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

Past deals in Risk Management

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.

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.

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.

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.

Accelerant Holdings

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.

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.

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.

Dathena Science

Series A in 2020
Dathena Science has been​ founded with a vision of bringing a new paradigm to privacy and data security protection. In an ever-growing information flow. Enterprises around the world face the daunting challenge of harnessing, managing and controlling data in a more regulated environment with growing societal expectation with regards to privacy protection. Leveraging the power of latest AI technologies, Dathena is delivering breakthrough solutions with unprecedented efficiency, speed and accuracy to secure the “privacy and data security protection journey” of its clients.

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.

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.

Dathena Science

Venture Round in 2019
Dathena Science has been​ founded with a vision of bringing a new paradigm to privacy and data security protection. In an ever-growing information flow. Enterprises around the world face the daunting challenge of harnessing, managing and controlling data in a more regulated environment with growing societal expectation with regards to privacy protection. Leveraging the power of latest AI technologies, Dathena is delivering breakthrough solutions with unprecedented efficiency, speed and accuracy to secure the “privacy and data security protection journey” of its clients.
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