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Newfront Announces $200M Series D at a $2.2Bn Valuation

Congratulations to Newfront for raising $200M!

Newfront, “the modern insurance brokerage platform,” announced a $200 million investment at a $2.2 billion valuation led by the Growth Equity business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management and B Capital. Additional investors in the round include Founders Fund, Meritech Capital, Y Combinator, Index Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, XYZ, Susa Ventures, PruVen Capital, Propel, Vetamer Capital, Altai , Tony Xu CEO of Doordash, and others.

Founded in 2017, the San Francisco-based company provides business insurance and employee benefits, and it also has a private client offering. Last year Newfront announced an agreement to merge with ABD Insurance and Financial Services, which offers risk management, insurance brokerage, human resources, and retirement solutions. The combined company serves over 10,000 clients and place $2Bn+ in premiums annually.

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Cowbell Cyber Raises $100M to Continue Expansion into SME Market

With increasing occurrences of cyber crime globally, PruVen is proud to announce our latest investment in Cowbell Cyber, a cyber insurer offering standalone, admitted, individualized, and easy-to-understand cyber insurance to small and mid-size enterprises.

Cowbell plans to use this funding to continue scaling the companies' growth after a 40x increase in premiums over the past year, including investing in its data science and risk engineering, as well as underwriting tech, claims management, reinsurance and expanding its go-to-market channels.

Read more about it here.

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Contabilizei Announces $63M Series C

PruVen is proud to share our latest investment in Contabilizei, Brazil's leading developer of online accounting, tax reporting and accounting automation services for SMBs. Replacing manual accounting practices with a proprietary web and mobile-enabled service.

Contabilizei represents our second investment in Brazil and Latin America along with our investment in Pismo, and we’re excited to continue partnering with the amazing companies being built throughout the region.

Read more about it here.

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