Insurtech Gateway

The insurance industry has so many barriers to entry, founders often run out of energy and money just trying to get in. The Gateway is a one-stop-shop for founders, where they can get underwriting paper, investment capital and advice on how to design and build their startup, all surrounded by great insurance partners. The Gateway fund supports the portfolio post incubation, to Series A and beyond. “The Gateway are our insurance sherpas, guiding us through the wilderness of insurance” Mark Musson, co-founder, Humn.ai (Gateway portfolio company) Insurers often struggle to innovate within their own businesses, the Gateway enable insurers to do this in a safe environment. They facilitate insurers, technology partners and insurtechs to get to know each other and work together, over the whole duration of building a business. The Gateway would like to meet early-stage founders with game-changing ideas or products, and progressive (re)insurers who are interested in collaboration.

Stephen Brittain

Co-Founder and Director

Richard Chattock

CEO, Europe

Robert Lumley

Director and Co-Founder

Simon O'Dell

Managing Director

Past deals in InsurTech

Rainwalk

Seed Round in 2024
Rainwalk specializes in pet insurance, offering coverage for accidents, illnesses, and routine vaccinations. As a managing general agent (MGA) in partnership with Allianz, Rainwalk provides a turn-key, white-labeled pet insurance product that enables insurers to enhance customer retention without the need to develop their own pet insurance programs. Founded by experienced insurance professionals, the company leverages a proprietary policy and claims management technology to streamline the entire insurance lifecycle. This collaboration with Allianz allows Rainwalk to combine its technological expertise with established insurance knowledge, ensuring a seamless user experience. In the long term, Rainwalk aims to utilize its distribution channels and partnership with Allianz to identify and scale other emerging insurance products in the U.S. market.

Koala

Venture Round in 2023
Koala is a French insurtech company focused on revolutionizing travel insurance by offering a streamlined and customer-centric approach to flight disruption coverage. By automating all operations, Koala provides instant compensation to travelers in the event of delayed or canceled flights, as well as issues related to baggage delivery. The company monitors clients' journeys to ensure timely assistance, eliminating the challenges commonly associated with traditional travel insurance, such as hidden fees and lengthy claims processes. Koala aims to enhance the travel experience by ensuring that travelers can travel with confidence, knowing they will receive prompt support when needed.

Bluezone Insurance

Seed Round in 2022
Bluezone Insurance offers personalized, same-day life cover for people with chronic conditions, like type 2 diabetes and heart diseases.

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.

IBISA

Seed Round in 2021
IBISA is an index-based insurance marketplace founded in 2018 and based in Luxembourg. The company leverages blockchain technology and satellite earth observation data to offer innovative risk modeling services. Its platform focuses on providing affordable crop protection solutions for smallholder farmers through a mutual risk-sharing approach. This model enables quick assessment and payment processes, ensuring that farmers receive timely support in times of need. By combining advanced technology with a commitment to inclusivity, IBISA aims to enhance the financial resilience of agricultural communities.

CoinCover

Series A in 2021
Coincover is a provider of insurance-backed technology aimed at safeguarding digital assets, particularly cryptocurrencies. The company offers a range of services designed to protect end-users against the loss or theft of their crypto holdings due to hacks, human error, or fraudulent transactions. Key features include Cryptocurrency Theft cover, which shields users from phishing, hacking, and criminal extortion, ensuring that if theft occurs, the full value of the assets is recovered without any deductible. Additionally, Coincover provides a Deposit Protection Guarantee that secures user access to their cryptocurrency, even in cases of password loss, device failure, or business insolvency. The company also employs a Transaction Checker that monitors transactions in real-time to identify and flag suspicious activities, further enhancing the security of users' digital assets. Overall, Coincover aims to deliver peace of mind to its customers by ensuring that their digital currencies are both safe and accessible.

KOBA Insurance

Angel Round in 2020
KOBA Insurance is on a mission to help over 10M Aussie drivers lower their annual premiums by only charging them for what they use. Powered by our technology platform, we're unlocking your car's onboard computer and enabling your car to join the IOT revolution. KOBA uses connected car data to measure actual kilometres travelled, offering a true pay-per-km insurance policy and a fairer solution to low-usage drivers. KOBA is launching in October 2021. Visit www.kobainsurance.com to pre-register and join the pay-per-km movement today.

CoinCover

Seed Round in 2020
Coincover is a provider of insurance-backed technology aimed at safeguarding digital assets, particularly cryptocurrencies. The company offers a range of services designed to protect end-users against the loss or theft of their crypto holdings due to hacks, human error, or fraudulent transactions. Key features include Cryptocurrency Theft cover, which shields users from phishing, hacking, and criminal extortion, ensuring that if theft occurs, the full value of the assets is recovered without any deductible. Additionally, Coincover provides a Deposit Protection Guarantee that secures user access to their cryptocurrency, even in cases of password loss, device failure, or business insolvency. The company also employs a Transaction Checker that monitors transactions in real-time to identify and flag suspicious activities, further enhancing the security of users' digital assets. Overall, Coincover aims to deliver peace of mind to its customers by ensuring that their digital currencies are both safe and accessible.

Koala

Seed Round in 2020
Koala is a French insurtech company focused on revolutionizing travel insurance by offering a streamlined and customer-centric approach to flight disruption coverage. By automating all operations, Koala provides instant compensation to travelers in the event of delayed or canceled flights, as well as issues related to baggage delivery. The company monitors clients' journeys to ensure timely assistance, eliminating the challenges commonly associated with traditional travel insurance, such as hidden fees and lengthy claims processes. Koala aims to enhance the travel experience by ensuring that travelers can travel with confidence, knowing they will receive prompt support when needed.

Nayms

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Nayms is a marketplace for crypto-native insurance, a bridge between alternative capital and uninsured risk in the rapidly evolving digital assets’ space. We provide the technical and legal infrastructure over which stakeholders come together to capitalise and transfer risk on-chain. At Nayms, all insurance, from limits and premiums to claims and reserving, is conducted entirely in a cryptocurrency of choice, whether a general token, such as Ethereum and Bitcoin, or a stablecoin. By matching assets with liabilities, we reduce or eliminate currency risk on blockchain exposures; and by matching demand with much-needed supply, we bolster growth and stability within the blockchain ecosystem. We afford our customers – insurers, insureds, intermediaries, and investors – many other advantages of blockchain technology, including its efficiency, immutability, transparency, and composability. Whitepaper: https://docsend.com/view/2nswpepqqaun96yn

Guardhog

Seed Round in 2019
Guardhog is an on-demand insurance solution tailored for the Sharing Economy, specifically designed to address the unique needs of platforms and their users. Recognizing that traditional insurance models do not adequately serve this dynamic market, Guardhog aims to transform how insurance is distributed, discovered, and utilized. Their platform offers usage-based insurance options that cater to both private hosts and businesses in the accommodation sector, providing flexible and cost-effective coverage that meets individual and business requirements. With a strong focus on innovation and a sense of urgency, Guardhog is dedicated to filling the existing gaps in insurance for the peer-to-peer economy, ensuring that clients can effectively protect their properties while engaging in sharing activities.

CoinCover

Seed Round in 2018
Coincover is a provider of insurance-backed technology aimed at safeguarding digital assets, particularly cryptocurrencies. The company offers a range of services designed to protect end-users against the loss or theft of their crypto holdings due to hacks, human error, or fraudulent transactions. Key features include Cryptocurrency Theft cover, which shields users from phishing, hacking, and criminal extortion, ensuring that if theft occurs, the full value of the assets is recovered without any deductible. Additionally, Coincover provides a Deposit Protection Guarantee that secures user access to their cryptocurrency, even in cases of password loss, device failure, or business insolvency. The company also employs a Transaction Checker that monitors transactions in real-time to identify and flag suspicious activities, further enhancing the security of users' digital assets. Overall, Coincover aims to deliver peace of mind to its customers by ensuring that their digital currencies are both safe and accessible.

FloodFlash

Seed Round in 2018
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.

Insurdata

Seed Round in 2017
Insurdata provides insurance and reinsurance underwriters property-specific data to support their pricing, underwriting and portfolio management decisions. The firm specializes in high-resolution, peril-specific exposures and building-level risk data, using technology that includes mobile augmented reality and 3-D model creation, providing both desktop and mobile products.
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