Newfront Venture Capital Asset Protection Insurance

Newfront Venture Capital Asset Protection (VCAP)

Newfront brokers Venture Capital Asset Protection (VCAP), a single policy it markets to cover venture funds, their partners, and portfolio companies; Newfront places the policy with carriers rather than underwriting it. 1Company-reported. VC industry page, Comprehensive coverage section.

Issuing Insurer

Newfront says its Manuscript Coverage Endorsement for VCAP reflects working relationships with 'leading insurance carriers in the VC space' and is maintained with 'a collection of the most reputable carriers in the business,' but the page does not name a specific insurer. 1Company-reported. Relationship driven and Customized coverage sections; no named carrier.

Who It’s For

Newfront says its VC practice works across fund types including microcap, growth equity, secondaries, and fund of funds, and across industry verticals such as life science, Web3, SaaS, and digital health, without a stated minimum fund size. 1Company-reported. Our approach, Every size every strategy section.

Coverage Features

VCAP bundles management liability (for general partners, directors, officers, the fund and related entities), professional liability, outside-directorship liability for staff serving on portfolio company boards, employment practices liability, and fiduciary liability for benefit plans into one policy. 1Company-reported. Comprehensive coverage, Venture Capital Asset Protection list.

Newfront's custom Manuscript Coverage Endorsement can add coverage or adjust limits, alter claim-trigger conditions, change or remove exclusions, and amend policy definitions to fit a specific fund's risk profile; the actual endorsement wording is not published on the page. 1Company-reported. Customized coverage section.

Limits and Retentions

Not publicly disclosed. The reviewed VC page does not publish VCAP limit options or premium ranges; limit adjustments are described only as a feature of the manuscript endorsement, not as a schedule of amounts. 1Page as read on 2026-09-23.

Risk Services

Newfront says it conducts a review of a fund's investment thesis and audits each portfolio company's insurance program to identify exposures, and that it says its VC practice has placed more than 400 funds and represents about 20% of U.S. unicorns (company-reported figures, not independently verified). 1Company-reported. Our approach and 'By the numbers' sections.

How to Apply

You engage Newfront's VC practice by requesting a consultation through the industry page; no online quote or bind flow for VCAP is described. 1Company-reported. Page call-to-action.

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Sources

  1. Venture Capital Advisory and Insurance. Newfront; Venture Capital Asset Protection (VCAP) coverage list; Manuscript Coverage Endorsement section; By the numbers; Our approach: Bespoke service, Detail oriented, Every size every strategy, Client centric, Relationship driven. Accessed 2026-09-23.

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