Bestow
bestow.com
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InsurTech
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$238.1M
6 rounds on record
Latest round
$120M
Series D · May 2025 · 17 mo ago
Team
191
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +22% in a year
Hiring now
5
+1 posted in 30 days
Backers
4
Abstract, Breyer Capital
The money's age
Due for its next round
17 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
23/100
hiring for its size, in the news
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Oct 22, 2025
New executive Bestow Appoints Insurance Veteran Cindy DeArmond as Chief Revenue Officer · PRNewswire
May 13, 2025
Raised a round Series D $120M · led by Smith Point Capital · Nasdaq
Nov 25, 2020
Raised a round Venture round $70M · SEC Form D
Feb 14, 2020
Raised a round Venture round $30M · SEC Form D
Apr 13, 2018
Raised a round Venture round $15M · SEC Form D
Jul 12, 2017
Raised a round Venture round $3.1M · SEC Form D
Dec 16, 2016
Took on debt financing $600k · SEC Form D
2016
Founded
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Web presence
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of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series D | May 2025 | $120M | Smith Point Capital lead | Nasdaq |
| Venture round | Nov 2020 | $70M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Feb 2020 | $30M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Apr 2018 | $15M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Jul 2017 | $3.1M | — | SEC Form D |
| Debt Financing | Dec 2016 | $600k | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Bestow Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Jonathan AbelmannExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Melbourne O'BanionExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Abstract 
Breyer Capital 
NEA 
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Overview
Bestow is an insurance technology company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and founded in 2016. The company provides a comprehensive enterprise software platform for the life insurance and annuity industry, offering tools for digital origination, automated underwriting, and policy administration. It serves major insurance carriers and financial institutions by streamlining the entire policy lifecycle through data-driven intelligence and third-party administration services.
News
Eledon Announces Updated BESTOW Long-Term Data, Wins FDA Fast Track Designation For Tegoprubart
Tuesday, Eledon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ELDN) announced updated long-term data from its Phase 2 BESTOW clinical program, evaluating tegoprubart in patients undergoing kidney transplantation.
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Bestow sets the standard as the leading platform for the Life and Annuity Industry
/PRNewswire/ -- Bestow, the leading platform for the life and annuity industry, today announced Bestow Labs, a dedicated team pursuing ambitious AI-native...
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Bestow sets the standard as the leading platform for the Life and Annuity Industry
/PRNewswire/ -- Bestow, the leading platform for the life and annuity industry, today announced Bestow Labs, a dedicated team pursuing ambitious AI-native...
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Bestow Expands Leadership Team, Appoints Meagan Ward as Chief Marketing Officer
/PRNewswire/ -- Bestow, a leading insurance technology platform, today announced the appointment of Meagan Ward as Chief Marketing Officer. Ward will spearhead...
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Press Release Transamerica Launches FFIUL II Express to Deliver 100 Instant-Decision Life Insurance November 4, 2025
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Bestow Appoints Insurance Veteran Cindy DeArmond as Chief Revenue Officer
/PRNewswire/ -- Bestow, a leading insurance technology platform, today announced the appointment of Cindy DeArmond as Chief Revenue Officer, reinforcing the...
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Meet the insurtech: Bestow
Bestow has grown its platform into a tech solution for life insurance
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Bestow over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
64
Postings analysed
27
Stack modernity
85/100AI adopter
Languages
Go41%
Python37%
TypeScript30%
SQL22%
Frameworks & libraries
Commander.js4%
React.js4%
Playwright4%
Pytest4%
Databases
PostgreSQL26%
BigQuery15%
Google BigQuery15%
Cloud & platforms
GCP41%
Kubernetes33%
AWS15%
Tableau15%
AI & ML
Claude41%
ChatGPT11%
LLM7%
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Full Bestow tech stack
64 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$194k
Typical range
$130k – $300k
Open positions
5
4
Jobs
Middle
25%
Senior
25%
Architect
50%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle | 1 | $300k | $300k |
| Senior | 1 | $155k | $155k |
| Architect | 2 | $237k | $194k – $280k |
Highest paying role
Enterprise Account Executive
$300k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Bestow
By role, level and city, against the market · 5 jobs with pay
People
Jonathan Abelmann
Executive Officer, Director
Melbourne O'Banion
Executive Officer, Director
James Fitzgerald
Director
Mark Dyne
Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
79/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
5
3 opened / 17 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
50 days
faster than 27% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Operations
14% ▼
Backend
11% ▲
DevOps
11% ▼
Product
11% ▼
Leadership
7% ▼
Analytics
7% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added Pytest to stack
Sep 2026
Added Playwright to stack
Sep 2026
Added Dropbox to stack
Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Added ITSM to stack
Sep 2026
Added Agile to stack
Sep 2026
Added Power BI to stack
Sep 2026
Added Jupyter Notebook to stack
Sep 2026
Added dbt to stack
Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Excel to stack
Sep 2026
Added Agentic Workflows to stack
Sep 2026
Added Node JS to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Dallas
United States
HQ
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4 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff
2700 Commerce St, Ste. 1000 , Dallas, TX 75226
Jobs
$110k – $130k per year • Remote (United States) • Contractor • Bachelor's Degree
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$225k – $280k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 8+ years exp
Python
Go
TypeScript
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Copilot
Claude
Claude Code
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DevOps
Rest API
gRPC
GCP
CI/CD
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
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Financials
Total raised
$238.7M
Latest round
Series D
Funding rounds
6