In the U.S., around 13% of greenhouse gases are spewed out of commercial and residential buildings. You’d be forgiven for scratching your head and asking why. If you tour a typical New York building, you’ll often find that the tech that runs deep in the underbellies of the brick-clad behemoths looks like the 1960s and […]
Ascend raises $5.5M to provide a BNPL option for commercial insurance
Ascend is moving insurance into the digital age by with a payments platform that combines financing, collections and payables.
Shepherd raises $6.2M seed round to tackle the construction insurance market
Shepherd fits into a theme of neoinsurance providers selling more to other companies than to consumers — and wagering on there being margin elsewhere in the insurance world to attack.
Human Interest raises $200M at a $1B valuation, plans for an IPO
Less than six months after raising $55 million in a Series C round of funding, SMB 401(k) provider Human Interest today announced it has raised $200 million in a round that propels it to unicorn status. The Rise Fund, TPG’s global impact investing platform, led the round and was joined by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. […]