February 26, 2021
Farmers Edge Inc. raised about C$125 million ($100 million) in its Canadian initial public offering after selling shares at the top end of its marketed range, according to people familiar with the transaction. Farmers Edge sold shares for about C$17 …
February 22, 2021
Israeli startup Earnix Ltd., which uses advanced analytics to help insurers and banks offer personalized financial products, reached a $1 billion valuation in a financing round led by Insight Partners. Existing investors Jerusalem Venture Partners, Vintage Investment Partners and Israel …
February 9, 2021
Irish mobility startup Brite has partnered with London-based mobility insurance provider Zego to expand its fleet offering of e-mopeds, e-scooters and e-bikes across Ireland. The partnership between Brite and Zego means that businesses, university campuses and delivery services that use …
February 1, 2021
After a slow start in 2020, insurtech funding reached a record level of $7.1 billion for the year, with $4.7 billion earmarked for property/casualty startups, according to a quarterly tracker of insurtech funding volume. According to the latest quarterly insurtech …
January 29, 2021
Trov, the San Francisco-based insurtech company, announced that UFODRIVE, a frontrunner in sustainable car rental, has selected Trov’s Mobility Insurance Platform for its fleet of fully electric vehicles. UFODRIVE will benefit from Trov’s risk operations, combined with context-based commercial insurance, …
January 19, 2021
Loop, a managing general agency focused on building an auto insurance model that does not utilize credit scores and ZIP codes, announced the close of a $3.25 million seed round last week. Freestyle.VC led the funding round, with participation from …
January 11, 2021
Apollo Insurance Solutions Ltd., the Toronto-based online insurance company, announced it has closed an oversubscribed C$13.5 million (US$10.6 million) Series A financing round, which exceeded its original C$4 million (US$3.2 million) target. Gravitas Securities Inc. led the financing which resulted …