March 26, 2019 /BetaKit/ – Insurtech startup Finaeo announced today that it has raised $5.35 million CAD in funding, calling the raise an extension of its seed round.
The Toronto-based company closed on $2.25 million in 2017, bringing its total funding to date to $7.6 million. This funding round was led by FinTech focused VC, Luge Capital, with support from RGAX, “the transformation engine” of the Reinsurance Group of America, Rising Tide Fund, Inovia Capital, and angel investment led by AngelList partner, Alex Norman. The round also saw follow on investments from Impression Ventures and iGan Partners, both investing in Finaeo’s original seed round.
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Finaeo has created a front-end software platform for insurance advisors that helps with repetitive tasks, such as auto-filling applications. It also offers real-time application submission, adjudication, and application status of insurance claims. The company touts its product as “ground-breaking technology to help insurers digitize applications, create dynamic underwriting and automate legacy systems.” It focuses its product offering on the group benefits and the individual, voluntary insurance market.