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VerticalInsure

Can a vertical-SaaS-focused embedded insurance operator become the default protection layer for specialized software platforms?

Founded2020
HQMinneapolis, MN, United States
Latest roundSeries A, $8.52M
IndustryInfrastructure / Embedded Insurance
The story

Vertical Insure (formerly Nextera Centacorn) was founded in 2020 to provide embedded, white-label insurance products for vertical SaaS platforms across categories like sports, events, and pet insurance. The company positions itself as the insurance operations backbone for platforms, handling implementation, claims, and customer support.

Last 12 months
Product timeline
2020
Founded as an embedded insurance platform (formerly known as Nextera Centacorn).· pivot
The stack
2 layers disclosed in VerticalInsure’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
Stripe Connect
Insurance
in the full report
Accounting gap: none
1 more provider across 1 layer, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.