Tag: startup

London-based startup JAAK has developed a blockchain for the entertainment and media companies using both Ethereum and Swarm. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com

Swiss Re has launched its first-ever corporate InsurTech accelerator to help startups develop business solutions that it says can ‘revolutionise the way re/insurers conducts business’. Read more: www.intelligentinsurer.com

Etsy, AirBnb, TaskRabbit – the popularity of these and other similar companies prove that the gig economy may be the economy of the future. Read more: www.bankinnovation.net

Joachim von Bonin (CFO), Robin von Hein (CEO) and Ismail Asci (CTO)Founding Team of simplesurance. Read more: www.b2x.com

Bunker, a San Francisco, CA-based insurance technology startup, raised $2m in seed funding. Read more: www.finsmes.com

Insly, an Estonian provider of a SaaS solution for insurance brokers and agents, raised €1M in seed funding. Read more: www.finsmes.com

CEO Tim Kunde shares some thoughts about what traditional insurance companies can learn from insurtech startups like Friendsurance. Read more: www.friendsurance.de

Deals in the insurance technology market have been coming fast this year. Insurance is no longer on the back burner of the FinTech world. Read more: www.insurtechnews.com

The startup, which launched its services a month ago, has already tied up with players including The Mobile Wallet, Paymart, Fino, Easypolicy among others. Read more: economictimes.indiatimes.com

Fantex, a provider of tracking stocks on athletes, has raised $59.3m in a private placement.