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Newfront (YC W18) — Modern insurance brokerage

Newfront is building the modern insurance brokerage. Transparent data delivered real-time translates into a lower total cost of risk and greater insights.

Newfront is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2018 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Modern insurance brokerage. The founders listed are Spike Lipkin (Founder/CEO), Gordon Wintrob (Founder/CTO) (Y Combinator directory entry, May 2, 2017).

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Newfront

New accelerator entry · 2017-05-02 · the record

Winter 2018
batch
800
people
Growth
stage
United States of America
region
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2018
Announced2017-05-02
StageGrowth
StatusAcquired
Team size800
IndustryFintech
Sub-industryFintech -> Insurance
SectorsFintech, Insurance
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttps://www.newfront.com/
Previously known asAbe, Newfront Insurance (FKA Abe), Newfront Insurance (was Abe)

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Newfront is building the modern insurance brokerage. Transparent data delivered real-time translates into a lower total cost of risk and greater insights. We work with 20% of US unicorns, 100s of YC startups, and 150+ public companies on their Business Insurance and Total Rewards. Headquartered in San Francisco, Newfront has more than 800 colleagues and offices throughout the US.

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