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Wunderite

Techstars '20

Bourne, US · Founded 2018 · Delaware corporation · 21 employees on LinkedIn · 15 known investors

Wunderite builds software for independent insurance agencies to streamline operations and management. The company serves insurance agents and agency owners in the insurance industry.

Also known as Wunderite Inc.

Founders & leadership

Wunderite was founded in 2018 by Peter MacDonald and Joe Schnare.

PMPeter MacDonald
Peter MacDonaldinCo-Founder, CEO
JSJoe Schnare
Joe SchnareinCo-Founder, COO

Board

AFAlex Finkelstein
Alex Finkelsteinin𝕏Board directorInvestor at Spark Capital
DP
David PopeBoard director
FM
F. Michael Heffernan, IIIBoard director

Investors · 15

Also in the syndicate · 10

Andrew KrantzBrian HetheringtonBrokertech VenturesFranklin Templeton InvestmentsGreg BrockmanHeffernan Insurance BrokersJohn WeplerScott AddisTrustcoTY Harris

Reported raises · per SEC filings

Form D private placements

$12.2M disclosed across 3 of 4 rounds · 2021–2025

$1.4MraisedMay 2025 · 5 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • David PopeDirector
  • Peter MacDonaldExecutive Officer, Director
  • Joseph SchnareDirector
  • F. Michael Heffernan, IIIDirector
  • Alex FinkelsteinDirector
Offering amount
$3M
Amount sold
$1.4M
First sale
May 2025
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
$7.2MraisedJan 2023 · 41 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Joseph SchnareExecutive Officer, Director
  • Peter MacDonaldExecutive Officer, Director
  • Alex FinkelsteinDirector
Offering amount
$8M
Amount sold
$7.2M
First sale
Dec 2022
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2018
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
$3.6MraisedMay 2021 · 43 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Peter MacDonaldExecutive Officer, Director
  • Joseph SchnareExecutive Officer
Offering amount
$3.6M
Amount sold
$3.6M
First sale
Apr 2021
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2018
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Wunderite is an insurtech company that sells a digital forms and submissions platform to independent insurance agencies. The product centers on a library of digitized, field-mapped insurance forms — the website cites 13,994 applications — covering ACORD forms, carrier supplementals and user-uploaded PDFs. Agents can search the library, autofill repetitive data, map data across forms, assign or share individual questions or whole applications with insureds, and collect legally binding digital signatures within the same workflow. The company markets distinct use cases for producers (new business submissions), account managers (renewals), marketing managers (agency-wide submission management) and the insureds themselves, who can complete forms from any device using passwordless login.

Stated product capabilities include one-click autofill of up to 35% of a new carrier supplemental and up to 100% of a renewal application from the prior year's data, copy-and-paste import of schedules from spreadsheets with validation, risk data tables (a spreadsheet-style editor), third-party data enrichment (e.g., VIN and property data), unlimited digital signatures intended to replace a separate e-signature vendor, and a live forms collaboration feature that allows multiple users to edit a form simultaneously with field locking. Integration is a core theme: a direct two-way integration with Vertafore AMS360 (auto-attaching completed forms and signatures to AMS360 Activity, syncing AMS360 Business Units to segment user and account access), document delivery via ImageRight, Zapier connectivity, and public APIs opened to customers in January 2025.

The company describes itself as built by former insurance agents and business owners for agents. It operates from Boston, Massachusetts (the site notes "Made in Boston"), and the name is described as a portmanteau of the German "wunder" and "underwrite."

Founding story

Co-founders Peter MacDonald and Joe Schnare met on the first day of their MBA program at Boston College. MacDonald came from a family insurance agency where he sold most types of insurance, earned CPCU, CRM, CIC and LIA credentials, represented independent agents to lawmakers in Washington, DC with the IIABA, and built technology for the agency; earlier he had modified the AOL Instant Messenger UI, started modhalo.net, and built bulletprooflinks.com. Schnare had spent seven years at a family-owned wholesale distribution business overseeing operations, finance and accounting and acting as de-facto head of IT, with experience in data conversion, system configuration and user onboarding. Having experienced insurance from the selling and buying sides respectively, they concluded the forms process was inefficient and began iterating, working on the company full time after graduation. Wunderite was founded in 2018 [2][5][6].

Business model

Wunderite sells software to independent insurance agencies, positioning the platform as a consolidation of multiple tools — intake, forms, submissions, renewals, schedules and digital signature — into one workflow, with the argument that replacing a separate e-signature vendor offsets cost. The site offers a demo request and a "Try for Free" entry point. The company also emphasizes services around the software: onboarding, customer success, and ongoing training [0][3][4].

Not specified in the available sources beyond a software offering for agencies with a free trial and demo path [0][4].

Traction

The website states that 78% of users access Wunderite from a mobile device and that its library contains 13,994 applications. The company reports completing a SOC 2 Type 2 examination for a second consecutive year with zero exceptions (announced July 2025). Public testimonials come from insurance practitioners and podcast hosts, and one third-party profile references a $3.0M seed round in April 2021 with a list of named investors [0][4][5].

Latest developments

Recent blog-documented developments include opening Wunderite's APIs to customers with public documentation (January 2025), the Risk Data spreadsheet editor (May 2025), completion of a SOC 2 Type 2 examination for the second consecutive year with zero exceptions (July 2025), content describing AMS360, Zapier and custom API integrations with more direct integrations planned (August 2025), and the Live Forms Collaboration feature enabling simultaneous multi-user editing with field locking (November 2025), followed by a 2025 year-in-review post (January 2026). A May 2025 funding report describes a $1.4M round intended to fund product development, team expansion and broader distribution [4][6][7].

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies

Market position

Positioned as an agent-built forms and submissions layer for independent agencies, sitting alongside rather than replacing agency management systems, with which it integrates. Third-party coverage describes it as an insurtech automating application workflows for independent agencies [0][3][5].

Claimed differentiators are that the software was designed by former insurance agents for agents; breadth of the digitized forms library including carrier supplementals and E&S forms; speed claims (applications completed up to 12x faster, ACORD submissions built up to 4x faster than a management system, a process reduced from 21+ days to 20 minutes); inclusion of unlimited digital signatures within the same workflow; and mobile/self-service access for insureds via passwordless login [0][3].

Technology

A web platform with a library of digitized, fillable, field-mapped PDF and webform versions of ACORDs and carrier supplementals; cross-form field mapping and one-click autofill; spreadsheet-style risk data tables with paste-and-validate import; third-party data APIs for enrichment; passwordless login; embedded digital signature with document integrity controls aimed at E&O defensibility; real-time multi-user form collaboration with automatic field locking; direct two-way AMS360 integration, ImageRight delivery, Zapier, and open customer-facing APIs with documentation [0][3][4].

Go-to-market

Direct sales motion driven by demo requests and a free trial on the website, supported by content marketing (a regular company blog) and visibility through insurance-industry media and influencers, including the Power Producer Podcast, Agency Intelligence and a "Top 10 BrokerTech for 2022" mention. BrokerTech Ventures and Heffernan Insurance Brokers appear among listed investors, indicating industry-channel backing [0][4][5].

Independent insurance agencies and brokers — specifically producers, account managers and marketing/operations staff — along with their commercial insurance customers, who complete and sign applications through the platform. Commercial lines, excess and surplus (E&S) business and carrier supplemental applications are emphasized [0][3][5].

Geography

Headquartered in the Boston, Massachusetts area; the website states the product is "Made in Boston" and lists a US toll-free number. Third-party profiles list Boston, MA, USA as headquarters, and customers are described as agencies across the United States [0][5][6][7].

History

Founded in 2018. A third-party profile reports a $3.0M seed round announced in April 2021 led by Spark Capital. Product milestones documented on the company blog include a digital signature offering positioned as a replacement for third-party e-signature tools (June 2023), required form questions (September 2023), an agent dashboard tracking forms, signatures and pending invites (March 2024), opening of customer-facing APIs (January 2025), risk data tables/spreadsheet editor (May 2025), a second consecutive SOC 2 Type 2 report (July 2025), and live forms collaboration (November 2025). A year-in-review post is dated January 2026. Reports of 2025 funding conflict across sources: one describes a $1.4M round in May 2025 labeled Series A, another labels a $1.4M May 14, 2025 round as "Series Unknown" and puts total raised at $8.6M across two rounds, while a third states $3.0M total across one round and elsewhere references $10.6M including a $7.6M round [2][4][5][6][7].

Risks & controversies

Public funding data is inconsistent: one aggregator reports $3.0M total across a single April 2021 seed round while also citing $10.6M including a $7.6M round; another reports $8.6M across two rounds with a $1.4M May 2025 round of unknown type; a third calls the same $1.4M round a Series A with $1.4M total funding. Employee-count figures also conflict (1001-5000 versus 11-50). Several performance claims (12x faster completion, 35%/100% autofill rates, 78% mobile usage) originate from the company's own marketing and are not independently verified [0][5][6][7].

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Application completion speed claimJan 2025up to 12x faster than the average agency
Autofill rate on new carrier supplemental applicationsJan 2025up to 35%
Autofill rate on renewal applicationsJan 2025up to 100% prefilled from last year
Employee count (reported, conflicting)Jan 202511-50 per one source; 1001-5000 per another
Forms in digital libraryJan 202513,994 applications
Share of users accessing platform via mobile deviceJan 202578%

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Competitors · 3

by search overlap

Companies competing with Wunderite for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

Timeline · 8

launches, deals, and filings
Nov 2025
Live Forms Collaboration

Feature enabling agents, clients and team members to work on the same form simultaneously, with presence indicators, view-following and automatic field locking to prevent edit conflicts.

source ↗

Jul 2025
SOC 2 Type 2 report issued

A CPA firm issued a SOC 2 Type 2 report for Wunderite, the second consecutive year, reported with zero exceptions.

source ↗

May 2025
Risk Data Tables spreadsheet editor

Spreadsheet-style editor for entering risk data, autofilling forms and exporting data.

source ↗

May 2025
$1.4M funding round

Reported $1.4M round; one source labels it a Series A announced May 29, 2025, another records it as a Series Unknown dated May 14, 2025. Proceeds cited for accelerating digital forms platform development, team expansion and distribution.

$1.4M source ↗

Jan 2025
Wunderite APIs opened to customers

Customers gained access to the same APIs Wunderite uses, with public documentation for integrating third-party tools.

source ↗

Mar 2024
Agent Dashboard

Dashboard showing forms in progress, files awaiting signature, and customer invites not yet accepted.

source ↗

Sep 2023
Required questions on forms

Feature allowing agencies to mark form questions as required to reduce back-and-forth during renewals.

source ↗

Jun 2023
Digital Signature launched as a replacement for third-party e-signature tools

Wunderite added digital signature capability within its workflow, positioned to let agencies eliminate a separate e-signature vendor.

source ↗

Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

Legal entities · 1

corporate structure
WunderiteDelaware

In the news

Research sources · 8

primary sources listed

8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Wunderite do?
Wunderite makes digital forms and submission software that helps independent insurance agencies complete ACORDs and supplementals.
Who founded Wunderite?
Wunderite was founded by Peter MacDonald, Joe Schnare in 2018.
Who are Wunderite's investors?
Wunderite's investors include Boston Seed Capital, Techstars, Correlation Ventures, Dorm Room, Spark Capital.
How much funding has Wunderite raised?
Wunderite has disclosed $12.2M raised across 3 of its 4 known rounds.
Where is Wunderite headquartered?
Wunderite is headquartered in Bourne, US.