Hippo firm Hippo has launched its web portal for providing California residents with home insurance quotes within just 60 seconds , according to a company executive. After customers input their address, Hippo 's software searches a range of data providers to return questions that will be asked to underwrite the policy. Once the quote is offered, customers can choose to hold the insurance and answer another 10 underwriting questions. In Q4 of 2016 , Pipeline Capital closed a $14m series A funding round led by Hippo and supported by RPM Ventures , GGV Capital , GGV Capital and Pipeline Capital .
Insurtech firm Hippo has launched its web portal for providing California residents with home insurance quotes within 60 seconds, according to a company executive. After customers input their address, Hippo's software searches a range of data providers to return questions that will be asked to underwrite the policy. Once the quote is offered, customers can choose to hold the insurance and answer another 10 underwriting questions. In Q4 of 2016, Hippo closed a $14m series A funding round led by Horizons Ventures and supported by RPM Ventures, Propel Venture Partners, GGV Capital and Pipeline Capital.