investments

Susan Hatten, COO of BrokerTech Ventures

Susan Hatten, COO of BrokerTech Ventures

In this episode, Susan Hatten, COO of BrokerTech and a senior manager at Holmes Murphy, and Gilad Shai talk about BrokerTech Venture' 5 towers, the value that Cohort 2 brings to BTV and its partners, The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek, and "How I built it" podcast by Guy Raz.

Isaac Espinoza, Head of Reinsurance at Root

Isaac Espinoza, Head of Reinsurance at Root

In this episode, Isaac Espinoza, Head of Reinsurance at Root insurance, a Columbus, Ohio, based car insurance company that recently, October 28th, 2020, went public on the Nasdaq, and Gilad Shai talk about Root, SPAC&IPO, Grand Cayman, Reinsurance, Corporate venture capital (CVC) and investment.

… (insurTech startups) still in growth mode they do operate at a loss just like any startup is more likely going to do. But that's an area where InsurTech's face criticism. That and their rapid growth.

Andrew Johnston - Willis Re

Andrew Johnston - Willis Re

Andrew Johnston joins me from his new abode in Nashville, TN, to discuss InsurTech, investment, and shearing alpacas. Andrew's background is enthralling. He "sold" his Ph.d. to the UN, farmed sea cucumbers in Indonesia, and established Willis Re's InsurTech group.

..when is it [investments in InsurTech] going to burst? The answer is—it's really hard to know because if the terminology or the definition keeps getting wider and wider, then everything that is anything in our industry is going to be captured as an InsurTech investment.

Brian Anderson - Nationwide Ventures

Brian Anderson - Nationwide Ventures

In this episode, Brian Anderson and Gilad Shai talk about investments in #InsurTech startups. We warmed up the conversation with Patagonia (VC) vest and then moved to hotter topics as SPAC, the shift of capital from public to the private sector, 2020, 2021, and Brian Dawkins.

SPAC is just another way of raising capital. I think you can take a thematic view of companies that can't go IPO maybe SPAC is the right way.