In this episode, Silas Mahner (@silasmahner) speaks w/ Stephen Brittain from Insurtech Gateway (@Ideas_Gateway). They are incubating Impact Risk Mitigation and Insurance Companies / Products. On the back end, they invest and connect these companies with partners in the insurance space and other VCs. Today's conversation is a bit high-level but has many great insights. Enjoy the Episode! 🌎📺 👀 Prefer to watch: subscribe on YouTube.📫 Interested in written summaries and takeaways from the episode? Subscribe to the newsletter. Want to be part of the community and engage further? Check out the Slack Channel. https://tinyurl.com/mwkn8zk5Topics: **2:29 Intro**7:05 What Insurtech Gateway is (this is the section that will be swapped with the second recording)**12:26 How insurance works and what they are doing differently**19:13 How they identify the right CO's**27:21 How to determine which areas to work on**32:20 The process of finding founders and taking them through the incubation process**43:46 FloodFlash**53:13 Preventing ahead of issues**54:42 Smoothing out the price issues**1:01:04 What milestones need to be hit to really go onto Series A**1:06:49 How insurance factories are partnering with these startups**1:10:55 Who he wants to meet Links: **Stephen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenbrittain/**Insurtech Gateway: https://www.insurtechgateway.com/**wavepartners.com/">Check out our Sponsor, NextWave Partners: wavepartners.com/">https://www.next-wavepartners.com/**Follow CleanTechies on LinkedIn: **HMU on Twitter: @silasmahnerOther episodes you might enjoy:**Most Recent Episode: How to not be Another Failed Green Plastics Chemistry Company, Refugee shelters, & Selling to Producers, not Brands w/ Alex Blum (Applied Bioplastics)**Similar Topic: The Future of Clean Energy, Materials/Mfg, & the Circular Economy with Author, Peter Leyden**Something Totally Different: #29 - Gridware | Improving Grid/Transmission Infrastructure with IoT

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