Glow is a San Francisco insurtech rebuilding workers' compensation insurance for small businesses. Founded in 2018 by Samad Wahedi, the company combines a digital platform, payroll-integrated pay-as-you-go billing, and a concierge claims experience to give the people who run America's small businesses coverage that's faster to buy, fairer to price, and friendlier to use.
Hourly is a Palo Alto-based fintech platform that combines payroll, workers' compensation insurance, and time tracking into a single mobile-first system built for small businesses with hourly workers. Its pay-as-you-go workers' comp model calculates premiums against actual wages in real time, eliminating year-end audits and helping employers avoid overpaying. Founded in 2018 by Tom Sagi, Shay Litvak, and Amir Faintuch, the company raised $39M+ and serves 500+ businesses across construction, manufacturing, transportation, and similar industries. In July 2025, Hourly was acquired by Israeli insurtech WeSure in a deal valued at approximately $168M.
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from InsWeb's IPO to selling DirectQuality in 2007 - Wahedi launched Glow in 2018 when he saw family members trapped by outdated, overpriced insurance solutions.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.
Mat Malone is the Chief Executive Officer of DataCare, a San Jose-based healthcare software company specializing in workers' compensation and medical management platforms. With over two decades at the company - rising from early engineering roles to Director of Engineering, Vice President of Engineering, and ultimately CEO - Malone has guided DataCare through large-scale platform modernization and the integration of advanced automation and AI capabilities into its flagship Ahshay! software suite. He holds a BS in Computer Science from UC Santa Cruz and brings deep technical fluency to a leadership role that sits at the intersection of complex regulatory compliance, clinical workflow optimization, and enterprise software development.
Steve Stevens (full name: John 'Steve' Stevens) is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Jopari Solutions, Inc., a Concord, California-based healthcare IT company he built from the ground up in 2003. Over more than two decades, Stevens transformed Jopari into a dominant force in electronic medical claims, attachments, and payment processing for Property & Casualty, Workers' Compensation, and Group Health markets - connecting 1.5 million healthcare providers with over 5,000 insurance payers and facilitating more than $1 billion in annual payments. In April 2026, Jopari was acquired by Office Ally, capping a career in which Stevens has raised over $100 million in private capital and helped pioneer digital healthcare claims workflows.