REG-Augmentum Fintech Plc: New Investment: London based insurtech Artificial

Augmentum FintechAnnouncement

17/02/2024 21:18

6 February 2024

 

Augmentum Fintech plc
 

£4 million investment into Artificial Labs

Augmentum Fintech plc (LSE: AUGM) (the “Company”), Europe’s leading
publicly listed fintech fund, announces that it has made a £4 million
investment into London based insurtech Artificial Labs (“Artificial”).

Augmentum has led Artificial’s £8 million Series A+ round, which also
includes participation from existing investors MS&AD Ventures and FOMCAP IV,
alongside other investors.

Artificial (https://artificial.io) is an established underwriting technology
provider for the London Insurance Market. The London-based insurtech partners
with global insurers and brokers to facilitate algorithmic placement of
commercial and specialty risk, backed by their powerful contract builder and
underwriting platform.

This Series A+ round will allow Artificial to accelerate their growth, to
continue to buildout its product range and further consolidate its position as
a leader in algorithmic underwriting software as the insurance market migrates
towards digital solutions.

Tim Levene, CEO of Augmentum Fintech, said: “We are delighted to lead
Artificial’s latest round. The insurance market remains ripe for further
digitisation and the introduction of algorithmic underwriting will improve
efficiency for all participants. Artificial are building an exceptional team
and stand out as one of the key disrupters in this space”. 

Enquiries

 Augmentum Fintech Tim Levene (Portfolio Manager) Martha Horrox (Marketing)          +44 (0)20 3961 5420 martha@augmentum.vc  
 Quill PR Nick Croysdill, Sarah Gibbons-Cook (Press and Media)                       +44 (0)20 7466 5050 press@augmentum.vc   
 Peel Hunt LLP Liz Yong, Luke Simpson, Huw Jeremy (Investment Banking)               +44 (0)20 7418 8900                      
 Singer Capital Markets Harry Gooden, Robert Peel, Alaina Wong (Investment Banking)  +44 (0)20 7496 3000                      
 Frostrow Capital LLP Paul Griggs (Company Secretary)                                +44 (0)20 3709 8733                      

 

About Augmentum Fintech

Augmentum invests in fast growing fintech businesses that are disrupting the
financial services sector. Augmentum is the UK’s only publicly listed
investment company focusing on the fintech sector in the UK and wider Europe,
having launched on the main market of the London Stock Exchange in 2018,
giving businesses access to patient capital and support, unrestricted by
conventional fund timelines and giving public markets investors access to a
largely privately held investment sector during its main period of growth.

 

 

 

 



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