Tech Company Financing Transactions
Ethos Funding Round
Ethos, based in San Francisco, received $35 million in investment from Accel Partners, GV and Roc Nation.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
10/31/2018
Transaction Type
Debt
Venture Equity
Venture Equity
Amount
$35,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors
Accel Partners (Lead Investor) (Nate Niparko)
Sequoia Capital (Roelof Botha)
Proceeds Purpose
The new round of financing will help the company serve growing demand from customers, and accelerate its mission to transform the $955 billion life insurance market into a more modern, digitally-driven industry.
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
InsureTech
Mailing Address
460 Bryant St. 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94107
USA
San Francisco, CA 94107
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
Almost all life insurance is sold through commissioned insurance agents. An agent's time is money, so they focus on selling expensive policies to wealthy people. We believe that life insurance should be affordable and accessible, because it protects families when they are most vulnerable.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
Facebook
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Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Peter Colis
Chief Technical Officer
Lingke Wang
Vice President
Philip Murphy
VP - Engineering
Vipul Sharma
VP - Finance
David Zhang
VP - Operations
Brittany Yoon
VP - Product Management
Gokul Dhingra
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