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TrustLayer raises $6M seed to become the ‘Carta for insurance’

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TrustLayer , which provides insurance brokers with risk management services via a SaaS platform, has raised $6.6 Twenty of the top 100 insurance agencies in the U.S. (as BrokerTech Ventures (BTV), a group consisting of 13 tech-focused insurance agencies in the U.S. million in a seed round.

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Scrum Ventures launches new program to connect startups with Japanese corporations

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Headquartered in San Francisco and Tokyo, Scrum Ventures is known for its accelerator programs focused on sports, food and smart city tech. Today it announced the launch of a new incubator program that will help startups from business partnerships with Japanese corporations. Masami Takahashi, the president of Scrum Studios.

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F1 Racing and the Insurance and Finance Industry: A Comparison of Trends and Challenges

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Today, I will highlight some similarities in the insurance and finance industry and contrast them to Formula 1. Similarly, the insurance and finance industries are built on the promise of stability and security, playing a vital role in people’s lives and businesses.

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Bella is a new challenger bank with a text-based interface

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Accounts are FDIC insured up to $5 million. Similarly, Bella is introducing a randomized cashback program. For instance, you can set up a rule that puts some money aside when it’s sunny, when your sports team is winning, etc. You get a checking account as well as the ability to create savings accounts.

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Insurtech goes niche

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Last week, I wrote four companies with an insurance technology angle. This is notable if you consider the fact that many general insurance technology companies have struggled over the past year. Boundless Rider was founded specifically to serve riders of motorcycles, e-bikes and power sport vehicles. The Washington, D.C.,

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Teen banking service Step raises $50M, adds TikTok star Charli D’Amelio to investor list

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The startup also added some celeb investors to this round, including Charli D’Amelio, Justin Timberlake and The Chainsmokers, as well as big names from the world of sports, like Eli Manning, Kelvin Beachum, Larry Fitzgerald and Andre Iguodala. This is notably Charli D’Amelio’s first startup investment, Step tells TechCrunch.

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Daily Crunch: Beating ‘other takeover bidders,’ Bosch acquires autonomous driving startup Five.ai

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Some super fun hardware stories today – Brian explored how PitchCom is changing the fabric of baseball , a sport that’s been stuck in the time before technology in many ways. That lamppost jumped out in front of me : Insurance claims are a massive, expensive, and often inconsistent business. Startups and VC. You can sign up here.).