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#1 Louisiana Gov. Landry Raises Concerns Over $3B Coastal Restoration Project
Nov 27 2024 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry raised serious objections Thursday to a $3 billion project long hailed as key to restoring the state’s eroding coastline, decrying the growing cost and predicting dire...
#2 Venture Capital Fund Ends Grant Program for Black Women After Lawsuit
Sep 13 2024 // An Atlanta-based venture capital fund on Wednesday agreed to stop operating a program that awarded grants to small businesses run by Black women to settle a lawsuit by an anti-affirmative action group that claimed it...
#3 Texas Stock Exchange Raises $161 Million, Sees 2026 Trading Start
Feb 3 2025 // TXSE Group Inc., parent company of the proposed Texas Stock Exchange, closed its initial fundraising round at $161 million and said the TXSE has filed for registration as a bourse with the US Securities and Exchange...
#4 Billionaire Richard Li’s FWD Group Seeks to Raise $442 Million in Hong Kong IPO
Jun 26 2025 // Insurer FWD Group, backed by billionaire Richard Li, is looking to raise HK$3.47 billion ($442.08 million) through a Hong Kong initial public offering, according to a regulatory filing on Thursday. The pan-Asian insurer is...
#5 Cowbell Secures $60M Series C Funding From Zurich
Jul 30 2024 // Cowbell, a provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), announced on July 26 that it has closed a $60 million Series C equity investment from Zurich Insurance Group, a global multiline...
#6 Ardonagh Set to Raise Up to $2.5 Billion to Fuel Expansion Spree
Mar 26 2025 // Ardonagh Group Ltd. is nearing a deal to raise as much as $2.5 billion from investors to help fuel the private equity-backed insurance broker’s rapid growth. The London-based firm is expected to close the...
#7 Apollo’s Aspen Insurance Raises $397.5 Million in US IPO
May 8 2025 // Aspen Insurance priced its New York initial public offering within its marketed range on Wednesday, raising $397.5 million for the Bermuda-based specialty insurer. The Apollo Global Management-owned insurer sold 13.25...
#8 Nirvana Raises $80M for AI-Driven Fleet Insurance; Carrier-Agency Connector CoverForce Secures $13M
Mar 10 2025 // Nirvana Insurance Secures $80M for Trucking Insurance AI Nirvana Insurance, an AI-driven commercial trucking insurer, announced an $80 million Series C funding round, valuing the company at nearly $850 million. The round...
#9 E&S Insurtech Ledgebrook Raises $65 Million
Jun 25 2025 // Ledgebrook Inc, a technology-driven excess and surplus lines managing general agency, recently completed the close of a $65 million funding round. The oversubscribed Series C round was led by existing investor The Stephens...
#10 Insurtech Qumis Raises $2.2M to Automate Policy Reviews With AI
Jan 30 2025 // Qumis, a lawyer-built AI-driven platform designed to transform insurance knowledge work, announced the close of an oversubscribed $2.2 million pre-seed funding round. The round was led by Armory Square Ventures with...
#11 Texas-Based Insurtech Steadily Secures $30M Series C Round
Apr 23 2025 // Steadily, a provider of landlord insurance in the U.S., announced $30 million in Series C funding led by Two Sigma Ventures at a $355 million valuation. Steadily serves 18 million individual rental property owners who...
#12 Insurtech 1Fort Raises $7.5M to Support AI Binding Tech for Brokers
Apr 17 2025 // 1Fort, the AI platform for business insurance, announced it raised $7.5 million in an oversubscribed funding round led by Bonfire Ventures. The round also included Draper Associates (Tim Draper); Karim Atiyeh, the founder...
#13 Insurtech Inshur Raises $35 Million From Trinity Capital for US Expansion, AI Tech
Jul 9 2025 // Inshur said it as received a $35 million capital raise from alternative asset manager Trinity Capital to invest in research and development of artificial intelligence technology to support its embedded auto insurance...
#14 Fintech Zolve Raises $251 Million in Largest Funding Round Yet
Mar 11 2025 // Zolve raised $251 million in its latest equity and debt financing round, the neo bank said on Tuesday, led by Indian private equity firm Creaegis, an existing investor, with participation from names like HSBC and SBI...
#15 Business Moves: Insurtech Wefox Raises €151M to Build New MGA Focus, Core Markets
Jul 7 2025 // Insurtech wefox has secured funding of €151 million ($177.8 million), which will enable the company to build its core market positions in Austria, the Netherlands, and Switzerland as well as its asset-light managing...
#16 IICF Raises $1.4 Million for Northeast Nonprofits
Dec 10 2024 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) reports that it raised more than $1.4 million at its 18th Annual Northeast Benefit Event last week in New York City. The gala hosted more than 600 professionals from the...
#17 Texas-Based Insurtech Sigo Seguros Raises $5.1M in Pre-Series A Funding
Sep 10 2024 // Sigo Seguros, a Texas-based insurtech company that focuses on providing auto insurance services for immigrant and working-class communities, announced it has raised an additional $5.1 million in its pre-Series A funding...
#18 Rainbow Gets $8M Series A Funding to Expand Small Business Offerings
Jan 21 2025 // Rainbow, a digitally enabled managing general underwriter based in San Francisco, California, announced raising $8 million in Series A funding led by Zigg Capital. The MGU says the financing, which closed in the fourth...
#19 Vivere Partners in California Raises $7.5M for Specialty Insurance Platform
Apr 3 2025 // Vivere Partners, a specialty insurance platform focused on niche lines of insurance, completed a $7.5 million Series A funding round led by General Catalyst, Pathlight Ventures and Greenlight Re. The funding is intended to...
#20 Singapore’s bolttech, Valued at $2.1 Billion, Raises More Than $100 Million
Dec 20 2024 // Singapore-headquartered insurance technology firm bolttech has raised more than $100 million in its latest funding round, led by Dragon Fund of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and fintech direct lender Liquidity Group, it...
