# Newfront: Commercial, San Francisco, United States

> Newfront: Newfront is an insurance company that provides risk control, risk analytics, and benchmarking claims advocacy. Based in San Francisco, United States.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/startup/newfront (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Commercial startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Newfront

Newfront is an insurance company that provides risk control, risk analytics, and benchmarking claims advocacy.

Funding reported Last round: Series D

Commercial San Francisco, United States

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2017 9 years old
- **Team:** 501 201 to 1,000 people
- **Funding reported:** $310M in dollars
- **Last round:** Series D Apr 2022

How sure we are

- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

No round for Newfront has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)

## What company datasets say Newfront raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **$310M** in dollars

Rounds **6**

Last round **Series D**

Last round date **Apr 2022**

Investors listed **26**

Valuation **$2.0B, Oct 2024**

Y Combinator **W18**

## Founders and team

From Newfront's own website: 2 founders, 17 on the team.

**Spike Lipkin** Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

**Gordon Wintrob** Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

- **Brian Hetherington** President
- **Darren Brown** President of Total Rewards
- **Rod Sockolov** President of Business Insurance & Private Client Services
- **Aaron Forth** Chief Product Officer
- **Alex Ip** Chief Financial Officer
- **Jonathan Young** General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
- **Paige Maisonet** Chief People Officer
- **Deirdre Finn** Head of Executive Risk Solutions Practice
- **Ed Cha** Head of Global Insurance
- **Frannie Epps** Head of Service - Business Insurance
- **Greg Kaplan** Head of Retirement Services
- **Holly Long** Head of Private Client Services
- **Jenni Ellis** Head of Service - Total Rewards
- **Jennifer Wilson** Head of Cyber Practice
- **Keith VanderZanden** Head of Wholesale Benefits
- **Kurt de Grosz** Executive Chairman
- **Linde Hotchkiss** Southwest Regional Managing Director

## On 9 portfolio pages

Investors who name them

- [Propel Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/propel-venture-partners)
- [Interplay](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interplay)
- [Annox Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/annox-capital)
- [PruVen Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pruven-capital)
- [Chemistry](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chemistry)
- [Kivu Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kivu-ventures)
- [Conduit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conduit)
- [Altai Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/altai-ventures)
- [Max Mullen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/max-mullen)

Each firm lists Newfront on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source.

## The company, in detail

What they build

- **Sector:** Commercial
- **Part of:** Willis Towers Watson
- **Full record:** [Every detail in the company directory](https://millionrounds.com/directory/newfront)

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