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Startup insurance provider Vouch raises $90M, now valued at $550M
September 10, 2021 by Mary Ann Azevedo
This post is by Mary Ann Azevedo from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch
Vouch, a provider of business insurance to startups and high-growth companies, announced today it has raised $90 million in new funding.
The $90 million figure was raised across two rounds: a $60 million Series C co-led by SVB Capital (a subsidiary of Silicon Valley Bank) and Ribbit Capital that values the company at $550 million, and a previously unannounced $30 million Series B1 led by Redpoint Ventures.
With the latest financing, San Francisco-based Vouch has now raised a total of $160 million since its 2018 inception. Other investors include Allegis Group, Sound Ventures and SiriusPoint.
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While there are many insurance technology companies out there that serve consumers, there are far fewer that offer it to companies, much less startups. Vouch describes itself as "a new kind of insurance platform" for startups that offers fully digital, "tailored coverage that takes minutes to activate."
Over the past year, Vouch has seen impressive growth. The company declined to reveal hard revenue figures, but said it saw "7x" increase in its customer base year over year and currently protects over $5.7 billion in risk across thousands of policies. Today, Vouch has more than 1,600 clients, including Pipe, Middesk, Neighbor and Routable. It is also the "preferred" business insurance provider to the customers of Silicon Valley Bank, Brex, Carta and WeWork. Y Combinator too also refers Vouch to its portfolio companies.
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