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Samos Insurance (YC W22) — Accidental death insurance for surgery

Samos sells accidental death insurance for individuals undergoing surgery. Just like travel insurance but covering a hospital stay.

Samos Insurance is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2022 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Accidental Death Insurance for Surgery. The founder listed is Leon Punambolam (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, March 20, 2022).

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Samos Insurance

New accelerator entry · 2022-03-20 · the record

Winter 2022
batch
6
people
Early
stage
Canada
region
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2022
Announced2022-03-20
StageEarly
StatusActive
Team size6
IndustryFintech
Sub-industryFintech -> Insurance
SectorsFintech, Consumer Health Services, Health Tech, Healthcare, Insurance
RegionsCanada, America / Canada, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedKitchener, ON, Canada
HiringNo
Sitehttps://www.samos.insure
Founded2021
Previously known asFive1Nine

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Samos sells accidental death insurance for individuals undergoing surgery. Just like travel insurance but covering a hospital stay.

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