Insurance data intelligence provider Percayso Inform聽 has announced a 拢3.4 million investment led by Manchester-based venture capital investor Praetura Ventures.
Launched in the UK insurance market in 2019, Percayso鈥檚 data and intelligence hub provides next generation insurance intelligence services and adds further value to powerful datasets, helping insurers to prevent fraud, compete on price comparison sites and reduce risk levels.
Percayso also enables insurers, brokers and other specialist managing general agents with underwriting authority in personal and commercial lines to better use, optimise and analyse their own data, ratings and intelligence strategies.
Built on a SaaS model, the technology works by aggregating data from multiple sources and making this accessible via an API, empowering insurance providers to establish key insights easier.
Percayso鈥檚 founding team has now grown to 22 people with a vast amount of previous industry experience. So far, the team has been focused on building the platform, sourcing data partners and creating key software house integrations to ready the business for scale.
The investment secured from Praetura Ventures will see product development by Percayso gather pace, enabling the business to enter new sectors of the UK insurance market.
鈥淭his investment and our new partnership with Praetura Ventures is a powerful endorsement of our vision, our strategy and the solutions we are delivering to the insurance industry,鈥� said Percayso managing director Richard Tomlinson.聽
鈥淭he team at Percayso has achieved an awful lot in a short space of time, but we have ambitious plans and their backing will allow us to accelerate our roadmap.
鈥淗owever, this deal represents more than just funding. What really attracted us to Praetura Ventures was their approach to giving more than money to the businesses they invest in.
鈥淭heir understanding and enthusiasm for all things tech, together with the additional business skills they bring, will provide the support we need to take things to the next level.鈥�
David Foreman, managing director at Praetura Ventures, said: 鈥淭he investment team has an incredibly thorough due diligence process and we were so impressed with how highly Percayso鈥檚 clients spoke of them.聽
鈥淭he team has built a valuable tool that can clearly help insurance providers to get more from their data and create a real advantage. We鈥檙e so excited to welcome them into the portfolio and help them reach the next level.鈥�