Munich Re Ventures

Munich Re Ventures, LLC is the venture capital arm of Munich Re Group, a prominent global provider of reinsurance and insurance-related risk solutions. Established in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Germany, the firm specializes in stage-agnostic investments, particularly favoring Series A and B funding rounds. Munich Re Ventures focuses on supporting innovative startups that are transforming sectors such as artificial intelligence, mobility, cyber technology, digital health, insurtech, and climate technology. The firm seeks both lead and co-investment opportunities in partnership with strong syndicates, without geographic restrictions. With over $1 billion in assets under management, it leverages its connection to Munich Re Group to align investments with strategic interests in the evolving landscape of risk and risk transfer.

Ben Bergsma

Principal, Insurtech, HealthTech, ClimateTech

Timur Davis

Principal

Oshri Kaplan

Investment Director

Jacqueline LeSage Krause

Managing Director

Jacqueline LeSage

Managing General Partner

Sidra Lefort

Director, HealthTech, Cybersecurity and Privacy

Matt McElhattan

Managing Director

Peter Ortez

Principal, ClimateTech, Future of Transportation

Julia Pardee

Associate, Cybersecurity and Privacy

Blake Pennington

Principal, Cybersecurity and Privacy and Future of Transportation

Past deals in InsurTech

High Definition Vehicle Insurance

Venture Round in 2025
HDVI is a technology-first commercial insurance provider. The company assesses risk using historical and real-time telematics data and provides tools and services that help fleets increase safety, rewards safe driving, and delivers efficient and fair claims processing. HDVI is headquartered in Chicago with additional offices in Greenville, South Carolina; Columbus, Ohio; Portland, Oregon; Dallas and San Francisco. High Definition Vehicle Insurance, Inc. is a licensed property casualty insurance agent with products underwritten by various insurance companies. For more information, visit https://hdvi.com.

Amplify Life Insurance

Series B in 2024
Amplify Life Insurance operates a digital platform that provides a range of life insurance products, including term, permanent, and cash-value policies. The company focuses on helping individuals build wealth through permanent life insurance, which allows for tax-efficient savings and investment. Customers can access their savings for various purposes, such as retirement, college funding, or down payments, while still ensuring financial protection for their families. Amplify differentiates itself by offering an intelligent and streamlined customer journey, featuring frictionless policy customization, pre-underwriting, and efficient in-force policy management. This approach aims to modernize the traditional life insurance industry, providing clients with a more accessible and user-friendly experience.

Stoïk

Series A in 2023
Stoïk is a cyber insurance company that integrates cybersecurity software with insurance protection, helping businesses manage their cyber risks effectively. Stoïk empowers brokers by offering clients comprehensive insurance policies and protection against cyber risks. Its mission is to equip brokers with the tools to help their clients insure and safeguard against cyber threats. Stoïk's unique product simplifies the underwriting process using automated tests, replacing traditional questionnaires. It also provides continuous risk prevention through integrated cybersecurity tools and ensures swift, effective incident response with an in-house team of crisis management experts.

Insify

Series A in 2023
Insify is an insurance technology company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that specializes in providing digital insurance solutions tailored for freelancers and small businesses. Founded in 2020 by Koen Thijssen, the company utilizes artificial intelligence-driven data technology to streamline the insurance process, ensuring that clients can access coverage without the constraints typically associated with traditional insurance practices. By focusing on the unique needs of small enterprises, Insify aims to simplify the insurance experience, making it more efficient and accessible.

INSHUR

Series B in 2023
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.

Amplify Life Insurance

Venture Round in 2022
Amplify Life Insurance operates a digital platform that provides a range of life insurance products, including term, permanent, and cash-value policies. The company focuses on helping individuals build wealth through permanent life insurance, which allows for tax-efficient savings and investment. Customers can access their savings for various purposes, such as retirement, college funding, or down payments, while still ensuring financial protection for their families. Amplify differentiates itself by offering an intelligent and streamlined customer journey, featuring frictionless policy customization, pre-underwriting, and efficient in-force policy management. This approach aims to modernize the traditional life insurance industry, providing clients with a more accessible and user-friendly experience.

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.

Acko

Series D in 2021
Acko is a digital insurance provider that offers a range of personalized insurance products through its online platform. Focused on creating transparency and ease in the insurance purchasing process, Acko utilizes data and analytics to underwrite and distribute its offerings. The company specializes in bite-sized insurance products tailored for drivers and individuals in transportation, and has expanded its services to include healthcare-related policies. Acko aims to deliver seamless access to auto insurance, employee health benefits, and various other insurance products, ensuring a user-friendly experience for consumers.

High Definition Vehicle Insurance

Series B in 2021
HDVI is a technology-first commercial insurance provider. The company assesses risk using historical and real-time telematics data and provides tools and services that help fleets increase safety, rewards safe driving, and delivers efficient and fair claims processing. HDVI is headquartered in Chicago with additional offices in Greenville, South Carolina; Columbus, Ohio; Portland, Oregon; Dallas and San Francisco. High Definition Vehicle Insurance, Inc. is a licensed property casualty insurance agent with products underwritten by various insurance companies. For more information, visit https://hdvi.com.

At-Bay

Series D in 2021
At-Bay, Inc. specializes in providing cyber insurance and risk management services tailored to the needs of businesses navigating the digital landscape. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with an additional research and development center in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers customized insurance policies that cover information privacy, network security, cyber extortion, financial fraud, and media content. At-Bay combines advanced technology with comprehensive risk assessment to empower businesses to address cyber risks effectively. The company serves nearly 40,000 businesses in the United States, protecting approximately $800 billion in collective revenue. In addition to its insurance offerings, At-Bay provides proactive risk management services and proprietary cybersecurity solutions, including managed detection and response services, to help clients manage and mitigate digital threats.

Super

Series C in 2021
Super is an insurtech company that offers a subscription service for home care and repair.

At-Bay

Series C in 2020
At-Bay, Inc. specializes in providing cyber insurance and risk management services tailored to the needs of businesses navigating the digital landscape. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with an additional research and development center in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers customized insurance policies that cover information privacy, network security, cyber extortion, financial fraud, and media content. At-Bay combines advanced technology with comprehensive risk assessment to empower businesses to address cyber risks effectively. The company serves nearly 40,000 businesses in the United States, protecting approximately $800 billion in collective revenue. In addition to its insurance offerings, At-Bay provides proactive risk management services and proprietary cybersecurity solutions, including managed detection and response services, to help clients manage and mitigate digital threats.

Acko

Series D in 2020
Acko is a digital insurance provider that offers a range of personalized insurance products through its online platform. Focused on creating transparency and ease in the insurance purchasing process, Acko utilizes data and analytics to underwrite and distribute its offerings. The company specializes in bite-sized insurance products tailored for drivers and individuals in transportation, and has expanded its services to include healthcare-related policies. Acko aims to deliver seamless access to auto insurance, employee health benefits, and various other insurance products, ensuring a user-friendly experience for consumers.

High Definition Vehicle Insurance

Series A in 2020
HDVI is a technology-first commercial insurance provider. The company assesses risk using historical and real-time telematics data and provides tools and services that help fleets increase safety, rewards safe driving, and delivers efficient and fair claims processing. HDVI is headquartered in Chicago with additional offices in Greenville, South Carolina; Columbus, Ohio; Portland, Oregon; Dallas and San Francisco. High Definition Vehicle Insurance, Inc. is a licensed property casualty insurance agent with products underwritten by various insurance companies. For more information, visit https://hdvi.com.

At-Bay

Series B in 2020
At-Bay, Inc. specializes in providing cyber insurance and risk management services tailored to the needs of businesses navigating the digital landscape. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with an additional research and development center in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers customized insurance policies that cover information privacy, network security, cyber extortion, financial fraud, and media content. At-Bay combines advanced technology with comprehensive risk assessment to empower businesses to address cyber risks effectively. The company serves nearly 40,000 businesses in the United States, protecting approximately $800 billion in collective revenue. In addition to its insurance offerings, At-Bay provides proactive risk management services and proprietary cybersecurity solutions, including managed detection and response services, to help clients manage and mitigate digital threats.

Super

Series B in 2019
Super is an insurtech company that offers a subscription service for home care and repair.

INSHUR

Series A in 2019
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.

Hippo Insurance

Series C in 2018
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.

Slice Labs

Series A in 2018
Slice Labs Inc. specializes in on-demand insurance solutions tailored for the evolving digital economy. The company offers a comprehensive platform known as Insurance Cloud Services (ICS), which empowers insurers and technology firms to create flexible, pay-as-you-go insurance products. Additionally, Slice Mind, an AI-driven tool, assists businesses in personalizing and predicting insurance risks. Slice operates from its headquarters in New York City and maintains a studio in Toronto, with further operations extending to the United Kingdom, the European Union, and recently, the Asia Pacific region. The company also features Duuo, a digital insurance brand focused on delivering on-demand coverage.

Slice Labs

Series A in 2017
Slice Labs Inc. specializes in on-demand insurance solutions tailored for the evolving digital economy. The company offers a comprehensive platform known as Insurance Cloud Services (ICS), which empowers insurers and technology firms to create flexible, pay-as-you-go insurance products. Additionally, Slice Mind, an AI-driven tool, assists businesses in personalizing and predicting insurance risks. Slice operates from its headquarters in New York City and maintains a studio in Toronto, with further operations extending to the United Kingdom, the European Union, and recently, the Asia Pacific region. The company also features Duuo, a digital insurance brand focused on delivering on-demand coverage.

Neos

Series A in 2017
Neos Ventures Ltd. is a provider of home insurance that integrates smart technology to enhance safety and prevent damage that could lead to insurance claims. Founded in 2016 and based in London, the company offers a range of products including alarm systems, indoor security cameras, smoke detectors, and flood and leak detection devices. Neos also provides 24/7 monitoring and emergency assistance, ensuring prompt response to incidents. Homeowners can utilize an iOS mobile application to manage their monitoring systems and receive alerts about potential threats such as break-ins or leaks. By combining home security with insurance, Neos aims to offer peace of mind to its customers.

Super

Series A in 2016
Super is an insurtech company that offers a subscription service for home care and repair.
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