| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.02.2026 | Engineering Resilience: Impact Recognised | When Dr Josh Macabuag was awarded his OBE, he was the first to say it felt like a moment of recognition for something much bigger than one person. This honour reflects the collective achievements of the communities and teams he’s worked alo... |
| 25.02.2026 | Financial Times Top Startup Hub 2026 | Insurtech Gateway has once again been named among the Financial Times and Statista’s leading startup hubs in Europe — for the third year in a row. This year’s listing is a powerful external validation of our model as the specialist insurtec... |
| 15.01.2026 | Why We Invested in MaxInfo | Insurtech Gateway is delighted to lead the £2.3m Seed round in Maximum Information (MaxInfo), alongside Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, Convex Group and Portfolio Ventures. Supporting founders tackling structurally important challenges i... |
| 14.01.2026 | A Strategic Shift for PAS in 2026 | For the past decade, SaaS has been the default for policy administration systems—the promise of agile software, manageable monthly payments and dev-free staffing. But a growing number of founders and seasoned investors are pushing back. Why... |
| 08.01.2026 | Rethinking Cat Risk — and Why I Built MaxInfo | I was nine when I experienced my first hurricane. As Hurricane Erin barrelled toward the Florida coastline, I spent the night glued to the weather channel. I remember emergency responders outside, radar looping, questions piling up. This ev... |
| 16.12.2025 | Maximum Information closes £2.3m funding | The funding will accelerate the development of Maximum Information’s vendor-agnostic catastrophe modelling middleware, MagniPhi, and support its long-term vision to build the first ecosystem for multi-sector catastrophe and disaster risk ma... |
| 10.09.2025 | Oceanography to Insurtech Incubator | I never expected to end up in an Insurtech Incubator.
I trained as an oceanographer. My early career was all about modelling complex wave patterns, running simulations, and decoding the brutal rhythms of the sea. The ocean demands respect, ... |
| 02.09.2025 | NeuWave Catalyse Offshore Renewable Energy Construction | NeuWave, the offshore weather intelligence startup, has closed a successful £570k pre-seed funding round backed by Insurtech Gateway, the FCA-authorised incubator and leading insurtech investor, alongside tech-focused VC firm EHE, XTX Marke... |
| 14.08.2025 | New Pathways to Capacity for Early-Stage MGAs | Big news. We’re thrilled to share that Insurtech Gateway is now officially authorised to trade within the Lloyd’s market — following the successful acquisition of our Lloyd’s broker licence.
As the specialist insurtech incubator supporting ... |
| 13.08.2025 | Inside the Novee Seed Round | The Novee Seed round marks a new chapter in commercial underwriting. We’ve raised £1.55m, led by 42Cap and supported by Insurtech Gateway, to build something we believe the market sorely needs: an AI assistant for underwriters that actually... |
| 07.08.2025 | Why We Invested in Novee | Insurtech Gateway is delighted to be backing the team at Novee, building breakthrough infrastructure for the insurance industry. We’re proud to be partnering with Arved, Haris and Ehsan at the start of their journey, and believe they have t... |
| 28.07.2025 | AI intelligence layer transforming how underwriters assess complex risks | Novee AI has raised £1.6m in funding to build the AI intelligence layer for commercial & specialty insurance, helping underwriters assess and process broker submissions through its AI-powered risk assessment platform. The funding round ... |
| 16.07.2025 | VIZ announces underwriting partnership with Ivory Insurance | At Insurtech Gateway Australia, we back founders who are rethinking how insurance gets built, delivered, and experienced. Today I’m proud to share that VIZ Insurance, where I am now also serving as Executive Director, has secured a new unde... |
| 11.07.2025 | One Year On: Climate Insurtech Is Levelling Up | On Wednesday 3rd July, while most of London spilled into sunlit parks and pub gardens, a different kind of energy filled the Old Library at Lloyd’s of London. An eclectic group of founders, (re)insurers, investors and scientists gathered to... |
| 13.06.2025 | A Top Crowdfunding Example: Blueberry Life | There’s a unique energy that comes from seeing a company you’ve backed resonate with the public. When Blueberry Life launched their crowdfunding campaign, it wasn’t just a milestone—it was a powerful crowdfunding example of how mission-driv... |
| 12.06.2025 | London Tech Week 2025: Insurance, the missing link in climate tech | The tech crowd doesn’t usually get excited about insurance. But maybe it should.
At London Tech Week 2025, I had the joy of moderating a panel on a topic that’s rarely discussed at these kinds of events—but absolutely should be: the role of... |
| 29.05.2025 | Insurance incubator to on-chain reinsurer | At Insurtech Gateway, we’ve always believed the future of insurance would be radically open and tech-enabled. But as with any bold venture, success hinges on timing. When would the insurance industry be ready to embrace such a shift? One of... |
| 28.05.2025 | Building a SaaS Startup from Scratch | I’ve always been someone who likes a challenge. I started my career in strategy consulting, working with large insurers on digital transformation. Over time, I came to understand how deeply manual many of the industry’s core processes still... |
| 21.05.2025 | OnRe Launches Structured Yield Product | OnRe, backed by Ethena, Solana, and RockawayX launches a structured yield product combining real-world stability and on-chain upside. Bridging the historically inaccessible $750bn reinsurance market with the power of blockchain for an asset... |
| 30.04.2025 | Earthquake and typhoon models for offshore wind in Japan | Renew Risk, one of Insurtech Gateway‘s SaaS investments focused on risk modelling and analytics, has today launched two pioneering catastrophe models for offshore wind assets in Japan – a typhoon model and an earthquake model. The two model... |
| 23.04.2025 | SaaS Investor or MGA builder? | When Andrew Walker, Co-Founder & CEO at Asterias, first met Richard Chattock, CEO at Insurtech Gateway, he wasn’t sure we’d be the right kind of investor.
“I didn’t really think Insurtech Gateway were a viable investor for us because I ... |
| 17.04.2025 | Why We Invested in Klaimy | At Insurtech Gateway, we’re proud to announce our investment in Klaimy, an LLM-powered medical claims and underwriting automation platform. Founded in Paris, Klaimy is redefining how insurers and brokers process complex medical documents, o... |
| 14.04.2025 | Klaimy Fundraise €1.2m Pre-Seed | Klaimy, a leading AI-powered SaaS platform transforming medical data processing for insurers, has raised €1.2m in Pre-Seed funding. Founded in late 2023, Klaimy helps insurers process complex medical documents in underwriting and claims wit... |
| 02.04.2025 | AI powered insurance for raw materials price risk | ChAI, the AI-driven commodity intelligence company, announces the launch of ChAI Protect to provide insurance to companies of all sizes against pricing risk at a time of unprecedented volatility in raw materials markets. ChAI Protect is alr... |
| 14.03.2025 | Yurtle launches novel insurance for working carers | Yurtle, a B2B solution helping employers better support the caregivers in their workforce, is launching a novel insurance product to support employees who are parents and carers when their usual care breaks down. This unique insurance, deve... |
| 28.02.2025 | Financial Times Top Startup Hub 2025 | Insurtech Gateway is proud to announce that we have been named by the Financial Times and Statista as one of Europe’s Leading Startup Hubs – Again!
In depth research and founder surveys were done on 3,000 startup hubs across Europe to caref... |
| 13.02.2025 | Climate Insurtech Renew Risk Raises £5m | Renew Risk, domain leader in risk modelling and analytics for renewable energy assets, has successfully raised £5m in a funding round led by Molten Ventures with participation from Lloyd’s, existing investors Insurtech Gateway and influenti... |
| 17.01.2025 | Superhog relaunches as Truvi | There’s a fresh name in the vacation rental space that you’ll want to remember: Truvi.
Formerly known as Superhog, this insurtech trailblazer is entering a new phase—refined, rebranded, and ready to scale. And we’re thrilled to have been pa... |
| 21.11.2024 | Rainwalk breaks into the $30bn Pet Insurance Market | For Joshua Snead, a lifelong animal lover with a career in insurance technology, launching Rainwalk felt like a natural next step. He saw an untapped opportunity in the pet insurance space, driven by a powerful realisation: many of us treat... |
| 21.11.2024 | An adoption challenge: Rainwalk breaks into the $30bn Pet Insurance Market | For Joshua Snead, a lifelong animal lover with a career in insurance technology, launching Rainwalk felt like a natural next step. He saw an untapped opportunity in the pet insurance space, driven by a powerful realisation: many of us treat... |
| 17.10.2024 | (Ad)Ventures in endurance: Learnings for startups |
Earlier this year, I participated in an extraordinary endurance adventure race that took me from Beijing to Paris. Spanning over 14,000 kilometres, it was an exhilarating, gruelling journey, filled with moments of triumph and adversity. Re... |
| 27.09.2024 | Outstanding Progress: Bondaval shows us how it’s done | Our journey with Bondaval began with a shared belief: that credit risk management was ripe for disruption. Traditional methods were often slow, opaque, and inflexible, leaving credit managers and their clients alike frustrated. Enter Tom Po... |
| 27.09.2024 | Outstanding Progress from Bondaval | Our journey with Bondaval began with a shared belief: that credit risk management was ripe for disruption. Traditional methods were often slow, opaque, and inflexible, leaving credit managers and their clients alike frustrated. Enter Tom Po... |
| 13.09.2024 | Insurance Professional To Startup Founder | My founder’s story begins at an insurance carrier in South Africa. After extensive involvement in the pricing team, I noticed that the industry standard for building insurance models was a very archaic process. It took us several months to ... |
| 06.09.2024 | Building climate tech for construction from the ground up | Josh Graham has had a lifelong fascination with climate change. It began with a passion for nature and when – at age seven – he heard about climate change on the news, he asked his mum what he could do to help. This led him to a degree in c... |
| 06.09.2024 | Building climate tech for construction | Josh Graham has had a lifelong fascination with climate change. It began with a passion for nature and when – at age seven – he heard about climate change on the news, he asked his mum what he could do to help. This led him to a degree in c... |
| 17.07.2024 | Not the only insurance geek at climate week | It was London Climate Action Week and the city was buzzing with chat focused on finding global solutions to climate change.
Insurtech Gateway’s contribution to the schedule of over 300 events, was to hold space to bring insurtech, insurance... |
| 17.07.2024 | Long ride home: Not the only insurance geek at climate week | It was London Climate Action Week and the city was buzzing with chat focused on finding global solutions to climate change.
Insurtech Gateway’s contribution to the schedule of over 300 events, was to hold space to bring insurtech, insurance... |
| 25.06.2024 | IBISA raises $3m to scale | IBISA, one of our Climate Insurtech companies, has closed a $3m funding round to scale its parametric insurance solutions for weather-related risks in Asia and Africa. The round was led by The Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF) and Eq... |
| 08.05.2024 | Financial Times Top Startup Hub 2024 | Insurtech Gateway is proud to announce that we have been named by the Financial Times and Statista as one of Europe’s Leading Startup Hubs!
In depth research and founder surveys were done on 3,000 startup hubs across Europe to carefully com... |
| 25.04.2024 | Why We Invested in Rainwalk’s Seed Round | The US pet insurance market is growing – 66% of households now own a pet and more than 4.8m pets were insured last year, a 125% increase from 2018. With a differentiated distribution route, strong traction and execution focus, Insurtech Gat... |
| 23.04.2024 | Rainwalk Raises $4m in Seed Funding | Rainwalk Technology, the leading white-label pet insurance technology provider, today announces $4 million in Seed funding led by ManchestorStory with participation from Insurtech Gateway, Bridge Capital, Seaplane Ventures, and several insu... |
| 12.04.2024 | Get your early-stage startup noticed | For any business, getting noticed and remembered for the right things is important. For an early-stage firm, it can be existential. The ability to cut through and stand out and be recalled by potential clients, talent and, crucially, invest... |
| 05.04.2024 | Why we invested in Yurtle’s Seed | The line between personal and professional life is becoming increasingly blurred. Caregiving responsibilities, whether for ageing parents, children, or loved ones with disabilities, are a universal reality for a significant portion of the w... |
| 04.04.2024 | Building an insurtech: Asterias’ story | Ironically, market modernisation is not a recent development. When I joined the insurance market as a broker in 2001, I became part of a team designated as the launch customer for Ri3k. Ri3K was a digital platform for brokers and insurers t... |
| 27.03.2024 | Shape the System Podcast with Stephen Brittain | In this episode of Shape the System, host Vincent Turner welcomes Stephen Brittain from Insurtech Gateway for an enlightening conversation that delves into the integral role of insurance and risk management in fostering systemic global chan... |
| 14.03.2024 | Financial Times Top Startup Hub 2024 | Insurtech Gateway is proud to announce that we have been named by the Financial Times and Statista as one of Europe’s Leading Startup Hubs!
In depth research and founder surveys were done on 3,000 startup hubs across Europe to carefully com... |
| 08.03.2024 | Why we Invested in Juniper | Insurtech Gateway are delighted to lead the £1.5m Pre-Seed funding round in Juniper, with participation from 2100 Ventures, Exceptional Ventures, Heartfelt Ventures and strategic angels.
In a continuously evolving landscape of digital healt... |
| 07.03.2024 | Caring for carers with insurance | Simply put, I cannot think of a problem more worth solving than how our world adapts to its rapidly ageing population (the fallout of climate change is the one that comes closest). Allow me to elaborate…
On a personal level, I have seen fir... |
| 06.03.2024 | Asterias secures £600k Pre-Seed round | Asterias, the London-based technology startup, announces the successful closure of an oversubscribed £600k Pre-Seed round. Led by Insurtech Gateway, a leading investor in insurance technology ventures, alongside Syndicate Room’s Access, a d... |
| 01.03.2024 | Introducing ‘Insurance for Genitals’ | In the UK, one in three women suffer from reproductive or gynaecological issues1, while one in four men experience low testosterone by age 302. However, most insurance companies exclude coverage for such chronic or pre-existing illnesses, p... |
| 23.02.2024 | Yurtle £1.37m Seed for caregiver burnout | Yurtle, a London-based insurtech helping workplaces eradicate caregiver burnout, has closed a Seed funding round of £1.37m co-led by Insurtech Gateway and Mustard Seed Maze, to grow its team and roll out the world’s first digital care ally.... |
| 08.02.2024 | Juniper £1.5M Pre-Seed for Reproductive Healthcare | “When Juniper asked us to imagine dental insurance, but for your genitals, it opened our eyes to a substantial market largely ignored by traditional insurance. Juniper is removing the stigma surrounding reproductive health issues and enabli... |
| 04.02.2024 | The Rising Importance of Insurtech | In a world where unpredictability seems to be the only constant, the insurance industry, and particularly Insurtech, has emerged as a pillar of resilience and growth. Despite fluctuating global economies, Insurtech is attracting investment,... |
| 10.01.2024 | CTVC on Insurance & ClimateTech
Insurance, the icing on the capital stack cake | CTVC is the industry leading newsletter powered by Sightline Climate. Their data-driven perspectives power 60,000 investors and operators to innovate on climate. Reach out to hello@ctvc.co |
| 30.11.2023 | Battleface Revolutionises Travel Insurance | Australia, known for its early adopter culture and vibrant insurance industry, is witnessing a remarkable transformation with the introduction of Battleface’s API-driven modular insurance platform. This development isn’t just about insuranc... |
| 02.11.2023 | Truvi £5.5M to Redefine Risk in Short-Term Rentals | We’ve always believed Truvi was onto something big.
Now, with a £5.5M Series A led by 6 Degrees Capital and Hambro Perks, they’re poised to prove it. This is more than just a funding milestone—it’s a clear vote of confidence in Truvi’s visi... |
| 04.10.2023 | Uninsured and Underwater: A $58bn Crisis | Flooding is on the rise. Climate change is making our weather patterns more extreme and unpredictable. While rapid urbanisation and population growth are pushing people to live and work in higher risk areas. |
| 28.09.2023 | Why we Invested in Renew Risk | Insurtech Gateway are delighted to lead the £1.7m Seed funding round in Renew Risk, with participation from One Planet Capital and global strategic angels. |
| 15.09.2023 | Unleashing Green Energy: The Birth of Renew Risk | In today’s world, the transition to renewable energy isn’t just an environmental imperative; it’s deeply tied to our economic future. As the demand for clean energy sources continues to soar, there’s an equally pressing need for innovative ... |
| 07.09.2023 | Renew Risk secures £1.7M seed funding | “Renew Risk has successfully characterised the risks associated in planning and prioritising the most effective sites for offshore wind farms. With numerous government commitments to accelerate this sector, it is an exciting time to be part... |
| 02.08.2023 | Will satellite data save the world? | Look up at the night sky for long enough and you will likely spot a point of light tracking steadily across the background of stars. Humankind sent the first satellite up into space in 1957 and since then, we have launched over 15,000 satel... |
| 15.06.2023 | Bluezone is live! | We’re excited to announce that Bluezone Insurance is now live! |
| 31.05.2023 | Climate Insurtech Applications Open
CLICK HERE TO APPLY TODAY | We are excited to open applications for a new wave of climate insurtechs to join Gateway’s incubator. |
| 29.05.2023 | Trusting Carbon Credits: Kita’s Story | This is a story of how an idea became a regulated product in 18 months. This business just raised £4m and is now shortlisted for the Earthshot prize. |
| 03.05.2023 | Climate Insurtech Applications Open
CLICK HERE TO APPLY TODAY | We are excited to open applications for a new wave of climate insurtechs to join Gateway’s incubator. |
| 30.03.2023 | Insurtech: Preserving our way of life | Australian insurers write 43 million business and household policies each year and pay out $166 million in claims every business day 1. Globally, the insurance industry plays a critical role in preserving our way of life. |
| 29.03.2023 | Already profitable, Koala raises €2m | Koala, the travel insurtech, announces the successful completion of a €2 million fundraising round led by its existing investor Insurtech Gateway and welcomes 3 new investors: Uneti Ventures, Slimmer AI and Sterling Oak. |
| 27.02.2023 | Advanced AI is here with Uncapt | AI is one of the most significant technological advancements of recent times, with Large Language Models (LLMs) at the forefront of the innovation. The potential impact of AI is currently being analysed by the venture market and various ind... |
| 22.02.2023 | Kita secures £4m seed for carbon insurance | “Topping off a great couple of weeks, Kita have attracted a stellar line-up of VCs. Looking good for a very productive 2023.” |
| 25.01.2023 | Kita Partners with Leading ReInsurers | “Congratulations to Kita for pioneering the development of insurance solutions to address carbon sequestration delivery risk. Kita’s innovative and novel products will encourage capital into this vital industry and help address the existent... |
| 14.12.2022 | Bondaval Raises $15 Million Series A | Bondaval’s technology-enabled MicroBonds provide certainty of cover on receivables to FTSE 100 and S&P 500 multinationals, including Shell and BP. |
| 08.12.2022 | EHAB protect construction from the climate crisis | EHAB is the first weather risk management platform dedicated to protecting the construction industry and our infrastructure from the climate crisis. The risk of severe delay due to weather is rising sharply because of our changing climate a... |
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| 30.11.2022 | Introducing AI Solution ProofTec | Insurtech Gateway Australia are very excited to co-invest alongside HappenCo in vision AI technology start-up ProofTec. |
| 11.11.2022 | BLUEZONE get’s the green light to launch in Q1 2023 | Bluezone is clear to launch a new life insurance solution for people with type 2 diabetes. |
| 28.10.2022 | Insurance, ESG By-Default & Mentor Announcement | Money is power, and the insurance industry is one of the largest global industries by revenue, topping 6tn USD annually. |
| 26.10.2022 | ChAI is Levelling the Playing Field | One relating to the sequence of jobs one takes throughout a working life and the other (courtesy of the Cambridge English dictionary) “to move fast and in a way that is out of control”. ChAI’s creation story is a combination of both. |
| 19.10.2022 | Why we invested in ChAI | Soaring food costs and double-digit inflation! The price of raw materials continues to fluctuate and supply chain pressures pose a significant risk to the bottom line of companies. We’ve seen this passed on to the end customer and impact pe... |
| 19.10.2022 | ChAI secures seed funding | Commodities AI Ltd (ChAI), the AI-driven commodity intelligence company, has completed a seed round to help expand its industry-leading services into new markets, providing real-time commodity price forecasts to new global audiences, includ... |
| 14.10.2022 | ChAI secures seed funding | Commodities AI Ltd (ChAI), the AI-driven commodity intelligence company, has completed a seed round to help expand its industry-leading services into new markets, providing real-time commodity price forecasts to new global audiences, includ... |
| 14.10.2022 | Why we invested in ChAI | Soaring food costs and double-digit inflation! The price of raw materials continues to fluctuate and supply chain pressures pose a significant risk to the bottom line of companies. We’ve seen this passed on to the end customer and impact pe... |
| 29.09.2022 | Australia welcomes two new mentors to the team | Insurtech Gateway Australia would like to welcome two new mentors, Ian Stone and Benjamin Wirtz. Ian and Ben join a strong mentoring team that support and advise the next generation of Australian Insurtech founders, who share our vision of ... |
| 20.09.2022 | MEET DOM, HEAD OF DEAL FLOW | After recently announcing the first close of Insurtech Gateway’s Seed Fund II, our London team are excited and proud to announce the arrival of our newest team member, Dom Nolan. Dom joins as Head of Deal Flow and will be leading the team’s... |
| 02.09.2022 | The Gateway Incubator Model | |
| 29.07.2022 | Growth of Global Usage-Based Insurance | The usage-based insurance (UBI) market is experiencing strong growth across the globe. This can be attributed to a number of factors, including the COVID-19 pandemic, technological advancements such as in telematics and smartphones, and gro... |
| 20.07.2022 | Insurtech Gateway: Seed Fund II | |
| 14.07.2022 | Carbon “removal reconsidered” | |
| 07.07.2022 | The next 3 years at Nayms | |
| 06.07.2022 | Insurtech for Climate Resilience | Guest blog from Maria Mateo Iborra, co-founder of IBISA |
| 30.06.2022 | Insurance Outsiders succeeding in insurtech | The number one hesitation we get at Insurtech Gateway Australia when speaking with founders is their lack of insurance knowledge, which they often assume means that they won’t be able to succeed in the insurtech space. This couldn’t be fart... |
| 08.06.2022 | Kita, the world’s first carbon insurer | Kita, the world’s first carbon insurer, has raised a heavily oversubscribed £350k pre-seed round led by Insurtech Gateway, alongside investors Carbon13, Climate VC and Echelon Capital. |
| 31.05.2022 | Grow fast and impress investors | A start-up’s main job is to grow fast. Fundraising through seed rounds is a key way to drive speed, however, to get investment you must be able to demonstrate to investors how your product or service has the potential to get new users and r... |
| 18.05.2022 | A True World First | Nayms becomes the world’s first crypto-native insurance marketplace to become fully-regulated in Bermuda. |
| 05.05.2022 | FROM MEDICAL HANDWRITING TO MEDICAL UNDERWRITING | |
| 03.05.2022 | BLUEZONE RAISES £1.5M | |
| 29.04.2022 | ESG, Insurance & Insurtech: An Event | We operate in a free market that values minimal government regulation. We self-regulate; internally, through company values, manifested in Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) policies, and externally, through the market forces of suppl... |
| 31.03.2022 | 3 common mistakes when building product | Start-ups by definition will always have challenges along the way when it comes to designing a product that succeeds in the market. We find that getting the product right has a little bit of luck but mainly relies on the usage and implement... |
| 15.03.2022 | Why we invested in Gretel | People are increasingly more transient, geographically dispersed and customers of multiple financial products. This has created the perfect storm, for losing track of accounts and assets. Being able to reconnect customers with their lost li... |
| 15.03.2022 | GRETEL RAISES $1M PRE-SEED | Gretel raised $1M pre-seed funding to digitise asset reunification and reconnect the financial services industry with their lost customers. |
