One-time hot insurance tech Ethos poised to be first tech IPO of the year
In Brief Posted: 3:36 PM PST · January 20, 2026 Image Credits:Getty Images Julie Bort One-time hot insurance tech Ethos poised to be first tech IPO of the year Ethos Technologies has priced its initial public offering and the expectation is that it will go public on Thursday, making it one of the first tech IPOs of the year. If it lands in its current price range of $18 to $20 a share, it will enter the day valued at $1.26 billion on the high end — raising $102.6 million for itself and about $108 million for its selling shareholders. Should investor interest be high, it could wind up pricing higher. That means a bigger valuation and more money raised. The company, which offers software to sell life insurance, is backed by Sequoia, Accel, Alphabet’s venture…
