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Avanta Ventures

VC
Mountain View, CAWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$1.0M – $3.0M

AUM

$300M

Portfolio

28+ companies

Team

7 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2022Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Avanta Ventures invests in early-stage startups at the intersection of next-gen insurance and mobility solutions.

Meet the Team

SP

Sanjiv Parikh

Managing Partner

Insurtech
Mobility
Risk-adjacent sectors
Applied AI
Cybersecurity
Fintech
KB

Kyle Beatty

Managing Partner

Mobility
Automotive Services
SB

Steve Bernardez

Partner

Mobility
Insurtech
Fintech
Cybersecurity
IoT
Applied AI
DL

David Li

Principal

Mobility
Insurtech
Fintech
NB

Neda Blocho

Principal & Head of Studios

Insurtech
Mobility
Early-stage startups
Acceleration/Studios
EE

Esther Eller

Principal

insurtech startup acceleration
product-market fit
B2B engagement
startup studio programs
SB

Stephen Bernardez

Partner

mobility
insurtech
AI
smart home IoT
distributed ledger / blockchain

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML

Does Not Invest In

Consumer apps
Healthcare

Portfolio Companies (28)

2022

FA

Fairmatic

InsurTech·Series A

2021

SU

Super

Home Services/InsurTech·Series C
CA

Cambridge Mobile Telematics

Telematics/InsurTech·Growth Stage

2020

NE

Nexar

Automotive/InsurTech·Series B
MA

Matic Insurance

InsurTech·Series B

Other

BL

Blueprint Title

Real Estate Tech·Seed

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Blueprint Title offers a modern approach to title insurance and closings. With digitally native tools, process improvement, and transparent pricing, they tackle the antiquated title industry head-on.

CA

CAPE

InsurTech·Seed

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

CAPE offers an AI driven risk management platform for insurance companies. Applying machine vision on top of geospatial imaging, the company creates an accurate understanding of properties to reduce and manage risk.

CA

Car IQ

Fintech·Seed

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Car IQ is a payment gateway for fleet managers that enables autonomous validation and payment for services, removing credit cards from service and payment workflows. Car IQ’s dynamic vehicle identity management capabilities enable data governance at the vehicle level eliminating vehicle expense fraud.

CO

Companion Protect

InsurTech·Seed

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Companion Protect is a national B2B2C pet insurance and pet wellness program administrator that leverages its innovative PALS® platform to provide insurers and pet owners with a seamless, user-friendly pet insurance and wellness experience.

CO

Cowbell Cyber

Cybersecurity·Series A

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Cowbell Cyber is an insurance MGA that delivers standalone, state-admitted cyber insurance. Cowbell makes cyber insurance easy. Our AI-powered continuous underwriting platform maps threats and risk exposure to coverages and enables agents to deliver policies tailored to the unique needs of each customer in less than 5 minutes.

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