Led · Series A · Dec 2022

Vianova builds a location-data platform serving shared mobility operators and local governments, acting as both a data repository and a visualization dashboard. Its SimCity-like interface offers real-time map overlays, fleet-management views, and analytics for historical reporting. The platform ingests live GPS- and cellular-connected vehicle data via APIs, aggregates and anonymizes it, and can combine operator and public datasets. Cities and operators use Vianova to optimize fleet distribution, create geofenced slow-speed zones and parking areas, and inform infrastructure planning. Vianova reports tracking 1 million connected vehicles on its platform. Customers include the cities of Zurich, Amsterdam, Stockholm and Marseille, operators such as Bolt and Voi, and infrastructure organizations including RATP and Aéroports de Paris. The company recently raised a $6.4M (€6M) Series A to support growth. Vianova operates a platform that aggregates data from shared, connected, electric, and autonomous urban transport vehicles to enable better use of city infrastructure and proactive urban planning. The company facilitates mobility data sharing between 40 cities and 50 mobility operators and processes over 5 million journeys per month. Its partners include Bird, Bolt, and Voi across cities such as Helsinki, Zürich, Milan, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Eindhoven, and Cologne. Vianova has expanded operations into Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico and plans further US expansion while bolstering European partnerships. The startup says cities use its platform to define no-parking zones, speed limits, and fleet caps, while operators use it to reduce violations and optimize deployments. To date the company has raised $5.2 million, including a recent $3 million seed round. Vianova builds a digital layer and API suite to enable data sharing and collaboration between cities and mobility operators, helping cities digest mobility data and inform urban planning and transport policy. The platform aggregates usage patterns, distribution, market evolution and popular riding areas to support enforcement, incident response and long-term transport modelling. Vianova is a third-party data platform used by 10 cities and 20 mobility operators and processes over 2 million trips per month. City partners include Brussels, Helsinki, Zurich and Stockholm, and operator partners include Bird, Voi and Bolt; the company also joined a large Paris Region curbside management project. Founded in 2018 by Thibaud Febvre and Thibault Castagne, the company says it combines its API suite with policy knowledge to enable data-driven decision making. It plans to expand its European footprint, target adjacent markets, integrate more modes such as carsharing, robot taxis and drones, and develop new use cases including connections to MaaS initiatives.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2019

Insurdata provides re/insurers with high-resolution, risk-specific data globally in real time across the underwriting workflow. Its Exposure Engine and data products deliver geocode information, building attributes, and first-floor elevation data. The company was established in 2017 and is based in Denver with a team of about 15. Insurdata announced a $3M seed round led by Anthemis and Menlo Ventures, with participation from Alma Mundi Fund, Talis Capital, InsurTech Gateway, Ascend, Prototype Capital and the Baloise Group. Investors include both venture capital firms and angels. The company plans to apply its Exposure Engine to additional perils—including flood, windstorm, earthquake, terrorism and cyber—and is evolving its Customer Portal to simplify access to high-resolution data. Insurdata, established in 2017 and based in Denver, CO, offers an Exposure Engine that delivers property-specific, high-resolution risk data. The platform enables insurers to generate risk-specific data in real-time. Its data is available at any point in the insurance workflow, including underwriting, pricing, portfolio management, and risk transfer. The company emphasizes property-level exposure insights to support insurer decision-making across those functions. Recently, Insurdata filed a Form D with the SEC in connection with an equity financing totaling approximately $800k. No operating metrics (revenue/users) are reported in the article.

Led · Equity · Mar 2019

FRIDAY is a Berlin-based digital car insurer founded in 2017 that offers kilometer-accurate billing, monthly terminability, and completely paperless administration. The company has acquired over 45,000 new customers for its car coverage since it was founded. FRIDAY aims to be Germany’s most popular digital insurer by 2021 and plans to use new funding to stimulate growth and further product development. The insurer has worked with ProSiebenSat.1 and media companies in the German Media Pool for two years to support marketing and distribution. The financing includes a media-for-equity component intended to fund advertising campaigns and broaden brand reach across TV, radio, out-of-home and print.