S.F. startup raises $22M to modernize trucking insurance

There are millions of truck drivers on the road, and Nirvana wants to make insurance easier and cheaper for them. The San Francisco startup announced a $22 million Series A on Wednesday, bringing its total funding to more than $25 million. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and also included General Catalyst, Elad Gil, Fidji Simo (Instacart), Spike Lipkin (Newfront) and Sam Hodges (Vouch). CEO Rushil Goel, 32, co-founded the company in 2021 with Abhay Mitra and Alex Carges. He had…