Coalition disbanded an internal sales team and eliminated a small number of positions. The company stated that this was not a broad layoff and attributed the cuts to the sales-team change and annual performance review process.
SourceAs the largest startup offering cyber insurance and proactive monitoring tools with more than 100,000 policyholders, Coalition insures against incidents like cyberattacks, email scams and accidental privacy violations. It partners with traditional carriers and reinsurers to write insurance, retaining about 10% of the financial risk. In 2025, it continued to expand internationally with its launch in Denmark, France and Sweden. It also acquired Wirespeed, a startup that uses AI to dramatically reduce the time it takes to detect and mitigate a cyber threat. <p>Funding: $800 million from Valor Equity Partners, Allianz X and T. Rowe Price, among others. </p><p>Latest valuation: $5 billion. </p><p>Date of last valuation: July 2022. </p><p>Bona fides: In 2025, it grew active policyholders to 110,000, up from 91,000 the year prior. Not yet profitable but cash-flow positive, says CEO Joshua Motta. </p><p>Cofounders: CEO Joshua Motta, 42, a former CIA analyst and Goldman Sachs investment banker; John Hering, 42, also the founder of Lookout.</p>
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 16, 2026
Coalition, Inc. is a private cyber-insurance and cybersecurity company that combines insurance coverage, continuous cyber-risk monitoring, security tools, expert guidance, and incident response. Its Active Insurance model is designed to help businesses prevent, mitigate, and recover from digital attacks.
Primary product
Active Cyber Insurance, supported by Coalition Control® cyber-risk management and Wirespeed Managed Detection & Response.
Founded
2017
Headquarters
44 Montgomery St., Suite 4210, San Francisco, California 94104, United States
Team size
501-1,000
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Insurance
Sub-industry
Cyber insurance / insurtech / cybersecurity
Offices
Business model
Stage
Late-stage private / growth
Total raised
$770M
Latest round
Strategic equity investment from Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance / MS&AD · Mar 2025
Latest amount
$30M
Strategic equity investment from Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance / MS&AD
Mar 2025 · Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. / MS&AD
Jul 2022
Mar 2021
May 2020
May 2019
Feb 2018
Leadership
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Head of Insurance
Head of Insurance
Head of Global Cyber Portfolio Underwriting
General Manager, Executive Risks; founding and executive team member
Head of Engineering, Coalition Security
Tim MalcomVetter
General Manager, Security
Public recruiting and leadership signals emphasize a distributed, globally collaborative workforce, autonomy, mission orientation, and a prevention-first approach to cyber risk. Coalition describes its mission as protecting the unprotected and continues hiring across insurance, security, engineering, and product functions.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
Public sources reviewed did not provide reliable company-wide compensation ranges. Individual job postings may contain role-specific ranges, but no validated general compensation policy was identified.
Pricing
Insurance premiums and limits are quote-based and depend on customer risk, coverage, industry, size, and underwriting. Coalition Control and security-service pricing was not publicly disclosed in the sources reviewed.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
$300M-$400M annually; Exa's company profile estimates approximately $315M
Estimated monthly visits
99.7K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Coalition disbanded an internal sales team and eliminated a small number of positions. The company stated that this was not a broad layoff and attributed the cuts to the sales-team change and annual performance review process.
SourceCoalition acquired Wirespeed, an automated managed-detection-and-response provider. The transaction adds integration and execution risk but also expands Coalition's cybersecurity product scope.
SourceCoalition · Nov 2025
Coalition announced its acquisition of Wirespeed, integrating automated MDR with Coalition's Active Insurance platform. Wirespeed co-founder Tim MalcomVetter became General Manager, Security, and co-founder Jake Reynolds became Head of Engineering, Coalition Security.
Coalition · Mar 2025
MS&AD member Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance made a $30 million equity investment in Coalition while expanding the companies' strategic partnership, including international capacity and cybersecurity solutions for SMBs.
Coalition · Oct 2024
The Hartford entered a long-term UK capacity partnership with Coalition and agreed to assume a quota share of Coalition's UK cyber program.
Coalition · Mar 2024
Aspen agreed to provide multi-year cyber-insurance capacity for Coalition's U.S. surplus-lines cyber program, following existing support in the UK and Canada.
Insurance Business · Jan 2024
Coalition disbanded an internal sales team and eliminated a small number of positions. The company said the move was not part of sweeping layoffs.
38 jobs at Coalition