The Story
A practical idea.
From a practical man.
Richard Villalpando didn't set out to disrupt an industry. He saw a simple, recurring problem. Drivers walking back to dented cars after hailstorms. He asked why nobody had solved it yet.
"It'll be like a hazard light that you deploy, or safety cones. It's gonna have to be in the trunk in a foldable bag where you can just get it deployed and you're done."
Richard Villalpando, Founder"If the insurance companies were smart, they would buy this for their customers. That way they don't have to pay a hail damage claim."
Richard Villalpando, FounderGrowing up irrigating, Richard understood what durable, pliable canvas could do under pressure. That same intuition shaped HailShield: an outer canvas layer tough enough to act as a dam, backed by a foam interior that absorbs every impact.
His clearest market signal has always been the insurance companies. Allstate, GEICO, Liberty Mutual. Every major carrier paying billions in hail claims annually has a direct financial reason to put HailShield in their customers’ trunks.