Techstars is a global platform that provides investment and innovation. Through the Techstars Worldwide Entrepreneur Network, founders and their teams connect with other entrepreneurs, experts, mentors, alumni, investors, community leaders, and corporate partners who will help their companies grow. Techstars operates four divisions: Techstars Mentorship-Driven Accelerator Program supercharges success and Techstars Startup Programs inspire, educate, and connect entrepreneurs. Techstars Venture Capital Fund invests in innovative and disruptive companies. Techstars Corporate Innovation Partnerships help brands create products and services. Techstars' accelerator portfolio includes more than 1,000 companies with a market cap of $8.1 billion.

Techstars

Bullingdon Capital is a private investment partnership focusing on insurance, technology, minerals, and computer hardware leasing. The company undertakes fundamental analysis of potential investment positions utilising quantitative forecasting models.

Bullingdon Capital

Anthemis Group is a multi-stage asset management platform that cultivates change in the financial system by investing in, growing, and sustaining businesses committed to resiliency, transparency, access and equity. Founded in 2010, our deep understanding of markets and models, passion for emerging technology and values inspire everything we do. By creating fertile ground for a diverse group of startups, investors, entrepreneurs, institutions, academics, and visionaries to converge, we believe we can solve the financial systems’ most pressing challenges faster, better and for the benefit of all.

Anthemis

HardGamma Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in startups that focuses on computing, internet, biotechnology, and more. Early stage VC fund focused on Polish and CEE startups. The Fund invests in projects such as seed and startups in the area of computing, Internet, mobile technologies, the biotechnology sector and physicochemical technologies. HardGamma Ventures invests in strong teams developing projects with global potential - providing funding and support for business planning, marketing, product positioning and other business functions. The HardGamma team is constantly in contact and cooperation with leading competitions and incubator programs in Europe and USA - Seedcamp (UK), The Difference Engine (UK), Springboard (UK), Startup Bootcamp (Denmark), TechStars (United States), and the pan-European incubator program HackFwd (Germany), where the team is responsible for the assessment and certification program for start-ups, and the International Incubator of the University of Maryland (United States). The team of HardGamma is also building a network affiliation with other VC funds in the region to broaden the range of exploration and investment opportunities and to increase international support and business opportunities for the portfolio of projects.

HardGamma Ventures

Ballpark Ventures is a small, boutique fund investing in early stage technology startups. Their partners are all successful entrepreneurs and at this stage, investing their own money.

Ballpark Ventures

Valuta Capital Partners is an advisory outfit with its headquarters in Istanbul providing management consulting services to its affiliates.

Valuta Capital Partners

Route 66 Ventures is a private investment firm focused on helping entrepreneurs shape the financial services landscape of tomorrow by providing Venture Capital and Credit solutions to emerging financial technology and services companies.   Route 66’s Venture Capital team invests globally in early and growth stage disruptors, incumbents and service providers throughout various sectors in the financial services ecosystem.   Route 66’s Credit team seeks to fund alternative lending platforms and business models with balance sheet needs by purchasing whole loans or providing secured debt facilities.

Route 66 Ventures

Transamerica Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of the Aegon Group and Transamerica. Transamerica Ventures invests in early-stage, high-growth technology companies throughout the United States and around the world.  Transamerica Ventures is an extension of Aegon’s innovation strategy and makes equity investments in companies that align with and help facilitate these strategic goals. The broad range of companies and market sectors into which Transamerica Ventures invests or looks to potentially invest includes communication technologies, marketing and social media platforms, financial technology and financial services (FinTech/FinServ), big data, enterprise IT, content and other B2B and B2B2C opportunities. Transamerica Ventures adds strategic value to its portfolio companies by providing them with the unique opportunity to leverage the global networks and resources of one of the world’s leading life insurance, pension and asset management firms.  Transamerica Ventures puts its entrepreneurs first and supports them with strategy and business development and by creating partnerships with the Aegon/Transamerica organization.

Transamerica Ventures

Allianz X is the digital investment unit of the Allianz Group and part of the Group’s Single Digital Agenda. Allianz X invests in digital growth companies that are part of its ecosystems related to insurance: Mobility, Connected Property, Connected Health, Wealth Management & Retirement, and Data Intelligence and Cybersecurity. It provides an interface between portfolio companies and the digital ecosystem within Allianz as well as drive innovation across Allianz’s operating entities and global lines of business.

Allianz X

Columbia Lake Partners their team of investors, provides growth loans to technology companies.

Columbia Lake Partners

Allianz provides a comprehensive array of insurance and asset management solutions, including property-casualty, life, and health insurance for both private and corporate clients. Their extensive portfolio covers a broad spectrum of needs, ensuring tailored solutions for diverse customer requirements. With a focus on delivering quality service, It supports clients with both personal and corporate insurance needs.

Allianz

Insight Catastrophe Managers provides analytics of catastrophe-exposed properties for insurance companies and commercial property insurers.

Insight Catastrophe Managers

Quantemplate

Quantemplate enables business users to take raw data sources, cleanse and harmonise them with tools powered by machine learning, then perform analysis to develop competitive advantage through proprietary insights. Leading insurance businesses use Quantemplate to grow their business, collapse their costs and enable digital transformation. The company was recently named a European FinTech Top50 company and a Global InsurTech Top21.

<div>UK-based Quantemplate offers an artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning powered data analytics platform specialized for the insurance industry that enables insurers to use their existing data to obtain insights, which can then be used to facilitate underwriting, pricing, and marketing decisions. Quantemplate&rsquo;s clients include leading insurers such as AXA, Sagesure, and Sompo International. The company has an office in the US, in addition to its headquarters in the UK.</div>

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 UK-based Quantemplate offers an artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning powered data analytics platform specialized for the insurance industry that enables insurers to use their existing data to obtain insights, which can then be used to facilitate underwriting, pricing, and marketing decisions. Quantemplate&rsquo;s clients include leading insurers such as AXA, Sagesure, and Sompo International. The company has an office in the US, in addition to its headquarters in the UK.
 
 
 
 Quantemplate&rsquo;s October 2019 Series B funding round raised USD 12 million led by Route 66 Ventures and Transamerica Ventures. The funding was to be used to fund research and development (R&amp;D) and grow its sales and marketing teams.
 
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AgentSync develops modern insurance infrastructure solutions that automate and streamline compliance and producer management processes for insurance carriers, agencies, and MGAs. The company's core product offerings include AgentSync Manage, Autopilot, and ProducerSync API, which help validate licensing, appointing, and personal information for insurance producers by connecting with the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR). In January 2024, AgentSync launched its first commercially available ProducerSync API, which allows insurance businesses to access and validate NIPR data through REST API architecture. The company's technology reduces manual data entry processes from hours to minutes by using APIs and cloud-native solutions. In 2021, AgentSync acquired Finvera and subsequently acquired eContractPro in 2022. As of December 2021, the company generated annual revenue of USD 29.3 million.
Key customers and partnerships
AgentSync has established strategic partnerships with several industry leaders including the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR), Salesforce, Varicent, DocuSign, Verified First, Accurate, and LIMRA LOMA. Veterans United Insurance is among the company's notable customers. The company's platform enables its customers to onboard producers in hours instead of the traditional timeframe of weeks or months.

AgentSync

Artificial is an insurance software business offering an algorithmic underwriting, data extraction and machine learning platform to commercial insurers, empowering them to write better risks, faster. We provide solutions to partners across the London and global markets, including Convex, Chaucer and more. Our platform specialises in instantly and accurately capturing data at the point of entry for use in downstream applications. We enable clients to augment this data through effortless integrations and use it to write risks algorithmically, build contracts and plug into other systems. Behind the platform is decades' worth of experience in engineering, insurance and analysis. We do more than just provide software; we work with you every step of the journey to make sure our technology drives growth, improves efficiency and reduces costs across your business.

Artificial Labs

Bambi Dynamic developed a white-label mobility platform for the insurance sector. Their technology generated personalized, usage-based insurance options for the mobility sector, with the platform calculating premiums based on individual user data including driver safety scores, on-demand activation/deactivation, and time or distance driven. The system accounted for occasional drivers and multi-use vehicles, and was designed to integrate with IT systems of insurance companies, OEMs, and Mobility-as-a-Service providers such as ridesharing, ride-hailing, carsharing, e-scooters, and delivery services. The company operated between 2017 and 2023, ultimately ceasing operations in March 2023.
Key customers and partnerships
The company partnered with The Phoenix Insurance Company in Israel to launch 'The Phoenix Drive', a pay-as-you-go private vehicle insurance product. This offering included a web/mobile onboarding sales and underwriting portal for direct customers and insurance agents, back-office interfaces for insurers, and a consumer mobile app. Through this partnership, Bambi Dynamic was also involved in running the InsureMyTesla program in Israel.

Bambi Dynamic

CLARA Analytics offers an AI-powered insurance claims platform, aimed at improving claims outcomes. Its core claims platform is called CLARAty.ai, which includes generative and predictive AI models developed specifically for casualty claims. Its platform includes several products: 1) Claims Document Intelligent Pro, 2) Triage, 3) Treatment, 4) Litigation, 5) Clara Fraud, and 6) Clara MSP Compliance.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/32243">Claims Document Intelligent Pro</a> is an AI-powered tool that automates the review of claims documents, including legal demands and medical records. It can analyze thousands of pages in seconds, identify key information, and detect treatment patterns to assess risks, improving efficiency and reducing costs.CLARA Triage is an AI tool for claims professionals that predicts claim severity, identifies high-risk claims, and issues real-time alerts to help adjusters act proactively. It improves productivity, reduces costs, and enables faster resolution of simple claims.CLARA Treatment is an AI tool that scores healthcare providers to identify the best options for resolving workers' compensation cases quickly and effectively. It improves claim resolution times, enhances patient outcomes, and reduces costs by matching injured workers with the right providers.CLARA Litigation is an AI tool that analyzes attorney performance and provides insights to reduce the cost and impact of litigated claims. It offers strategic recommendations for case management and helps optimize attorney selection to support decision-making.<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/30120">CLARA Fraud</a> is an AI tool that analyzes large workers' compensation datasets to detect suspicious patterns and clusters of potentially fraudulent activity. It increases visibility into suspicious claims, supports SIU referrals, and reduces losses from undetected fraud.CLARA MSP Compliance is an AI tool that automates Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) compliance by identifying Medicare beneficiaries, determining the need for Medicare Set-Asides, and assisting with mandatory reporting. It reduces compliance risks, improves accuracy, and saves costs in handling Medicare-related claims.In 2023, the company launched CLARAty.ai, a casualty claims intelligence platform using predictive and generative AI to support claims professionals. It provides insights, recommended actions, and advanced claim summaries to guide next steps, enhancing traditional systems and workflows.Key customers and partnershipsIts notable customers include Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies, AmTrust, Amerisure, and QBE.&nbsp;Moreover, the company was selected by Amazon in August 2024, as its technology partner to improve health and claim outcomes for its corporate workers' compensation claims.

CLARA Analytics

Coterie Insurance is a Cincinnati-based insurtech company that provides digital small business insurance solutions. Founded in 2018, the company specializes in three main types of business insurance: general liability, business owners' policies, and professional liability coverage. The company employs digital underwriting technology that sources publicly available data to enable instant coverage through a transparent quoting and binding process. Its platform features a qualification checker that indicates within seconds if a business falls within Coterie's appetite. As of June 2022, Coterie's insurance products were available across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The company's policies are underwritten by Spinnaker Insurance Co. and Benchmark Insurance Co., both of which hold A-rated carrier ratings. The platform uses both ISO and proprietary coverage forms, with all policy documents, certificates, billing, and claims managed through a single dashboard. The system reduces paperwork by 80% compared to traditional methods by eliminating ACORD forms and manual underwriting processes.
Key customers and partnerships
The company serves small and micro-businesses across the US, with a particular focus on businesses with fewer than 20 employees. As of June 2022, Coterie worked with a network of 5,000 agents who provide personalized counsel to small business owners. The company's products are distributed both through independent insurance agents and brokers, and directly to business owners through its digital platform. The business maintains partnerships with Spinnaker Insurance Co. and Benchmark Insurance Co. who underwrite its insurance products.

Coterie Insurance

Providers of general, yet comprehensive, end-to-end solutions for insurance companies, covering various aspects of their operations. This includes core systems for policy administration, underwriting, claims processing, billing, and customer relationship management

Specialized platforms that offer lead generation and management services and tools for insurance providers. Tools can include telemarketing, internet, and social media lead generation, referrals, and lead analytics

Underwriting platforms that evaluate risks related to life insurance, health insurance, and related products such as disability and critical illness coverage. They may utilize medical underwriting criteria, genetic information, lifestyle factors, and demographic data to assess applicants' insurability

Platforms that specialize in assessing risks associated with property and casualty insurance, including home, auto, commercial property, and liability coverage. They may incorporate data sources such as property valuations, historical claims data, telematics, and weather patterns to evaluate risk factors accurately

Specialized platforms that streamline and automate claims processing workflows, from initial claim submission to settlement. They may offer software for claims intake, adjudication, fraud detection, and communication with policyholders and third-party service providers

Policy administration systems that focus on managing policy lifecycle activities, including policy issuance, endorsements, renewals, and cancellations. They provide insurers with tools to configure and manage policy rules, coverage options, and premium calculations. Platforms can also have additional functions for commission and performance tracking

Reinsurance technology providers offer a range of innovative tools and services to support reinsurers in managing their operations, assessing risks, and optimizing their reinsurance strategies. These solutions may include advanced analytics, catastrophe modeling, risk assessment tools, portfolio management systems, and underwriting platforms specifically designed for the reinsurance industry

Quantemplate

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