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Buddy

Founded 2017 · 32 employees on LinkedIn · 3 known investors

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Buddy provides a digital commerce platform for insurance that converts product rules, pricing, and workflows into structured data and deploys them as modern buying experiences across multiple channels. It serves carriers, MGAs, brokers, and agents to streamline product digitization and distribution.

Founders & leadership

Buddy was founded in 2017 by Charles Merritt and David Vogeleer.

CMCharles Merritt
Charles MerrittCo-Founder, CEOCharles Merritt is co-founder and CEO of Buddy, a digital commerce platform for insurance that converts product rules, pricing, and workflows into structured data and deploys them across multiple channels.
DVDavid Vogeleer
David VogeleerCo-Founder, CTOPreviously, he worked as a creative technologist at The Martin Agency, where he led the Martin Lab and contributed to advertising campaigns, and has authored three programming books and taught at VCU Brandcenter.

Investors · 3

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2 people who came through Buddy went on to found or lead other companies.

Frequently asked questions

What does Buddy do?
Buddy provides a digital commerce platform for insurance that converts product rules, pricing, and workflows into structured data and deploys them as modern buying experiences across multiple channels. It serves carriers, MGAs, brokers, and agents to streamline product digitization and distribution.
Who founded Buddy?
Buddy was founded by Charles Merritt, David Vogeleer in 2017.
Who are Buddy's investors?
Buddy's investors include Abstraction Capital, Newlin Ventures, Digitalis Ventures.