MS&AD Ventures

MS&AD Ventures Inc. is the venture capital arm of MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc., established in June 2018 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The firm focuses on investing in early to late-stage companies, particularly those in the seed to series B funding stages. MS&AD Ventures specializes in big data businesses related to the insurance and financial services sectors, with a keen interest in areas such as InsurTech, fintech, risk technology, IoT, climate, cybersecurity, mobility, health, artificial intelligence, and analytics. The firm typically invests between $0.5 million and $3 million in businesses worldwide, aiming to support innovation and growth within these critical industries.

Takashi Sato

Managing Partner

Tiffine Wang

Partner - Investments

Jon Soberg

Managing Partner

114 past transactions

Flex

Series A in 2025
Flex is a financial technology company that offers an end-to-end finance platform that integrates business and personal finance management. Their services include business banking with zero monthly fees, 1% cashback on eligible purchases, and high-yield accounts with up to 2.99% APY on idle cash. They provide a business credit card featuring 0% interest for 60 days on eligible purchases, unlimited cashback, and flexible rewards. Flex also offers accounts payable automation with features like fraud prevention, AI-powered bill scanning, and real-time payment tracking. Additionally, their platform supports global payments across over 180 countries in 32 currencies, catering to businesses with international operations.

Energetic Capital

Venture Round in 2024
Energetic Insurance, Inc. is an InsurTech company based in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 2016. It specializes in providing solar insurance solutions that address credit and counterparty risks associated with commercial and industrial solar photovoltaic projects. The company offers a product called EneRate, which protects third-party solar developers and asset owners from repayment risks and revenue losses due to defaults on power purchase agreements (PPAs). Energetic Insurance employs a data-driven approach as a Managing General Underwriter, developing innovative risk management products that facilitate solar financing for unrated or below investment grade organizations. This enables solar project developers to undertake more projects and access capital by mitigating payment default risks, thereby enhancing project economics through lower interest rates and improved financial structuring.

INSHUR

Venture Round in 2024
INSHUR is a digital insurance platform that specializes in auto insurance for individual drivers and fleet owners. The platform leverages proprietary data and analytics to streamline the process of obtaining insurance quotations, making purchases, and servicing policies. This allows users to manage their entire insurance lifecycle conveniently from their mobile devices, enhancing accessibility and user experience in the insurance market.

Bounti.ai

Seed Round in 2024
With Bounti's Autonomous Agents, Reps spend less time doing toil work and more time doing the things that matter - connecting with customers to solve their problems.

Sidekick

Seed Round in 2024
Sidekick is a wealth management firm that specializes in providing investment management services to the mass affluent customer segment. The company operates an investment platform that offers actively managed baskets of public equities and alternative investments, including stocks and cryptocurrency. In addition to investment options, Sidekick allows clients to borrow against their portfolios, enhancing their financial flexibility. The firm's investment team regularly updates customers on portfolio performance and shares educational content to help enhance their investment knowledge. By offering these services, Sidekick aims to democratize access to wealth-building products that were previously available primarily to high-net-worth individuals.

Vouch

Series C in 2024
Vouch, Inc. is a provider of insurance products and services specifically tailored for startups in the United States. The company offers a range of coverage options, including general liability, business property, directors and officers insurance, errors and omissions, cyber coverage, crime coverage, employment practices liability, hired and non-owned auto, and fiduciary liability. Vouch operates a tech-enabled platform that allows businesses to access multiple insurance carriers and receive instant quotes, facilitating customized coverage solutions. By leveraging technology and industry expertise, Vouch aims to help high-growth companies manage risk effectively as they scale. Founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, Vouch operates as a subsidiary of SVB Financial Group.

Agio Ratings

Seed Round in 2024
Agio Ratings Ltd specializes in providing services that enable firms involved in trading and investing in digital assets to safeguard their capital, underwrite credit, and ensure long-term success. The company focuses on the financial services sector, catering to the needs of businesses navigating the complexities of digital asset management. With a team of experts, Agio Ratings Ltd offers insights and solutions designed to enhance the security and profitability of digital asset investments. The company operates with a commitment to delivering valuable services to its clients, leveraging technology and industry knowledge to address the unique challenges of the digital asset market.

Armilla AI

Seed Round in 2024
Armilla AI is a governance platform that focuses on algorithmic accountability to promote ethical decision-making and transparency in artificial intelligence. The platform is designed for large enterprises, enabling them to build, govern, and scale their AI models effectively. Armilla AI allows for rapid testing of models and their underlying datasets, facilitating thorough vetting within hours. By providing tools for continuous monitoring, the platform helps clients maintain oversight of their AI systems' performance and accuracy, while also detecting errors to ensure accountability throughout the lifecycle of their algorithms.

Artificial Labs

Series A in 2024
Artificial Labs Limited is a software development company focused on the insurance industry, established in 2013 and based in London, United Kingdom. The company offers a comprehensive suite of front and back-end applications designed to enhance digital processes for insurers. Key products include Artificial Build, which automates data capturing and workflow negotiations; Artificial Distribute, a tool for data collection and distribution; Artificial Price, which aids in risk selection and pricing; and Artificial Manage, for portfolio management. The platform utilizes algorithmic underwriting and machine learning to enable commercial insurers to efficiently capture and leverage data throughout the insurance lifecycle. By integrating these solutions, Artificial Labs helps clients streamline operations, improve risk assessment, and enhance customer experiences, ultimately driving growth and reducing costs.

Manufactured

Series A in 2024
Manufactured is a global company that specializes in manufacturing, financing, and distributing products across 20 industries in 25 countries. Since its inception in 2019, it has successfully managed over $140 million in gross merchandise value. The company offers an inventory success platform that provides tailored manufacturing and financing solutions for both B2B and direct-to-consumer clients. Its services include inventory financing, purchase order financing, and factoring, all designed to help businesses manage cash flow effectively and prevent inventory stockouts. Additionally, Manufactured assists clients in procuring large wholesale orders and offers comprehensive sourcing and supply chain management services, thereby enabling businesses to optimize their manufacturing processes.

Kapital

Series B in 2023
Kapital provides a fintech solution designed to assist small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), freelancers, and startups in managing their financial processes more effectively. The company's platform enables clients to gain visibility and control over their treasury, allowing them to manage income, expenses, corporate spending, payroll distribution, and payments to suppliers from a single interface. By offering a suite of digital financial services, Kapital aims to simplify financial management and enhance access to financing, ultimately promoting growth and financial inclusion for its clients.

Mulberri

Series A in 2023
Mulberri is the first business insurance solution built for PEOs and brokers. Mulberri allows PEOs, brokers, small-medium businesses, and carriers to come together to write business.

Flex

Series A in 2023
Flex is a financial technology company that offers an end-to-end finance platform that integrates business and personal finance management. Their services include business banking with zero monthly fees, 1% cashback on eligible purchases, and high-yield accounts with up to 2.99% APY on idle cash. They provide a business credit card featuring 0% interest for 60 days on eligible purchases, unlimited cashback, and flexible rewards. Flex also offers accounts payable automation with features like fraud prevention, AI-powered bill scanning, and real-time payment tracking. Additionally, their platform supports global payments across over 180 countries in 32 currencies, catering to businesses with international operations.

Tradeteq

Series A in 2023
Tradeteq Limited operates a platform designed to facilitate trade finance investments for investors and corporates. The platform allows users to negotiate, analyze credit, and manage portfolios effectively. It serves as a marketplace for registering and discovering trading partners, enabling originators to showcase their portfolios and investment opportunities while helping funders diversify their investments and access new assets. Tradeteq provides essential tools and services, including AI-powered credit analytics, reporting, and operational solutions, to enhance the understanding and execution of trade finance investments. Founded in 2016 and based in London, the company aims to integrate trade finance into the global capital markets, allowing banks and institutional investors to efficiently connect and transact.

Terminal Industries

Seed Round in 2023
Terminal Industries develops an artificial intelligence platform designed to assist logistics operators in creating resilient supply chains. The platform specializes in consequential technology that offers real-time visibility and control over critical transportation assets. By enhancing transparency and efficiency, Terminal Industries aims to promote safer global supply chain operations for businesses.

Poko

Seed Round in 2023
Poko enables seamless transfers from local payment rails to web3 infrastructure enabling web3 wallets, marketplaces, games and DApps to acquire more users. With Poko’s SDK, web3 builders can easily enable fiat-to-crypto onramping with 100+ common local payment methods or easily pay for NFTs with local payment methods. Poko's fiat-to-crypto onramp aggregator reduces onramping costs by up to 70% and increases transaction success rates by up to 5x through a smart routing logic and a single integration to multiple onramps. It's Direct Checkout solution enables one step purchasing from fiat payment rails from any smart contract for 79% higher user conversion. The co-founders’ experience includes being chief strategy officer of a $2.4B coincap protocol, leading technical implementation of Singapore’s central bank’s experiment in cross-border payments on blockchain rails, policy experience as payments task force member at the World Economic Forum, ex-Ethereum Foundation Fellow, and CTO of a 2M+ user play to earn game.

ZenAdmin

Pre Seed Round in 2023
ZenAdmin | Unified IT & HR Automation ZenAdmin is the all-in-one platform that automates and centralizes IT and HR tasks, helping organizations streamline their operations from onboarding to offboarding and everything in between. By combining ZenHR for people operations and ZenIT for IT management, ZenAdmin creates a seamless experience that drives efficiency and compliance. Our platform empowers businesses to automate critical workflows, such as identity and access management, device lifecycle management, payroll, and global workforce management. With ZenAdmin, companies can easily onboard and offboard employees, automate SaaS management, and ensure devices and apps are secured globally—all in just a few clicks. ZenAdmin’s 24/7 IT support, along with global Device Lifecycle Management (DLM) services, ensures that organizations can scale effortlessly while maintaining a secure and productive workforce. We also offer service add-ons, including Global Payroll, HR Concierge, and Employer of Record (EOR) services, designed to simplify workforce management across multiple regions. Trusted by businesses of all sizes, ZenAdmin enables HR, IT, Operations, and Finance leaders to save time, reduce costs, and eliminate the hassle of manual processes. By unifying IT and HR management, we help businesses focus on growth while we handle the complexity of employee lifecycle management. ZenAdmin- Connecting People, Apps & Devices

Kapital

Series A in 2023
Kapital provides a fintech solution designed to assist small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), freelancers, and startups in managing their financial processes more effectively. The company's platform enables clients to gain visibility and control over their treasury, allowing them to manage income, expenses, corporate spending, payroll distribution, and payments to suppliers from a single interface. By offering a suite of digital financial services, Kapital aims to simplify financial management and enhance access to financing, ultimately promoting growth and financial inclusion for its clients.

Safe Security

Series B in 2023
Safe Security is a cybersecurity company that specializes in cyber risk management and quantification. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New Delhi, India, it provides organizations with tools to mitigate cyber risks in real-time. The company has developed a comprehensive platform that secures and continuously monitors digital environments while enabling proactive responses to threats. This platform establishes a common risk taxonomy, facilitating effective communication and alignment among stakeholders within organizations. By shifting the focus from tactical security measures to strategic value, Safe Security enhances the ability of businesses to manage and prioritize actionable insights related to their cybersecurity posture. Additionally, the company offers a range of services, including IT security assessments, governance policy formulation, and training in various aspects of digital security.

EtherMail

Seed Round in 2023
EtherMail is a pioneering Web3 email solution that facilitates anonymous and encrypted communication between users through wallet-to-wallet interactions. It offers a platform that not only maintains user privacy and autonomy but also redefines the email experience by integrating blockchain technology. End users benefit from fully anonymous peer-to-peer communication and can receive rewards for engaging with relevant content in their inboxes. For businesses, EtherMail provides the capability to deliver targeted content directly to asset holders, utilizing real-time, blockchain-synced data to enhance engagement and interaction rates significantly. This innovative approach aims to transform email dynamics, promoting decentralized communication and fair compensation for users.

Assured Allies

Series B in 2023
Assured Allies is focused on addressing the financial challenges families face due to aging through its longevity assurance platform. This platform employs predictive algorithms and preventive medical interventions to create individualized aging plans that include psychosocial assessments and recommended support services. By collaborating with leaders in the long-term care industry and insurance companies, Assured Allies aims to enhance the support provided to policyholders as they navigate the complexities of aging. The company’s continuous ally support further ensures that individuals receive the necessary assistance throughout their later years.

Pliant

Series A in 2023
Pliant is a European fintech company that specializes in B2B payment solutions, offering a modular, API-first platform designed to streamline spending and enhance cash flow for businesses. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Berlin, Pliant caters to industries with complex payment needs, such as travel and fleet management. The platform provides companies with intuitive applications and APIs, allowing them to gain control, automate processes, and enjoy financial flexibility through extended credit lines. Pliant also partners with financial software platforms, ERP providers, and banks to enhance their credit card offerings via its embedded finance and white-label solutions. As a licensed e-money institution, Pliant issues Visa-powered credit cards in 11 currencies and operates in over 30 countries, supporting more than 3,500 businesses globally while simplifying payment processes.

CrediLinq.Ai

Seed Round in 2023
CrediLinq.Ai is a technology infrastructure company focused on providing embedded finance solutions for B2B platforms and marketplaces. By offering white-labeled services such as B2B PayLater for buyers and B2B PayNow for sellers, CrediLinq.Ai aims to enhance conversion rates, increase average order volumes, and reduce operational burdens for its clients. The company's platform integrates data digitally into clients' applications, enabling them to better understand their customers' businesses and create unique credit scores for borrowers. This approach facilitates hassle-free and equitable access to capital for small and medium enterprises, supporting their growth and financial needs.

Coverflex

Series A in 2023
Coverflex is a compensation management platform designed to enhance the way companies compensate their employees. It aims to create a more transparent and flexible compensation system that allows individuals to maximize their benefits. The platform offers a fully digital solution that enables businesses to manage various aspects of compensation beyond just salary, including benefits, insurance, meal allowances, and exclusive discounts. Coverflex also provides dedicated customer support and flexible monthly pricing plans, facilitating the management of meal cards, benefits, perks, and insurance policies. By empowering employees to choose how they spend their compensation, Coverflex contributes to a more personalized and efficient benefits experience.

Vint

Seed Round in 2022
Vint is an investment platform that enables investors to acquire shares in curated collections of investment-grade wines and spirits. By securitizing these collections with regulatory approval, Vint offers fractional ownership, allowing individuals to diversify their portfolios through wine investments. The company utilizes data models and analytics, alongside a team of industry experts, to source high-quality wines and spirits. These assets are securely stored in a network of cellars until optimal market conditions arise. At that point, Vint collaborates with merchant partners, auction houses, and private buyers to sell the assets, distributing the proceeds to investors on a pro-rata basis.

BeeHero

Series B in 2022
BeeHero is a company that has developed an innovative beehive technology platform aimed at enhancing crop yields through effective pollination. Utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms, the platform employs low-cost sensors to gather data from within beehives. This information helps stimulate optimal productivity during critical pollination periods, assisting farmers in safeguarding their beehives against colony collapse and improving overall pollination efficiency. Founded in 2017 by Itai Kanot, Omer Davidi, and Yuval Regev, BeeHero operates from locations in Tel Aviv and Silicon Valley, with a workforce of 50 employees, including 30 at its research and development center in Israel.

Lyte Ventures

Venture Round in 2022
Lyte Ventures creates solutions to financial challenges by combining empathy, data, and future-proof technology. It provides financing solutions to freelancers and SMEs around the world.

Qunomedical

Series A in 2022
Qunomedical is a digital health platform that is providing patients worldwide access to high-quality affordable healthcare. They believe that the ultimate healthcare choice of—what to do, where to go, and with whom to have a procedure, is made easier with someone you trust on your side. Qunomedical strives to be that someone for you. Their goal is to be your partner through your healthcare experience, and to open the doors to the highest quality information, doctors, clinics and care—worldwide. All too often, their health systems follow a one-size-fits-all approach, leaving patients to fend for themselves with too little treatment information, long waiting times, and no individualized care support. Qunomedical is here to change that. No two patients are alike—from their medical needs, to their emotional demands and comfort levels, everyone has different priorities and requests when it comes to handling their healthcare.

Marble

Venture Round in 2022
Marble is a developer of a digital wallet and loyalty platform for insurance. It also offers a platform where users can organize all their policies in one singular digital wallet and compare rates and find the right policy for them.

Anzen

Seed Round in 2022
Anzen specializes in underwriting and brokering various types of Executive, Cyber, and Professional Liability insurance, including D&O, EPL, Cyber, Fiduciary, Crime, Tech E&O, and E&O. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Anzen streamlines the insurance process, allowing submissions to be made through a simple email or a brief digital application. The platform connects thousands of brokers to a marketplace of leading insurance carriers, facilitating competitive coverage placements and efficient transactions. Anzen's services cater to a range of businesses, from small to mid-market private companies, helping them identify and mitigate risks. Additionally, the company provides integrated tools with human resources systems and incident response services, enabling organizations to manage operational risks and liabilities effectively.

Bounti.ai

Seed Round in 2022
With Bounti's Autonomous Agents, Reps spend less time doing toil work and more time doing the things that matter - connecting with customers to solve their problems.

InnerPlant

Series A in 2022
InnerPlant, Inc. is an agricultural technology company based in Davis, California, founded in 2018. The company specializes in genetically engineered plants that serve as living sensors, providing real-time alerts to farmers about plant health. Its flagship product, InnerTomato, utilizes biotechnology, big data, and the Internet of Things to indicate when plants require water, nutrients, or pest control. These plants emit optical signals that can be detected by devices such as smartphones, allowing farmers to respond quickly to issues. By enabling plants to communicate early stress signals, InnerPlant aims to enhance crop protection and promote sustainable farming practices, ultimately increasing field health and delivering value throughout the agricultural supply chain.

Mulberri

Seed Round in 2022
Mulberri is the first business insurance solution built for PEOs and brokers. Mulberri allows PEOs, brokers, small-medium businesses, and carriers to come together to write business.

Vizion

Series A in 2022
Vizion is a technology company founded in 2020 and based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in providing data integration and tracking solutions for the ocean freight, logistics, and supply chain sectors. The company has developed an application programming interface (API) platform that consolidates and estimates tracking data from a wide range of carriers into a single, user-friendly interface. This platform enables logistics teams to monitor their operations effectively and conduct strategic analysis by offering comprehensive data services that streamline access to critical information from various sources.

CRS

Seed Round in 2022
CRS is an all-in-one platform specializing in credit data, fraud prevention, and compliance solutions aimed at facilitating data-driven financial decisions. With 25 years of industry expertise, CRS partners with credit bureaus and data providers to streamline the management of regulated and sensitive data. The platform enables companies to launch credit solutions significantly faster by providing guided compliance and seamless API integrations, thus offering access to a wide array of financial data products through a simplified onboarding process. CRS's approach, recognized as Credit Data as a Service™, sets a new industry benchmark for comprehensive credit solutions and high-quality customer service. Headquartered in San Francisco, CRS is a certified Credit Reporting Agency, serving major credit bureaus and established as a subsidiary of Credit Reporting Services, Inc., which has been a trusted entity in the credit industry since 2006.

Artificial Labs

Series A in 2022
Artificial Labs Limited is a software development company focused on the insurance industry, established in 2013 and based in London, United Kingdom. The company offers a comprehensive suite of front and back-end applications designed to enhance digital processes for insurers. Key products include Artificial Build, which automates data capturing and workflow negotiations; Artificial Distribute, a tool for data collection and distribution; Artificial Price, which aids in risk selection and pricing; and Artificial Manage, for portfolio management. The platform utilizes algorithmic underwriting and machine learning to enable commercial insurers to efficiently capture and leverage data throughout the insurance lifecycle. By integrating these solutions, Artificial Labs helps clients streamline operations, improve risk assessment, and enhance customer experiences, ultimately driving growth and reducing costs.

Hourly

Series A in 2022
Hourly, Inc. is a technology company based in Palo Alto, California, focused on providing a comprehensive payroll platform tailored for small and medium-sized businesses. Founded in 2018, Hourly offers an integrated solution that encompasses payroll processing, time tracking, and workers' compensation insurance. The payroll service features automatic tax filing, unlimited pay runs, and mobile onboarding, while the time tracking component includes geo-fencing, job costing, real-time alerts, and compliance tools. Additionally, Hourly simplifies workers' compensation insurance by ensuring accurate premium payments and real-time premium calculations. By combining these services, Hourly aims to help business owners efficiently manage and protect their hourly workforce, bringing advanced technology solutions to the small business sector.

FutureProof Technologies

Venture Round in 2022
FutureProof Technologies is a venture-backed managing general agent that specializes in climate-smart insurance solutions. Funded by AXIS Digital Ventures and MS&AD Ventures, the company leverages artificial intelligence to provide accurate projections of asset-level losses from climate-related events such as hurricanes and floods. Its innovative platform combines climate prediction data with proprietary economic models to assess property risks, offering actionable insights for financial decision-making. FutureProof's API facilitates real-time algorithmic underwriting and pricing, enabling wholesale brokers to receive instantly-bindable, differentiated quotes. By delivering affordable coverage for climate-resilient structures, FutureProof aims to close the insurance coverage gap while encouraging investment in climate adaptation efforts.

Optifino

Seed Round in 2022
Optifino is a fintech company that specializes in educating clients about the benefits of compounding and tax-efficient investments designed to last through generations. The firm focuses on transforming life insurance by enhancing transparency, protection, tax management, and liquidity. By bridging the gap between life insurance and investing, Optifino aims to provide innovative solutions that deliver value at every interaction, empowering customers to make informed financial decisions.

Moojo

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Moojo, founded in 2021 and based in Berlin, Germany, provides a comprehensive freelancer management platform designed to streamline the invoicing process for freelancers and creators. The software facilitates easy integration and management of freelancers and contractors for businesses, offering a range of features including automated onboarding, time tracking, budgeting, invoicing, and payments. Additionally, Moojo addresses compliance management, enabling businesses to enhance efficiency while saving time and resources.

Future Family

Series B in 2022
Future Family, Inc. is a subscription-based fertility company founded in 2016 and located in San Francisco, California. The company provides comprehensive fertility services, including personalized fertility planning, clinic matching, and access to a dedicated nurse concierge. Its offerings encompass on-demand medical support, guided care, and a digital health platform that facilitates clinic visits, procedures, laboratory tests, and medications. Additionally, Future Family offers customized financing plans for fertility procedures such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) and egg freezing, ensuring that individuals and couples can navigate their fertility journeys with financial assistance and expert support.

Poko

Venture Round in 2022
Poko enables seamless transfers from local payment rails to web3 infrastructure enabling web3 wallets, marketplaces, games and DApps to acquire more users. With Poko’s SDK, web3 builders can easily enable fiat-to-crypto onramping with 100+ common local payment methods or easily pay for NFTs with local payment methods. Poko's fiat-to-crypto onramp aggregator reduces onramping costs by up to 70% and increases transaction success rates by up to 5x through a smart routing logic and a single integration to multiple onramps. It's Direct Checkout solution enables one step purchasing from fiat payment rails from any smart contract for 79% higher user conversion. The co-founders’ experience includes being chief strategy officer of a $2.4B coincap protocol, leading technical implementation of Singapore’s central bank’s experiment in cross-border payments on blockchain rails, policy experience as payments task force member at the World Economic Forum, ex-Ethereum Foundation Fellow, and CTO of a 2M+ user play to earn game.

Socotra

Series C in 2022
Socotra, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing a cloud-based platform tailored for the insurance industry. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Socotra offers a comprehensive software solution that facilitates various aspects of insurance operations, including policy administration, underwriting, claims management, and billing. Its platform is designed to support both property and casualty as well as life insurance businesses globally. By utilizing modern technologies, Socotra aims to enhance the efficiency and agility of insurers, allowing them to develop and distribute products more effectively. The platform's features include standardized public APIs and a product-agnostic data model, enabling insurance companies to manage the entire policy lifecycle while fostering innovation and improving customer experiences.

FloodFlash

Series A in 2022
FloodFlash is an insurance technology company that addresses the significant gap in flood coverage, as 80% of the world's catastrophic flood losses remain uninsured. Founded by catastrophe risk experts Adam Rimmer and Dr. Ian Bartholomew, the company offers the first parametric flood insurance for the mass market, allowing customers to select a specific flood depth and corresponding payout amount. When a smart sensor installed at the property detects water at the chosen depth, the claim is automatically settled, ensuring instant payment without the usual complexities of traditional insurance. Since its launch in 2019, FloodFlash has gained recognition for its straightforward and transparent approach to flood insurance, winning over 30 industry awards and protecting thousands of customers who are often overlooked by conventional insurers. Headquartered in London, FloodFlash operates as a registered coverholder at Lloyd’s of London and is authorized by the Financial Conduct Authority, having raised £2.1 million in investment to date.

Redkik

Seed Round in 2022
Redkik is a global Insurtech company focused on enhancing the insurance landscape for logistics and transportation. Its innovative platform streamlines the insurance process by replacing traditional, complex annual policies with on-demand, per-shipment cargo insurance. By integrating with licensed insurance providers, Redkik enables transport intermediaries to offer customized insurance solutions at the point of sale. This approach allows clients in the logistics and transportation sectors to access tailored, competitive quotes instantly, transforming the way insurance is managed within the industry. With a team experienced in logistics, risk management, and technology, Redkik aims to bring intelligence and efficiency to insurance, ultimately providing peace of mind for businesses and their customers.

Intellect

Series A in 2022
Intellect is a modern-day mental health company with a mission to make mental healthcare and well-being support accessible for everyone. The company has developed a simple and effective mental health journey. Utilizing both technology and human interaction to create memorable human contact. Intellect serves over 3 million members and organizations globally through its mental health platform. Intellect was also selected as one of Google’s Best Apps of 2020. Intellect is backed by leading investors including Insignia Ventures Partners, Y Combinator, HOF Capital, Headline, East Ventures, MS&AD Ventures, as well as an extensive list of family offices, big tech executives & renowned angel investors.

Accelerant

Private Equity Round in 2022
Accelerant is a technology-driven insurtech company that provides insurance underwriting services primarily for small and medium-sized businesses. It specializes in property and casualty insurance products through a full-service risk exchange that connects a carefully selected network of underwriting teams. By leveraging advanced data analytics, Accelerant offers underwriters enhanced insights into risk management and insurance pools, ensuring a diversified portfolio with minimal exposure to catastrophe and systemic risks. The company has received an AM Best A- (Excellent) rating, reflecting its commitment to financial stability and excellence in service.

Vesttoo

Series B in 2021
Vesttoo Ltd is a financial technology company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, founded in 2018. It operates an artificial intelligence-driven platform that serves as a marketplace for non-catastrophe insurance-based risk transfer and investments. The platform enables the transfer of risk between insurance companies and institutional investors, providing innovative insurance-linked investment opportunities for asset managers. By facilitating risk transfer to the capital markets, Vesttoo offers insurers a cost-effective and efficient alternative to traditional reinsurance, with the capacity to handle a variety of Life and Property & Casualty insurance risks. Its proprietary AI technology streamlines processes such as deal structuring, risk modeling, and index calculation, while also enhancing liquidity in the insurance market. Vesttoo collaborates with industry leaders to create transparent and data-driven reinsurance transactions and has been recognized in various prestigious fintech accelerators. The company's team comprises professionals with expertise in financial engineering, technology, and risk management, further strengthening its position in the market.

Multiplier

Series A in 2021
Multiplier is a global employment platform that facilitates international hiring and team management for companies. Its technology streamlines the complexities of local compliance, labor contracts, payroll, benefits, and taxes, allowing businesses to employ teams from anywhere without the need to establish local legal entities. The platform enables efficient onboarding and management through a user-friendly dashboard, which consolidates employee details, expenses, holidays, pay slips, and invoices. By assuming responsibility for local labor law compliance, Multiplier simplifies the employment process, helping companies effectively manage their distributed workforce while ensuring adherence to legal requirements.

NeuraLight

Seed Round in 2021
NeuraLight is a venture-backed company focused on improving the lives of individuals affected by neurological disorders through digital solutions. The company has developed a digital neurology platform that utilizes a proprietary, de-identified oculometric database. This technology allows for the analysis of eye movement using standard smartphones or webcams, enabling clinicians to effectively differentiate between patients and healthy individuals, categorize various subgroups, and track disease progression. By digitizing evaluation and care, NeuraLight aims to enhance diagnostic accuracy and treatment for those impacted by neurological conditions.

Jupiter Intelligence

Series C in 2021
Jupiter Intelligence, Inc. is a company that specializes in climate risk analytics, providing tools and platforms that deliver weather and climate data, trend visualizations, forecasts, and risk assessments. Its ClimateScore Intelligence Platform utilizes cloud computing to integrate various prediction models, processing data from numerous ground-based and satellite sensors. Jupiter also offers specific products like FloodScore, which aids users in preparing for potential flooding linked to climate change, and HeatScore, designed to help organizations anticipate and mitigate the impacts of extreme temperatures. Founded in 2017 and based in San Mateo, California, Jupiter Intelligence transforms complex climate science into actionable insights, enabling businesses to assess physical risks, comply with regulations, and address reputational concerns related to climate change.

Skyflow

Series B in 2021
Skyflow, Inc. is a technology company based in Los Altos, California, that specializes in providing a privacy API for managing sensitive user information, such as social security numbers. Founded in 2017 and formerly known as Prekari Labs, the company has developed a secure data privacy platform that integrates a customer data vault to help businesses handle personally identifiable information (PII) in compliance with various regulations, including PCI, HIPAA, GDPR, and CCPA. Skyflow's platform utilizes advanced encryption and tokenization techniques to protect sensitive data across different applications, ensuring that businesses can securely manage, store, and access this information while maintaining the privacy and security of their customers.

Energetic Capital

Series A in 2021
Energetic Insurance, Inc. is an InsurTech company based in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 2016. It specializes in providing solar insurance solutions that address credit and counterparty risks associated with commercial and industrial solar photovoltaic projects. The company offers a product called EneRate, which protects third-party solar developers and asset owners from repayment risks and revenue losses due to defaults on power purchase agreements (PPAs). Energetic Insurance employs a data-driven approach as a Managing General Underwriter, developing innovative risk management products that facilitate solar financing for unrated or below investment grade organizations. This enables solar project developers to undertake more projects and access capital by mitigating payment default risks, thereby enhancing project economics through lower interest rates and improved financial structuring.

Covie

Venture Round in 2021
Covie is a technology company that has developed a platform to connect businesses with insurance data in real-time. By retrieving and validating insurance records directly from the issuing carriers, Covie simplifies access to crucial information through a single integration. Its user-friendly interface allows businesses to efficiently transact policies and gain insights into risk exposure across various markets. Founded by experts from the software and insurance industries, Covie aims to enhance the accessibility and usability of insurance data, empowering innovative businesses to improve customer experiences, eliminate inefficiencies, and manage risks more effectively.

Spot Insurance

Seed Round in 2021
Spot Insurance, founded in 2017 and based in Austin, Texas, specializes in providing injury insurance designed to safeguard individuals against unforeseen medical expenses. The company offers a range of services, including on-the-spot coverage with instant approval, allowing customers to select policies that can vary from daily to monthly terms. Spot Insurance integrates its services with digital claims processing, enabling clients to obtain tailored injury insurance policies that effectively cover medical costs arising from accidents.

Multiplier

Seed Round in 2021
Multiplier is a global employment platform that facilitates international hiring and team management for companies. Its technology streamlines the complexities of local compliance, labor contracts, payroll, benefits, and taxes, allowing businesses to employ teams from anywhere without the need to establish local legal entities. The platform enables efficient onboarding and management through a user-friendly dashboard, which consolidates employee details, expenses, holidays, pay slips, and invoices. By assuming responsibility for local labor law compliance, Multiplier simplifies the employment process, helping companies effectively manage their distributed workforce while ensuring adherence to legal requirements.

FutureProof Technologies

Seed Round in 2021
FutureProof Technologies is a venture-backed managing general agent that specializes in climate-smart insurance solutions. Funded by AXIS Digital Ventures and MS&AD Ventures, the company leverages artificial intelligence to provide accurate projections of asset-level losses from climate-related events such as hurricanes and floods. Its innovative platform combines climate prediction data with proprietary economic models to assess property risks, offering actionable insights for financial decision-making. FutureProof's API facilitates real-time algorithmic underwriting and pricing, enabling wholesale brokers to receive instantly-bindable, differentiated quotes. By delivering affordable coverage for climate-resilient structures, FutureProof aims to close the insurance coverage gap while encouraging investment in climate adaptation efforts.

InnerPlant

Seed Round in 2021
InnerPlant, Inc. is an agricultural technology company based in Davis, California, founded in 2018. The company specializes in genetically engineered plants that serve as living sensors, providing real-time alerts to farmers about plant health. Its flagship product, InnerTomato, utilizes biotechnology, big data, and the Internet of Things to indicate when plants require water, nutrients, or pest control. These plants emit optical signals that can be detected by devices such as smartphones, allowing farmers to respond quickly to issues. By enabling plants to communicate early stress signals, InnerPlant aims to enhance crop protection and promote sustainable farming practices, ultimately increasing field health and delivering value throughout the agricultural supply chain.

InnerPlant

Convertible Note in 2021
InnerPlant, Inc. is an agricultural technology company based in Davis, California, founded in 2018. The company specializes in genetically engineered plants that serve as living sensors, providing real-time alerts to farmers about plant health. Its flagship product, InnerTomato, utilizes biotechnology, big data, and the Internet of Things to indicate when plants require water, nutrients, or pest control. These plants emit optical signals that can be detected by devices such as smartphones, allowing farmers to respond quickly to issues. By enabling plants to communicate early stress signals, InnerPlant aims to enhance crop protection and promote sustainable farming practices, ultimately increasing field health and delivering value throughout the agricultural supply chain.

Pledge

Seed Round in 2021
Pledge is an innovative fundraising platform designed to facilitate charitable giving for businesses, nonprofits, and individuals. It transforms various digital interactions, such as Zoom calls, virtual events, and e-commerce sites, into opportunities for fundraising, thereby enabling users to create real-time impact. Pledge collaborates with major online platforms like Shopify and Evite, and supports donations to over two million verified nonprofits and charitable organizations worldwide. The platform is committed to social responsibility and is affiliated with several initiatives, including the UN Global Compact and Pledge 1%. By integrating fundraising tools into user experiences, Pledge allows brands to engage their audiences meaningfully while contributing to causes they care about.

Geosite

Series A in 2021
Geosite Inc. is a company that develops a cloud-based platform for managing and utilizing geospatial data, including satellite imagery and drone mapping. Established in 2018 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the platform enables users to access high-frequency satellite data, planning tools, and sensor system integrations. It serves various sectors, including energy, defense, and technology, providing tools for incident management and operational workflows. Geosite's offerings include a marketplace for decision-grade spatial imagery, catering to clients such as the United States military and organizations in the energy sector.

Volocopter

Series D in 2021
Volocopter GmbH, based in Bruchsal, Germany, specializes in the manufacturing of electric aircraft aimed at revolutionizing urban air mobility (UAM). Founded in 2012, the company has developed a range of aircraft, including the VoloCity air taxi and the Volocopter 2X, a vertical take-off and landing vehicle. These aircraft are designed to provide safe, quiet, and emission-free transportation solutions in urban environments. Volocopter's business model includes the sale of its electric aircraft and the provision of services through its proprietary software platform, which facilitates efficient transport for both passengers and goods. By integrating air taxis into existing transportation networks, Volocopter aims to alleviate urban congestion and pollution, offering a sustainable alternative to traditional transit methods. Through its innovations, the company aspires to create a sophisticated ecosystem that enhances city mobility and promotes cleaner air travel.

Marble

Seed Round in 2021
Marble is a developer of a digital wallet and loyalty platform for insurance. It also offers a platform where users can organize all their policies in one singular digital wallet and compare rates and find the right policy for them.

Kountable

Series A in 2021
Kountable is a global trade and technology platform that delivers trust, transparency and auditability with data-driven insights and real-time information from transactions where small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) work with enterprise level suppliers and buyers. Its secure, cloud-based technology facilitates business between qualified SMEs and multinational suppliers in order to efficiently complete large scale projects for governments, NGOs and corporates. SMEs play a vital role in procurement in developing countries and their efficient integration into value chains at scale is essential to building infrastructure and bringing innovation in healthcare, education, telecoms and energy to these markets. Every trade that happens on Kountable's platform contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals as well as being good business. Launched in 2015, Kountable's global presence currently includes offices in San Francisco, Nairobi, Kigali and The Hague.

VDOO

Series B in 2021
Vdoo specializes in product security, offering an automated platform that delivers comprehensive security solutions for organizations. Established in 2017 by experienced cybersecurity entrepreneurs, the company enables development and security teams to efficiently identify, prioritize, and address a wide array of security challenges. These challenges include vulnerabilities from third-party software, embedded malware, configuration risks, compliance with standards, and zero-day vulnerabilities. Vdoo's end-to-end approach streamlines the security process, reducing the time and effort required to maintain optimal product security. With a global presence that includes offices in Israel, the US, Germany, Singapore, and Japan, Vdoo serves numerous Fortune 500 clients across various industries, focusing on enhancing their security diligence.

Join Digital

Corporate Round in 2020
Cloudbus simplifies IT infrastructure by managing public and private cloud data and apps through predictive analytics engine. Cloudbus connects enterprises to their premise and public cloud data, securely, reliably, and elastically through our full-stack, cloud-first infrastructure. With Cloudbus, companies with sensitive data can reduce their IT costs without sacrificing performance, access, or data assurance. Its connectivity service reduces the attack surface of the network, encrypts and scrambles data in flight, and enforces user traffic to remain on the private network.

Paceline

Seed Round in 2020
Paceline is bringing together the worlds of health & wellness and financial services to change the nature of preventive health in society. We’re building a best-in-class fitness rewards platform and innovative financial ecosystem, powered by physical activity, with the goal of helping people live longer, healthier, and better lives.

Human API

Series C in 2020
Human API is a digital health data network that allows consumers to easily access and share their health information from various sources, including hospitals, electronic medical records, pharmacies, labs, and wearable devices. Founded in 2013 and based in San Mateo, California, the company connects to data from 90% of US hospitals and over 300 wellness applications. The platform employs a machine learning-powered data pipeline to standardize health data, making it more accessible and actionable for medical researchers and scientists. Importantly, it empowers consumers to maintain control over their personal health data, determining which companies can access their information. This streamlined approach addresses the challenges of fragmented health data sources, facilitating efficient data sharing and utilization in the healthcare ecosystem.

Carro

Debt Financing in 2020
Carro is an automotive marketplace that offers a full-stack service for all aspects of car ownership. It challenges the traditional way of buying and selling of cars through a proprietary pricing algorithm. Carro also provides a range of services that offer everything a car owner needs throughout their car ownership journeys such as an in-house financing solution warranty options and Singapore’s first on-demand roadside recovery platform. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Singapore.

BlackSwan Technologies

Series A in 2020
BlackSwan Technologies is a digital transformation and AI software company that focuses on data acquisition and monetization. Founded in 2014, the company offers a product called ELEMENT, which enables organizations to utilize existing data and collect new information from diverse sources. This capability supports enterprises in making informed decisions and evolving into cognitive organizations. BlackSwan Technologies provides solutions that enhance compliance, transaction intelligence, and financial crime prevention, serving financial institutions, multinational corporations, and government entities. Its cloud-based enterprise software is designed to improve operational efficiencies and decision-making processes across various sectors, helping businesses mitigate risks and enhance their overall performance.

Jupiter Intelligence

Funding Round in 2020
Jupiter Intelligence, Inc. is a company that specializes in climate risk analytics, providing tools and platforms that deliver weather and climate data, trend visualizations, forecasts, and risk assessments. Its ClimateScore Intelligence Platform utilizes cloud computing to integrate various prediction models, processing data from numerous ground-based and satellite sensors. Jupiter also offers specific products like FloodScore, which aids users in preparing for potential flooding linked to climate change, and HeatScore, designed to help organizations anticipate and mitigate the impacts of extreme temperatures. Founded in 2017 and based in San Mateo, California, Jupiter Intelligence transforms complex climate science into actionable insights, enabling businesses to assess physical risks, comply with regulations, and address reputational concerns related to climate change.

Bambi Dyanamic

Series A in 2020
Bambi's data driven white label cloud platform enables insurance companies, OEM's, mobility service providers and their ecosystem to offer their consumers dynamic, personalized, data driven and quickly implemented vehicle insurance products. We received insurance product of the year 2020 award for our UBI insurance product and were chosen to be the Insure-My-Tesla partner in Israel. Fitted to the fast-changing mobility and transportation landscape, the platform provides assembling and operating personalized insurance products for private and commercial vehicles, new mobility models like MaaS, ride-hailing services, car-sharing, e-scooters, delivery and other future models. Being in the intersection of the new mobility/insurance ecosystem, with data & connectivity, and with flexible product design, we enable to create new appealing digital insurance products that could not be created before. Working in B2B2C and B2B models, we characterize the insurance products with our partners, setup the platform, integrate it with the IT systems and with the relevant data points. With omni-channel capabilities and cross platform applications (web, mobile apps), we offer a full suit including underwriting, pricing, policy admin, operations, initiation of claim processes and more. Our personalized insurance products are amongst others characterized with On-Demand and UBI solutions for motor and none-motor insurance products in the P&C insurance business lines.

MDgo

Series A in 2020
Relying only on existing vehicle sensors, MDGo generates a full report regarding the accident mechanism, car external and internal damages, and passengers' injuries. This solution can be leveraged as a unique safety feature providing a medical report to first responders (potentially saving 44% of road fatalities), and offers a new revenue stream for OEMs based on the utilization of the same analysis for insurance companies' claim process automation.

Carro

Venture Round in 2020
Carro is an automotive marketplace that offers a full-stack service for all aspects of car ownership. It challenges the traditional way of buying and selling of cars through a proprietary pricing algorithm. Carro also provides a range of services that offer everything a car owner needs throughout their car ownership journeys such as an in-house financing solution warranty options and Singapore’s first on-demand roadside recovery platform. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Hippo Insurance

Series E in 2020
Hippo Insurance Services is a home insurance provider focused on enhancing the protection and safety of homeowners. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in Austin and Dallas, the company offers innovative insurance solutions that cover a wide range of household needs, including electronics, home offices, and service line protection. By leveraging real-time data and smart home technology, Hippo is developing an integrated home protection platform aimed at reducing homeowners' concerns and improving their overall experience. The company operates across 37 states, making its products accessible to over 80 percent of U.S. homeowners. Hippo's business model includes a Services segment that generates fees and commissions without assuming underwriting risk and an Insurance-as-a-Service segment that supports third-party managing general agents, while the Hippo Home Insurance Program directly engages in homeowners insurance. The majority of Hippo's revenue is derived from the Insurance-as-a-Service segment.

Centraleyes

Convertible Note in 2020
Centraleyes is a cyber risk management platform designed to measure, track, and mitigate cyber risk and compliance for organizations. The platform consolidates information from various internal and external sources, allowing users to manage the entire lifecycle of cyber risk more effectively. By integrating threat intelligence and utilizing innovative visualization techniques, Centraleyes simplifies the monitoring and management of security threats. This helps risk and security managers reduce tedious manual tasks, enabling them to focus on strategic priorities and enhance overall business success. With its comprehensive approach to risk management, Centraleyes provides organizations with the tools needed to identify vulnerabilities and take informed actions to address them.

Skyflow

Seed Round in 2020
Skyflow, Inc. is a technology company based in Los Altos, California, that specializes in providing a privacy API for managing sensitive user information, such as social security numbers. Founded in 2017 and formerly known as Prekari Labs, the company has developed a secure data privacy platform that integrates a customer data vault to help businesses handle personally identifiable information (PII) in compliance with various regulations, including PCI, HIPAA, GDPR, and CCPA. Skyflow's platform utilizes advanced encryption and tokenization techniques to protect sensitive data across different applications, ensuring that businesses can securely manage, store, and access this information while maintaining the privacy and security of their customers.

Dathena Science

Series A in 2020
Dathena Science Pte. Ltd., founded in 2016 and based in Singapore, specializes in data security and privacy management software solutions. The company provides a range of services, including data protection maturity assessments, sensitive data inventory, risk assessments, and advanced classification and tagging of files. Utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies, Dathena enables organizations to identify, classify, and manage sensitive data effectively. Their platform also detects anomalies related to access control and user risks, facilitating proactive risk management through notifications and workflows. Additionally, Dathena aids clients in meeting regulatory requirements regarding data retention and protection. With additional offices in Bangkok, Lausanne, Geneva, Paris, and New York, Dathena Science aims to enhance the data security landscape for enterprises facing increasing privacy protection challenges.

Rise

Venture Round in 2020
Rise is a wealth management platform designed specifically for migrants, aiming to enhance their financial well-being and overall quality of life. The company focuses on empowering users by providing tools that go beyond traditional financial management, emphasizing the importance of knowledge and personal growth. Rise helps migrants navigate their financial challenges, learn new skills, and create opportunities for a better future. By addressing the unique needs of this community, Rise seeks to improve lives and facilitate the journey toward financial stability.

Nimbla

Convertible Note in 2020
Nimbla provides B2B invoice insurance to small and medium-sized businesses in the United Kingdom. The London fintech company, through their unique technology, allows them to instantly review the credit rating of their invoices and insure them individually, paying out in the event of insolvency.

Socotra

Series B in 2020
Socotra, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing a cloud-based platform tailored for the insurance industry. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Socotra offers a comprehensive software solution that facilitates various aspects of insurance operations, including policy administration, underwriting, claims management, and billing. Its platform is designed to support both property and casualty as well as life insurance businesses globally. By utilizing modern technologies, Socotra aims to enhance the efficiency and agility of insurers, allowing them to develop and distribute products more effectively. The platform's features include standardized public APIs and a product-agnostic data model, enabling insurance companies to manage the entire policy lifecycle while fostering innovation and improving customer experiences.

Sproutt Insurance

Series A in 2019
Sproutt Insurance is an innovative life insurance company that prioritizes healthy living and rewards individuals who embrace a balanced lifestyle. By utilizing data analytics and artificial intelligence, Sproutt assesses customers' lifestyles, health, and activities to offer tailored insurance solutions that reflect their unique circumstances. The company emphasizes the importance of not only physical well-being through exercise and nutrition but also the impact of social connections and community support on longevity. Sproutt aims to educate customers about healthy living while providing personalized life insurance options that align with their values and habits. Through this approach, the company seeks to create a more customer-centric insurance experience that encourages individuals to live their best lives.

Rubrik

Secondary Market in 2019
Rubrik offers live data access for recovery and application development by fusing enterprise data management with web-scale IT and eliminating backup software. This marks the end of a decade-long innovation drought in backup and recovery, the backbone of IT. Within minutes, businesses can manage the explosion of data across private and public clouds.

Safe Security

Debt Financing in 2019
Safe Security is a cybersecurity company that specializes in cyber risk management and quantification. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New Delhi, India, it provides organizations with tools to mitigate cyber risks in real-time. The company has developed a comprehensive platform that secures and continuously monitors digital environments while enabling proactive responses to threats. This platform establishes a common risk taxonomy, facilitating effective communication and alignment among stakeholders within organizations. By shifting the focus from tactical security measures to strategic value, Safe Security enhances the ability of businesses to manage and prioritize actionable insights related to their cybersecurity posture. Additionally, the company offers a range of services, including IT security assessments, governance policy formulation, and training in various aspects of digital security.

Tomorrow Ideas

Venture Round in 2019
Tomorrow Ideas develops an application that helps in protecting family’s financial future. Its application includes last will and testament for the family and the laws of the state, a revocable living trust, guardianship for children and pets, net worth and life insurance calculator, term life insurance comparison, and a complimentary insurance policy. Tomorrow Ideas' application can be downloaded from iOS and Android. David Hanley, Erik Berg, Joshua Heckathorn, and Wayne Rambo founded it in 2015, with its headquarters in Seattle in Washington.

Thimble

Series A in 2019
Thimble Insurance Services, also known as Thimble, is an insurance provider that specializes in on-demand insurance solutions tailored for small businesses and independent workers. Founded in 2015 and based in New York, the company offers A-rated liability coverage for over 100 professions, including landscapers, beauticians, dog walkers, handymen, DJs, and musicians. Thimble's services are designed to meet the needs of freelancers, contractors, and other modern workers, providing flexible and short-term insurance options that allow them to secure coverage for specific jobs as needed. As a licensed broker, Thimble operates in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, ensuring that small businesses can obtain essential insurance coverage seamlessly through its innovative platform.

Tide

Series B in 2019
Tide is a business banking platform focused exclusively on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Its mission is to streamline banking and administrative tasks for business owners, enabling them to save time and money. The platform allows users to open accounts quickly and provides a range of tools designed to automate essential activities, such as invoicing and expense management. Additionally, Tide offers integrations with accounting software, auto-categorization of transactions, payroll services, and credit options. By focusing solely on the needs of SMEs, Tide aims to deliver tailored solutions that enhance operational efficiency and support the growth of small businesses. As a result, Tide is emerging as a leader in the UK’s SME challenger banking sector.

Hourly

Seed Round in 2019
Hourly, Inc. is a technology company based in Palo Alto, California, focused on providing a comprehensive payroll platform tailored for small and medium-sized businesses. Founded in 2018, Hourly offers an integrated solution that encompasses payroll processing, time tracking, and workers' compensation insurance. The payroll service features automatic tax filing, unlimited pay runs, and mobile onboarding, while the time tracking component includes geo-fencing, job costing, real-time alerts, and compliance tools. Additionally, Hourly simplifies workers' compensation insurance by ensuring accurate premium payments and real-time premium calculations. By combining these services, Hourly aims to help business owners efficiently manage and protect their hourly workforce, bringing advanced technology solutions to the small business sector.

Voyage

Series B in 2019
Voyage is delivering on the promise of self-driving cars. Voyage has built the technology and services to bring autonomous transportation to those who need it most, beginning in retirement communities. Whether residents face mobility restrictions or just want to take a ride, Voyage takes pride in getting all our passengers to their destination safely, efficiently, and affordably. Our journey begins in calmer communities, but we won’t stop until anyone, anywhere can summon a Voyage.

Volocopter

Series C in 2019
Volocopter GmbH, based in Bruchsal, Germany, specializes in the manufacturing of electric aircraft aimed at revolutionizing urban air mobility (UAM). Founded in 2012, the company has developed a range of aircraft, including the VoloCity air taxi and the Volocopter 2X, a vertical take-off and landing vehicle. These aircraft are designed to provide safe, quiet, and emission-free transportation solutions in urban environments. Volocopter's business model includes the sale of its electric aircraft and the provision of services through its proprietary software platform, which facilitates efficient transport for both passengers and goods. By integrating air taxis into existing transportation networks, Volocopter aims to alleviate urban congestion and pollution, offering a sustainable alternative to traditional transit methods. Through its innovations, the company aspires to create a sophisticated ecosystem that enhances city mobility and promotes cleaner air travel.

Node

Venture Round in 2019
Node, recently acquired by SugarCRM, fuels Sugar's time-aware CX platform to help businesses by automatically forecasting expected outcomes and highlighting previously unforeseen challenges and opportunities. Extending Sugar’s time-aware CX platform, Node’s AI technology adds the most coveted element of time—the future. The combined solution offers wide-ranging capabilities for sales, marketing, and service teams. Node enables users of business applications to see into the future. Powered by Artificial Intuition™ technology, Node is the first turnkey AI-as-a-service platform focused on powering predictable business outcomes, which enterprises can use to quickly and seamlessly build advanced AI into both customer-facing and internal applications without investing years and millions of dollars on risky AI experiments. Applications powered by Node can deliver predictions that enable users to make smarter connections and decisions about how to engage with customers, employees, investors, and partners. Node was founded by Google's youngest employee, Falon Fatemi, and it's renowned technology team includes the Godfather of Search, Louis Monier who created Alta Vista, and Michael Radovancevich former CTO of Taleo and OpenX. Node is backed by Mark Cuban, NEA, Avalon Ventures, and JetBlue Technology Ventures.

TAIGER

Series B in 2019
TAIGER is a technology company based in Singapore that specializes in advanced artificial intelligence solutions for information access and extraction. Its platform utilizes a blend of computational semantics, natural language processing, and machine learning to efficiently handle both structured and unstructured data. This capability significantly enhances operational efficiency while reducing costs and human risks for clients in the financial services and government sectors. TAIGER's clientele includes prominent organizations such as Banco Santander, Citigroup, and the Singapore government, among others. The company is recognized for its innovative contributions to AI, having received accolades from industry leaders and analysts, including recognition from IDC and Gartner. In addition, TAIGER holds several patents related to information access, underscoring its commitment to advancing AI technology. The company maintains global offices in Madrid, Mexico City, and the UAE.

ClearedIn

Seed Round in 2019
ClearedIn is a developer of a phishing prevention platform that focuses on detecting email phishing and preventing scams. The company's software employs artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to analyze both internal and external communications. This approach helps users safeguard against executing fraudulent transactions, revealing their credentials, or inadvertently allowing malware into their networks. By enhancing email security, ClearedIn aims to provide organizations with effective tools to protect themselves from various cyber threats.

Safe Security

Series A in 2019
Safe Security is a cybersecurity company that specializes in cyber risk management and quantification. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New Delhi, India, it provides organizations with tools to mitigate cyber risks in real-time. The company has developed a comprehensive platform that secures and continuously monitors digital environments while enabling proactive responses to threats. This platform establishes a common risk taxonomy, facilitating effective communication and alignment among stakeholders within organizations. By shifting the focus from tactical security measures to strategic value, Safe Security enhances the ability of businesses to manage and prioritize actionable insights related to their cybersecurity posture. Additionally, the company offers a range of services, including IT security assessments, governance policy formulation, and training in various aspects of digital security.

WorldCover

Series A in 2019
WorldCover is an innovative company dedicated to protecting farmers globally from the impacts of drought and other natural disasters through satellite-enabled insurance solutions. Founded by professionals from MIT with expertise in computer science and finance, the company aims to address the significant climate risks that threaten agricultural livelihoods, estimated at $100 billion. By leveraging remote sensing technology and advanced risk modeling, WorldCover offers a peer-to-peer investment and insurance platform that delivers affordable crop insurance to smallholder farmers, particularly in developing countries. This approach not only enhances food and income security for those who depend on agriculture but also supports the livelihoods of over 70% of the 2.5 billion individuals living at the base of the economic pyramid worldwide.

Spot Insurance

Convertible Note in 2019
Spot Insurance, founded in 2017 and based in Austin, Texas, specializes in providing injury insurance designed to safeguard individuals against unforeseen medical expenses. The company offers a range of services, including on-the-spot coverage with instant approval, allowing customers to select policies that can vary from daily to monthly terms. Spot Insurance integrates its services with digital claims processing, enabling clients to obtain tailored injury insurance policies that effectively cover medical costs arising from accidents.

VDOO

Series B in 2019
Vdoo specializes in product security, offering an automated platform that delivers comprehensive security solutions for organizations. Established in 2017 by experienced cybersecurity entrepreneurs, the company enables development and security teams to efficiently identify, prioritize, and address a wide array of security challenges. These challenges include vulnerabilities from third-party software, embedded malware, configuration risks, compliance with standards, and zero-day vulnerabilities. Vdoo's end-to-end approach streamlines the security process, reducing the time and effort required to maintain optimal product security. With a global presence that includes offices in Israel, the US, Germany, Singapore, and Japan, Vdoo serves numerous Fortune 500 clients across various industries, focusing on enhancing their security diligence.

AkinovA

Series A in 2019
AkinovA Limited operates an independent electronic marketplace for the transfer and trading of reinsurance and insurance risks. Founded in 2017 and based in Marylebone, United Kingdom, AkinovA provides a digital platform that facilitates collaboration among brokers, capital market participants, and insurance providers. By enhancing the efficiency of the insurance value chain, the platform enables users to manage client relationships, capital, and risk more effectively. AkinovA collaborates with notable industry players, including Hiscox and MS&AD Insurance Group, as well as various venture capital firms specializing in InsurTech and FinTech. The company's focus is to streamline the trading process, reduce costs, and accelerate transactions within the insurance sector.
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