Investments
149Portfolio Exits
15Funds
1About MS&AD Ventures
MS&AD Ventures runs a corporate venture capital firm. It invests in early-stage companies. It primarily focuses on insurance technology, financial technology, infrastructure, digital health, artificial intelligence (AI), and analytics investment areas. The firm was founded in 2018 and is based in Menlo Park, California.
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Aug 28, 2024 report
Insurtech 50: The most promising insurtech startups of 2024Latest MS&AD Ventures News
Aug 6, 2024
2024 insurtech funding still going strong 💪 💪Lot's of investments to report on this week... some from the big names in insurtech & some from the just getting started - love to see it! 👏 👏 👏Always great to see our The Leadership In Insurance Podcast guests in the news too - shout out Artificial Labs , Kin Insurance & Shepherd 🎙🎙🎙Congratulations all - great stuff 🚀 🚀 🚀 Shepherd , an insurance startup focused on the construction space, has raised $13.5 million in Series A funding led by Costanoa Ventures , with participation from Intact Ventures , Era Ventures , Greenlight Re and Spark Capital . Artificial Labs , a London-based company offering an underwriting software, announced the completion of an £8 million Series A+ funding round led by Augmentum Fintech , with participation from existing investors MS&AD Ventures and FOMCAP IV. David King Candor Technology Inc. has closed a Series B equity round led by Rice Park Capital Management , with participation from Arthur Ventures , Assurant Ventures , and others.Home insurance scale up Kin Insurance announced the closing of $15 million in financing from new investor Activate Capital . Sean Harper Employee benefits startup Benepass has raised $20 million in funding led by Portage and Clocktower Technology Ventures, with participation from Workday Ventures , Threshold Ventures and Gradient Ventures . Drodat , who are pioneering a new era in property data and insurance received their preseed investment round. Noah Plitt Jacob O. Hydronos Labs LLC , who build applied hydrology and Climate Data software and services announced their seed investment round.Specialty insurer Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc. , along with its subsidiaries, has signed a purchase agreement to make a minority investment in Gramercy Risk Management , which provides property and casualty insurance programs for specialty classes of business, including New York Contractors.
MS&AD Ventures Investments
149 Investments
MS&AD Ventures has made 149 investments. Their latest investment was in Hedge as part of their Seed VC on March 26, 2024.
MS&AD Ventures Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3/26/2024 | Seed VC | Hedge | $4.68M | Yes | 1 | |
3/6/2024 | Seed VC - II | Agio Ratings | $4.6M | No | Portage, Superscrypt, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | 4 |
2/6/2024 | Series A - II | Artificial Labs | $10.05M | No | Augmentum Fintech, Force Over Mass Capital, and Undisclosed Investors | 2 |
1/16/2024 | Seed VC | |||||
1/9/2024 | Seed VC - II |
Date | 3/26/2024 | 3/6/2024 | 2/6/2024 | 1/16/2024 | 1/9/2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Seed VC | Seed VC - II | Series A - II | Seed VC | Seed VC - II |
Company | Hedge | Agio Ratings | Artificial Labs | ||
Amount | $4.68M | $4.6M | $10.05M | ||
New? | Yes | No | No | ||
Co-Investors | Portage, Superscrypt, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | Augmentum Fintech, Force Over Mass Capital, and Undisclosed Investors | |||
Sources | 1 | 4 | 2 |
MS&AD Ventures Portfolio Exits
15 Portfolio Exits
MS&AD Ventures has 15 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Marble on July 25, 2024.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7/25/2024 | Acquired | 2 | |||
4/25/2024 | IPO | Public | 6 | ||
4/2/2024 | Acquired | 2 | |||
Date | 7/25/2024 | 4/25/2024 | 4/2/2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | IPO | Acquired | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | Public | ||||
Sources | 2 | 6 | 2 |
MS&AD Ventures Fund History
1 Fund History
MS&AD Ventures has 1 fund, including MS&AD Ventures I.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8/9/2019 | MS&AD Ventures I | $120M | 1 |
Closing Date | 8/9/2019 |
|---|---|
Fund | MS&AD Ventures I |
Fund Type | |
Status | |
Amount | $120M |
Sources | 1 |
MS&AD Ventures Team
3 Team Members
MS&AD Ventures has 3 team members, including , .
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Takashi Sato | Founder | Current | |
Name | Takashi Sato | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Work History | |||
Title | Founder | ||
Status | Current |
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