American Family Ventures

Westlake Village, California-based Avinew, an Insurtech company focused on autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles, announced it has raised $5 million in seed funding. Crosscut Ventures led the round, with additional participation from American Family Ventures, Draper Frontier and RPM Ventures. The company was founded in 2016.

TicketGuardian, an insurtech company focused on the live events space, has secured $8 million in Series A funding. American Family Ventures and IA Capital Group led the round.

Chicago-based IngeniousIO, a newly launched company that manages construction projects, has secured $4 million in funding. American Family Ventures led the round.

Boston-based Vesper, an advanced sensor company, has raised $23 million in Series B funding. American Family Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Accomplice, Amazon Alexa Fund, Baidu, Bose Ventures, Hyperplane, Sands Capital, Shure, Synaptics and ZZ Capital.

LeaseLock said it raised $10 million of Series A capital in a round led by Wildcat Venture Partners and joined by Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, American Family Ventures and Moderne Ventures.

Folsom, California-based One Inc, a provider of cloud-based software and payments solutions for the insurance industry, has raised $15.5 million in financing. American Family Ventures and Centana Growth Partners led the round with participation from previous backers AXA Strategic Ventures and MassMutual Ventures.

Andrew Aldrich has joined American Family Ventures as a principal, according to an email and Aldrich’s LinkedIn page. https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewaldrich/ Aldrich was previously a director at AXA Equitable, his LinkedIn page said. His focus at American Family will remain insurance, fintech, IoT and Data, the email said.

Portland, Oregon-based rental marketplace Cozy has raised $8.45 million in Series B funding, according to a blog post https://cozy.co/blog/our-next-step-cozy-series-b-funding/ on its site. American Family Ventures led the round with participation from previous investors that included Social Capital and General Catalyst.

QED Investors led the round.

MSD Partners led the round, with participation from other investors, including American Family Ventures.

Branch raised a Series C round from Weatherford Capital, SignalFire, Greycroft and other VCs in May 2022.

Pendella Technologies, an insurtech company, has closed $5.2 million in Series Seed-2 funding.

Hometap, a provider of a smart, new loan alternative for tapping into home equity without taking on debt, has raised $60 million in funding.

Sana, a provider of health insurance for small and midsize businesses, has secured $20 million in funding.

Branch Insurance, a home and auto insurance startup, has secured $50 million in Series B funding.

Gradient AI, an enterprise software provider of artificial intelligence solutions in the insurance technology space, has raised $20 million in Series B financing.