Munich Re Ventures backs Indian insurer Acko

Indian insurer Acko announced a $60 million Series D round; bringing its total funding to date to $203 million. The round was led by Munich Re Ventures with participation from RPS Ventures, Intact Ventures, and Amazon.

Founded in 2016, Acko offers personal lines insurance such as car, bike and mobile protection. It sells its products directly or through third-party sites such as Amazon. The company is a team of approximately 470 people and it competes with Fairfax-backed Digit Insurance and COCO By Navi General Insurance (formerly COCO by DHFL General Insurance).

To Munich Re Ventures , this marks its 5th investment this year:

Co.AmountSeriesSectorLocation
Acko$60MDInsuranceIndia
HDVI$16MAInsuranceUS
BBM$97.6MCInsuranceUK
Sepio$4MACyberUS
At-Bay$34MBInsuranceUS

$201 million was raised by Indian insurers and brokers as of 2020 by the following 8 companies:

Co.DateAmountSeries
Acko9/15$60MD
Policybazaar7/7$50MH
GramCover5/26n/aSeed
BankBazaar4/10$3.8MD
GIGI Benefits3/16$0.15MSeed
BankBazaar3/11$2.2MD
Digit Insurance1/21$84MVenture
Plum Benefits1/1$1MSeed