Crystal Venture Partners is a specialist venture capital firm founded in 2025 by Jonathan Crystal, the former CFO of Crystal & Co. With decades of operational experience in the insurance industry, the firm was created to modernize how essential industries manage risk. Its mission is to bring high-conviction capital and deep domain expertise to founders building technology at the intersection of insurance, risk, and resilience.
The firm invests in early-stage companies that operate in complex and highly regulated markets where trust, resilience, and regulatory expertise are critical.
Crystal Venture Partners focuses on insurance, financial services, healthcare, and emerging risk categories, with a particular emphasis on AI-driven technologies that address systemic inefficiencies and enable modernization.
Crystal Venture Partners announced the close of its debut vehicle, Crystal Venture Partners Fund I, at $33 million in October 2025.
The fund was oversubscribed and backed by a highly strategic LP base including senior executives from global insurers, GPs from top venture and growth funds, and family offices with deep insurance expertise. This strategic capital pool was designed to give founders a strong advantage in distribution, regulatory navigation, and scaling in highly regulated environments.
Fund I is targeting approximately 15 portfolio companies, with an average of $2–3 million invested per deal. The firm intends to provide long-term, hands-on support across go-to-market strategy, regulatory compliance, hiring, and industry positioning.
Leadership
The firm is led by Founder and Managing Partner Jonathan Crystal, a longtime insurance operator who sold a national brokerage before transitioning into early-stage investing. His domain expertise, combined with prior angel investments in insurance tech companies, informs the high-conviction approach of the fund.
Investment Strategy
Crystal Venture Partners backs a concentrated portfolio of founders building technology for risk-driven markets.
The firm takes an active role beyond capital, leveraging regulatory knowledge, industry networks, and executive talent support to de-risk company growth.
Its strategy is to invest early, often at seed or Series A, and then stay involved as a long-term partner.
Notable Investments
Fund I has already made investments in:
Jonathan Crystal also has a personal track record as an early investor in Flyreel, acquired by LexisNexis in 2022, and Corvus, acquired by Travelers in 2024.
These exits reinforce his ability to identify transformative insurtech companies.
Notable Exits
Prior to launching Crystal Venture Partners, Jonathan Crystal backed Flyreel and Corvus, which were acquired in 2022 and 2024 respectively. As a newly launched fund, Crystal Venture Partners’ portfolio exits from Fund I are not yet public.
Other
Crystal Venture Partners is highly specialized. Its LPs are not just capital providers but active participants with sector expertise and networks that can help unlock industry access.
The fund is designed for long-term partnership in complex, regulated markets where industry trust is as important as technology.
