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Lucas Ward

InvestorUnicorn founder

Founder at Kin Insurance · Venture Partner at Fluent Ventures · Founder at Oathverified

Greater Chicago Area

FoundedKin Insurance$2BOathverified

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Nadia DugalunlockedLucas: together at Fluent Ventures (2025–2026)
×3Lucas: together at Fluent Ventures
×3Lucas: together at Moonnox
×3Lucas: together at Rippleshot

About

Lucas Ward is cofounder and CEO of Oath Verified and cofounder of Kin. His career includes work in consulting for corporations, governments, and startups; co-leadership of Spring Batch, an open source batch processing framework; founding of Fundspire, a web-based investment platform that was acquired; and cofounding of Rippleshot, a credit card fraud detection platform. He is currently focused on home insurance technology.

Founder at Kin Insurance

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Kin Insurance's investors · 32

500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2016ACTivate CapitalCanberra · since 2024ACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERSSan Francisco · $10M – $30M checksALLEGIS CAPITALPalo Alto · $10M checks · since 2023ALLEGIS NL CAPITALPalo Alto · since 2023Alpha EdisonLos Angeles · $1M – $10M checks · since 2023August CapitalSan Francisco Bay Area · $1M – $15M checks · since 2019Avanta VenturesWalnut Creek · since 2023Better Tomorrow VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $4M checksCathay InnovationParis · $5M – $40M checks · since 2017Chicago VenturesChicago · $250K – $1M checks · since 2017Commerce VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2024Doon CapitalSilicon ValleyFemale FoundersNew York · $750K – $1M checksFlourish VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2023Fluent VenturesMill Valley · $250K – $2M checksGeodesic CapitalSilicon Valley · since 2023Hudson Structured Capital ManagementStamford · since 2023Impact EngineChicago · $250K – $3M checksLobby CapitalPalo AltoLong Journey VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checksM25Chicago · $500K – $3M checksMaveronSeattle · $100K – $8M checksOmidyar NetworkSan Francisco · since 2017PICUS CAPITALMunich · $100K – $300M checksPortag3 VenturesMontreal · since 2017PROOFArlingtonQED InvestorsAlexandria · $30K – $25M checks · since 2024Runway Growth CapitalMenlo Park · $10M – $150M checksSandalphon CapitalChicago · $100K – $2M checks · since 2017Savano Capital PartnersBaltimore · $300K – $5M checksService Provider CapitalVail · since 2017

Co-founders at Kin Insurance

SHSean Harper
Sean HarperCo-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
SVSebastian Villarreal
Sebastian Villarreal

Founder at Oathverified

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Oathverified's investors · 1

M25Chicago · $500K – $3M checks

Experience

  1. Oath VerifiedCoFounder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentChicago, IL
  2. Fluent VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2023 — present
  3. MOONNOXBoard Advisorcurrent2025 — present
  4. Kin InsuranceMember of Board of Directorscurrent2016 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
  5. Kin InsuranceCoFounder and CTO2016 — 2023Greater Chicago Area
  6. Sole ProprietorFractional CTO2023 — 2024
  7. RippleshotCTO & Co-Founder2013 — 2015
  8. FundspireCTO2010 — 2013Greater Chicago Area
  9. ThoughtWorksConsultant2009 — 2010Greater Chicago Area
  10. AccentureManager, Technical Architect2004 — 2009Greater Chicago Area

Skills & more

Spring35Java34Selenium6Ant1Hibernate21JUnit2JavaScript12Tomcat13JSP6REST14XML7Ruby6
+11 moreGitSpring FrameworkAgile MethodologiesProgrammingSOADesign PatternsGrailsGroovyExt JSContinuous IntegrationJava Enterprise Edition

Languages French

From Lucas's professional profile.

Colleagues at Fluent Ventures

Alex Lazarow
Managing Partner at Fluent Ventures
Alexandre Lazarow
Managing Partner at Fluent Ventures
Clay Kellogg
Venture Partner at Fluent Ventures
JC Glancy
Venture Partner at Fluent Ventures
Max Harrison
VC Investor at Remarkable Ventures
Nadia Dugal
General Counsel at Congruent Ventures
Rakesh Apte
Venture Partner at Fluent Ventures
Sofia A. Illsley Rangel
Investor at Fluent Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Lucas Ward?
Lucas Ward is cofounder and CEO of Oath Verified and cofounder of Kin. His career includes work in consulting for corporations, governments, and startups; co-leadership of Spring Batch, an open source batch processing framework; founding of Fundspire, a web-based investment platform that was acquired; and cofounding of Rippleshot, a credit card fraud detection platform. He is currently focused on home insurance technology.
Where does Lucas Ward work?
Lucas Ward is Founder of Kin Insurance and Venture Partner at Fluent Ventures and Founder at Oathverified.
What companies did Lucas Ward found?
Lucas Ward founded Kin Insurance, Oathverified.
Where did Lucas Ward go to school?
Lucas Ward studied at Southeast Missouri State University (BS, Computer Science).

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