Shepherd is a technology-driven insurance company focused on the commercial insurance space.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Shepherd is a San Francisco-based AI-native commercial insurance company / managing general underwriter for builders and operators in construction, infrastructure, and renewable energy. It combines underwriting expertise with data and AI to price and service Primary Casualty, Excess Casualty, and Builder’s Risk faster than traditional carriers.
Primary product
Commercial insurance for construction and infrastructure: Primary Casualty, Excess Casualty, and Builder’s Risk
Founded
2021
Headquarters
415 Mission Street, 37th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
Team size
60-70
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Insurance
Sub-industry
Commercial insurance / insurtech / managing general underwriter
Offices
Business model
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CTO
Head of Underwriting
Head of Marketing
Head of Property & Program Management
Director of Underwriting / Underwriting Lead
Founders
Co-Founder and Chief Insurance Officer
Mission-driven, in-person-first, and highly collaborative. Shepherd emphasizes urgency, cross-functional teamwork between engineers and underwriters, intellectual challenge, and building a modern risk platform for complex commercial industries.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
No public salary bands found. Public compensation signals are mostly benefits-oriented: top-tier fully covered healthcare, unlimited PTO, meals, coaching/development, and a 401(k) plan.
Benefits
Pricing
B2B commercial insurance priced through AI-assisted underwriting and carrier partnerships; qualifies customers for credits/discounts via Shepherd Savings based on risk-mitigation technology and project data.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
About USD 1M-10M (public profile estimate; company-reported annual revenue around USD 2.1M appears in recent profile data)
DroneDeploy · Jul 2026
Shepherd and DroneDeploy launched a savings program tied to verified reality-capture usage; the study reported 44% fewer claims and 48% lower loss rates for DroneDeploy users, with up to 25% premium savings on qualifying Shepherd casualty products.
PR Newswire · Jun 2026
Announced a partnership integrating Brickeye’s BuildersRiskIQ into Shepherd’s underwriting model, extending Shepherd Savings into Builder’s Risk and emphasizing real-time physical-risk data and premium credits for safer projects.
Shepherd blog · Mar 2026
Official company explanation of the $42M Series B, total funding reaching $67M, customer and volume metrics, AI data integrations, and the autonomous underwriting roadmap.
PR Newswire · Mar 2026
Press release announcing the Series B led by Intact Private Capital and describing Shepherd’s commercial insurance platform, customers, and product lines.
Shepherd blog · Jan 2026
Official launch of Shepherd’s Renewable Energy & Power casualty program, its first expansion beyond construction.