$600,000 in funding for the Sharesies of insurance

“That’s what we’re trying to solve: one place to really take back control and put customers in the driver’s seat.”

Fri, 05 Mar 2021

A start-up that wants to be the Sharesies of insurance has raised $600,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by Icehouse Ventures.Quashed is a free browser-based platform where customers upload all their insurance plans and documents. The single-page interface then relays key information about the number of plans, money spent, renewal dates, and more to give people a better view of their spending. The platform then uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to pore over customers’ policies and compare them to others on the marke...

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