We first met Ryan (ThreeFlow’s co-founder and CEO) just as Equal was getting started. The company had been known as WatchTower Benefits (as it was up until yesterday) and was introduced to me by my long-time friend and Equal LP, Shawn Ellis of NFP. Shawn was CEO of a benefits company we had incubated at Lightbank and is amongst the most forward-thinking minds you will find in the benefits industry. Shawn knew that we were on the hunt for solutions that could enable transformation of the brokerage process, rather than attempting to disrupt it by disintermediating brokers. Having worked with companies like Riskmatch, we believe brokers are critical to the value chain and were searching for the next platform to enable the industry.