英国前政府部长 Afolami 为 AI 保险经纪初创公司 i23 融资 490 万英镑
Former UK government minister Afolami raises £5M for AI insurance broker startup
英国前财政部经济事务大臣 Bim Afolami 与 PrimaryBid 联合创始人 Anand Sambasivan 共同创立 AI 保险经纪初创公司 i23，已获 490 万英镑种子轮融资，Four Cities Capital 与 Outward VC 联合领投，Seedcamp 和 Insiders Ventures 参投。i23 正在开发一套 AI 运营模式，用于承接保险经纪人的日常行政工作，瞄准每年规模最高达 220 亿英镑、高度分散的英国保险经纪市场。
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A former UK government minister has launched an AI insurance startup, his co-founder has confirmed, which has reportedly raised nearly £5m in seed funding.
Bim Afolami, who served as the UK’s economic secretary to the treasury between 2023 and 2024 under former prime minister Rishi Sunak, has launched the startup, called i23 along with Anand Sambasivan, one of the co-founders of PrimaryBid, the UK fintech that provides retail investors with access to public company capital raises.
Sambasivan said: “We are building an AI-native insurance broker. Sprinting fast and it feels so great.”
He added: “It’s great to see such a vibrant early-stage ecosystem for UK startups. A lot different to ten years ago. London is very much thriving."
The startup has raised £4.9m in seed funding, according to Sky News, which first reported the news. Investors include Four Cities Capital, which jointly led the round, along with Outward VC, Seedcamp and Insiders Ventures.
The startup is targeting the insurance broker market.
According to the report, i23 is developing an AI operating model which will carry out insurance brokers’ routine administrative work.
The UK insurance broker market is worth up to £22bn a year, according to market data, but it is highly fragmented.
Former PrimaryBid COO Mike Coombes and Salman Valibeik, the co-founder of Opriva, the marketing startup, are also part of the founding team. PrimaryBid was acquired by US fintech giant SoFi last year.
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