Our Approach
Specialist support for entrepreneurs
AXIS Digital Ventures seeks to invest and partner with technology company founders that can provide attractive strategic and financial returns for AXIS.
Deliver strategic value
AXIS Digital Ventures seeks to partner with companies that can enhance AXIS' digital capabilities, innovation, and profitability that is mutually accretive to AXIS and our partners.
Create financial value
AXIS Digital Ventures deploys equity investments where there is a compelling risk adjusted financial returns profile.
Digital innovation
Why it’s all about technology
As a specialist insurer and reinsurer where we are constantly finding solutions for the dynamic risks our customers face, we understand better than most that the potential for digital technology to transform insurance is endless. That's why we seek to enhance what we do, learning, developing, and building with the best doers and idea generators in the business.
From the start, AXIS Digital Ventures has sought partnerships through which we can combine our strengths and collective expertise to positively influence how we manage specialist risks now and in the future. Today, we’re proud to partner with a diverse portfolio of technology companies that are helping to drive change by enhancing the efficiency, products and service we deliver to customers.
What to expect
Your experience with AXIS Digital Ventures
Respect
Front and center is our respect and appreciation for you, the entrepreneur.
Partnership
Strategic value through partnership can take many forms including (but not limited to): distribution, internal technology adoption, strategic positioning, exploration of business model evolution in specialty insurance and reinsurance, among others. Our investment activities seek to create a flywheel effect improving the strategic relationship and thus improving the financial prospects of your company as well.
Longevity
As you would expect from a specialty insurer and reinsurer, we focus on extensive upfront due diligence to ensure we are a good fit for each other, underwriting the financial prospect of the deal, in addition to assessing strategic fit. We view partnerships with a long-time horizon and, assuming metrics are being achieved, we hope to continue following-on in future fundraisings.
Domain Expertise
Given our experience and the collective wisdom of our organization, we deeply understand specialty insurance and reinsurance and where technology can solve real problems for the industry.
Support
Not only will you have access to stable and consistent capital but we also have significant industry connections, both within AXIS and outside and deep investor relationships for future fundraising. We are here to help with what you need from board guidance, access to distribution or even brand strategy.
Who We Work With
Our investment appetite
Entrepreneurs with strong track records and the potential to solve structural problems in the specialty insurance space
Transforming the specialty insurance and reinsurance industry, creating value for the customer, distribution partners and risk capital
Entrepreneurial with strong track records and the potential to solve structural problems in the specialty insurance space
Strategically aligned to AXIS' key focus areas
Familiar with the specialty insurance and reinsurance industry and have an understanding of where technology can make an impact in the near future
Partnership-oriented
Able to demonstrate the potential for scale in leveraging technology to reduce friction in the specialty insurance and reinsurance process
Led by management teams with grit, perseverance, and tenacity
We prefer technologically forward companies from series seed to growth stages with industry knowledge and expertise
We have a global approach, with a particular concentration in North America and Europe
Elpha Secure
Cyber insurance managing general agent fusing cybersecurity technology and support with cyber insurance to actively manage risk and prevent claims.
Bold Penguin
A commercial insurance exchange that connects customers, agents, and carriers to match the right quote quickly
Healthcare.com
Online ecosystem offering health insurance comparison, proprietary insurance products and pharmacy services.
AllDigital Specialty
AllDigital Specialty enables brokers and insurance carriers to seamlessly transact small commercial insurance in minutes
CyberAcuView
Consortium of carriers in cyber for data sharing, common protocols and collaboration
CYGNVS
CYGNVS is an out-of-band command center for IT/Security, Business Teams, and External Providers to prepare, practice, respond and report on a cyber incident.