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Lok Capital, IIFL Wealth invest ₹130 cr in digital insurer RenewBuy.com

The insurance disruptor believes it is at a competitive advantage of being a capital efficient business model that will enable the firm to turn profitable within next 24 months while retaining explosive growth.

The digital "hplink iframehref" href="/tag/Insurance+disruptor">insurance disruptor has raised ₹130 crore ($19 million) in a Series B funding round led by venture capital firm Lok Capital and IIFL Asset Management. 

“RenewBuy.com has created one of the most cost efficient, customer-centric model through its proprietary end-to-end digital insurance platform. We have full confidence in this team as they disrupt this fast-growing category and continue their rapid growth towards leadership in the space,” Prashasta Seth, Senior Managing Partner, IIFL AMC. 

RenewBuy disrupted the motor insurance space by simplifying the way insurance is bought, sold, and serviced in India. Since its inception in 2015, the company has on-boarded more than 25,000 point of sale (POS) partners and insured more than one million customers across 450 cities. 

“This new round of funding will enable us to continue our momentum as the fastest growing, full service digital insurance platform in India. It will also accelerate our entry into newer geographies and augment our product portfolio to meet India’s immense unmet insurance demand,” commented Balachander Sekhar, CEO, RenewBuy.com. 

The Series B funding comes at a time of significant growth and diversification for RenewBuy.com. The company is on course to cover 1,000 new cities by 2022, by bringing on board more than 200,000 POS partners. 

“RenewBuy is Lok’s first investment in the insurance space. A highly passionate team with deep domain expertise, a differentiated business model, and technology-led fulfilment coupled with a clear focus on service have enabled the company to demonstrate exponential growth. We are excited to partner with a company that is disrupting the insure-tech space and is on course to emerge as the leader in the category in the next few years,” said Venkatesh Natarajan, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Lok Advisory Services. 

In 2017, the company raised ₹60 Crores in its Series A round of funding from Amicus Capital, mid-market growth capital fund, which is also participating in the current round.