LuckyTruck: Your Online Trucking Insurance Agents

LuckyTruck: Your Online Trucking Insurance Agents

Author: Draper Startup House Accelerator July 19, 2021 Duration: 55:05

Ep #025 - LuckyTruck brings everything into one dashboard so truckers can manage insurance hassle free.

 

On this episode we are joined by the Founder and CEO of LuckyTruck, Devin Bostick, as well as Venture Capitalist, Mark Friday from Cathexis Ventures.

 

LuckyTruck is on a mission to help trucking companies understand, buy, and manage their

insurance. Whether you're a company driver, owner-operator or independent contractor, you're in safe hands. LuckyTruck offers instant proof of insurance certificates, driver retention tips, company growth strategies, driver background checks as well as instant policy and driver changes.

You can find them at luckytruck.co.

 

Cathexis is a multi-strategy holding company based in Houston, Texas. Cathexis is the family office of the firm's CEO. Their organizational structure and permanent capital base provides significant advantages, including strong alignment with management teams, a long-term investment horizon, the ability to move quickly, and flexibility with transaction structures. 

In the first half of 2018, they began to fund early stage VC deals, their seed stage equity commitments range from $100k to $1mm. In seed deals which end up having exceptionally high growth trajectories, they will consider investing up to 8 figures in follow on rounds. 

 

If you would like to reach Cathexis you can find Mark Friday on Linkedin. Or if you are a savvy founder, finding a way to get a warm intro is the best way.

 

Draper Startup House is a global network of physical locations for entrepreneurs to work, visit, live and connect with an added layer of entrepreneurial education and access to venture capital. Find us at draperstartuphouse.com

 

If you are an entrepreneur or VC who would like to be on our show, email us at austin@draperstartuphouse.com 

 

Follow us at @dshaustin on Instagram, @pitchplease_pod on Twitter, @draperstartuphouse on LinkedIN and let us know which companies from the show you would invest in! 





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