Avanta Ventures

Avanta Ventures, LLC is a corporate venture capital firm established in 2017 and based in Mountain View, California. As a division of California State Auto Group, it focuses on investing in startups within the insurance technology sector and adjacent markets, including mobility, customer experience, connected home, artificial intelligence, analytics, and blockchain. Avanta Ventures aims to provide not only financial support but also industry expertise and resources to help startups accelerate their growth and achieve product-market fit. The firm offers a structured program, Avanta Studios, which includes funding and a curriculum tailored to enhance B2B engagement and practical learning through interaction with both internal and external experts.

Stephen Bernardez

Partner

Neda Blocho

Principal

Chris Campana

Associate

Esther Eller

Principal, Head of Avanta Studios

David Li

Principal

Past deals in Insurance

Companion Protect

Series A in 2024
Companion Protect is a national pet insurance and wellness program administrator that operates in a B2B and B2B2C model. It provides comprehensive dog and cat health coverage for accidents, illnesses, and wellness services through partnerships with property and casualty insurers, employee benefits providers, retailers, affinity groups, and animal welfare organizations. The company serves insurers and policyholders with pet health products delivered via a technology platform that aims to streamline the customer experience. Founded in 2015 and based in Topeka, Kansas, Companion Protect focuses on extending preventive care and treatments, including wellness exams, cancer therapies, surgeries, and other pet health services, along with coverage for accidents and emergencies, to help keep pets healthy.

Exponential Markets

Seed Round in 2024
Exponential Markets develops innovative tradable financial instruments for risk management across various asset classes. Its flagship product is the Exponential Used Vehicle Index, enabling hedging of used vehicle price risk for automotive sector participants.

Delos Insurance

Seed Round in 2023
Delos Insurance is a digital property insurer serving homeowners in catastrophe-prone regions where traditional carriers are scarce or expensive. The company addresses underwriting challenges driven by low-resolution catastrophe models that cause insurers to pull back from high-risk markets. Leveraging deep expertise in data science and aerospace engineering, Delos develops high-resolution catastrophe models and a home risk-rating system to improve risk assessment. Its platform combines climate and catastrophe modeling with patented artificial intelligence risk models to underwrite comprehensive policies and deliver risk-mitigation services where others have exited. By actively managing client risk and innovating on product design, Delos helps homeowners prepare for likely perils and obtain more reliable coverage in high-risk areas.

Companion Protect

Series A in 2023
Companion Protect is a national pet insurance and wellness program administrator that operates in a B2B and B2B2C model. It provides comprehensive dog and cat health coverage for accidents, illnesses, and wellness services through partnerships with property and casualty insurers, employee benefits providers, retailers, affinity groups, and animal welfare organizations. The company serves insurers and policyholders with pet health products delivered via a technology platform that aims to streamline the customer experience. Founded in 2015 and based in Topeka, Kansas, Companion Protect focuses on extending preventive care and treatments, including wellness exams, cancer therapies, surgeries, and other pet health services, along with coverage for accidents and emergencies, to help keep pets healthy.

Exponential Markets

Seed Round in 2023
Exponential Markets develops innovative tradable financial instruments for risk management across various asset classes. Its flagship product is the Exponential Used Vehicle Index, enabling hedging of used vehicle price risk for automotive sector participants.

Joyn Insurance

Series A in 2023
Joyn Insurance operates as a Managing General Agency, focusing on underwriting commercial insurance for small and mid-sized markets in the United States. The company leverages digital technology, data analytics, and automation to enhance the insurance process. Its offerings encompass underwriting for various types of commercial insurance, including general liability, property, and excess coverage. Joyn Insurance serves a diverse range of sectors, such as real estate, wholesale, manufacturing, and retail, providing businesses with tools to effectively manage their risks.

Kin Insurance

Series D in 2022
Kin Insurance, Inc. is a digital insurance agency that specializes in homeowners insurance and related products. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with an additional office in St. Petersburg, Florida, the company aims to enhance the convenience and affordability of insurance by operating directly with consumers, eliminating the need for external agents. Kin Insurance offers a variety of products, including homeowners, mobile home, condo, flood, and landlord insurance, among others. The company leverages extensive property data to ensure precise pricing and improve underwriting outcomes, providing personalized coverage options and efficient claims services through its technology-driven platform.

Motorq

Series B in 2022
Founded in 2016, Motorq is a cloud-based software company that enables enterprises like fleets, insurance companies, and governments to access connected vehicle data and analytics at scale. This empowers them to improve operations, expand services, and future-proof their vehicle data strategy.

Delos Insurance

Seed Round in 2021
Delos Insurance is a digital property insurer serving homeowners in catastrophe-prone regions where traditional carriers are scarce or expensive. The company addresses underwriting challenges driven by low-resolution catastrophe models that cause insurers to pull back from high-risk markets. Leveraging deep expertise in data science and aerospace engineering, Delos develops high-resolution catastrophe models and a home risk-rating system to improve risk assessment. Its platform combines climate and catastrophe modeling with patented artificial intelligence risk models to underwrite comprehensive policies and deliver risk-mitigation services where others have exited. By actively managing client risk and innovating on product design, Delos helps homeowners prepare for likely perils and obtain more reliable coverage in high-risk areas.

Blueprint Title

Series B in 2021
Blueprint Title specializes in modernizing title insurance and closing processes for residential real estate transactions. It coordinates transactions, issues title policies protecting buyers from past claims, offers a centralized dashboard for tracking documents, and provides flexible closing options.

InShare Services

Seed Round in 2021
InShare Services specializes in providing tailored risk management solutions for the Sharing Economy, particularly focusing on the final mile delivery sector. Founded by industry veterans with extensive experience in insurance and risk management, the company aims to address the unique challenges faced by operators in this space. InShare's platform enhances the claims experience, ensuring that vehicles are quickly returned to service while offering tools for risk management. Additionally, it recognizes and rewards operators with proven safety records, thereby supporting their success in the competitive final mile delivery market.

Cowbell Cyber

Series A in 2021
Cowbell Cyber develops an artificial intelligence powered platform that quantifies cyber risk for small and mid-sized businesses. It provides standalone cyber insurance designed to adapt to evolving threats, increase insurability, and give clear visibility into risk exposure. The platform combines inside-out data and advanced machine learning to assess insurable threats and support continuous underwriting, mapping risk exposures to potential losses. The company delivers a closed loop risk management approach that includes risk prevention, mitigation, incident preparedness and response services, helping policyholders manage cyber risk over time. Cowbell serves a range of industries and focuses on SMEs seeking easy to understand, individualized coverage that evolves with their risk profile.

Motorq

Series A in 2020
Founded in 2016, Motorq is a cloud-based software company that enables enterprises like fleets, insurance companies, and governments to access connected vehicle data and analytics at scale. This empowers them to improve operations, expand services, and future-proof their vehicle data strategy.

Kin Insurance

Series B in 2020
Kin Insurance, Inc. is a digital insurance agency that specializes in homeowners insurance and related products. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with an additional office in St. Petersburg, Florida, the company aims to enhance the convenience and affordability of insurance by operating directly with consumers, eliminating the need for external agents. Kin Insurance offers a variety of products, including homeowners, mobile home, condo, flood, and landlord insurance, among others. The company leverages extensive property data to ensure precise pricing and improve underwriting outcomes, providing personalized coverage options and efficient claims services through its technology-driven platform.

Kin Insurance

Convertible Note in 2019
Kin Insurance, Inc. is a digital insurance agency that specializes in homeowners insurance and related products. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with an additional office in St. Petersburg, Florida, the company aims to enhance the convenience and affordability of insurance by operating directly with consumers, eliminating the need for external agents. Kin Insurance offers a variety of products, including homeowners, mobile home, condo, flood, and landlord insurance, among others. The company leverages extensive property data to ensure precise pricing and improve underwriting outcomes, providing personalized coverage options and efficient claims services through its technology-driven platform.
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