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Location

Obvious Ventures is located two blocks from The Embarcadero in San Francisco, on the northwest corner of Sydney Walton Park. If you see the red brick building where Pacific Avenue runs into Front Street, you're in the right place.

190 Pacific Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94111

Phil Edmundson

Obvious Champion

Phil Edmundson is the founder and former CEO of Corvus, the cyber insurance company. After many years in InsurTech, he is now Managing Partner of Edmus Ventures.

At Edmus Ventures, he invests in InsurTech companies, including Verifly, Wellthie, Openly, Agentero, Cover Wallet, reThought, Shepherd and others, and served on the board of Cover Wallet prior to its sale to Aon. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. He also is the Vice Chair of the Trustees of Reservations, a conservation organization.
Prior to Corvus, Phil co-founded and served as Chairman & CEO of the brokerage firm William Gallagher Associates, eventually acquired by Arthur J Gallagher. In addition, Phil has been an active leader in the Worldwide Broker Network, a Director of the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers (CIAB), and Chair of the Alliance for Business Leadership. In 2006, Phil advocated successfully for the campaign for Massachusetts Healthcare Reform (the model for Obamacare) while serving as Chairman of Affordable Care Today, a coalition of business, consumer, provider, and labor organizations.