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PIE INSURANCE NAMED TO THE 2021 CB INSIGHTS FINTECH 250 LIST OF TOP FINTECH STARTUPS
Denver, CO (October 6, 2021) - Pie Insurance (“Pie”), a leading tech-enabled provider of workers’ compensation insurance to small businesses, today announced that CB Insights named Pie to its fourth annual Fintech 250, a prestigious list of emerging private companies working on groundbreaking financial technology. This year’s list was unveiled on stage at CB Insights’ Future of Fintech conference in New York City. “This is the fourth class of the Fintech 250, and it’s also the most international, representing 26 countries. These 250 fintech startups are attacking an incredibly diverse array of financial services opportunities across 19 sectors, including digital banking, insurance, payroll, retail investing, and more,” said CB Insights CEO Anand Sanwal. “After being named to the CB Insights Fintech 250 last year, the 2020 class saw 17 companies go public and 25 get acquired. They also went on to raise over $25B in additional financing and forged more than 380 new partnerships after being recognized. The Fintech 250 has a history of spotlighting the very best fintech companies, and this year is no different. We’re excited to see how these fintech startups disrupt and transform financial services in the years ahead.” “We are honored to be named to this year’s Fintech 250 class by CB Insights,” said John Swigart, cofounder and CEO of Pie. “There has been incredible innovation across the entire insurance sector in 2021. We value the recognition Pie has received for our growth and use of technology to support our mission of empowering small businesses to thrive by making commercial insurance affordable and as easy as pie.” Through an evidence-based approach, the CB Insights Intelligence Unit selected the Fintech 250 from a pool of over 17,000 companies, including applicants and nominees. They were chosen based on several factors, including data submitted by the companies, company business models and momentum in the market, and Mosaic scores, CB Insights’ proprietary algorithm that measures the overall health and growth potential of private companies. 30 | NOVEMBER 2021 |
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ABOUT CB INSIGHTS - CB Insights builds software that enables the world’s best companies to discover, understand, and make technology decisions with confidence. By marrying data, expert insights, and work management tools, clients manage their endto-end technology decision-making process on CB Insights. To learn more, please visit www.cbinsights. com. ABOUT PIE - Pie is leveraging technology to transform how small businesses buy and experience commercial insurance, with the goal of making it affordable and as easy as pie. Pie’s intense focus on granular, sophisticated pricing and data-driven customer segmentation enables Pie to match price with risk accurately across a broad spectrum of small business types, which allows Pie to offer more affordable insurance to small business owners. Since 2017, Pie has received over $300M in funding and commitments for future funding, grown its gross written premium to over $100M, and partnered with over 1,000 agencies nationwide.
ACUITY DONATES $50,000 TO TEAM RUBICON
Sheboygan, WI (October 10, 2021) - Acuity announced that it has donated $50,000 to Team Rubicon. Team Rubicon’s mission is providing relief to those affected by disaster, no matter when or where it strikes. “We are honored to support Team Rubicon and the important service it provides. Our missions align in rebuilding shattered lives,” said Ben Salzmann, Acuity President and CEO. As the fastest growing disaster response organization, Team Rubicon’s over 150,000 volunteers, comprised primarily of military veterans, have responded to nearly 1,000 disasters in the U.S. and around the world. By pairing the skills and experiences of military veterans with first responders, medical professionals, and technology solutions, Team Rubicon aims to provide the greatest service and impact possible. Acuity Insurance, headquartered in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, insures over 125,000 businesses, including 300,000 commercial vehicles, and nearly a half million homes and private passenger autos across 29 states. Rated A+ by A.M. Best and S&P, Acuity employs over 1,500 people.
