# Andrew Rear

> Andrew Rear is a pre-seed investor at Munich Re (London) backing InsurTech and Insurance. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Munich Re](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/munich-reinsurance)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arear/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/andrewrear
- Website: https://x.com/andrewrear

Andrew Rear is a pre-seed investor at Munich Re in London focused on InsurTech and Insurance. Andrew Rear is the Chief Executive of Munich Re Digital Partners. He joined Munich Re in 2010, leading the Asia, Africa and UK life businesses until May 2016 when he took up his current role. Digital Partners is a global business working with, and investing in, start-ups, digital verticals and the sharing economy, with the ambition of building amore engaged proposition for insurance customers. Prior to joining Munich Re, Andrew was a partner and head of the EMEA insurance practice at Oliver Wyman.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $211k–$312k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| InsurTech | 3 | 100% |
| Insurance | 2 | 67% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 33% |
| Commercial Insurance | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lukango | Lukango provides custom insurance for small businesses. The platform of the company delivers simple-to-understand, fit-for-purpose digital insurance products. It enables consumers to accomplish their aspirations by providing really flexible, simple-to-understand insurance coverage. | $311.9K | Pre-Seed | Oct 18, 2022 |  |
| Anansi | Anansi is an embedded goods-in-transit insurance platform for distribution partners and e-commerce merchants. Access to the platform is via an embedded API, enabling 3PLs, e-commerce and shipping platforms, marketplaces and online retailers to offer insurance directly to their customers from within their own front-end environments.It is the onlysolution, in a $33 billion market, that is automated to offer one-click signup, zero admin and parametrically triggered claims and payouts when a parcel is lost or delayed.Founded by Megan Bingham-Walker and Ana Martins de Carvalho, who have experienced first hand the frustrations of cumbersome paper-based onboarding and claims processes, ambiguous pricing, and the inadequate cover offered by traditional providers. As an Appointed Representative of Resolution Underwriting Partnership Limited, Anansi has successfully secured £1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Octopus Ventures and is on a mission to provide e-commerce businesses with fast, fair and flexible goods-in-transit insurance. | $2M | Seed | Sep 28, 2021 |  |
| Taveo | hubb - an acronym for honest, usage-based broking - was founded to reimagine the commercial broking space. That is based upon principles of transparency, value and efficiency, with a proactively declared fee structure supporting a consumption-based model. | $211.2K | Pre-Seed | Jun 15, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Octopus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/octopus-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sie Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sie) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [UNIQA Ventures GmbH](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uniqa-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Munich Re

VC Fund · Munich, Germany

Munich Re offers insurance services. Their services include agricultural reinsurance solutions, consulting, life reinsurance, health reinsurance, corporate risk solutions, and cyber solutions. They provide reinsurance for property, casualty, life, health, and cyber solutions.

5 contacts available at Munich Re.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Rear | Chief Executive & Digital Partners | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-rear |
| Ron Sommer | Member of Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ron-sommer |
| Anthony J. Kuczinski | President and Chief Executive Office | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-j-kuczinski |
| Gidi Fisher | Co-Founder, Innovation Incubator | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gidi-fisher |
| Jill Beggs | President of Excess & Surplus Lines - Munich Re Specialty Insurance | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jill-beggs |

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## FAQ

### What does Andrew Rear invest in?

Andrew Rear invests primarily in InsurTech, Insurance and Software startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Andrew Rear's check size?

Andrew Rear typically joins rounds of $211k–$312k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Andrew Rear participates in.

### When did Andrew Rear last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Andrew Rear closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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