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S1E8: Silicon Valley Venture Capital and Insurance Disruption


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Christian Jensen is a principal at Silicon Valley based venture capital firm, Accel. He joined Accel in 2012 and focuses on growth-stage technology companies in enterprise software and SaaS. Prior to Accel, he worked at AEA Investors, Aetos Capital and Merrill Lynch. Christian is from Connecticut and graduated from Yale and the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Christian has a unique view of the global insurance industry. He knows what it takes for insurance companies and startups to succeed in transforming insurance. In this episode, he shares his thoughts on a far-ranging number of topics including insurance disruption, big data, the Internet of Things and more.

Accel's website: accel.com

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