Shawn Ellis is both a venture investor and fund founder who built NFP Ventures before spinning it into Distributed Ventures, giving him corporate venture, independent VC and operator experience within one continuous arc. He leverages a highly curated LP network from commercial insurance, employer benefits consulting and financial services to serve as a built-in go-to-market council for portfolio companies, providing rapid access to pilots, pricing feedback and channel partnerships rather than just capital.
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Insurtech, Fintech, Health, HR Tech, SaaS
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Seed - Series A
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$3M
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Distributed Ventures is a $155M venture capital fund born out of NFP Ventures with major insurance broker Aon as anchor LP, giving it unusually tight alignment with distribution, data and risk-bearing relationships that it uses as an active go-to-market engine for portfolio companies. Led by insurance brokerage operators, the fund concentrates exclusively on the intersection of health, insurance and wealth where risk, cost and outcomes converge, deploying $1-5M checks in 15-20 companies while leveraging its strategic LP base of insurers and brokerages to provide direct buyer access and commercial pilots from day one.
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