NFP Ventures

Corporate VC New York, United States · Founded 2018

NFP Ventures invests in early-stage technology companies across digital health, insurtech, and fintech where risk, cost, and outcomes converge. The fund leverages NFP's extensive distribution networks and corporate relationships to accelerate market traction for its portfolio.

About NFP Ventures

NFP Ventures is the corporate venture arm of NFP, a major US insurance broker and benefits consulting firm, deploying strategic capital into companies that align with NFP’s core businesses across insurance, employee benefits, and wealth management. The strategic logic is to find technology partners and acquisition candidates that strengthen NFP’s distribution and service capabilities rather than to build a financial-return-only portfolio. Healthcare exposure is real and meaningful, concentrated in employee health benefits, benefits administration, employer-sponsored health programs, and the broader benefits-tech ecosystem rather than clinical care, therapeutics, or provider workflow. AI focus is selective and applied, with interest in AI that improves benefits enrollment, claims management, and member engagement. Stage is typically Series A through growth, with check sizes plausibly in the USD 2M to USD 10M range, often paired with strategic distribution access through NFP’s broker network. This is the wrong door for clinical-only digital health, therapeutics, or any healthcare company without a clear employer-benefits use case. It is a strong strategic fit for benefits-tech and employer-health companies that would benefit from the largest broker channels in the US. Entry path is a warm introduction through NFP’s innovation team or a broker-network relationship; founders should be ready to discuss specific benefits use cases, a credible distribution play, and a clear point of view on managing strategic-investor dynamics.

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Team

Shawn Ellis
Managing Partner / Founder
Adam Blumencranz
Partner
Michael Peri
Partner
Paul Schnell
Investment Committee Member
Christi Newsom Byron
Investment Committee Member

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