underwriters heard the scary science words. engineers heard 'nobody's checking my math.'

Charter Space raises $5M to bring insurance to the stars

Charter Space, an El Segundo, California startup, raised a $5 million seed round led by Crystal Venture Partners, with QED, Blank Ventures, Hustle Fund and Gaingels participating. The company runs a nationally licensed insurance brokerage, launched in May, and already covers more than 50 U.S. space and defense firms. Founder Yuk Chi Chan says ordinary insurers balk at underwriting satellites because it is expensive and the science reads as scary, so Charter pipes aerospace engineering, manufacturing and test data straight into the underwriting process.

Source: Charter Space raises $5M to bring insurance to the stars — TechCrunch

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