American Family Ventures
Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
Madison, United States
Countries of investment
- United States
Investment stages
- Seed
- Series A
Industries
- Insurtech
- Fintech
- Data & AI
- Cybersecurity
- Property tech
- Climate resilience
About
American Family Ventures is a Madison, Wisconsin-based corporate venture capital firm focused on insurtech and data analytics. Their focus spans the United States. The firm supports founders from seed through Series A stages.
American Family Ventures is a Madison, Wisconsin-based corporate venture capital firm focused on insurtech and data analytics. Their focus spans the United States. The firm supports founders from seed through Series A stages.
Investment Thesis
American Family Ventures is the venture arm of American Family Insurance, investing seed-to-Series A in insurtech, data/analytics, and future-of-work startups. The firm differentiates itself through direct access to a top-10 US personal lines insurer's distribution and claims data.
Manager's Experience
One of the earliest insurer CVCs, launched in 2013 in Madison, Wisconsin by American Family Insurance and led by Managing Director Dan Reed. Has raised successive funds in the $150–200M range, with American Family as anchor and select outside LPs. Notable early wins include Ring (acquired by Amazon) and Root. (Fund sizes and leadership unverified.)
Team
Brittany Clements-Managing Director
Dan Reed-Founder & Managing Director
Kyle Beatty-Managing Director
Amanda Joseph-Team Member
Portfolio
Ring
Root Insurance
Networked Insights
Bright Health