Cameron Shearer is the co-founder and CEO of Superscript, an insurtech scaleup providing business insurance.
Founded in 2015 by Shearer and Ben Rose, then known as Digital Risks, the London-based company provides flexible subscription-based insurance coverage to SMEs.
Superscript’s coverage includes policies such as employer liability, business interruption and equipment insurance. It has been chosen by Amazon as its sole insurance partner in the UK.
The company has raised £20m in Series A funding and has been backed by the likes of Concentric, Seedcamp and BHL Holdings. The company told UKTN that it has plans for a Series B round later this year.
Over the last year, it has doubled its active customers and tripled its employee headcount.
In this week’s Founder in Five Q&A, Shearer reveals what he wishes he’d done differently when launching Superscript, his tools for fighting burnout and explains why he thinks blockchain is misunderstood....