Shift Technology CEO on $220 Million Series D Round
Jérémy Jawish discusses the company’s expanding product set, its focus on R&D and its vision to become an exemplary AI-focused insurance vertical software vendor.
Jérémy Jawish discusses the company’s expanding product set, its focus on R&D and its vision to become an exemplary AI-focused insurance vertical software vendor.
Paris-based Shift Technology is a startup that provides AI-based fraud detection for the insurance industry. In a recent development, the SaaS provider announced that it has raised $220M (approx €182.58M) in its Series D round of funding.
Africa has one of the lowest insurance penetrations in the world. A 2018 study by McKinsey revealed that penetration stands at about 3%. This is significantly lower than the global average of 7.23%.
Sprout.ai, the insurtech that enables insurance claims to be settled within just 24 hours, today announced that it has raised £8m/$11m in Series A funding.
Waterdrop, the online insurance and medical crowdfunding platform backed by Tencent, has started marketing its initial public offering (IPO) of up to US$360 million on the New York Stock Exchange.
This morning we see more funding rounds, major insurers partner to insure global vaccine rollout, and the LMA has announced their new Legal Director.
The new products are designed to support the growing trend of self-directed, shop-from-home, insurance buying experiences possible because of emerging technology and robo-advice tools.
Artificial intelligence (AI) and deep-learning property analytics company, Arturo has raised $25 million in a Series B funding round led by Atlantic Bridge Capital, with participation from RPS Ventures and existing investors Crosslink Capital and IAG Firemark Ventures.
This morning Wunderite, a Boston-based software startup, announced that it has raised $3 million in an early-stage round led by Spark Capital.
New data from re/insurance broker Willis Towers Watson (WTW) shows that global investment in the insurtech sector reached a new quarterly high of $2.55 billion during the first quarter of 2021.
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