Business Description
Acko General Insurance, an independent general insurer whose entire operations are through the digital platform, has raised $30 million in a seed round, making it one of the largest seed rounds for a start-up in India.
Set up by Varun Dua, previously founder of Coverfox, Acko General Insurance has received in-principle regulatory approval to launch general insurance business in India.
Acko is backed by Narayanmurthy’s Catamaran Ventures, Venk Krishnan and Subba Rao of NuVentures, Kris Gopalakrishnan, Co-founder Infosys, Hemendra Kothari of DSP Blackrock, Atul Nishar, Founder and Chairman of Hexaware Technologies, Rajeev Gupta, veteran investment banker and Founder of Arpwood Capital, Accel and SAIF Partners.
