The Future of Insurtech with Travis Hedge and Nick Shalek




Village Global's Venture Stories show

Summary: Travis Hedge (@the_hedgefund), co-founder of Vouch Insurance, and Nick Shalek (@nshalek), partner at Ribbit Capital, join Erik Torenberg and Lucas Bagno to discuss:<br><br>- How Vouch came to be and their vision to be insurance for the innovation economy from inception to IPO.<br><br>- What Travis and Nick are most excited about in insurtech.<br><br>- The enormity of the market and the fact that there are so few entrepreneurs with the ability to build in the space.<br><br>- How companies can grow the size of the market and why this has led to investors missing out on companies like Coalition.<br><br>- Requests for startups in the space, including opportunities in crypto.<br><br>- Why it’s never too early to have a board if you’re building in insurtech, even if it’s a synthetic one.<br><br>Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. <br><br>Check us out on the web at <a href="http://www.villageglobal.vc" rel="noopener">www.villageglobal.vc</a> or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.<br><br>Want to get updates from us? Subscribe to get a peek inside the Village. We’ll send you reading recommendations, exclusive event invites, and commentary on the latest happenings in Silicon Valley. <a href="http://www.villageglobal.vc/signup" rel="noopener">www.villageglobal.vc/signup</a>