# Sivan Iram

> Sivan Iram is the co-founder and CEO of Flow (Flow Specialty), a Mountain View-based next-generation wholesale brokerage that uses GenAI and licensed human experts to automate specialty commercial insurance placement. A former software engineer turned operator with a Harvard MBA, he spent a decade writing code and running go-to-market at Lenovo before starting Flow in 2021 to bring enterprise-grade service to the small and mid-market accounts the industry had long ignored. Flow has raised roughly $20-25M led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Flow (Flow Specialty)
- **Organizations:** Flow Specialty, Lenovo, Harvard Business School, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** MBA, Harvard Business School, B.Sc, Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Flow, a next-generation AI-powered wholesale insurance brokerage, Raised roughly $20-25M in venture funding, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Built an AI-agent system that makes previously unprofitable small accounts (under $25k premium) serviceable at scale

## Career timeline

- **2018** — Became Head of North America Sales & Partnerships for Lenovo's Commercial XR team, expanding XR, Edge and IoT solutions
- **2021** — Co-founded Flow (Flow Specialty) with Naor Rosenberg and Amit Ben-Nathan to modernize wholesale specialty insurance
- **2023** — Flow raised a Series A round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners
- **2024** — Spoke at InsureTech Connect (ITC) Vegas 2024
- **2025** — Detailed Flow's AI broker agent for small and mid-market accounts in industry press

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Flow, a next-generation AI-powered wholesale insurance brokerage
- Raised roughly $20-25M in venture funding, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners
- Built an AI-agent system that makes previously unprofitable small accounts (under $25k premium) serviceable at scale
- Transitioned from a decade in software engineering to go-to-market leadership at Lenovo to founder/CEO
- Earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.Sc in Computer Engineering from Ben-Gurion University

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Discussed Flow's AI broker agent and the roughly 5.5 million SMBs underserved by traditional insurance in an Insurance Post Q&A
- **2024-10** — Appeared as a speaker at InsureTech Connect (ITC) Vegas 2024

## Links

- Website: https://flowspecialty.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sivaniram

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