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AssurTech: Luko raises 50 million euros from EQT Ventures, Accel, Founders Fund and Speedinvest
Description of the episode
Another round of funding for Luko. A year after its Series A, the French start-up which is working to dust off home insurance has just raised an additional 50 million euros. The operation was led by EQT Ventures, with the support of historical investors, namely Accel, Founders Fund and Speedinvest, business angels, such as Assaf Wand, co-founder of the American unicorn Hippo Insurance, and Thomas Plantenga, the boss of the second-hand application Vinted, also participated in this roundtable. To date, Luko claims 100 policyholders in France and intends to rely on this new funding to expand in Europe in a market weighing 000 billion euros. Raphaël Vullierme, co-founder and CEO of Luko, reveals the issues behind this fundraising carried out in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. This week, we are focusing on the DeepTech sector. Its players, its challenges, its funding, its issues, its opportunities. And to start this week, our journalist Laetitia Lienhard was able to discuss with Robert Marino, director of the DeepTech Founders support program to take stock of the DeepTech sector in France in 100.

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