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Bestow

Dallas, TX · Founded 2016 · Privately Held (backing)

Operator of an on-demand insurance aggregator platform intended to provide affordable, convenient, and life insurance services. Bestow is based in Dallas, TX and was founded in 2016. It was valued at $900 million at its later-stage round in May 2025, the last priced event on record. It has raised $303 million across 5 recorded rounds; the latest was a $70 million later-stage round in Nov 2020.

PMV mark · valuation
$900.0M
Oct 2026
Priced at
its later-stage round
May 2025
Total raised
$303.1M
Last round
Later Stage VC
Nov 2020

Bestow key facts

as of Oct 2026
  • Operator of an on-demand insurance aggregator platform intended to provide affordable, convenient, and life insurance services.
  • Bestow is valued at approximately $900.0M as of Oct 2026, set at its later-stage round, May 2025; nothing has traded since, per PrivateMarketView’s mark.
  • It has raised $303.1M across 5 recorded rounds; the latest was Later Stage VC ($70.0M) in Nov 2020.
  • Notable investors include 8VC, Abstract Ventures, TriplePoint Capital, Breyer Capital, Flight Ventures — 16 tracked in total.
  • Bestow has filed 5 Form Ds with the SEC since 2017, most recently Jan 2021 ($70.0M sold to 7 investors).
  • Status: Privately Held (backing).
PrivateMarketView mark
LOW confidence
$900.0M

Valued at $900.0M at its later-stage round, May 2025. Nothing has traded since.

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Bestow funding rounds

5 rounds
Nov 2020Later Stage VC$70.0MSEC filing▮
Feb 2020Early Stage VC$30.0MSEC filing▮
Apr 2018Early Stage VC$15.0MSEC filing▮
Jul 2017Seed Round$3.1MSEC filing▮
Dec 2016Seed Round$600KSEC filing▮
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Bestow valuation

Bestow was valued at $900 million at its later-stage round in May 2025. That is the last priced event on record: no secondary trade or institutional fund mark has moved the figure since.

How much has Bestow raised?

Bestow has raised $303 million in total; 5 of its rounds are on record, from 2016 on. The largest on record was a $70 million later-stage round in Nov 2020.

Bestow has filed 5 Form Ds with the SEC since 2017, most recently in Jan 2021 ($70 million sold to 7 investors).

Bestow investors

16 investors are on record for Bestow, including 8VC, Abstract Ventures, TriplePoint Capital and Breyer Capital. By type, the record holds 8 venture capital firms, 1 family office and 1 angel investor. The later-stage round in Nov 2020 drew 7 investors.

About Bestow

Operator of an on-demand insurance aggregator platform intended to provide affordable, convenient, and life insurance services. The company's platform leverages a proprietary algorithmic underwriting engine to instantly determine risk and give consumers immediate access to comprehensive life insurance services, without working with an agent, lengthy applications, or medical exams, enabling customers to access insurance products that are affordable and available instantly with no medical exam.

Sector
Information Technology
HQ
Dallas, TX, United States
Founded
2016
Employees
167
Ownership
Privately Held (backing)

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