Vericred

Vericred

Provides API solutions for health benefits

Overview

Ideon provides API-based technology that connects health insurance and employee benefits systems. Its APIs enable insurers, brokers, and HR technology platforms to quote, sell, enroll, and manage benefits by integrating multiple software systems through standardized endpoints. Clients subscribe to Ideon’s platform and pay based on either a flat subscription or usage, so the more the APIs are used, the more revenue is generated. The company differentiates itself by specializing in the health insurance and employee benefits space and offering a comprehensive, scalable API suite that supports quick digital transformation and easier benefits administration. Ideon’s goal is to make the employee benefits industry more efficient and transparent, simplifying how businesses offer and manage benefits for employees and customers.

About Vericred

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Why Vericred is rated
C+
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Enterprise Software

Healthcare

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Early VC

Total Funding

$53.8M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2014

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Ideon’s Q2 2026 release adds Agent API and Special Enrollment Period support.
  • Its enrollment docs claim 90% faster setup than the 2-3 month standard.
  • The company still markets broad carrier connectivity and scalable benefits infrastructure in 2026.

What critics are saying

  • BambooHR can route carrier connectivity through Ideon, compressing pricing power by 2026.
  • A failed 2026 carrier rollout would break integrations and slow platform adoption.
  • Enabling one enrollment network invites replacement by carrier-owned or HRIS-native middleware.

What makes Vericred unique

  • Ideon links carriers and benefits platforms through enrollment and data-exchange APIs.
  • Its 2026 docs promise new carrier connections, including Unum, within days.
  • BambooHR added 21 carrier connections through Ideon, showing distribution leverage.

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Funding

Total Funding

$53.8M

Below

Industry Average

Funded Over

6 Rounds

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Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

↓ -1%

1 year growth

↑ 2%

2 year growth

↑ 0%
Yahoo Finance
Apr 16th, 2025
Ideon Expands ICHRA Enrollment Solution with Payment Automation from Ambient

The partnership combines Ideon's advanced enrollment technology with Ambient's payment and administration solution, providing health insurance carriers and ICHRA administrators a unified, automated solution for managing ICHRA enrollment and payment data.

Prudential Financial, Inc.
Dec 16th, 2024
Prudential collaborates with Ideon for technology that will help simplify the workplace benefits experience

NEWARK, N.J. - Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) announced today that its Group Insurance business has collaborated with Ideon, a leader in data exchange and connectivity solutions, to deliver unique technology solutions for benefits eligibility and enrollment processes for workplace clients and their employees.

PR Newswire
Oct 2nd, 2024
BerniePortal Partners with Ideon to Streamline Benefits Enrollment for Small Employers

BerniePortal and Ideon have partnered to launch an API solution that will securely transmit employee benefits information between BerniePortal and insurance companies.

II Reporter
Apr 25th, 2024
AgencyBloc, Ideon Partner to Enhance Benefits Quoting Experience for Agencies

AgencyBloc (Cedar Falls, Iowa), a provider of insurance growth enablement solutions catering to the health, senior, and benefits industries, has partnered with Ideon (New York), provider of application program interface (API) solutions that connect InsurTechs and insurance carriers in the health and benefits industry.

Business Wire
Apr 16th, 2024
Ideon Names Benefits And Technology Leader Steve Swad As Ceo

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ideon, the leader in data and connectivity solutions for carriers and benefits technology platforms, today announced Steve Swad as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. In a complementary move, Ideon co-founder Dan Langevin has been promoted to President and CTO. Swad brings decades of C-level leadership experience from the employee benefits industry and various high-profile technology and media companies. Previously, Swad led Benefitfocus, a top benefits administration platform, as its CEO before its acquisition by Voya Financial. Swad's impressive career also includes roles as CEO of Rosetta Stone, COO of Apptopia, and CFO positions at Vox Media, Comverse Technology, and AOL. Langevin, co-founder of Ideon and its CTO since 2014, has played a pivotal role in shaping the company's technology and advancing its business

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