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Artificial Labs , building the foundations of modern specialty (re)insurance, led by Martin Reith, David King, Johnny Bridges, Artur Kisiolek, and Ed Howkins, has raised  $45 million Series B funding round led by CommerzVentures , a leading European Fintech investor, with support from Move Capital  Fund I, a leading European B2B Tech investor, and continued backing from existing investors, including Augmentum Fintech , 6 Degrees Capital , FOM, and TrueSight Ventures . “This r

Fulcrum , building best-in-class AI tools & agents for insurance brokerages, led by Arjun Mangla and Sambhav Anand, has raised $25 million in combined Seed and Series A funding led by CRV , alongside South Park Commons , Foundation Capital , and a group of angels from both insurance and technology. Insurance enables people and businesses to take bold risks by making loss survivable and innovation possible through shared risk. It underwrites much of modern economic activity, m

Pace , the AI operations partner for insurance, led by Jamie Cuffe, has raised  $10 million in funding led by Sequoia Capital . The company welcomes Bryan Schreier and Lauren Reeder as partners on this journey, representing Sequoia on the board. Insurance carriers shoulder risk to protect homes, businesses, and future planning, but operational friction, submissions, policy servicing, claims, and compliance remain manual and resource-intensive. This friction slows product laun

Stoik , combining insurance and cybersecurity to help companies control their exposure to cyber risk, led by Jules Veyrat, Alexandre Andreini, Nicolas Sayer, Franziska Geier, and Philippe Mangematin, has announced the closing of a €20 Million Series C funding round co-led by Impala , owned by the Veyrat family, which joins the company as a new investor, and Opera Tech Ventures , a long-standing investor of Stoïk, with the participation of existing investors Alven  and Andrees

Avallon AI , AI agents for claims operations, led by Cornelius Schramm, Bryan Guin, Moritz Bartusch, and Leander Peter, has secured $4.6 million in seed funding, led by  Frontline Ventures  with participation from  Y Combinator ,  1984 ,  Liquid2 , and  Booom . With the seed round, Will Prendergast, Partner of Frontline Ventures, will become an Avallon Board Observer. The funding will fuel hiring and product expansion, evolving from category-specific solutions in Workers Comp

Led by Tobias Taupitz(CEO and Co-Founder), Ben Allen(CTO and Co-Founder), and   Jens Hartwig(CPO), Laka   raises  $10.4 million in Series...

Led by Come Dartiguenave(Co-Founder & CEO), Tom Le Bras(Co-Founder & COO), Samuel Rossille(C0-Founder & CTO), and Amin Toussi(Chief...