The Detroit Lions have added some Jake Bates insurance, with the team signing veteran kicker Greg Joseph to the practice squad. The new comes from Joseph’s agent, Brett Tessler. This will be the third NFC North team Joseph has joined, as he also spent time with the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers. Joseph was […]
Packing travel insurance products into an app helped FAYE to a $31M Series B
We’ve been covering US-based Insurtech startup FAYE way back since 2022 with its Seed round, and the Series A round in 2023, and it seems they continue to be on a roll, today announcing a $ 31 million in Series B funding. What is keeping this online insurance company on the rise? Well, it would […]
Feather raises €6 million to go pan-European with its insurance platform for expats
As a foreigner, navigating health insurance systems can often be difficult. German startup Feather thinks it has a solution and raised €6 million to help some of the 40-plus million expats working and living in Europe. It is not that there are no options for foreign nationals to get insurance; there are plenty. But it […]
After 20 months of trying to raise funds, insurance startup Loop cuts staff
Loop, the car insurance company co-founded by Harlem Capital co-founder John Henry, has laid off staff as the company struggles with fundraising. Henry took to Instagram to post the email his co-founder Carey Nadeau sent to impacted staff on June 16th. Nadeu also posted the letter to LinkedIn. It stated that this was the “absolute […]
Anterior grabs $20M from NEA to expedite health insurance approvals with AI
Anterior, a company that uses AI to expedite health insurance approval for medical procedures, has raised a $ 20 million Series A round at a $ 95 million post-money valuation led by NEA, according to two people familiar with the deal. Existing investors Sequoia, which led Anterior’s $ 3.2 million seed round last September, and […]