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Vestigo Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that invests in early-stage technology companies focused on financial services. Its team members, including advisors from academia and the corporate world, are entrepreneurial, highly experienced, and deeply grounded in financial services, asset management, behavioral finance, and growing start-up companies. The complementary strengths of its team members uniquely position Vestigo to identify, make and manage investments in financial services technology companies.
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Dec 3, 2024

What does it take to turn a bold vision into a transformative business, especially in a complex, data-driven industry like insurance?

In this episode, Frazer and Ashwin discuss: 

> How applying first principles and balancing operational grit with strategic vision can turn complex markets into playgrounds of opportunity.

> Why product differentiation and data transparency are key to disrupting traditional markets and building scalable, impactful businesses.

> The value of leveraging technology to automate compliance processes, reduce operational friction, and unlock new growth opportunities in financial services.

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Ashwin Agarwal is the CEO & Co-Founder of Advocate, a high-growth technology company providing modern insurance operations for the commercial real estate space. Before founding Advocate in 2020, Ashwin was the lead insurance and technology investor at Elysium, the multi-billion-dollar family office of the Founder of Apollo Global Management. At Elysium, he sat on the boards of Convene, ITMA, Risk Settlements and Augustus Specialty. Prior to private equity, Ashwin worked in the TMT investment banking group at Goldman Sachs.