MARKET NOTES / 001UNITED STATES / SAN FRANCISCO / USAGE BASED INSURANCE
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Usage Based Insurance.
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Dataset through 22 May 2026 · calculated 14 Sep 2026
01 / THE SHORTLIST LAB

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6 backers based in San Francisco are shown by default. Compare up to three.

6 of 32 selected backers · San Francisco only

Shows investors whose recorded city is San Francisco. Unknown cities are excluded. Market charts cover all investor locations.

Theme filtering selects backers of companies carrying that theme tag. Entry-stage filtering selects backers with an entry at that stage; the two matches may be different companies. Row metrics describe their entire dated Usage Based Insurance history in San Francisco.

Selected investors ranked by distinct companies backed, with first-entry financing and recent activity.
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02 / THE MARKET READ

Activity is a better starting point
than a long list of names.

Latest 24 months: after 22 May 2024 through 22 May 2026.

RECENT PARTICIPATION
23

Backers in a recent round

20 added at least one new company in this market. The remainder participated only in companies they had already backed here.

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MARKET PACE
7

Distinct equity rounds

Across 6 companies, versus 6 rounds in the preceding 24 months. Each company round is counted once.

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EARLY FINANCING
28.6%

Rounds at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed

2 of 7 recent rounds. Compare your stage with its own financing range before sizing the ask.

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NEW RELATIONSHIPS
77%

Participations were first entries

20 first investor–company relationships out of 26 participations. The other 6 were later rounds together.

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Build a syndicate beyond the city.

Of 23 recently active backers, 3 have a recorded San Francisco location and 18 are based elsewhere. Location is missing for 2. Search by market experience first, then investigate the people and their remit.

Match the whole round to your plan.

Recent Seed rounds have a median size of $4.7M, across 1 disclosed amounts. That is total company financing. An individual investor’s cheque or available capital is not disclosed here.

03 / EMERGING THEMES

Which themes are gaining share?

Follow financing activity across the company classifications represented in this market.

Latest four complete quarters: 01 Apr 2025–31 Mar 2026 · 1 market rounds, versus 5 in the preceding four quarters.

EARLY SIGNAL

Internet First Insurance Platforms

+20.0 pp

1 of 1 recent rounds (100.0%), versus 4 of 5 (80.0%).

Small sample: 1 rounds across 1 companies. Treat this as a theme to monitor.

EARLY SIGNAL

Insurance It

+20.0 pp

1 of 1 recent rounds (100.0%), versus 4 of 5 (80.0%).

Small sample: 1 rounds across 1 companies. Treat this as a theme to monitor.

EARLY SIGNAL

Insurance Underwriting And Risk Management

+20.0 pp

1 of 1 recent rounds (100.0%), versus 4 of 5 (80.0%).

Small sample: 1 rounds across 1 companies. Treat this as a theme to monitor.

EARLY SIGNAL

Internet First Insurers

+60.0 pp

1 of 1 recent rounds (100.0%), versus 2 of 5 (40.0%).

Small sample: 1 rounds across 1 companies. Treat this as a theme to monitor.

SPIKE DETECTION

Look beyond the headline total.

Share of market roundsPrior four-quarter shareDetected spike

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Internet First Insurance Platforms: quarterly share of recorded equity roundsSolid line: share of market rounds. Dashed line: share over the previous four complete quarters. Rings mark rule-based spikes. Shading marks a partial quarter, excluded from detection. 0%25%50%75%100% Partial 2020Q1 2020: 1 / 1 rounds, 100%Q2 2020: 1 / 1 rounds, 100%2021Q1 2021: 3 / 3 rounds, 100%Q2 2021: 2 / 2 rounds, 100%Q3 2021: 2 / 2 rounds, 100%Q4 2021: 0 / 1 rounds, 0%2022Q2 2022: 3 / 3 rounds, 100%Q3 2022: 1 / 1 rounds, 100%Q4 2022: 2 / 2 rounds, 100%2023Q2 2023: 1 / 1 rounds, 100%Q3 2023: 0 / 1 rounds, 0%2024Q1 2024: 1 / 1 rounds, 100%Q3 2024: 1 / 1 rounds, 100%Q4 2024: 0 / 1 rounds, 0%2025Q1 2025: 3 / 3 rounds, 100%Q4 2025: 1 / 1 rounds, 100%2026Q2 2026: 1 / 1 rounds, 100%

Q1 2026 · 0 of 0 market rounds · 0 companies · —% share. No spike under the published rule.

Select a dot to inspect the exact count and baseline. The partial quarter through 22 May 2026 is shown but cannot trigger a spike.

The theme shift, year by year.

Share of all recorded Usage Based Insurance rounds in San Francisco. Each cell also gives its theme-round count.

Theme shares and round counts by calendar year. 2026 is partial through 22 May 2026.
Investment theme2020202120222023202420252026*
100.0%2 / 287.5%7 / 8100.0%6 / 650.0%1 / 266.7%2 / 3100.0%4 / 4100.0%1 / 1
100.0%2 / 262.5%5 / 850.0%3 / 6100.0%2 / 266.7%2 / 375.0%3 / 4100.0%1 / 1
100.0%2 / 250.0%4 / 850.0%3 / 6100.0%2 / 266.7%2 / 375.0%3 / 4100.0%1 / 1
100.0%2 / 287.5%7 / 8100.0%6 / 650.0%1 / 233.3%1 / 375.0%3 / 40.0%0 / 1
100.0%2 / 250.0%4 / 833.3%2 / 650.0%1 / 233.3%1 / 350.0%2 / 40.0%0 / 1
0.0%0 / 212.5%1 / 80.0%0 / 650.0%1 / 233.3%1 / 30.0%0 / 40.0%0 / 1
0.0%0 / 212.5%1 / 80.0%0 / 650.0%1 / 233.3%1 / 30.0%0 / 40.0%0 / 1
0.0%0 / 212.5%1 / 80.0%0 / 650.0%1 / 233.3%1 / 30.0%0 / 40.0%0 / 1

*2026 is partial. Company themes use the tags available in this dataset, applied to historical rounds; they do not date when a business adopted a technology. Themes overlap, so shares do not add to 100%. Each company round is counted once within a theme. These charts cover investors from all locations; the shortlist keeps its own location filter.

How a spike is detected

A complete quarter is flagged when its theme share is at least 1.75× the share across the preceding four quarters and at least 5 percentage points higher. It must contain at least 3 theme rounds across 3 companies, at least 10 market rounds, and at least 3 theme rounds in the baseline. All four baseline quarters must have market observations. A zero baseline, missing observations or partial quarter cannot produce a flag.

This is a transparent screening rule, not a statistical significance test or a forecast. A higher share can accompany fewer rounds when the wider market contracts; the counts beside the chart make that distinction visible.

04 / THE DEPTH MAP

One appearance, or a pattern?

129 of 139 backers with dated histories appear in just one company. Select a cell to explore the directory.

Backers by type and number of distinct Usage Based Insurance companies backed in San Francisco, all dated history.
Portfolio breadth here1 company2 companies3–56–1011+
Firms & institutions
Individual angels

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05 / ROUND DESIGN

Different stages. Different capital.

Recent equity rounds · 24-month window.
Amounts are in USD.

StageDistinct roundsMedian / middle half
Seed
2
$4.7M$4.7M–$4.7M1 disclosed · small sample
Series A
3
$8.0M$6.3M–$13M3 disclosed · small sample
Series D
1
$180M$180M–$180M1 disclosed · small sample
Series E+
1
$30M$30M–$30M1 disclosed · small sample
06 / FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE

The most recent recorded rounds.

Distinct company rounds.
Named backers are shown lead-first.

Series A

Provider of AI platform for commercial insurance brokers, MGAs, and wholesalers

$17M total equity round
5 named backers

Permanent Capital · Dash Fund · Fika Ventures · SignalFire · TTV Capital

Series D

Cloud based cyber risk analytics and insurance underwriting solutions for the insurance industry

$180M total equity round
4 named backers

Spectrum Equity · ForgePoint Capital · Hudson Structured Capital Management · MTech Capital

Seed

Provider of AI platform for commercial insurance brokers, MGAs, and wholesalers

$4.7M total equity round
3 named backers

Fika Ventures · Dash Fund · TTV Capital

Series E+

Online property and casualty insurance platform for businesses

$30M total equity round
1 named backer

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance

Series A

Property and casualty insurance for restaurant businesses

$8.0M total equity round
1 named backer

Zigg Capital

Series A

Provider of AI-powered property risk assessment and underwriting solutions

$4.6M total equity round
4 named backers

LDV Capital · Alumni Ventures · Foothill Ventures · Pear VC

07 / READING THE ATLAS

What these patterns can tell you.

The market boundary

Recorded equity rounds for companies tagged Usage Based Insurance and located in San Francisco. Investor headquarters may be elsewhere. Company sector and location reflect the available company records, not necessarily the location or sector at the investment date.

The time boundary

Data coverage ends 22 May 2026. The latest market round is 13 May 2026. There are 0 undated participations, excluded from timing metrics. Activity after the cutoff is unknown.

The relationship boundary

“New” is the first dated relationship between a backer and a company in this market. “Backed again” requires a later dated round together. A first observed entry may follow an earlier unrecorded investment.

The financing boundary

Amounts describe entire equity rounds, not personal cheques, fund capacity or returns. Medians exclude missing and non-positive amounts; the middle half spans the 25th–75th percentiles. A recorded investment does not establish current availability.

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Calculated 14 Sep 2026 · 32 investor histories to explore