IA Capital Group, an insurtech-focused venture capital firm has appointed three new senior team members.
The company has confirmed that Dr. Christy Lane, formerly an IA Capital Advisory Partner, joins the firm’s core team as a Venture Partner.
Dr. Lane currently serves as the Director of Insurance Solutions for Health Gorilla, an interoperability health data platform provider. She also serves as a senior advisor to Sparta Science, a leading technology company that specialises in movement health and falls prevention.
Moreover, IA Capital co-led Health Gorilla’s Series B financing with Nationwide and participated in its $50 million Series C financing, and also led Sparta Science’s 2023 financing.
Elsewhere, Dr. Lane is also the founder of Vivametrica, an insurtech company that leveraged data from wearable devices to predict mortality and disease risks. Her expertise spans predictive analytics, biomarkers, lifestyle underwriting, rehabilitation, and electronic medical data.
At the same time, Dave O’Brien, former CEO of both Agreement Express and Zywave, joins IA Capital as an Advisory Partner. Previously, he led both Agreement Express and Zywave, two agency-focused insurtech companies, to record growth, profits and highly successful sale transactions.
Lastly, Bob Sollmann, a Senior Advisor in Accenture’s North American Insurance practice and former EVP at MetLife, also joins IA Capital as an Advisory Partner. Sollmann is a well known business unit leader across group benefits, voluntary benefits and retirement, having served in senior roles at Accenture for 10 years and at MetLife for over 20 years.
“Christy is an industry leader in healthtech; Bob is an industry leader in group benefits; and Dave is an industry leader in agency tech. We are extremely pleased to have them join our team as we ramp up our capabilities in these areas, which are integral to our investment thesis.” said IA Capital Managing Partner Andy Lerner.
