Coterie Insurance Strengthens Executive Leadership with Appointment of Chief Revenue Officer

APPLETON, Wis., Jan. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coterie Insurance (Coterie), a tech-enabled, data-powered managing general agent (MGA) specializing in property and casualty (P&C) commercial insurance for small businesses, today announced Mark Seich as the company’s new Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) overseeing revenue strategy across distribution, agency engagement, marketing, and customer experience (CX), with a mandate to accelerate profitable growth and deepen Coterie’s presence in the independent agency channel.

Seich’s appointment is part of Coterie’s deliberate expansion of the company’s senior leadership team. Last year, Coterie added Michael Albert as Chief Technology Officer and Allan Egbert as Chief Platform Officer, reinforcing the company’s commitment to building an executive bench capable of scaling a modern, technology-forward insurance business.

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HData Announces Investment from MassMutual Ventures

Climate tech investor backs platform that streamlines regulatory processes and enhances regulatory intelligence for the energy sector

Thursday, January 15, 2026—HData today announced an investment from MassMutual Ventures to scale the delivery of regulatory intelligence technology for the energy sector. Serving the largest customer ecosystem in regulated energy, HData helps utilities, regulators, advocates, advisory firms, corporates, financial institutions, and energy technology companies turn regulatory complexity into strategic advantage.

Through its Climate Technology Fund, MassMutual Ventures invests in companies that drive electrification, grid optimization, and resource efficiency. MassMutual Ventures is a subsidiary of MassMutual, a Fortune 500 financial services firm with over $500 billion in assets under management.

Timothy Krysiek, Managing Partner at MassMutual Ventures, will join HData's board as an observer, adding expertise in growth strategy and the climate tech landscape. Krysiek previously led Americas investment for Equinor Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Equinor. The HData investment is the latest in a series focused on companies applying digital technology to infrastructure and real assets, including Crux, Pano, Runwise, and Cultivo.

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Sensydia Announces American Medical Association Category III CPT® Code for Noninvasive AI Hemodynamic Assessment

Groundbreaking code will facilitate use, adoption, and pathway for reimbursement of AI-based hemodynamic assessment, including Sensydia's Cardiac Performance System (CPS™).

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Sensydia, a medical technology company advancing non-invasive cardiac assessment, today announced that the American Medical Association (AMA) has published a new industry-first Category III CPT® code, 1036T, for noninvasive augmentative AI hemodynamic assessment, encompassing Sensydia's Cardiac Performance System (CPS™). The new CPT code was published December 30, 2025, and will be effective July 1, 2026.

"Publication of the new AMA CPT code represents a significant milestone for Sensydia, and will help foster the adoption of our noninvasive, in-clinic hemodynamic assessment tool by establishing a pathway for reimbursement," said Anthony Arnold, CEO of Sensydia.

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Why more workers are moving away from traditional paycheck cycle

While serving as CFO of Uber, Nelson Chai got a firsthand look at the rise of the gig economy.

Chai, now the CEO of on-demand pay company DailyPay, also saw how gig workers struggled in a pay benefit structure that he says, “has really been about the white-collar management level.”

“For most companies, you get paid bi-weekly,” Chai told CNBC’s Morgan Brennan at the CNBC CEO Council Forum in November. “But what’s going on right now is about two-thirds of the households in this country are actually living paycheck to paycheck.”

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Onton raises $7.5M to expand its AI-powered shopping site beyond furniture

Major tech companies aren’t just using AI to help you generate or summarize content — they also want you to use it for shopping. OpenAI, Google, and Amazon have heavily invested in AI assistants that research new product categories for you and suggest the right ones to buy.

Startups like Perplexity, Daydream, and Cherry have also built businesses around AI for product discovery. All these efforts have resulted in customers using more AI for shopping. Onton (previously known as Deft), an AI-powered furniture shopping platform, says it has seen its user base grow from 50,000 monthly active users to over 2 million monthly active users, serving millions of searches and image generations.

Fueled by this growth, the startup announced today that it has raised $7.5 million in a new funding round led by Footwork, with participation from Liquid 2, Parable Ventures, and 43, among others. This round brings the startup’s total funding to approximately $10 million.

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