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The Zebra is a comparison insurance website with headquarters in Austin, Texas. Often compared to travel metasearch engine Kayak.com but for insurance, it compares rates from over 200 insurance carriers including 22 big-name carriers. ==History== The Zebra was founded in 2012 by Adam Lyons who previously worked in the insurance industry in both brokering and underwriting. Originally named Insurance Zebra, the company initially started in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Zebra was part of the Alpha Lab Incubator Program run by the Pittsburgh venture capital firm Innovation Works, where it gained the attention of venture capital fund Silverton Partners. ShowClix founder Joshua Dziabiak joined the company as the vice president of product in January 2013, coinciding with the company receiving a $1.5 million in seed funding from investors that included Mark Cuban, Silverton Partners, Floodgate, and Birchmere Labs. The funding was used to officially launch the website, with the company relocating to Austin, Texas〔 and Dziabiak later being named company COO.〔 The Zebra was initially launched in September 2013 in both Texas and California, the two states with the most drivers. It initially offered quotes from 33 different insurers (approximately 90% of the market), requiring only a zip code and vehicle information to obtain a quote.〔 The quotes were provided from a direct relationship that The Zebra had with the insurers, or through a rate manual from companies that it did not have a direct relationship with.〔 The website allowed a more detailed quote for users who answered additional questions such as driving history. By the end of 2013, The Zebra was available to users in all 50 states, while increasing its platform to 204 companies that included 22 big carriers such as Esurance, Travelers, and The General. It also received an additional $3 million of funding from its existing investors, adding investor Simon Nixon to the list of new investors. The company also saw a 120% month-to-month increase in revenue for its first three months of operation.〔 The Zebra became the attention of national media in 2014 thanks to an April Fools' Day joke. The company issued a press release on a fake study showing that left handed people are better drivers.〔 The press release went viral and was covered by Time Magazine, which also named it one of 2014's best April Fools' jokes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Zebra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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