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| 08.07.2026 | 7 aufstrebende Startups aus Heidelberg, die alle kennen sollten | Immer mehr deutsche Universitätsstädte etablieren sich als Gründerhochburgen – darunter auch das wunderschöne Städtchen Heidelberg. In den vergangenen Jahren bekam die Neckarstadt vor allem dank des KI-Überfliegers Aleph Alpha viel Aufmerks... |
| 19.01.2024 | Germany based Insurtech Getsafe Announces Acquisition of Digital Platform for Student Loans | Getsafe, Europe’s neo-insurer based in Germany with over 550,000 customers, has acquired deineStudienfinanzierung, Germany’s digital platform for student loans.
This acquisition is said to be a testament to Getsafe’s direct-to-consumer appr... |
| 08.10.2023 | European digital insurtech startup Getsafe acquires Luko’s German portfolio, reaches 550,000 customers | Getsafe, a German-based digital insurtech startup, has acquired the German portfolio of Luko, a French insurtech startup that recently neared insolvency before agreeing to be acquired by British insurer Admiral Group in a transaction that d... |
| 16.05.2023 | Wefox secures new funding at $4.5 billion valuation as it aims for profitability | Wefox, the German insurtech startup, has closed a new funding round from existing investors. The funding amount isn’t going to impress anyone, as the company managed to secure $55 million. This could be considered as an extension of the $40... |
| 25.01.2023 | Getsafe expands to France starting with home insurance | German insurtech startup Getsafe is adding a fourth market with today’s product launch. In addition to Germany, Austria and the U.K., Getsafe is now going to offer insurance products in France. The company will first offer a home insurance ... |
| 17.05.2022 | Insurtech Getsafe Reaches 50K Customer Milestone, Introduces Buildings Insurance in UK | Following its “successful” growth in the British market, Getsafe is expanding its portfolio and “introducing its digital buildings and contents home insurance product.”
As noted in an update shared with CI, the new product “bears much of th... |
| 01.03.2022 | Climate fintech space on radar as CommerzVentures closes €300 million fund | Frankfurt-based fintech investor CommerzVentures has closed its third fund at €300 million. As Commerzbank returned as the sole LP, the combined total fund size has reached €550 million. It will focus on early and growth-stage companies in ... |
| 07.10.2021 | Getsafe Raises $63M in Series B | Getsafe, a Heidelberg, Germany-based digital insurer, raised another $63m in funding, extending its Series B to $93m.
Backers included unnamed family offices from Germany and Switzerland, as well as Earlybird, CommerzVentures, and Swiss Re.... |
| 06.10.2021 | German insurtech startup Getsafe adds $63 million to its Series B | Getsafe has extended its Series B round that it previously announced in December 2020. In addition to its original Series B round of $30 million, the company is adding another $63 million in fresh capital. Overall, Getsafe has raised a $93 ... |
| 23.06.2021 | Urban Jungle grows into homeowner insurance | The news: The UK-based insurtech launched building and contents insurance for homeowners—expanding its product suite beyond renters insurance, which it introduced in 2019 and which costs as little as £5 ($6.40), per a company blog post.
Urb... |
| 21.01.2021 | Insurtech Getsafe Reflects on 2020 Performance | Founded by Christian Wiens and Marius Simon in 2015, Getsafe entered the UK insurance market about one year ago. The Germany based Insurtech has posted some information looking back at the last 12 months.
In December, Getsafe secured a $30 ... |
| 28.12.2020 | Getsafe Raises USD 30M in Series B Funding | Getsafe, a Heidelberg, Germany-based insurtech company, raised USD 30m in Series B funding earlier in December 2020.
The round was led by IptiQ, a subsidiary of Swiss Re with whom the startup already launched a mobile-first car insurance pr... |
| 09.12.2020 | This German insurtech startup helps you cover yourself & your universe from your smartphone; raises €24.7M | The insurance industry across the world is on a high note. An average insurance penetration worldwide was around 7.2% in 2019, as per a report, but despite the Covid-19, it looks set to increase in the coming years. This could be the reason... |
| 08.12.2020 | German insurtech Getsafe announces the closing of a $30M Series B round | German insurtech Getsafe announces the closing of a $30M Series B round
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| 07.12.2020 | Getsafe, the European digital-first insurance startup, scores $30M Series B | Getsafe, the digital-first insurance startup that initially launched with an app for home contents insurance, has closed $30 million in Series B funding.
Swiss Re, the reinsurer giant, led the round. Existing investors, including Earlybird ... |
| 27.03.2020 | The impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) on the insurance industry. What does this mean for the insurtech startups? | The coronavirus pandemic, which started in Whuan seafood market in China, has claimed at least 25,000 lives worldwide. As we look at the cost to human lives, we sometimes forget about the economic damage both to big and small companies alik... |
| 15.01.2020 | Getsafe, the German insurtech, brings its contents insurance app to UK | Getsafe, the German insurtech that offers home contents insurance via an app, has launched in the U.K., despite an increasingly competitive market for insurance in the country, and the thorny regulatory issue of Brexit.
This has seen Getsaf... |
| 27.08.2019 | Insurtech Hedvig raises €9m in bid to become Europe’s Lemonade | The Swedish home insurance startup Hedvig has raised €9,3m from San Francisco based Obvious Ventures and Swedish retailer group Axel Johnson’s venture leg D-Ax.
Many of the most successful startups in the insurtech sector are brokers for in... |
| 11.06.2019 | Getsafe Raises $17M in Series A Funding | Getsafe, a Heidelberg, Germany-based insurtech company, closes a USD 17M Series A funding.
The round was led by Earlybird, with participation from CommerzVentures and other existing investors.
The company intends to use the funds to continu... |
| 07.06.2019 | This German tech startup wants to become go-to insurance brand for a whole generation of young customers in Europe | The insurance industry across the world is on a high note. However, compared to the US, there is slow economic growth in the emerging market and constrained growth in Europe. Though 2017 ended positively, there was a slow down in growth in ... |
| 05.06.2019 | Getsafe, the German insurance app, scores $17M Series A | Getsafe, the German insurance startup targeting millennials, has raised $17 million (€15m) in a Series A funding.
The round is led by Earlybird, with CommerzVentures and other existing investors also participating, while the capital will be... |
| 05.06.2019 | Heidelberg-based Getsafe raises €15 million to launch its digital insurance app for millenials throughout Europe | Heidelberg-based Getsafe is a mobile-first insurtech startup, offering range of digital insurance products that users can instantly buy on their phone. Customers can get coverage or file a claim, all through Getsafe’s app.
The startup has r... |
| 05.06.2019 | Daily funding roundup - June 5th, 2019 | Strand Therapeutics raised $6M; Liveoak secured $8M; FormAssembly landed $10M; TrueLayer closed $35M
Editor's note: Vator, HP and UCSF's salon - "Future of Clinics" is on June 27. Need relationships to grow your digital health sta... |
| 05.06.2019 | GetSafe raises $17 million to sell insurance policies through a smartphone app | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The insurance industry is on an upswing. According to a survey published by S&P Global Market Intelligence, net premiums in the U.S... |
| 05.06.2019 | GetSafe raises $17 million to sell insurance policies through a smartphone app | The insurance industry is on an upswing. According to a survey published by S&P Global Market Intelligence, net premiums in the U.S. totaled $1.2 trillion in 2017, with premiums recorded by life and health insurers accounting for 52%. I... |
| 10.09.2018 | Verivox Acquires Insurance Broker Unit of Getsafe | Verivox, the General Atlantic and Nucom’s co-owned price comparison site, acquired the insurance broker unit of Getsafe, a Heidelberg, Germany-based digital insurance wallet provider.
The amount of the deal – which followed General Atlantic... |
| - | Urban Jungle grows into homeowner insurance | The news: The UK-based insurtech launched building and contents insurance for homeowners—expanding its product suite beyond renters insurance, which it introduced in 2019 and which costs as little as £5 ($6.40), per a company blog post.
Urb... |
| - | CommerzVentures announces closing of €300m third fund | CommerzVentures’ third €300m fund brings total funds managed to €550m for the fintech specialist
One of Europe’s foremost performing VCs, 30% of CommerzVentures’ first fund investments have turned into unicorns, with 15% going onto become ... |
| - | Neo-insurer Getsafe pushes Series B raise to $93 million, goes after its own insurance license | With its sights squarely set on capturing the millennial market, Heidelberg-based neo-insurer Getsafe has extended its Series B raise to a whopping $93 million. The first announcement back in December wrapped the Christmas presents at $30 m... |
| - | Climate fintech space on radar as CommerzVentures closes €300 million fund | Frankfurt-based fintech investor CommerzVentures has closed its third fund at €300 million. As Commerzbank returned as the sole LP, the combined total fund size has reached €550 million. It will focus on early and growth-stage companies in ... |
| - | 🎧 Not all insurance apps are created equal — with Christian Wiens, Getsafe | The Tech.eu Podcast is a show in which we discuss some of the most interesting stories from the European technology scene and interview leading entrepreneurs and investors from across the region.
In today's episode, listen to an interview w... |
