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Back to news homeAscend raises $5.5M to provide a BNPL option for commercial insurance
Ascend on Wednesday announced a $5.5 million seed round to further its insurance payments platform that combines financing, collections and payables. First Round Capital led the round and was joined […]
What happens when Wall Street falls out of love with your sector?
It’s been an awful week for public neoinsurance companies. A subsector of the larger insurtech world, neoinsurance providers tackled a number of insurance categories using a blend of modern app […]
A lot of cash and little love: An insurtech story
What happens when the market gives you a ton of money and then swipes left? Alex Wilhelm 9 hours Hippo began to trade earlier this week after completing its SPAC […]
Fifth Wall’s Brendan Wallace and Hippo’s Assaf Wand discuss proptech’s biggest opportunities
What is the biggest opportunity for proptech founders? How should they think about competition, strategic investment versus top-tier VC firms and how to build their board? What about navigating regulation? […]
Fifth Wall’s Brendan Wallace and Hippo’s Assaf Wand are joining us on Extra Crunch Live
As the world changes rapidly, so too do the most traditional of industries. That includes property tech and insurtech. Luckily for us, two of the top minds in those spaces […]
The technology selloff is getting to be somewhat material
Tech stocks are getting hammered today, with previously high-flying shares of software companies taking even more damage. For a sector that has enjoyed a year in the sun, recent trading […]
As more insurtech offerings loom, CEO Dan Preston discusses MetroMile’s SPAC-led debut
MetroMile began trading as a public company yesterday. Its exit from the private market was accelerated by its decision to combine with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. Such […]