized programs, including those focused on music, retail, mobility, and social impact, with global reach extending to regions such as Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The firm prefers taking minority stakes, typically between six and ten percent, without seeking board representation or investor rights. Techstars has built a robust network of entrepreneurs, mentors, and corporate partners to foster innovation and growth within its portfolio, which includes over 1,000 companies with a significant collective market capitalization.

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MD

Past deals in Health Insurance

Openly

Series C in 2022
Openly Inc. is a technology-enabled insurance provider that specializes in homeowners insurance, catering to customers through independent agents. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional office in Chicago, the company leverages technology and industry expertise to deliver comprehensive insurance coverage. Openly's offerings include protection for the structure of the building, walls, roof, and attached fixtures. The company focuses on providing a simplified quoting process, aiming to enhance the overall insurance experience for its customers.

InsureTax

Pre Seed Round in 2021
InsureTax specializes in the prediction and hedging of financial risks that focus on tax liabilities and issuing tax policies. It protects businesses and individuals from any uncertain tax exposure in their tax filing and guarantees the tax filing result.

Fleri

Seed Round in 2021
Fleri is an insurance technology startup founded in 2020 and based in Columbus, Ohio. The company is dedicated to serving the families of migrants living in the diaspora by offering insurance coverage and related financial solutions. Fleri's platform enables immigrants to support their dependent relatives overseas without relying on traditional money transfers. It provides access to quality healthcare for these loved ones through a dedicated family care manager, an assigned primary care doctor, and unlimited care coordination. This approach ensures transparency and accountability, allowing migrants to effectively sponsor the well-being of their families back home.

MCSquared Health

Pre Seed Round in 2021
MCSquared Health simplifies the medical billing process so patients and providers can focus on what's most important: care. We have has the expertise to understand why America’s complex and expensive health care system can make it frustrating for patients to make payments. Our mission is to radically simplify and modernize the way in which Americans pay for their health care.

Klaim

Seed Round in 2021
Klaim is an InsureTech platform offering a SaaS medical claim management and financing platform all in one. They provide them with total visibility on their revenue cycle, increase their revenue through reduced claim processing time and errors, and faster payments.

Clinify Health

Seed Round in 2021
Clinify Health works with independent physician practices who care for populations in underserved communities to achieve financial stability by optimizing decision-making at the point-of-care which results in these practices being able to enter in to, and succeed in, alternative payment arrangements.

Klaim

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Klaim is an InsureTech platform offering a SaaS medical claim management and financing platform all in one. They provide them with total visibility on their revenue cycle, increase their revenue through reduced claim processing time and errors, and faster payments.

Everyday Life

Venture 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.

Holisticly

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Holisticly provides employees with a monthly wellness stipend to choose from a range of team-wide experiences and fitness and mental health solutions.

The Helper Bees

Series A in 2020
The Helper Bees, Inc. is a company that facilitates connections between seniors and local helpers for various home care services across the United States. Founded in 2015 and based in Austin, Texas, the platform allows seniors to view, select, and hire assistance for tasks such as light housekeeping, transportation, grocery shopping, and personal care, including specialized services for conditions like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. In addition to its direct services, The Helper Bees collaborates with major insurance carriers to enhance the home care experience through digital solutions, machine learning, and analytics. This approach aims to improve the accessibility and quality of care for families, ensuring they have the necessary resources and support for their loved ones.

Koala

Seed Round in 2020
Koala is a travel insurance provider that addresses the shortcomings of traditional insurance services by offering a streamlined and customer-focused approach. The company specializes in compensating travelers for delayed or canceled flights, monitoring clients' journeys to ensure timely and automatic compensation in the event of disruptions. This includes issues related to flight cancellations, delays, and baggage problems. Koala aims to enhance the travel experience by eliminating hidden fees and unnecessary complexities, positioning itself as a personal travel assistant that prioritizes customer satisfaction and fairness. Through its innovative model, Koala seeks to transform how travelers manage disruptions, ensuring they receive prompt support when things go wrong.

Livelii

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Livelii helps Canadian freelancers get health and dental coverage, paid vacation and sick days, and get paid on time. It built a platform with freelancers for freelancers which takes on the biggest challenges ranging from payment collection to having health and dental benefits and paid days off. It was founded in 2019 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Koala

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Koala is a travel insurance provider that addresses the shortcomings of traditional insurance services by offering a streamlined and customer-focused approach. The company specializes in compensating travelers for delayed or canceled flights, monitoring clients' journeys to ensure timely and automatic compensation in the event of disruptions. This includes issues related to flight cancellations, delays, and baggage problems. Koala aims to enhance the travel experience by eliminating hidden fees and unnecessary complexities, positioning itself as a personal travel assistant that prioritizes customer satisfaction and fairness. Through its innovative model, Koala seeks to transform how travelers manage disruptions, ensuring they receive prompt support when things go wrong.

Seel

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Kover, formerly known as Omnipool, is an online insurance platform founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in providing customized insurance solutions tailored for freelancers and individuals engaged in everyday activities. Kover offers a range of products, including iPhone protection insurance and income loss protection for Uber and Lyft drivers, all accessible through its blockchain-based platform. By focusing on common, everyday risks rather than infrequent catastrophes, Kover aims to create a new category of insurance that delivers peace of mind to its users.

Seel

Convertible Note in 2019
Kover, formerly known as Omnipool, is an online insurance platform founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in providing customized insurance solutions tailored for freelancers and individuals engaged in everyday activities. Kover offers a range of products, including iPhone protection insurance and income loss protection for Uber and Lyft drivers, all accessible through its blockchain-based platform. By focusing on common, everyday risks rather than infrequent catastrophes, Kover aims to create a new category of insurance that delivers peace of mind to its users.

Wagmo

Seed Round in 2019
Wagmo, Inc. is a Boston-based company that provides monthly wellness insurance plans specifically designed for pets. Founded in 2017, the company offers reimbursement for routine care services, including vaccinations, grooming appointments, and preventive medications. By leveraging veterinary data, Wagmo enables pet owners to anticipate and manage the costs of care in their area, optimizing the health and well-being of their pets. The service is aimed at making regular pet care more accessible and affordable through its comprehensive wellness plans.

Apostrophe

Seed Round in 2018
Apostrophe, Inc. is a fintech company that specializes in providing a healthcare savings platform for self-insured employers. Founded in 2016 and based in Denver, Colorado, Apostrophe negotiates the lowest possible rates for healthcare services and pays providers directly, allowing it to pass savings onto its customers. The company offers an intelligent health benefits platform that is designed to be easily adopted by self-insured employers of any size. Apostrophe serves various regions, including rural Colorado, and aims to deliver cost-effective health benefits while providing support to its members. Formerly known as Airstream Health, Apostrophe has curated best practices into a plug-and-play health plan that enhances accessibility and efficiency for its clients.

Buddy

Pre Seed Round in 2018
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.

Enroll Hero

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Personalized recommendation tool that helps seniors pick the perfect Medicare plan in seconds.

Player’s Health

Seed Round in 2018
Player’s Health is an insurance agency that protects athletes and sports organizations with a unique risk management platform. To do this, they use an interactive mobile and web-based platform designed to allow coaches to quickly and easily document any injury that occurs during practice or games. This promotes real-time communication between coaches and parents to best care for the health and wellbeing of youth athletes. Their HIPAA compliant interface simplifies the flow of youth athlete health information between coach, parent, and healthcare provider. Player’s Health fosters a personalized network of care for each youth athlete.

Openly

Seed Round in 2018
Openly Inc. is a technology-enabled insurance provider that specializes in homeowners insurance, catering to customers through independent agents. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional office in Chicago, the company leverages technology and industry expertise to deliver comprehensive insurance coverage. Openly's offerings include protection for the structure of the building, walls, roof, and attached fixtures. The company focuses on providing a simplified quoting process, aiming to enhance the overall insurance experience for its customers.

Joany

Series A in 2017
Joany Inc., also known as Joany Health Insurance Services, is an online insurance brokerage based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2016. The company specializes in simplifying the process of buying and managing health insurance through its digital platform, which leverages machine learning and predictive modeling to tailor insurance options to individual consumer needs. In addition to insurance brokerage services, Joany provides healthcare concierge services, including doctor matching, billing assistance, and other support to help clients navigate the complexities of healthcare. The company aims to enhance the overall experience of using health insurance, making it more accessible and efficient for consumers.

Harbor

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Harbor is improving America's retirement security. They are building software to make high-quality financial planning accessible and affordable to the 65% of Americans who are not receiving any today.

Apostrophe

Seed Round in 2017
Apostrophe, Inc. is a fintech company that specializes in providing a healthcare savings platform for self-insured employers. Founded in 2016 and based in Denver, Colorado, Apostrophe negotiates the lowest possible rates for healthcare services and pays providers directly, allowing it to pass savings onto its customers. The company offers an intelligent health benefits platform that is designed to be easily adopted by self-insured employers of any size. Apostrophe serves various regions, including rural Colorado, and aims to deliver cost-effective health benefits while providing support to its members. Formerly known as Airstream Health, Apostrophe has curated best practices into a plug-and-play health plan that enhances accessibility and efficiency for its clients.

Artera

Seed Round in 2017
Artera operates a communication platform tailored for the healthcare industry, facilitating connections between patients and healthcare organizations through various channels, including text, email, phone, and live chat. The platform enables two-way text conversations using existing office phone numbers, enhancing the patient experience and streamlining communications for healthcare practices. Designed for ease of use, Artera's solutions integrate information technology, operations, and revenue cycle management to improve overall patient engagement. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, Artera aims to simplify the process of accessing healthcare, making it as straightforward as meeting a friend. The platform is compatible with multiple devices, including iOS, Windows, Mac, and Android, ensuring accessibility for both patients and healthcare providers.

Frame Health

Convertible Note in 2017
Frame Health Inc. is a healthcare technology company that specializes in developing cloud-based software aimed at improving patient care and reducing healthcare costs. The company operates a big data platform that focuses on creating patient psychological profiles and facilitating interactions between patients and healthcare providers, particularly in the management of chronic diseases. Frame Health serves a diverse clientele, including health maintenance organizations, healthcare providers, self-insured employers, insurance companies, pharmacy chains, mass merchandisers, and pharmaceutical companies. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Frame Health is dedicated to transforming the healthcare landscape through innovative technological solutions.

Artera

Seed Round in 2017
Artera operates a communication platform tailored for the healthcare industry, facilitating connections between patients and healthcare organizations through various channels, including text, email, phone, and live chat. The platform enables two-way text conversations using existing office phone numbers, enhancing the patient experience and streamlining communications for healthcare practices. Designed for ease of use, Artera's solutions integrate information technology, operations, and revenue cycle management to improve overall patient engagement. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, Artera aims to simplify the process of accessing healthcare, making it as straightforward as meeting a friend. The platform is compatible with multiple devices, including iOS, Windows, Mac, and Android, ensuring accessibility for both patients and healthcare providers.

Jamii Africa

Seed Round in 2016
Jamii Africa is mobile micro-health insurance for the informal sector. They built a mobile policy management platform that performs 99% of insurance administration activities and formed strategic partnerships with an Insurer/ Jubilee Insurance and a Telecom/ Vodacom Tanzania to enable a cashless facility and utilise the mobile money platforms for premium collection and benefit payouts. Their platform manages the benefit ledger and is integrated to mobile money and insurer systems. Enabling us to cut down administration costs by 99% which results to cheaper premiums affordable to their target market.

Jamii Africa

Seed Round in 2016
Jamii Africa is mobile micro-health insurance for the informal sector. They built a mobile policy management platform that performs 99% of insurance administration activities and formed strategic partnerships with an Insurer/ Jubilee Insurance and a Telecom/ Vodacom Tanzania to enable a cashless facility and utilise the mobile money platforms for premium collection and benefit payouts. Their platform manages the benefit ledger and is integrated to mobile money and insurer systems. Enabling us to cut down administration costs by 99% which results to cheaper premiums affordable to their target market.

ZendyHealth

Seed Round in 2016
ZendyHealth (ZH) makes it easier than ever before to search and save on health and dental services. ZH connects customers seeking standardized procedures to top local Certified Providers at affordable prices. Consumers are empowered to make smarter purchasing decisions and access care more affordably; they can choose their procedure -- when and where they want -- and at their own price. Providers increase business and fill excess capacity and address perishable inventory -- the end result being a win-win solution for customers and providers alike.

Artera

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Artera operates a communication platform tailored for the healthcare industry, facilitating connections between patients and healthcare organizations through various channels, including text, email, phone, and live chat. The platform enables two-way text conversations using existing office phone numbers, enhancing the patient experience and streamlining communications for healthcare practices. Designed for ease of use, Artera's solutions integrate information technology, operations, and revenue cycle management to improve overall patient engagement. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, Artera aims to simplify the process of accessing healthcare, making it as straightforward as meeting a friend. The platform is compatible with multiple devices, including iOS, Windows, Mac, and Android, ensuring accessibility for both patients and healthcare providers.

Healthie

Seed Round in 2016
Healthie Inc. operates an online practice management and telehealth platform specifically designed for dietitians and their patients. The Healthie platform automates office management, patient records, and virtual care, streamlining scheduling, billing, and administrative tasks for nutrition professionals. Additionally, it offers a mobile application that allows patients to track their health activities, including food intake, workouts, and various health metrics, facilitating progress monitoring between appointments. Founded in 2016 and based in Lewes, Delaware, Healthie is HIPAA-compliant and aims to empower nutrition providers with tools that enhance patient care. The platform recognizes the unique workflow associated with nutritional care, distinct from traditional medical practices, and is tailored to meet these specific needs while promoting accessible nutritional support for a broader audience.

Joany

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Joany Inc., also known as Joany Health Insurance Services, is an online insurance brokerage based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2016. The company specializes in simplifying the process of buying and managing health insurance through its digital platform, which leverages machine learning and predictive modeling to tailor insurance options to individual consumer needs. In addition to insurance brokerage services, Joany provides healthcare concierge services, including doctor matching, billing assistance, and other support to help clients navigate the complexities of healthcare. The company aims to enhance the overall experience of using health insurance, making it more accessible and efficient for consumers.

HealthID

Seed Round in 2015
HealthID is a mobile health manager that provides users a simple way to update, manage and communicate all aspects of their personal health directly from their HealthID account, HealthID Band or Card. Their product focuses on three key areas: chronic disease management, medication compliance, and efficient communication of personal medical information to emergency personnel or healthcare providers. HealthID directly meets the needs of both the consumer and the healthcare provider by leveraging the latest technology and value-adding features that can reduce costs, increase outcomes/revenue and potentially save lives.

Prime

Seed Round in 2014
Taking care of someone? You're not alone—60 million Americans do. We've got your back. Prime pulls all the family members and health data you need, in one place.