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Next Funding Round for Next Insurance May Double Insurtech’s Valuation to $2.25 Billion

Next Insurance is in talks to raise new capital in a round that values the insurance technology startup at about $2.25 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Alphabet Inc.’s CapitalG is in talks to lead the roughly $250 …

Post-Covid Cold War World Will Be Tough for China’s Ant: Opionion

Ensconced in a lucrative niche at home, Jack Ma’s Ant Group nevertheless has to look outward. And expanding overseas has never looked so difficult for China’s biggest payments app, even with the war chest from what may be a world-record …

Alibaba’s Ant Group Files for Dual Listing; Could Be World’s Largest IPO Ever

Ant Group, Alibaba’s fintech arm and China’s dominant mobile payments firm, filed for a dual listing in Hong Kong and on Shanghai’s Nasdaq-style STAR Market on Tuesday and could raise as much as $30 billion in what would be the …

Chinese Crowdfunding, Insurance Site Waterdrop Raises $230 Million, Plans U.S. IPO

Chinese online insurance technology platform Waterdrop Inc. has raised $230 million in a new funding round led by reinsurer Swiss Re and Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings, it said on Thursday. Waterdrop’s existing investors, including IDG Capital and Wisdom Choice …

Duck Creek Shares Jump; Coronavirus Drives Insurance Technology Demand

Shares of Duck Creek Technologies Inc. soared on their Nasdaq debut on Friday, after the software company serving the property and casualty insurance market raised $405 million in its upsized initial public offering (IPO). The stock jumped as much as …

Alibaba’s Ant Group Makes Preparatory Filing in China for Giant IPO

Ant Group, the fintech arm of Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding, has made a preparatory filing with China’s securities regulator for its planned blockbuster initial public offering. The group, China’s biggest mobile payments company, said in July it had …

P/C Insurance Software Firm Duck Creek Hikes IPO Price Range

Duck Creek Technologies Inc., a software company that serves the property and casualty insurance market, on Wednesday raised the price range for its initial public offering (IPO) and expects to raise about $375 million. Boston-based Duck Creek, which is backed …

SoftBank-Backed Indian Fintech Startup Seeks IPO Valuation of More Than $3.5B

Online insurance platform Policybazaar aims to go public in 2021 at a valuation north of $3.5 billion, potentially becoming the first of India’s mega-startups to debut as its digital economy booms. The startup plans to secure about $250 million in …

Update: Online Insurer Lemonade Raises $319M During U.S. Stock Market Debut

Lemonade Inc., the online home insurance provider backed by SoftBank Group Corp., jumped as much as 86% after raising $319 million in its U.S. initial public offering. [inline-ad-1] Shares of the company opened at $50.06 and rose as high as …

Insurance Startup Lemonade Increases Target Price Range for IPO

SoftBank Group Corp.-backed insurance startup Lemonade Inc on Wednesday increased the target range for its U.S. initial public offering, looking to raise up to $308 million at a market capitalization of $1.54 billion. The company intends to sell 11 million …