Allianz Life Ventures
We invest in innovative technology startups that align with our core business and financial goals
Financial strength
Allianz Life provides risk management solutions including wealth management, annuity, and life insurance products to millions of contract owners. We’re also known for innovative financial products that help address today’s risks to retirement security, such as longevity, inflation, and market volatility.
Global presence
We’re proud to be a part of Allianz SE, a global financial services group founded in Germany in 1890. With more than 125 million customers, today Allianz SE is one of the largest companies, insurers, and asset managers in the world.
Market insights
We’ll help you connect with top industry talent specializing in consumer insights, regulatory impact, financial trends, and more. As a part of the Allianz global network, our investments help promote entrepreneurship and digital transformation in the financial services industry, and our professionals can help startup companies build and support innovative technologies.
Our investment philosophy
We have a simple investment philosophy – we make investments in companies with market traction and a demonstrated ability to drive innovation.
Investing is more than a transaction for us – it’s a mutually beneficial relationship. Our initial investment size typically ranges from $500,000 to $5 million, and we’re active in all investment stages – from seed and early stage to growth – of companies operating within North America.
Our focus is on startups in these areas:
Core business needs
We’re looking for investments or partnerships that provide innovative solutions in support of our current business needs and opportunities.
Emerging markets and technologies
We’re in search of investments that provide early reads on emerging markets or technologies and options for future business growth beyond our existing initiatives.
Growth opportunities
We’re seeking investment or partnerships that support our growth strategies, including life insurance, employer markets, advisory channels, and retiree services.
Our portfolio
Meet some of our current portfolio companies.
Accern
Accern accelerates workflows for enterprises with a no-code AI development platform.
Advizr
Advizr is dedicated to creating financial planning software that enables profitable financial planning for all of its customers.
Acquired by Orion
Blooom
Blooom is an online investment advisor that manages employer-sponsored retirement accounts [401(k), 403(b) and TSP] for individual clients.
Acquired by Morgan Stanley
Covr
Covr is a multi-carrier, digital life insurance platform that is white-labeled and distributed through financial institutions.
Dili
Dili is a due diligence platform for investment funds that uses large language models to unlock a firm's underutilized internal data and automate analyst workflows.
Ellevest
Ellevest provides an engaging investing experience to help women meet their financial goals in life.
Empathy
Empathy is a technology-powered, comprehensive bereavement care and end-of-life settlement platform distributed primarily through life insurance carriers.
Ezra
Ezra is a health care company that uses medical imaging and artificial intelligence to provide innovative full-body cancer screening.
FLX Networks
FLX Networks is a financial technology company revolutionizing the distribution experience between asset managers, wealth management firms, and financial advisors.
Gainfully
Gainfully is a financial services platform that helps financial professionals generate new business and better connect with their clients.
Acquired by White Glove
Halo
Halo Investing is a financial technology platform that provides structured note, annuity, and buffered ETF investments to the average investor.
HomeThrive
HomeThrive is a technology-enabled health care service company that reduces work, worry, and stress for unpaid family caregivers, their loved ones, and their employers.
Human API
Human API is a real-time health data network that gives consumers a simple way to view and share their health data from everywhere.
Acquired by LexisNexis
Ladder
Ladder provides an online platform that enables consumers to purchase term policies in minutes from highly rated insurers.
LifeYield
LifeYield is a software company that helps forward-thinking financial firms, advisors, and investors make and keep more money.
MerQube
MerQube is a cloud-native indexing platform designed for designing, calculating, and disseminating financial indexes at scale.
Micruity
Micruity powers lifetime income products in retirement plans by enabling all stakeholders to share data through a single secure connection.
Reframe Financial
Reframe Financial is an insurtech company focused on helping today’s families prepare for the financial issues of aging.
Tomorrow
Tomorrow develops applications that help protect a family’s financial future.
Acquired by Ethos
True Link
True Link provides financial services, including special needs trusts, managed accounts, and Visa Prepaid Cards, for older adults, people with disabilities, and people recovering from addiction.
Vanilla
Vanilla's complete estate planning solution helps financial professionals and their clients visualize existing estate plans and create new plans.
Vestwell
Vestwell’s cloud-based, digital recordkeeper provides the underlying infrastructure to power workplace savings and investing programs, such as 401(k) and 403(b) retirement plans.
See our portfolio companies in the news
gener8tor & Allianz Life to Invest $500K in 5 Startups Led by Black, Brown and Women Founders
Micruity Closes $5.0M in Strategic Funding
Forging our path toward a compassionate economy
Ezra raises $21 million to make Full Body MRIs more accessible
Partnerships
Insurance and Wealth Conference
We are a proud presenter of the annual Insurance and Wealth Conference, bringing together the insurance industry’s leading corporations, investors, and startups.
Insurance and Wealth Accelerator
Each year, we partner with the Insurance and Wealth Accelerator and Securian Financial to invest in five insurtech startups who participate in a concierge accelerator program in the Twin Cities.
MSP Equity Fund
As part of our commitment to supporting a strong and diverse local entrepreneurial ecosystem, we are a partner of and investor in the MSP Equity Fund.
MSP Equity Accelerator
We are the proud anchor investor in the gener8tor MSP Equity Accelerator, a concierge program for five startups across any industry founded by Black, Brown and women entrepreneurs.
Five startup companies selected as participants in the 2024 Insurance and Wealth Accelerator
We’re a proud sponsor and host of the Insurance and Wealth Conference and Insurance and Wealth Accelerator program. We recently announced the five participants in the Insurance and Wealth Accelerator that will participate in a three-month concierge accelerator program located in the Twin Cities.
Allianz Life Ventures team
We offer a wealth of experience. From startup ventures to global investment banking, our team has several decades of combined experience in the industry.
Chad Virgin
Head of Allianz Life Ventures, Managing Director
As managing director, Chad is responsible for the strategic direction of Allianz Life Ventures. He guides his team to help build strategic partnerships with innovative fintech startups, and has been in his current role since 2018. His areas of focus include the fintech landscape, venture capital, impact investing, and corporate innovation.
Ron Gonen
Managing Director
With more than 15 years in the financial services and ventures industry, Ron has broad experience with investment sourcing, financial due diligence, market and company analysis, portfolio management, and advising startups across their life cycle. In addition, Ron also has multiple years of experience deploying capital into alternative investment strategies and supporting portfolio companies through board representation.
Collin Bhojwani
Principal
Collin has been working in financial services since 2018. He has broad industry experience ranging from software development and quantitative finance from his time as a trader, to valuation, financial modeling, and market research.
Taylor Sieverling
Analyst
With more than three years in the financial services industry, Taylor has technical experience within investment operations and a passion for entrepreneurship and impact investing.
