Sam Hodges is co-founder and CEO of Vouch Insurance, a tech-enabled insurance platform built specifically for high-growth startups and venture-backed companies. A serial fintech entrepreneur with 20+ years at the intersection of technology and financial services, Hodges previously co-founded and led the U.S. operations of Funding Circle to a 2018 London Stock Exchange IPO. He holds an MBA and MS from Stanford and a magna cum laude degree from Brown University, and is a Fellow of the inaugural Finance Leaders Fellowship at the Aspen Institute. Under his leadership, Vouch has raised over $229M in total funding, serves 6,000+ companies, and completed a Series D round in early 2025 alongside its acquisition of StartSure Insurance Services.
Samad Wahedi is the Founder and CEO of Glow, a San Francisco-based insurtech company reimagining workers' compensation and small business insurance. After a 25-year career building and selling technology companies - from InsWeb's IPO to selling DirectQuality in 2007 - Wahedi launched Glow in 2018 when he saw family members trapped by outdated, overpriced insurance solutions. Glow has since raised $41.5M in total funding, grown to 280 employees, and built a platform that syncs directly with payroll to deliver concierge-level insurance coverage at 20%+ savings for small businesses across the U.S.