Zego
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| Industry | Insurance |
| Founded 📆 | 2016 |
| Founders 👔 | Sten Saar, Harry Franks, & Stuart Kelly |
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Zego is a London based insurtech company known for providing flexible Vehicle insurance, personal and commercial insurance.[1]
History[edit]
Zego was founded in 2016 by former Deliveroo employees Sten Saar and Harry Franks, alongside Stuart Kelly, former Head of Engineering at Hubble.[2] The company originally began operating in the motor insurance market but later expanded into other areas of insurance.[3]
In 2018, Zego started offering insurance policies in Ireland[4] and in Spain.[5] In 2020, the company started offering private hire taxi insurance policies to Uber drivers.[6][7]
In 2022, Zego launched SDP insurance for courier drivers.[8]
Funding[edit]
Since 2016, Zego has raised over $150M in Series C funding and is Valued at $1.1 Billion.[9][10][11][12] [13]
Awards and honors[edit]
- 2017 - Named a Virgin Media Business Disruptor to Watch [14]
- 2018 - Featured in Wired Magazine’s annual list of the 100 hottest startups in Europe.[15]
- 2018 - Nominated in the SME and Start-Up category at the 2018 Evening Standard Business Awards[16]
- 2018 - Featured in the 2018 InsurTech 100 list of the world’s most innovative insurtech companies.[17]
References[edit]
- ↑ Gangcuangco, Terry. ""Insurance had to change" - Zego launches new product". Insurance Business. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ↑ UK, Rob Price, Business Insider. "A startup founded by ex-Deliveroo employees thinks it has solved a costly problem for couriers". Business Insider. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ↑ 2018-07-11T10:28:00+01:00. "Gig economy start-up launches pay-as-you-go public liability cover". Insurance Times. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ↑ Hamilton, Peter (21 September 2018). "Pay-as-you-go insurer for gig economy enters Irish market". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ↑ "Economía/Finanzas.- La compañía de seguros flexibles bajo demanda Zego comienza a operar en España". La Vanguardia. 2018-12-12. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ↑ Shubham Sharma,"British insurtech startup Zego accelerates into the Netherlands". uktech.news. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ↑ Clare Ruel,"BZego and QBE expand Partnership". insurancetimes.co.uk. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ↑ "Entrepreneurs: Changing insurance with deals for the gig economy". Evening Standard. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ↑ "Zego Raises $150M in Series C; Valued at $1.1 Billion". finsmes.com. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ↑ Callum Burroughs,"Zego is Europe's newest unicorn, valued at $1.1 billion after a $150 million round led by DST Global and General Catalyst". businessinsider.com. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ↑ "Zego Raises $150m Series C To Accelerate Its Growth In The Commercial Motor Insurance Market". balderton.com. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ↑ "Zego Becomes First Insurtech Unicorn after raising 150m". insurancetimes.co.uk. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ↑ "Zego picks up £6M Series A led by Balderton for its gig economy worker insurance". TechCrunch. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ↑ "Fast Track - Zego | Virgin Media Business". www.virginmediabusiness.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ↑ Franklin-Wallis, Oliver (2018-08-28). "The hottest startups in London". Wired UK. ISSN 1357-0978. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ↑ "2018 Evening Standard Business Awards: the shortlist nominees revealed". Evening Standard. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ↑ "InsurTech 100 – The world's most innovative InsurTech companies that every leader in the insurance industry needs to know about". Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ↑ "Zego Picks Up Deloitte Award". insurance-edge.net. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
