Brewer Lane Ventures is led by John Kim, the former President and Chief Investment Officer of New York Life, and positions itself as an "operator-led" fintech and insurtech fund with operating partners from senior New York Life leadership who help portfolio companies access executives experienced in running cloud transformation, distribution, and digital programs inside major insurance carriers. The fund focuses specifically on B2B insurance infrastructure companies and conducts diligence using carrier-grade metrics like loss ratios and combined ratios, while leveraging relationships with insurance balance sheets and strategic institutions to offer founders direct access to customer pilots, distribution partnerships, and M&A dialogues with multiple carriers.