by Merlin Beyts | Oct 4, 2022 | Investment News, Middle-East & Africa, September 2022
Kenyan start-up, Turaco, has continued Africa’s innovation boom locking in $10 million via AfricInvest and Novastar Ventures to expand further via partnerships. Acting as a platform between customer and underwriter, its B2B and B2B2C model has seen the company build...
by Merlin Beyts | Oct 4, 2022 | Central and Latin America, Investment News, September 2022
Pier Seguradora has raised $20 million in a round led by Raiz Investimentos and aided by Pinheiro Neto Advogados and Gunderson Dettmer. Focusing on distributing to the personal P&C market they are hoping for further expansion having previoiusly raised $14.5...
by Merlin Beyts | Oct 4, 2022 | Asia Pacific, Investment News, September 2022
UBI player Koba has crowdfunded $547,000 having opened its funding round in July of this year in partnership with Birchal. The insurtech allows customers to pay a standard rate to insure their care while parked and following that, only pay for the distance they drive....
by Merlin Beyts | Oct 4, 2022 | Asia Pacific, Investment News, September 2022
ore news in the blockchain space as YAS Microinsurance has completed $4.5 million in Pre-Series A funding. Led by Noria Capital, the round will help move the needle for blockchain solutions. Co-founder, William Lee, said “We are on track with our goal to achieve our...
by Merlin Beyts | Oct 4, 2022 | Asia Pacific, Investment News, September 2022
Following on from last month’s announcement that India will soon have its next insurtech unicorn, commercial insurer Zopper has announced that it has raised $75 million in its latest Series C raise led by Creaegis, bringing its total funding to $96 million. “If you...
by Merlin Beyts | Oct 4, 2022 | Asia Pacific, Investment News, September 2022
Affirma Capital has taken Carrot General Insurance to new highs, leading a $250 million raise for the digital motor insurer. The first batch of funding worth $145 million was finalised last week with the remaining $105 million to come via an extended round during the...