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India Insurance Startup Raises Funds at $650 Million Valuation
Oct 11 2023 // Indian startup InsuranceDekho has raised $60 million in Series B funding, driving the online insurance seller’s valuation to more than $650 million. Investors including Japanese giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group...
Bill Gates-Backed Florida Startup Aims to Turn Oil-Drilling Gas into Useful Methanol
Oct 3 2023 // (Bloomberg) — Semi trailer-sized machines could provide a unique solution to a major source of the fossil fuel industry’s methane problem. Rather than flaring or venting the planet-warming gas into the...
Tech Startups in US, France, Germany Help in Fight Against Wildfires
Sep 25 2023 // This year has been a challenging one for Phil Schneider, who hasn’t seen wildfire behavior like this in his 47-year firefighting career. Blazes raged through more than 2,000 acres of wildland in recent months in his...
Assumable Mortgages Could Save Buyers Thousands in Interest, Startup Says
Sep 20 2023 // A New York startup company said it is now offering a platform that will make it easier for homebuyers to assume a mortgage from the seller, potentially saving buyers significantly over current interest rates. Roam, as...
Cyber Startup Wiz Is Weighing Potential Bid for SentinelOne
Aug 28 2023 // Closely held cloud cybersecurity company Wiz Inc. is considering a potential bid for SentinelOne Inc. in what would represent a rare move by a startup to buy a large listed company. Wiz spokesperson Tamar Harel said on...
AXA Venture Partners to Raise €1.5 Billion Fund for Investments in Tech Startups
May 24 2023 // AXA Venture Partners announced a new €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) late-stage fund to invest in European and North American tech startups, targeting companies that expect to go public within three to four years. French...
Washington Startup’s Ex-CFO Accused of Diverting $35M, Losing It in Crypto
May 24 2023 // The former chief financial officer of a Seattle, Washington-based startup took $35 million of his employer’s money without permission and lost it by investing in cryptocurrency before the crypto market crashed last...
Embroker: Business Insurance Shoppers Concerned With Startup Leadership Post-SVB
Apr 25 2023 // Following the closure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), VC-backed startups were increasingly looking for stronger protection in case their assets were compromised — specifically liability policies covering company...
People Moves: Startup Intangic MGA Names Marsh’s Durkan as Commercial Dir.; Helvetia Taps Rupprecht From NN Group as CEO; BMS Hires Ardonagh’s Leather as UK, Int’l CFO
Apr 24 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Intangic MGA, Helvetia Group and BMS. A summary of these new hires follows here. Startup Intangic MGA Names Marsh’s Durkan as Commercial...
Insurer Startup Trium Cyber Finds Path to Profits, With Large Business Focus
Apr 3 2023 // Trium Cyber is the industry’s first Lloyd’s-approved company to provide mono-line cyber coverage for U.S. risks. Launched in January 2023, the full stack surplus lines insurer has joined the ranks of new...
Insurer Startup Trium Cyber Finds Path to Profits, With Large Business Focus
Feb 28 2023 // This profile of Trium Cyber is the inaugural article in a regular series of Company Spotlights, published by Insurance Journal, which cover the insurance industry’s startups and innovators. Trium Cyber is the...
Commercial Auto Insurtech Startup OpenEyes Emerges From Stealth
Feb 14 2023 // OpenEyes, an insurtech serving commercial automotive fleets, today emerged from stealth with $18 million in Series A funding led by global software investor Insight Partners and Pitango First, with participation by MoreVC,...
Indian Insurtech Startup InsuranceDekho Raises $150 Million to Grow SME Business
Feb 14 2023 // Indian fintech startup InsuranceDekho raised $150 million from a clutch of investors led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, an unusually large investment round that will help it target an under-served domestic market. TVS...
Climate Tech Startup Aims to Narrow Insurance Protection Gap for Flood Risks
Jan 26 2023 // Flooding is the most common weather hazard globally and 83% of the damage it causes isn’t covered by insurance. A startup technology company on Thursday launched a new global flood-risk data service that its founders...
Embroker: Cybersecurity a Top Investment Focus for Startup Founders in 2023
Dec 9 2022 // Cybersecurity concerns will likely remain a focus for startup founders in 2023, according to the recent Embroker Cyber Risk Index: Startup Edition. The report said startup founders cited cybersecurity protections as one of...
Online Startup Waada Buys Rival to Become Pakistan’s Largest Insurtech
Nov 7 2022 // Pakistani online insurance startup Waada acquired a local rival to create the South Asian nation’s largest player in the field, seeking to benefit from growth in the burgeoning market. The Karachi-based company took...
Hackers Targeting Tech Supply Chains Spur Security Startup Boom
Oct 19 2022 // Cyberattacks on the digital supply chain have become increasingly common, as hackers seek out weak links among makers of computer code and equipment to breach organizations that depend on the technologies. In 2020, for...
AgentSync CTO and Co-founder Jenn Knight Talks Startups, Scaling, and SaaS at Collision 2022
Aug 15 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Collision, one of the world’s largest technology conferences, wrapped up its annual tech extravaganza in June. Founded by Paddy Cosgrave, David Kelly and Daire...
Insurtech Startup Quotech Announces £1 Million Investment Led by Re/insurer Convex
Aug 8 2022 // Quotech, the insurtech that creates data-taming systems for specialty insurers, brokers, and MGAs, has raised £1 million from a number of angel investors and Convex Group Ltd., the international specialty insurer and...
MGA Incubator NuVenture Launches Product Recall MGA BluNiche
Aug 4 2022 // NuVenture International, which incubates and supports managing general agents (MGAs) in the UK insurance markets, has announced the launch of its third MGA, product recall insurance specialist BluNiche. BluNiche was...
