Slingshot raises $27M to make small insurance policies work at checkout

Founder Ethan Genteman is building software to connect checkout offers with insurers, with Rally Ventures and Skyward Group co-leading the seed round.

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Primary source: Crunchbase News

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Slingshot is raising capital around a specific constraint in embedded insurance: small premiums leave little room for manual administration. Its first program will test whether software can lower those costs, while a proposed insurer acquisition would move the company from enabling policies to potentially backing them.

Slingshot raises $27M to make small insurance policies work at checkout — Founder Ethan Genteman is building software to connect checkout offers with insurers, with Rally Ventures and Skyward Group co-leading the seed round.

Minneapolis-based Slingshot Insurance is emerging from stealth with a $27 million seed round to build software for insurance policies sold alongside other purchases. Crunchbase News reported that Rally Ventures and Skyward Group co-led the financing, with Rally also acting as a…

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