Hiscox
VC Fund
Hamilton, Bermuda
Hiscox is a VC fund in Hamilton focused on InsurTech and Insurance. We are a diversified international insurance group with a powerful brand, strong balance sheet and plenty of room to grow. Listed on the London Stock Exchange and headquartered in Bermuda, we currently have over 2,700 staff across 14 countries and 34 offices.
- Total investments:
- 10
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 40%
Last updated:
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Industries Hiscox invests in
InsurTechInsuranceFinTechSoftwareFinancial Services
Stages Hiscox invests in
SeedSeries APre-SeedSeries DFunding Round
Countries Hiscox invests in
United StatesUnited Kingdom
Round sizes
Seed $1M–$3.9MSeries A $2.2M–$30M
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$3.9M
- Series A
- $2.2M–$30M
Investment Focus
Industry
- InsurTech 6 (60%)
- Insurance 6 (60%)
- FinTech 4 (40%)
- Software 2 (20%)
- Financial Services 2 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (30%)
- Series A 2 (20%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (10%)
- Series D 1 (10%)
- Funding Round 1 (10%)
Country
- United States 6 (60%)
- United Kingdom 3 (30%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ben Walter
President and Chief Executive Officer
|
President and Chief Executive Officer | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Bronek Masojada
Chief Executive
|
Chief Executive | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Kevin Kerridge
Executive Vice President & Partner
|
Executive Vice President & Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Matthew Churchill
Head of Hiscox Futures
|
Head of Hiscox Futures | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Paul Spelman
Senior Vice President of Underwriting
|
Senior Vice President of Underwriting | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 10 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Coterie Insurance
|
Coterie Insurance offers small business insurance solutions focused on simplifying coverage and underwriting for agents, brokers, and business owners. It provides products such as General Liability, Business Owners Policy (BOP), Professional Liability (Errors & Omissions), Cyber Insurance, and workplace violence coverage. Policies are oftenavailable immediately via a digital underwriting platform that pulls data from public sources to prefill applications and deliver bindable quotes. The company works through agents and brokers to help match risk profiles with suitable coverage options. It offers support services, including a producer dashboard, appetite guides, API integration, policy document access, and a customer service team for claims and policy help. | $27M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 19, 2024 | |
Bikmo
|
Bikmo exists to enable you to ride more.We build awesome insurance products to protect our customers for unexpected events, use technology to make taking out and managing your policy ultra-simple, and provide exceptional customer experiences through our team of bike geeks.We’re now 5 years into our mission to enable anyone, anywhere, to protecttheir lifestyle, so they can spend more time enjoying it. And, become the brand that resonates with and protects the passion and drive behind the bike and adventure sports community.At the heart of our business is a bunch of bike and adventure sports geeks who choose to spend their free time in the epic wild places our earth has to offer and we want to continue to be able to do just that. | $4.1M / Series A / Oct 19, 2023 | |
Pathpoint
|
Pathpoint is a provider of digital insurance wholesale brokerage services for carriers. It provides quoting software for the insurance industry and offers solutions for insurance quoting, binding, policy document management, and more. The company also offers software for insurance distribution, insurance underwriting, and accounting. | $30M / Series A / Jun 29, 2021 | |
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Bikmo
|
Bikmo exists to enable you to ride more.We build awesome insurance products to protect our customers for unexpected events, use technology to make taking out and managing your policy ultra-simple, and provide exceptional customer experiences through our team of bike geeks.We’re now 5 years into our mission to enable anyone, anywhere, to protecttheir lifestyle, so they can spend more time enjoying it. And, become the brand that resonates with and protects the passion and drive behind the bike and adventure sports community.At the heart of our business is a bunch of bike and adventure sports geeks who choose to spend their free time in the epic wild places our earth has to offer and we want to continue to be able to do just that. | $2.2M / Series A / May 20, 2020 | |
CoverHound
|
CoverHound is a technology company offering a platform for consumers to shop for car insurance. It allows customers to personal insurance needs, compare accurate rates from top carriers, and buy the right policy at the right price. Dedicated to giving consumers transparent access to the best car insurance rates, CoverHound provides smartrecommendations and personalized quotes. With the guarantee of no spam and promise to keep all private information safe, consumers stay in control. CoverHound graduated from AngelPad in spring 2011, and immediately secured seed funding from Blumberg Capital. CoverHound was founded in 2010 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $58M / Series D / Jan 29, 2019 | |
AkinovA
|
AkinovA has built an independent electronic marketplace for the transfer and trading of (re)insurance risks. Founded by experts from Insurance, Technology and Capital Markets, AkinovA is working with the existing (re)insurance value chain to help grow the overall market.AkinovA is backed by an accomplished Advisory Board with a wealth ofexperience in Insurance, Capital Markets and Technology. Whilst remaining an independent marketplace, AkinovA is working with leading insurance industry participants, including Hiscox and MS&AD Insurance Group, as well as Plug and Play Insurtech, NYC based marketplace venture capitalist FJ Labs, Israel based InsurTech/FinTech venture capitalist FinTLV and other undisclosed investors. For more information, please go to: www.AkinovA.com | $1M / Seed / Sep 26, 2018 | |
Indio Technologies
|
Indio Technologies simplifies the insurance application process for brokers and clients. It makes insurance fast, easy, and E&O free, saving agency time and money. The white-labeled platform comes pre-loaded with a library of 5,000+ digitally enhanced smart insurance forms and applications, a full e-signature solution, and secures documentsharing. To date, brokers, big and small, use Indio to service more than 300,000 business clients.The company focuses on leveraging an intelligent software to transform workflows into delightful experiences for customers. It helps win more business and spend less time on redundant operational tasks.Indio Technologies was founded on 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $2M / Pre-Seed / Nov 01, 2016 | |
Wrisk
|
Wrisk combines Insurance and Technology in one simple app. Starting with contents insurance, Wrisk expands its offering to serve the insurance needs across different aspects of people’s lives. From motor to travel, health to professional, Wrisk will bring everything together into one simple plan that can grow with its customers. Customers aregiven a Wrisk Score which provides the information they need to understand their risk. The more information provided, the more accurate the score becomes, empowering customers to get a better score and reduce their premiums. They can update their details and manage their policy any time, anywhere and it takes effect immediately. Wrisk plans to engage not only those who are already insured, but also people who’ve never bothered with insurance. Working with partners such as BMW, Hiscox, QIC, Bupa and Munich Re, the Wrisk team captures both existing market share and builds an entirely new mass market too. | $3.9M / Seed / Aug 04, 2016 | |
Bunker
|
Bunker is the leading provider of insurance compliance & verification. They combine Smart COI screening, compliance verification, and on-demand insurance - all in one platform. | $2M / Seed / Jun 07, 2016 | |
LevelFunded Health
|
LevelFunded Health, a US-based licensed insurance agency, provides level-funded benefits programs for small businesses. It enables its users to go beyond Affordable Care Act (ACA) and provide their own health benefits. The agency works with health insurance carriers with A- or better ratings to provide comprehensive solutions for its users. Itconducts programs that resemble a mixture of traditional small group health plans and self-funded benefits programs. Its health plans include a stop-loss insurance policy that serves as a hedge against claims over the total funded amount monthly. Other advantages of the company include monthly savings of 30% or more, along with a possible year-end refund. | Nov 10, 2015 |
Co-Investors
Chubb Limited
2 deals together
Development Bank of Wales
2 deals together
Weatherford Capital
2 deals together
500 Global
1 deal together
Aflac Global Ventures
1 deal together
American Family Ventures
1 deal together
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FAQ
What does Hiscox invest in?
Hiscox invests primarily in InsurTech, Insurance and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Hiscox's check size?
Hiscox typically joins rounds of $1M–$3.9M at Seed and $2.2M–$30M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Hiscox participates in.
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Who are the partners at Hiscox?
The team at Hiscox includes Ben Walter (President and Chief Executive Officer), Bronek Masojada (Chief Executive) and Kevin Kerridge (Executive Vice President & Partner), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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