insurtech

Here’s how you can tap German investor Allianz X’s €1bn fund

Are you running a growth-stage company that’s part of the insurance industry? Then you could just be the kind of firm that German investor…

SA insurtech Nobuntu to use Blue Garnet Ventures investment to develop, launch flagship product

Cape Town based insurtech startup Nobuntu will use an investment it raised from Blue Garnet Ventures to develop and launch its flagship savings product, the…

Ctrl CEO says Santam investment will give the insurtech two to three years runway

SA short term insurer Santam’s investment in Cape Town based digital insurance broker Ctrl — announced late last month — will give the insurtech…

Up to R200k in funding up for grabs in Santam Safety Ideas Challenge Season 3

The Santam Safety Ideas Challenge Season 3 winner will receive R200 000 in seed funding and a pilot with Santam

SA startup Pineapple to take on US market with Hartford InsurTech Hub

Just months after winning a place in the prestigious Google Launchpad Africa accelerator, Joburg based insurtech Pineapple has been accepted into the US based Hartford…

Investors put R30m more in SA insurtech Naked after ‘strong first 6 months’

SA insurtech startup Naked has landed a further R30-million from its investors — private investment group Yellowwoods and insurance company Hollard — and plans to grow its…

Pick a sector, add internet and your firm could be worth millions [Opinion]

Given all the press, you would be forgiven for thinking that startups were have only become a thing in the last 20 years. The…

Switzerland’s F10 launches call for fintech, regtech, insurtech startups

Swiss accelerator F10 today launched a new call applications for its P2 programme. The call is open to all startups in fintech, regtech, and insurtech. Potential…

Time is ripe for startups like Pineapple to disrupt insurance – Old Mutual manager

Startups are set to disrupt the insurance business model fundamentally, says Stanley Gabriel, head of innovation at Old Mutual Personal Finance. Gabriel was responding to…

Startupbootcamp InsurTech fasttracks head to Johannesburg, Cape Town

Europe’s leading accelerator programme Startupbootcamp is getting geared up to showcase South Africa’s entrepreneurial talent in the global market through the third series of Startupbootcamp InsurTech FastTrack…

Q&A: Report details fintech’s explosion across African continent

Africa has seen a boom in fintech in the last two years, with 301 startups now active in the sector on the continent, a report released…

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