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.

Ethan Austin

MD of the Techstars Western Union Accelerator

Mark Tortorella

Advisor

Nathanial Zola

MD

Past deals in Life and 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Zoee

Funding Round in 2020
Zoee is a social e-learning platform developed by SoleLife, Inc., founded in 2012 and based in Hendersonville, North Carolina. The platform is designed for professional coaches and their clients, facilitating connections and enhancing skill acquisition and industry knowledge. By leveraging business automation and intelligent matching, Zoee assists the 25 million individuals seeking personal coaching to find suitable coaches while helping coaches reduce churn, increase revenue, and improve client success and retention. This comprehensive approach aims to create a more efficient coaching experience for both parties on a single platform.

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.

Worthright

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Worthright is a financial service company that helps seniors and their families find financial confidence and freedom in retirement. The company focuses on using existing life insurance to fund retirement costs and care needs. They do that by delivering intelligent technology that makes evaluating, servicing and selling a policy seamless - resulting in a powerful grasp of what options are available to a family to pay for and live a full life.

Cuvva

Series A in 2019
Cuvva Limited provides motor and travel insurances products through its mobile app. The company offers temporary car, pay monthly car, single trip travel, and learner driver insurance products. Cuvva Limited was incorporated in 2014 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Lifesaver

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Lifesaver is a universal mobile banking front-end that turns legacy financial institutions into cutting-edge digital players. Through Lifesaver, people can open, fund, track, and transfer between accounts simply and instantly. Banks and credit unions on the platform enjoy the ability to rapidly deploy feature-rich mobile banking services with no development or maintenance.

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.

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.

Nira

Seed Round in 2019
Promote financial inclusion by creating simple, transparent products that empower individuals to live a life of choice and freedom.

PORTABL.co

Pre Seed Round in 2018
At PORTABL.co we are building a SaaS business and eco-system that provides portable insurance, portable benefits and portable savings products for those who live and work in the global freelance and gig based economies. Customer centric data and machine learning - Using real-time data and analytics we quickly understand and present to a new customer the optimum levels of cover and benefits best suited to them, the nature of their work and the stage of their life journey. Monthly subscription bundle - Rather than the individual having to sign up for anything between 7-12 products or services they are simply able to take out a membership with PORTABL.co, pay a monthly subscription fee and benefit from having all of their unique requirements wrapped up into their personalised membership bundle. We take care of everything else for them. Membership community - Membership of PORTABL.co also provides opportunities for incentives and rewards for good behaviours. We will recognise everything from referring work to other members through to adopting healthy habits. PORTABL.co rewards these good behaviours by regularly reducing the member’s monthly subscription fee. Global Eco-system - We are the only business focused on building a global, e2e Insurance as a Service platform to serve and support the freelance, gig, contracting, business-of-one, portfolio lifestyle, independent worker (phew... so many labels) economies.

Enroll Hero

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

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.

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.

Lovys

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Lovys is a digital insurance provider based in France. The company was founded in 2017. Lovys is the first 100% digital, all-in-one and flexible insurance in France. They are rethinking the entire user experience so that insurance becomes finally simple, transparent and personal. One interface, one monthly subscription for all insurance needs. Choose another insurance experience! Register on www.Lovys.fr to access the Beta version available soon.

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.

ROBIN

Pre Seed Round in 2017
An Israeli award-winning Fintech startup that developed a financial marketplace and Robo-Advisor that revolutionizes the outdated retirement, insurance, and loans distribution channels by providing a custom user experience in order to democratize the way people manage their long-term financing. A marketplace & financial Robo-Advisor based on an advanced data-driven platform which uses a unique combination of sharp algorithm, data analytics, and machine learning to provide objective & personal financial services in a secured & transparent way. Robin Hood Pro created Robin. Robin is a mobile app that makes long-term financial planning and management easy. We offer services in the form of a Robo-advisor or human advisors according to the needs of each individual user, for insurance, loans, and retirement. We automatically aggregate all your information into one place and use our algorithms to find the best plan for you. After you’ve selected your plan, Robin helps you to stay on track each step of the way.

Cuvva

Seed Round in 2017
Cuvva Limited provides motor and travel insurances products through its mobile app. The company offers temporary car, pay monthly car, single trip travel, and learner driver insurance products. Cuvva Limited was incorporated in 2014 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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.

Cuvva

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Cuvva Limited provides motor and travel insurances products through its mobile app. The company offers temporary car, pay monthly car, single trip travel, and learner driver insurance products. Cuvva Limited was incorporated in 2014 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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.

Ovia Health

Seed Round in 2013
Ovia Health offers a comprehensive maternity and family benefits solution that transforms the way women and families are supported throughout the parenthood journey. The company is formerly known as Ovuline is making healthcare a lifestyle. Its mobile apps, Ovia Fertility and Ovia Pregnancy, have helped millions of women start their families and live healthier lives.

Ovia Health

Seed Round in 2013
Ovia Health offers a comprehensive maternity and family benefits solution that transforms the way women and families are supported throughout the parenthood journey. The company is formerly known as Ovuline is making healthcare a lifestyle. Its mobile apps, Ovia Fertility and Ovia Pregnancy, have helped millions of women start their families and live healthier lives.

Ovia Health

Seed Round in 2012
Ovia Health offers a comprehensive maternity and family benefits solution that transforms the way women and families are supported throughout the parenthood journey. The company is formerly known as Ovuline is making healthcare a lifestyle. Its mobile apps, Ovia Fertility and Ovia Pregnancy, have helped millions of women start their families and live healthier lives.